Jules Verne Trophy
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TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Two weeks after a breakage of the masthead prematurely interrupted Orange’s adventure in the Jules Verne Trophy, Bruno Peyron, his crew and the technicians from the Multiplast yard have pulled off the improbable gamble of reconstructing and assembling some 4 metres of mast in record Record #sailingrecord (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
"A little over 9 days to reach the equator isn’t an achievement that will go down in the record Record #sailingrecord books", said Olivier de Kersauson in his radio bulletin today.
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Jules Verne Trophy
With 200 miles still to go to the equator (at 13:00 GMT today), sailing conditions are hardly in Geronimo’s favour. The ten or so knots of wind available mean that the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young - Schneider Electric team trimaran is making very slow headway towards the Southern (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Six and a half days after crossing the Trophée Jules Verne start line off Ushant at 01:25 GMT (02:25 French time) last Monday and 2,785 miles later (an average speed Speed #speedsailing approaching 18 knots), Geronimo is approaching the equator. This is the first waypoint on her circuit of the globe and one she should cross during Monday (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
At 1 p.m. today (French time), Geronimo was approaching the Cape Verde islands on her way to the equator. "Everything’s going very well on board.
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Bruno Peyron has left Vannes, leaving repairs to Orange’s mast in the hands of the architects and engineers of the Mulitplast boat yard. Casting his thoughts back to the start and the incident which occurred only 30 minutes afterwards, Bruno Peyron commented : " It is difficult to describe what goes through your head when so much (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Orange on the starting line. Broken Mast (down). Photos: G.Martin-Raget
Bruno Peyron and his twelve men crew left Brest Brest #brest at 8:35, local time, this morning. Then they put sails and cape to the west to leave the bay of Brest Brest #brest and join the starting line of the round the world record Record #sailingrecord (...)
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Photo: G.Martin-Raget
When the catamaran was sailing away from Brest Brest #brest for mast trials, Bruno Peyron was answering to few questions in Paris during a special press show.
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Jules Verne Trophy
Photo: J.Vapillon
Nick Moloney, Kingfisher co-skipper and member of the Kingfisher Challenges team with Ellen MacArthur, has left Marseilles to join Brest Brest #brest , starting port for Bruno Peyron’s record Record #sailingrecord attempt against the Jules Verne Trophy. Interview by Offshore (...)
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Offshore racing
Image © Martinez/McKay
Kingfisher plc, a leading international retailer for the home, announced today at the London Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow that it would be continuing it’s sponsorship of Ellen MacArthur MBE with a new five-year title sponsorship deal.
L’idée d’un tour du monde à la voile en moins de 80 jours date de 1985. Yves Le Cornec et d’autres marins rêvaient de ce que réalisera le premier l’équipage de Bruno Peyron en 1993.
History
Date |
Skipper |
Boat |
Time |
Average Speed
Speed
#speedsailing
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6 january 2012 |
Loïck Peyron (Fra) |
Banque Populaire V (trimaran 40m) |
45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds |
26,51 knots |
20 march 2010 |
Franck Cammas (Fra) |
Groupama 3 (trimaran 30,50m) |
48 days 7 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds |
18,76 knots |
16 march 2005 |
Bruno Peyron (Fra) |
Orange 2 (catamaran 36m) |
50 days 16 hours et 20 minutes 04 seconds |
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29 april 2004 |
Olivier de Kersauson |
Geronimo (trimaran 32m) |
63 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes 46 seconds |
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5 april 2004 |
Steve Fossett (USA) |
Cheyenne, ex-PlayStation (catamaran 38m) |
58 days 9 hours 32 minutes 45 seconds |
non official |
5 may 2002 |
Bruno Peyron (Fra) |
Orange (catamaran 33 m) |
64 days 8 hours 37 minutes 24 seconds |
13,98 knots |
19 may 1997 |
Olivier de Kersauson (Fra) |
Sport-Elec (trimaran de 27,4 m) |
71 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes 8 seconds |
12.66 knots |
1er april 1994 |
Peter Blake (NZL) |
Enza (catamaran de 27 m) |
74 days, 22 hours 17 minutes 22 seconds |
12 knots |
20 april 1993 |
Bruno Peyron (Fra) |
Commodore Explorer (catamaran 26 m) |
79 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes 56 seconds |
11.35 knots |