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Jules Verne Trophy
31.2 knots of instantaneous speed Speed #speedsailing at 1200 for 429 miles on the clock in the last 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records : the maxi-catamaran Orange is notching up the miles sliding due east along latitude 46 degrees South. The giant from Marseilles is currently under staysail and double reefed main (...)
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One day hove to. Two days beating into a nasty head sea. Orange has paid dearly for the right to take on the fearsome southern latitudes. At twenty knots on a sea that is once again manageable Peyron and his boys are all smiles at last. The very deep low that is moving away ahead of their bows is opening the door to the south. The great (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
371 miles to the north of the Kerguelen Islands, the maxi-catamaran Orange is taking advantage of another day of transition, a short respite after the tough sailing conditions of the last 48 hours, and while waiting for a new low pressure system upon whose evolution or immobility will depend Peyron’s choice of route. The zone of low (...)
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The face offered by the Indian Ocean to the men of Orange is astonishing both sailors and meteorologists. Exceptional weather situations have been accumulating for the maxi-catamaran, and they are getting more difficult and more complex. A boat-breaking seaway and mind-breaking weather forecasts, indeed not a year "for breaking records!". (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Waves are not far off 10 metres high, breaking waves cover the cockpit submerging the crew on watch, riveted to the helm and the sheets. The steaming sea is striped with long trails of white foam and there are gusts of up to 65 knots (between 110 and 120 km/h).
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Photo: JP Epron / Maxi Catamaran Orange
Winds of 45, 50 then 55 knots faced the maxi-catamaran Orange overnight as she came close to speeds of 40 knots in some of the surfs. The amount of canvas up depended largely on the wind god Aeolus and ten mile-munc.
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Jules Verne Trophy
As expected it was rather "severe" last nights with 45 knots of steady wind in a sea described by Bruno Peyron as "absolutely lousy!". The maxi-catamaran Orange is currently sailing on starboard tack (wind coming from the right) and is on an ESE heading. They are reeling in about 500 miles every 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Springtime in Europe, austral autumn for the sailors plying the Southern Hemisphere. 250 miles away from the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope, the maxi-catamaran Orange is extending her long easterly heading at a fast rate of knots. Sir Peter Blake’s record Record #sailingrecord between Ushant and Good Hope should be beaten tonight. (...)
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Photo: JP Epron / Maxi Catamaran Orange
Whilst it came from Bruno Peyron, we can easily imagine that that is what the whole crew thinks. "At last we can say that this is our first day in the Southern Ocean," continued Bruno. "The boat is doing between 25 and 26 knots and we should be enjoying this NW flow for several days". And with the great long swells of the South Atlantic (...)
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Pushed well to the west for a week by the Saint Helena high, Orange is now battling this weekend with a new very similar zone of high pressure, a "cousin" that is moving far to the south, in a zone usually swept by strongish winds and where the experienced Bruno Peyron expected everything except sailing into a choppy head sea against light (...)
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 |