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TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Orange covers 500 miles in 24 h away from the Portuguese coast
A "transbiscay" to set the boat up, a succession of gybes to clear Cape Finistere, then steer 180°, due south and the whole coast of Portugal is unfolding on fast forward to Orange’s windward. After one and a half day’s racing, the thirteen oilies of Peyron’s men are already drying in the Iberian (...) -
TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Orange Saturday on the highway around the world
Photo: G.Martin-RagetWe were warned that this Saturday March 2nd would be classified "Orange" for the half-term traffic, both outward bound and inward bound? and also on the Atlantic with the toing and froing of the two "Giants": back to port for the unfortunate Geronimo and a fresh start this morning at 08 hours 36 minutes and 21 seconds (French time) for Bruno (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Peyron starts again on Saturday morning
Bruno Peyron, skipper of the maxi-catamaran Orange with Gilles Chiorri (boat captain) and Yann Penfornis (one of the boat’s designers) and Eric Mas (Météo Consult) at his side has just announced at a press briefing in Vannes that he will be casting off this afternoon at about 1800 setting course for Ushant to cross the starting line of (...) -
Trophée Jules Verne
Orange back on the starting line on Saturday
The maxi-catamaran Orange’s capshrouds and shrouds, which they were still waiting on wednesday to be returned from the USA, have arrived and have cleared customs. Philippe Peche and Vladimir Dzalba Lyndis dispatched to Paris to collect them are now on the way back to Vannes with their precious (...) -
Trophée Jules-Verne
Geronimo off Brazil
Early yesterday afternoon, the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Schneider Electric trimaran was already heading for the north-west point of Brazil, thanks to the light trade winds now blowing from the east-south-east. -
TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Bruno Peyron is seriously envisaging a fresh start with his maxi-catamaran
Two weeks after a breakage of the masthead prematurely interrupted Orange’s adventure in the Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne Trophy #TropheeJulesVerne , 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 (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Geronimo crosses the equator with two days in hand
"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. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Geronimo keeps her spirits up
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 (...) -
No Limit
Tracy Edwards launches MAIDEN II project
Girls are no more on Club Med’ sails. They are at the helm! Photo: Ch.GuiguenoSailing legend Tracy Edwards is to take on the world again. The pioneer of all female sailing projects has acquired the record Record #sailingrecord breaking 110 foot maxi-catamaran Club Med, renamed it Maiden II, re-formed her crew of expert women sailors, and is about to embark on a challenging three year programme which includes (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Geronimo has the equator in their sights
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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Maxi multicoques de la classe Ultimes
Le terme "G-Class" a été inventé par Bruno Peyron pour définir cette catégorie hors norme de multicoques et monocoques géants et "no limit" avant qu’ils ne soient définis comme "ultim".