Jules Verne Trophy
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Jules Verne Trophy
Between Africa and South America, the masses of air circulate at high speed Speed #speedsailing over an empty ocean devoid of any land obstacles. Very quick! Too quick! Even for a maxi-catamaran of the latest generation. The high arrived at a gallop and seized the "Giant" Orange. On board they’re taking it as best they can and putting (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
It’s spreading! It’s rising, this anticyclone! But above all it’s climbing the South Atlantic! At 700 miles to the west of Porto Alegre (Brazil), the glutton is devouring Orange’s air. Peyron and his men tried this morning to pull a flanker by skirting round it to the north. Alas! a problem with the mainsail headboard (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Photo: JP Epron / Maxi Catamaran Orange
"It’s a difficult year for a record Record #sailingrecord !" declared Peyron, and the maxi-catamaran Orange’s heading confirms it. It’s no straight and narrow for the orange giant. The daily lot of Peyron and his men is a permanent combat against these winds that veer, disappear, and which have to be fetched far off the (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Anticyclones are usually synonymous with nice weather... and nice weather is usually synonymous with a lack of wind... This means that the maxi-catamaran Orange is "on a diet" today and is making steady progress weaving between squalls. As expected, Bruno Peyron and his men are sliding along to the west of the Saint Helena high whose centre is (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
The maxi-catamaran Orange is continuing to rack up averages of more than 500 miles per 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records and is currently sliding along less than 500 miles east of Rio Janeiro (Brazil). Average speeds are hovering around 22 knots over 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records and (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
It’s filling a little in the centre and shifting to the west to come back even stronger to the east closing the door to the South Atlantic today to better centre itself between the African and American continents the day after tomorrow... This Saint Helena high knows how to tease and complicate the situation. The maxi-catamaran Orange is (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
The maxi-catamaran Orange crossed the equator at precisely 6h36 this morning (French time), 7 days and 22 hours after having crossed the start line of the Trophée Jules Verne. Bruno Peyron and his crew are now sailing in the South Atlantic, gliding along 800 miles east of Fortaleza (Brazil). The Doldrums now lie behind them, having slowed the (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Slowed 80 miles from the equator, the maxi catamaran Orange leaves Peter Blake with the reference time between Ushant and the equator. Peyron and his crew have used up the semblance of a trade wind which had been propelling them onwards since the Cape Verde Islands. Today the North Atlantic is giving them a slight rest before they move into (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records to cover 415 miles and inscribe the name of Orange in place of Enza and Sir Peter Blake on the Ushant-Equator record Record #sailingrecord ; Almost a formality anywhere else on the globe for a new generation maxi-catamaran. But a bit of a challenge when approaching the land of (...)
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TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Slaloming between the islands, schussing along the edges of highs... the ’no faults’ descent of the North Atlantic is drawing to a close for the maxi-catamaran Orange in site of the Doldrums. The wind is dying, the sky is clouding over, and the speedometer is falling to more ’normal’ standards... this is the great ocean (...)
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
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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 |