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en : Jules Verne Trophy
Franck Cammas on track for the 3rd time
13h 55’ 53’’ UTC : Groupama 3 crossed the start line of the Jules Verne Trophy off the Créac’h lighthouse in Ushant. Franck Cammas and his nine crew set off at over twenty knots in a light N’ly breeze on the back of a mass of rain… This latest record attempt begins with some encouraging, albeit tricky weather conditions. -
en : Trimaran Sodeb’O
Thomas Coville : "the boat will become lighter"
The skipper of Sodeb’O certainly won’t be at home very much in 2010. Indeed Thomas Coville is announcing an ambitious and dense sailing programme, which is set to include two round the worlds and four transatlantics on three hulls. That amounts to over 67,000 miles. -
en : Transat Jacques Vabre
Escoffier & Le Roux first team in Puerto Limon
A huge, noisy Costa Rican welcome greeted Franck Yves Escoffier (FRA) and Erwan Le Roux (FRA), co skippers of the Crêpes Whaou when they emerged out of the Caribbean darkness, comprehensively winning the Multi 50 class and taking line honours for this ninth edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre race which started from Le Havre on Sunday 8th (…) -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
Franck Cammas : "we can set off again"
Over the past 24 hours, the crew of Groupama 3 has been working together to contain the damage suffered around the beam bulkhead. The maxi trimaran has also had to let the Brazilian low pass over the top of her, which created strong winds last night… Franck Cammas looks back at the past few hours in the middle of the Southern Atlantic. -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
Damage for Groupama 3 which stops racing
It was at 1216 UT on Monday 16th November, that the skipper of Groupama 3, Franck Cammas, called the Jules Verne Trophy team to inform them that an aft beam bulkhead had broken, leading to serious damage to the float. Despite the storm, Groupama 3 is slowly making headway towards Cape Town some 1,700 miles away (3,000 km) and is therefore (…) -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
Cammas in 5 days 15 hours to the equator
After 5 days 15 hours and 23 minutes, Groupama 3 has crossed the equator, establishing a new reference time over this stretch of the course between Ushant and the line marking the switch of hemispheres. Now sailing close-hauled in a SE’ly tradewind, Franck Cammas and his nine crew are making headway at an average speed of twenty knots, heading (…) -
en : Transat Jacques Vabre
50’ trimaran Actual towed to Cherbourg
Yves le Blevec and Jean le Cam are safe after they capsized on Sunday afternoon. But, due to hand injury, Yves, the skipper, has been driven to the hospital. Jean was still onboard this morning (french hour) as the trimaran was towed toward Cherbourg... -
en : Transat Jacques Vabre
Le Blévec & Le Cam upside down
Actual, the new trimaran of Yves le Blevec and co-skipper Jean Le Cam is reported to have capsized in a position approximately 22 miles north of Cherbourg around 1645hrs GMT. -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
Groupama 3 set off from off the Créac’h lighthouse
15h 50’ 22’’ : Groupama 3 set off from off the Créac’h lighthouse (Ushant Finistère) in a good NW’ly breeze and big seas. Franck Cammas and his nine crew will have to be back from their circumnavigation of the globe spanning over 24,000 miles, prior to the morning of 26th December… -
en : Multi 50
Hervé Cléris : "We heard a big crack"
the 50’ trimaran "Prince de Bretagne" has broken her two starboard arms on Wednesday. The float disunited from the central hull. Fortunately, le crew was safe as her skipper Hervé Cléris did move the helm at time to avoid a capsize.
