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Lionel Lemonchois gets 50 at sea
"Celebrate your half-century aboard, I couldn’t wish for better ! "
mardi 2 février 2010 –
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This 2nd February, Lionel Lemonchois was once again celebrating his birthday at sea, as he did five years ago aboard Orange 2… At fifty years of age, the winner of the last Route du Rhum was delighted to be at sea again at this turning point in his life.
Indeed he was in great spirits during the radio link-up this Tuesday lunchtime when he spoke to Groupama’s Race HQ in Paris :
– “We have twenty-five to twenty-eight knots and we’re picking our way along nicely ! We’re sailing along the edge of the low over Madeira and the temperatures are considerably milder than yesterday… It’s rather grey, but it’s beginning to turn out nice. Added to that, to be able to celebrate your half-century aboard Groupama 3 on another round the world, I couldn’t wish for better ! I’ll be able to avoid the hangover too…"
Attention remains key though as they prepare to tackle the wind shift due to take place this afternoon : the N’ly wind will give way to a NW’ly breeze, which will drop off to the South of the Canaries. Once again a barrier of high pressure will move across and it is imperative that Groupama 3 quickly locates the NE’ly tradewinds, which are reorganising themselves offshore of the Mauritanian coast.
– “We’re already back into our rhythm without taking any chances with the boat : we’re here to effortlessly and calmly manage a circumnavigation of the planet… We’re in the process of unfurling the heavy airs gennaker, as we’ve been making twenty-eight to thirty knots under solent jib and one reef in the mainsail up till now. The sea isn’t very organised, but over the coming hours, we’re likely to have got through the strongest wind. Five years ago, we weren’t very quick on Orange 2. I was with Ronan Le Goff and Jacques Caraës at the time. Maybe in five years time I’ll be here again !” enthused Lionel Lemonchois before sampling the meal prepared specially for him by Frédéric Le Peutrec. There are now just 2,000 miles to go to reach the equator…
– Pres info www.cammas-groupama.com
Palmarès de Lionel Lemonchois
| 2008 |
| Record New-York San Francisco à la voile, sur Gitana 13, en 43 jours et 38 minutes. |
| Record San Francisco Yokohama à la voile, sur Gitana 13, en 11 jours, 12 minutes et 55 secondes. |
| 2006 |
| Route du Rhum 2006 : 1er sur Gitana 11 en 7j 17h 19min 6s |
| Grand Prix du Portugal et de Fécamp 2006 : 2e avec Loïck Peyron sur Gitana 11 |
| Cannes-Istanbul 2006 : 3e avec Bertrand de Broc sur les Mousquetaires |
| Londres-Alpes Maritimes 2006 : 1er avec Franck Cammas sur Groupama 2 |
| Transat AG2R 2006 : 2e avec Dominic Vittet sur Atao Audio Systèmes |
| Élu « Marin de l’année 2006 » par le jury de la Fédération française de voile 2005 |
| Transat Jacques Vabre 2005 : 1er avec Pascal Bidégorry sur Banque Populaire IV |
| Trophée Jules Verne 2005 avec Bruno Peyron en 50j 16h 20min sur Orange II |
| 2002 |
| Route du Rhum 2002 sur Gitana X |
| The Race 2000-2001 : 3e avec Cam Lewis sur Team Adventure |
| 2000 |
| Transat Québec-Saint-Malo 2000 : 1er avec Franck Cammas sur Groupama |
| Transat AG2R 2000 : 1er avec Karine Fauconnier sur Sergio Tacchini-Itineris |
| 1999 |
| Mini Transat 1999 : 32e (deux démâtages) sur Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque |
| Transgascogne 1999 : 1er sur Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque |
| Fastnet Race 1999 : 1er avec Catherine Chabaud sur Whirlpool |
| 1997 |
| Route de l’Or 1997 : 2e avec Isabelle Autissier sur PRB |
| 1996 |
| Transat Québec-Saint-Malo 1996 : 7e sur Spirit avec Halvard Mabire |
| 1995 |
| Mini Transat 1995 : 4e sur Les Jeudis du Port |
| Mondial Mumm-36 1995 : 2e avec Jimmy Pahun sur K-Yote |
| 1994 |
| Record New York-San Francisco 1994 : avec Isabelle Autissier sur Ecureuil Poitou-Charentes |
| Solitaire du Figaro |
| 1993 |
| Open UAP 1993 : 1er monocoque sur Ville de Cherbourg avec Halvard Mabire |
| 1992 |
| Transat AG2R 1992 : 4e sur Clips Entreprises avec Fred Guérin |
| 1991 |
| Mini Transat 1991 : 6e sur Clips Entreprises |
| Solitaire du Figaro |
| 1990 |
| Solitaire du Figaro |
| 1989 |
| Mini Transat 1989 : 11e sur Clips Entreprises |
| 1985 |
| Monaco-New York 1985 : 2e avec François Boucher sur Ker Cadelac |
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