Jules Verne Trophy
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Volvo Ocean Race
Franck Cammas is waiting for his mega trimaran to be back from Cape Town after its stop in the Jules Verne Trophy attempt. But his team has begun its work to enter the next Volvo Ocean Race. Ericsson 4 has been convoyed to Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. , Brittany, France. After few sails aboard the (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Over the past 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records , 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 (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
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 (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
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 Speed (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
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 (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Franck Cammas, skipper of the maxi trimaran, has presented the crew who will be setting off on their latest adventure from 1st November onwards. Their mission is to break the round the world record Record #sailingrecord under sail, held since 2005 by Bruno Peyron on Orange 2 with a time of 50 days and 16 (...)
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Trimaran Groupama 3
Just a year ago, Franck Cammas and his nine crew capsized 80 miles off New Zealand following the breakage of Groupama 3s port float. 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records ahead of the reference time set by the current Jules Verne Trophy record Record #sailingrecord holder when the incident occurred, the crew was (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Back in France after righting Groupama 3 in the New Zealand port of Dunedin, eight of the crew of the giant trimaran confirmed from Groupama’s Managerial staff that the adventure is continuing. Indeed, the damage suffered by the giant trimaran is considerable but reparable. Franck Cammas indicated that Groupama 3 was going to be loaded (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
Whilst sailing off New Zealand, Groupama 3 capsized following the breakage of her port float. The ten men were very quickly airlifted via helicopter by the New Zealand rescue services and taken to Dunedin (South Island). They will do everything they can to salvage the trimaran once the conditions on zone have (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
At 07h 50’ 17’’(GMT), the ten men on Groupama 3 set off on the Jules Verne Trophy attempt. They will need to cross this same line, between Lizard Point and the Créac’h lighthouse, after rounding the three capes, prior to 15th March at 00 hours 09 minutes 21 seconds (GMT) to snatch the round the world record Record (...)
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 |