Jules Verne Trophy
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Jules Verne Record
KINGFISHER2 feels the first effects of the Trade Winds - sailing fast towards the Equator in warmer conditions making conditions easier for the crew. Lighter airs, as little as 15 knots, made for a difficult tactical night, but breeze now building again and from an excellent angle (...)
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Jules Verne Record
KINGFISHER2 passed Cape Finistere after a rough night in the North Atlantic - winds average 30 knots but set to decrease today. Wind direction more from the NE pushing KINGFISHER2 to sail slightly further west but still heading south averaging 19.87 knots.
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Trophée Jules Verne
Ellen MacArthur and her 13 strong crew onboard KINGFISHER2 surfed across the start line of the Jules Verne Challenge at 0648 and 49seconds (GMT) this morning.
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Jules Verne record
KINGFISHER2 and her 14 strong crew did not pass the line as intended this morning after discovering a technical problem on the mast track at first light this morning. KINGFISHER2 was just miles from the start line off of Ushant primed to go, when the crew noticed a problem with the mainsail track ˆ a metal runner that goes the full (...)
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Jules Verne Record
The weather situation is about as complicated as can be but starting record Record #sailingrecord attempts is never an easy task. Based on the current weather forecast Ellen MacArthur and her crew will leave Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. (NW France) on board KINGFISHER2 tomorrow in fairly clement (...)
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Trophée Jules Verne
Fourteen crew to race the 110ft maxi-catamaran KINGFISHER2 for the Jules Verne Trophy this winter were announced at the Paris Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow on Friday morning, by skipper Ellen MacArthur.
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No Limit
Led by Ellen MacArthur, Team KINGFISHER plan to set off around the planet next winter to attempt to become the fastest sailors on earth. They will sail one of the giant 110ft (33m) ’megacats’ on the 25,000 mile course. The record Record #sailingrecord of 64 days 8 hours 37 minutes and 24 seconds was set just a few weeks ago by (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
First quotes from the crew new record Record #sailingrecord holder of the Jules Verne Trophy in 64 days 8 hours 37 minutes and 24 seconds.
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Jules Verne Trophy
"Just 328 miles from joy!" exclaimed Gilles Chiorri. Orange has latched onto a front and is galloping at full speed Speed #speedsailing , straight for Ushant. The centre of the small low will catch up with her this evening, provoking a bit of a slowdown, the extent of which will decide the exact time she crosses the imaginary line stretching (...)
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Jules Verne Trophy
"It does one good to see the GPS with three figures now..." said Sébastien Josse during today’s radio chat session. 960 nautical miles to go at 0800 this morning and the heading is 62° or NE: it’s beginning to smell of Brittany! The helm was put ’right hand down a bit’ at about 1800 yesterday evening and this time (...)
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 |