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en : Jules Verne Record
MacArthur and crew leave Lorient on Monday for possible start on Wednesday
The weather situation is about as complicated as can be but starting record attempts is never an easy task. Based on the current weather forecast Ellen MacArthur and her crew will leave Lorient (NW France) on board KINGFISHER2 tomorrow in fairly clement conditions to make the 130 mile passage to the Jules Verne start area between Ushant (…) -
en : Trophée Jules Verne
Fourteen men with Ellen MacArthur around the world
Fourteen crew to race the 110ft maxi-catamaran KINGFISHER2 for the Jules Verne Trophy this winter were announced at the Paris Boat Show on Friday morning, by skipper Ellen MacArthur. -
en : The Race
The Race 2 will start from Marseilles on February 29th 2004
The second edition of The Race, the "No Limit" round-the-world crewed sailing race, will start on Sunday February 29th, 2004. -
en : No Limit
Severe setback for Geronimo in Brest
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The giant Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Schneider Electric trimaran was involved in a violent collision caused by a smaller yacht in the Moulin Blanc harbour at Brest yesterday. -
en : No Limit
Geronimo back on the record trail soon
The giant trimaran owned by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Schneider Electric was returned to her natural element in Brest harbour today. -
en : No Limit
Ellen MacArthur has bought Bruno Peyron’s Orange
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 of 64 days 8 hours 37 minutes and 24 seconds was set just a few weeks ago by Bruno Peyron on the same boat that (…) -
en : No Limit
The Race Event has launched The Race Tour
After consulting with most of the interested principal parties since the arrival of The Race 2000/2001, and in furtherance of the major objectives previously discussed in Southampton in September 2001, the organizational committee of The Race Event have decided to launch the "Giant Class International Circuit" and create the first Round The (…) -
en : TransMed Record
New TransMed Record for Fossett and Crew Aboard 125’ Maxicat
American skipper Steve Fossett proved once again that tenacity pays, setting a sizzling new TransMed record on the second attempt. -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
Nick Moloney: "Thank you Bruno for an "extraordinary" adventure"
First quotes from the crew new record holder of the Jules Verne Trophy in 64 days 8 hours 37 minutes and 24 seconds. -
en : Jules Verne Trophy
It’s the last straight, the final sprint before a victorious finish.
"Just 328 miles from joy!" exclaimed Gilles Chiorri. Orange has latched onto a front and is galloping at full speed, 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 between Ushant and the (…)
