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  Geronimo has the equator in their sights

  Six and a half days after crossing the Trophée Jules Verne start line off Ushant at 01:25 GMT (02:25 French time) last Monday and 2,785 miles later (an average speed approaching 18 knots), Geronimo is approaching the equator. This is the first waypoint on her circuit of the globe and one she should cross during Monday morning.
  24 February 2002
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  "Geronimo and the crew are both running like clockwork"

  At 1 p.m. today (French time), Geronimo was approaching the Cape Verde islands on her way to the equator. "Everything’s going very well on board.
  22 February 2002
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  Bruno Peyron : "We’ll rebuild !... and we’ll be off again !"

  Bruno Peyron has left Vannes, leaving repairs to Orange’s mast in the hands of the architects and engineers of the Mulitplast boat yard. Casting his thoughts back to the start and the incident which occurred only 30 minutes afterwards, Bruno Peyron commented : " It is difficult to describe what goes through your head when so much positive (…)
  18 February 2002
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  Orange breaks her mechanics

  

  Orange on the starting line. Broken Mast (down). Photos: G.Martin-Raget

  Bruno Peyron and his twelve men crew left Brest at 8:35, local time, this morning. Then they put sails and cape to the west to leave the bay of Brest and join the starting line of the round the world record.
  Christophe Guigueno 14 February 2002
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  Bruno Peyron : "We’ll also be trying to win the dual with Olivier de Kersauson"

  

  Photo: G.Martin-Raget

  When the catamaran was sailing away from Brest for mast trials, Bruno Peyron was answering to few questions in Paris during a special press show.
  Christophe Guigueno 8 February 2002