Monday 22nd February – Press release
JULES VERNE TROPHY
(CREWED ROUND THE WORLD VIA THE THREE CAPES)
Time to beat: 50 days 16 hours 20 minutes and 4 seconds
Groupama
Groupama 3: Cape Agulhas – Cape Leeuwin: reference time beaten
On crossing the line marking the longitude of Cape Leeuwin (115° 08’ E) at
04h 17’ 47’’ UTC this Monday 22nd February, Groupama 3 has obtained the best
time over the section of course between Cape Agulhas, which marks the entry
into the Indian Ocean, and the SW promontory of Australia: 6 days 22 hours
34 minutes.
Good weather, smooth seas and a point in their favour rounds up the latest
news for Franck Cammas and his nine crew. At 04 h 17’ 47’’ UTC this Monday
morning, Groupama 3 crossed the longitude of Cape Leeuwin, picking up the
award for best reference time along the way on this their third Jules Verne
Trophy attempt.
Response in Tasmania
This excellent crossing of the largest and toughest section of the Indian
Ocean, which will come to an end to the South of Tasmania has, most
importantly, enabled Groupama 3 to draw even with Orange 2.
With a deficit of just 120 miles, or around four hours, Franck Cammas and
his crew are fully respecting the goal they set themselves when they began
to attack the roaring forties: to go fast without rushing the boat.
Be that as it may, this beautiful section of the Deep South has provided the
trimaran with her third best reference time in the Jules Verne Trophy: 5d
15h 23' from Ushant to the equator in November 2009 (2nd attempt), 7d 02h
22' from the equator to Cape Agulhas in February 2008 (1st attempt) and 6d
22h 34’ from Cape Agulhas to Cape Leeuwin today…
Next on the agenda is to keep pace with the high speed, which is set to be
the case this Monday morning with some almost perfect sailing conditions:
organised seas, a stable and steady NW’ly wind of twenty knots, clear skies,
a pretty crescent of a moon, the starry vault of heaven in the company of
the Southern Cross and spring temperatures!
Franck Cammas, Steve Ravussin, Fred Le Peutrec, Lionel Lemonchois, Thomas
Coville, Stan Honey, Loïc Le Mignon, Bruno Jeanjean, Ronan Le Goff and
Jacques Caraës don’t appear to need anything more than they have already,
serenity reigns…
Reference time between Cape Agulhas and Cape Leeuwin
Groupama 3 (22nd February 2010): 6 days 22 hours 34 minutes
Improvement in relation to Orange 2 in 2005 (7d 05h 35’): 7hr 01’
The intermediary WSSRC record: Indian Ocean
• Western limit: Cape Agulhas, crossing the meridian of 20° East.
• Eastern limit: the southern tip of Tasmania (South-East Cape), crossing
the meridian 146°49' East.
*Bruno Peyron on Orange 2 (17th February 2005) 9d 11h 04'
Groupama 3’s log (departure on 31st January at 13h 55’ 53’’ UTC)
(Number of miles covered in relation to the optimum course for the Jules
Verne Trophy)
Day 1 (1st February 1400 UTC): 500 miles (deficit = 94 miles)
Day 2 (2nd February 1400 UTC): 560 miles (lead = 3.5 miles)
Day 3 (3rd February 1400 UTC): 535 miles (lead = 170 miles)
Day 4 (4th February 1400 UTC): 565 miles (lead = 245 miles)
Day 5 (5th February 1400 UTC): 656 miles (lead = 562 miles)
Day 6 (6th February 1400 UTC): 456 miles (lead = 620 miles)
Day 7 (7th February 1400 UTC): 430 miles (lead = 539 miles)
Day 8 (8th February 1400 UTC): 305 miles (lead = 456 miles)
Day 9 (9th February 1400 UTC): 436 miles (lead = 393 miles)
Day 10 (10th February 1400 UTC): 355 miles (lead = 272 miles)
Day 11 (11th February 1400 UTC): 267 miles (deficit = 30 miles)
Day 12 (12th February 1400 UTC): 247 miles (deficit = 385 miles)
Day 13 (13th February 1400 UTC): 719 miles (deficit = 347 miles)
Day 14 (14th February 1400 UTC): 680 miles (deficit = 288 miles)
Day 15 (15th February 1400 UTC): 651 miles (deficit = 203 miles)
Day 16 (16th February 1400 UTC): 322 miles (deficit = 376 miles)
Day 17 (17th February 1400 UTC): 425 miles (deficit = 338 miles)
Day 18 (18th February 1400 UTC): 362 miles (deficit = 433 miles)
Day 19 (19th February 1400 UTC): 726 miles (deficit = 234 miles)
Day 20 (20th February 1400 UTC): 751 miles (deficit = 211 miles)
Day 21 (21st February 1400 UTC): 584 miles (deficit = 124 miles)
Find all the latest about the Groupama trimarans on:
www.cammas-groupama.com
Translated by Kate Jennings – Expression
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