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Jules Verne Trophy 2010
Franck Cammas/Groupama 3
www.cammas-groupama.com -Übersicht
04.03.2010
Groupama
One ocean left to devour
On rounding Cape Horn at 1830 UTC this Thursday 4th March, Franck Cammas and
his men have retained a lead of 175 miles over the reference time, which
equates to 8 hours 55 minutes. However, the beginning of this final stage of
the round the world will be complicated for the giant trimaran to negotiate,
at least for the first few hours of this Atlantic ascent .
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Foto: Jacques Caraës www.cammas-groupama.com
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The rather peculiar conditions, which have been reigning over the Pacific,
have not enabled Groupama 3 to beat the WSSRC record for traversing the
largest ocean in the world. For sure there was wind, but too much, to the
extent that the crew was forced to make a big detour to the North to avoid
the worst of the seas generated by a nasty low. However, it proved necessary
for Franck Cammas and his men to negotiate a rather light transition zone
prior to approaching the coast of Chile. In the end, the crew devoured
nearly 5,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean (Southern Tasmania to Cape Horn) in
8 days 19 hours 07 minutes, which amounts to just 59 additional minutes in
relation to the reference time set by Orange 2 in 2005 (8d 18h 08').
However, there is still 7,000 miles to go before they reach the finish line
off Ushant: Bruno Peyron and his crew took over eighteen days to climb up
the Atlantic. And even though Groupama 3 is still a few miles ahead of the
reference time right now, she is set to lose the majority of this advantage
over the coming days. The headwinds reigning over the East coast of
Patagonia will make a serious dent in the giant trimaran's capital.
Back in 2005 the champion Jules Verne Trophy catamaran had a superb climb to
the equator (8d 05h 36'), but she struggled to make Ushant once she got into
the northern hemisphere (9d 11h 15'). As such Groupama 3 is still on track
to improve on the round the world record: fifty days is still within
grasp...
Groupama 3's time between Tasmania and Cape Horn
8d 19h 7', or 59' more than the WSSRC record set by Orange 2 in 2005
Reference time between Ushant and Cape Horn
Groupama 3 (2010): 32d 04h 34'
Lead over Orange 2's time (32d 13h 29' in 2005): 8h 55'
Translated by Kate Jennings - Expression
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