Jules Verne Trophy 2010

- Franck Cammas/Groupama 3
www.cammas-groupama.com - Hochseerekorde

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31.01.2010
JULES VERNE TROPHY
(CREWED ROUND THE WORLD VIA THE THREE CAPES)
Time to beat: 50 days 16 hours 20 minutes and 4 seconds

Groüpama3 hat Kap Hoorn erreicht
Foto: Jacques Caraës www.cammas-groupama.com

Groupama - Up and running!

13h 55’ 53’’ UTC: Groupama 3 crossed the start line of the Jules Verne Trophy off the Créac’h lighthouse in Ushant. Franck Cammas and his nine crew set off at over twenty knots in a light N’ly breeze on the back of a mass of rain… This latest record attempt begins with some encouraging, albeit tricky weather conditions.
Returning to cross the finish line off Ushant before 06h 14’ 57’’ on 23rd March: such is the objective the ten men aboard the trimaran have set themselves in order to snatch the round the world record, that is within one minute of the reference time…

Indeed Groupama 3 must complete the course spanning more than 21,600 miles, in less than 50 days 16 hours 20 minutes; the reference time for the Jules Verne Trophy set by Bruno Peyron and his crew in 2005.

Franck Cammas and his nine crew set off at 13h 55’ 53’’ (UTC) on their third attempt. It would appear to have less favourable conditions than those on the two previous attempts (January 2008 and November 2009), however the extremely tight timing for hooking onto the next weather system as they pass Cape Finisterre and then the Canaries remains positive nonetheless. Indeed the weather routing gives a rough time of five and a half to six and a half days for reaching the equator! This translates as a very acceptable time for maintaining sufficient room for manœuvre with a view to Orange 2’s trajectory in 2005…

The organisation aboard Groupama 3
Three watches of three people:
* Franck Cammas, Loïc Le Mignon, Jacques Caraës
* Stève Ravussin, Thomas Coville, Bruno Jeanjean
* Fred Le Peutrec, Lionel Lemonchois, Ronan Le Goff
* Stan Honey, navigator, off watch

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Translated by Kate Jennings – Expression

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von Bord der Groupama 3

22.03.2010 - A 4th round-the-world record for MULTIPLAST

21.03.2010 - Round the words

20.03.2010 - 48 days 07 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds!

20.03.2010 - Tempo allegro

19.03.2010 - Goal: Ushant

17.03.2010 - Racing the front

16.03.2010 - Breaking even

15.03.2010 - Green light!

14.03.2010 - Equator: 41d 21h 09’

12.03.2010 - At the zenith!

10.03.2010 - Atlantic Roll

08.03.2010 - Zigzagging northward