Route du Rhum 2002 www.routedurhum.org zur Übersicht Datum: 27. Nov 2002 17:16 The Route du Rhum 2002: Press Release N° 34 The Rhum in Small Sips The Route du Rhum has always been open to everyone, famous or otherwise. Just getting over to the other side of the Atlantic is an achievement in itself. This year’s Route du Rhum was marked by the breakage and capsizes in the trimaran fleet, but there is also a smaller version multihull, the 50-foot class, who weathered the storm without serious breakage. After sunrise in Guadeloupe Anne Caseneuve passed the finish line on her 50-foot trimaran Yachting Casino.com, more than a day behind the winner of the class, Franck Yves Escoffier on Crepes Whaou!. Both were sailing without autopilot the last days of racing, and were exhausted once on dry land. Australian Nick Moloney is expected to cut the finish line Thursday morning GMT, winning the 50-foot monohull class, and will be the first Australian in history to complete the Route du Rhum. Antoine Koch’s L’Heautontimoroumenos crossed the finish line of Pointe à Pitre at 02.28 GMT today, fifth in the Open 60 monohull class. This was a first solo on a 60-foot monohull for the 24 year old Frenchman. This morning local time Patrick de Radigues on Garnier Belgium, from Belgium, glided across the line, sixth in the same class. Some hours earlier Anne Caseneuve completed the Route du Rhum at 1112:07 GMT, taking second in the 50-foot multihull class on her homemade Yachting Casino.com, an interesting construction made up of bits and pieces from old 60-foot trimarans. The boat held out well in the storms but the last days of the race her autopilot was not functioning, and the only women finishing this Route du Rhum on a multihull, was extremely tired when she arrived in Guadeloupe. The class 2 multihull winner Franck Yves Escoffier was penalised by the race committee for rounding the “Phare des Baleines Sud” marker the wrong way. However, the 12 hour penalty imposed, did not affect his position as winner and he has also beaten his personal best time in previous Rhums. Anne Caseneuve- stolz auf Platz 2-Multi2 Guadeloupe - noch 190nm nach Guadeloupe ! Yesterday Miranda Merron aboard Un Univers de Services was sailing beam to beam with a cruising catamaran, Born Free, keeping her company in the big blue. “Pity that the Rhum is single-handed as the 7 guys swamping the catamaran could have come in pretty handy,” said the Briton skipper in yesterday’s radio chat session. Last night Miranda was hit by a big squall lasting for two hours with pouring rain. She took in 40 litres of freshwater, collected in the indexsail reef. Enthusiastically she grabbed the moment and had a much appreciated freshwater bath in her indexsail! Miranda Merron is very tired “I’m having real trouble waking up at the moment. I hear the first alarm, the second a little less and the third not at all!” The squalls do not make the situation easier, the choice of sails is very difficult in the shifting conditions. Miranda Merron is expected to cross the finish line early Friday morning as eighth 60-foot monohull, ahead of Mike Birch, Patrick Favre and George Leblanc. If all goes smoothly Nick Moloney will cross the finish line tomorrow morning Thursday 28 November and so becoming the first Australian to complete the Route du Rhum, and above all win it! At 1500 GMT Moloney was 112.6 miles from sweet victory of the 50-foot monohull class ahead of five more competing in the category and three who abandoned. With the current ETA for Ashfield Healthcare, Moloney will beat the previous record in the 50-foot monohull class, set by Offshore Challenge colleague and this year’s winner of the 60-foot monohull class, Ellen MacArthur, who in 1998 completed the Route du Rhum on a 50-footer in 20 days, 11 hours, 44 minutes, and 49 seconds. Overall rankings Basse-Terre buoy to finish line. Since the first edition, this race within the race, initiated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Guadeloupe, which has funded a total of 20 000 Euros, has been very highly valued by the skippers. The distance of this course is 25.4 nautical miles and two rankings exist: monohulls and multihulls without distinction of class. Multihull rankings: 1 Banque Populaire - 2 hours 05’ 59’’ 2 Géant - 2h 19’ 21’’ 3 La Trinitaine-Ethypharm - 2h 22’ 54’’ Positionen 27.11.2002 Multihull 60 ORMA 1. Michel Desjoyeaux, Géant; Time racing 13d 07h 53’ ; Average speed on orthodromic 11,10 knots 2. Marc Guillemot, La Trinitaine; Time racing 13d 19h 36’ 18’’ at 11h 32’ 42’’ after first; Average speed on orthodromic 10, 71 knots 3. Lalou Roucayrol ; Banque Populaire; Time racing 14d 07h 01’ 00’’ at 0d 23h 8’ after first; Average speed on orthodromic 10,35 knots ABD-Fujifilm-Loick Peyron ABD-Banque Covefi-Bertrand deBroc ABD-Sergio Tacchini-Karine Fauconnier ABD-Sopra Group-Philippe Monnet ABD-Bayer CropSciences-Frederic Le Peutrec ABD-Belgacom-Jean-Luc Nélias ABD-Foncia-Alain Gautier ABD-Groupama-Franck Cammas ABD-Rexona Men-Yvan Bourgnon ABD-Sodebo-Thomas Coville ABD-TIM-Giovanni Soldini ABD-TechnoMarine-Steve Ravussin ABD-Gitana X-Lionel Lemonchois ABD-Eure&Loir-Lorénove-Francis Joyon ABD-Bonduelle-Jean Le Cam Monohull 60 IMOCA 1. Ellen MacArthur, Kingfisher; Time racing 13d 13h 31' 47''; Average speed on orthodromic 10,91 knots 2. Mike Golding, Ecover; Time racing 13d 22h 49' 35'' at 09h 17' 48'' after first; Average speed on orthodromic 10,61 knots 3. Joé Seeten, Arcelor Dunkerque; Time racing 16d 00h 51‘ 51‘‘ at 2d 11h after first; Average speed on orthodromic 9,23 knots 4. Roland Jourdain, Sill; Time racing 16d 05h 14’ 04’’ at 2d 15h 42’ 17’’ after first; Average speed on orthodromic: 9,12 knots 5. Antoine Koch, L’Héautontimorouménos; Time racing 17d 13h 17’ 28’’ at 3d 23h 45’ 41’’ after first; Average speed on orthodromic: 8,43 knots 6. Patrick de Radiguès; Garnier Belgium; Time racing 18d 00h 20’ 04’’ at 4j 10h 48’ 17’’ after first; Average speed on orthodromic: 8,19 knots 7-60ème Sud-Didier Munduteguy-339.0 Miles to finish 8-UUDS-Miranda Merron-472.1 9-Tir Groupé-Montres Yéma-Mike Birch-621.9 10-Millimages-Gédéon-Patrick Favre-793.0 11-Ciments St Laurent-Ocean-Georges Leblanc-1101.0 ABD-Virbac-Jean Pierre Dick NL-Dinan Pays d'Entreprises-Frédéric Lescot ABD-VMI-Sébastien Josse ABD-La Rage de Vivre-Loïck Pochet ABD-Leasecom-Ymag-Elie Canivenc ABD-Temenos-Dominique Wavre Monohull Class 1 1-Ville de Dinard-Bruno Reibel-1563.4 Miles to finish ABD-Un Autre Regard Ensemble pour l'UNHCR-Nicolas Peitrequin Monohull Class 2 1-Ashfield Healthcare-Nick Moloney-112.6 Miles to finish 2-Florys-Luc Coquelin- 329.3 3-Branec III-Roger Langevin- 541.0 4-Mille Visages-Hervé Vachée-749.1 5-Laiterie de Saint Malo-Clément Surtel-764.5 6-Adecco Etoile Horizon-Bob Escoffier-1346.3 ABD-Apic A3S-Christophe Huchet ABD-République Dominicaine-Yannick Bestaven ABD-Défi Vendéen-J. F. Durand Monohull Class 3 1-Storage Tek-Regis Guillemot- 493.6 Mi les to finish 2-Passion Entreprendre-Jérôme Thiriez-1290.4 3-Grain de Soleil-Etienne Svilarich-1553.5 ABD-Hellomoto-Conrad Humphreys ABD-Fantasy-Forest-Alain Grinda Multihull Class 2 1. Franck Yves Escoffier, Crêpes Whaou! Time racing 16d 11h 09’ 42’’; Average speed on orthodromic: 8,99 knots 2. Anne Caseneuve; Yachting-casino.com; Time racing 17d 22h 12’ 07’’ at 1d 11h 27’ 25’’ after first; Average speed on orthodromic: 8,22 knots 3-Vaincre la mucoviscidose-Hervé Cleris-156.1 Miles to finish 4-Région Archipel Guadeloupe-Claude Thelier-189.9 5-Lehning-Lapeyre-LPP-Blanchet-Gourbeyre-P.Y. Guennec-1066.1 ABD-E-Sat Tri Sélectif-Pascal Quintin ABD-Groupe France Epargne-Patrick Morvan ABD-Chaleur Fioul Elan-Didier Levillain Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE