Jules Verne Trophy - Orange II - Geronimo - Cheyenne www.trimaran-geronimo.com - zur Übersicht Geronimo - Racing blindfold [16 /3 /2004 ] 48 hours of sailing with one eye on the instruments and the other on the radar screen. The Cap Gemini and Schneider Electric trimaran is hammering along in fog so thick you could cut it with a knife, near two large icebergs and doubtless many smaller ones as well. This morning, the skipper said emphatically “No! We still haven’t seen an iceberg… we must have passed quite close to one and I think it’s not over yet”. As things stand, all the crew will be able see is a small green dot on the screen, and will hear only the radar alarm. The air temperature has fallen to under 5 degrees, with 25 knots of apparent wind on deck. At equivalent latitude, the southern summer is even worse than one in the northern hemisphere... The 11-man crew’s 19th day ended with over 540 nautical miles covered at an average speed of 22 knots point-to-point. Their lead over the current record has now risen to 770 nautical miles, as measured to the longitude of Cape Leeuwin at 50°S. In the first half of Day 20, Geronimo covered 252 sea miles in the fog at a reduced and more prudent average speed of 21 knots. Better visibility would allow the crew to increase speed again, since growlers are detectable only by eye with binoculars. DAY 19 GERONIMO (Cap Gemini / Schneider Electric) 46.39°S – 31°25E 543 nautical miles in 24 hours, at an average speed of 22.64 knots 3,164.80 nautical miles to the longitude of Cap Leeuwin 2002 Record 36°16S – 20°45E 486.76 nautical miles in 24 hours, at an average speed of 20.28 knots 3,934.36 nautical miles to the longitude of Cap Leeuwin Press Relation RIVACOM Régis Rassouli Tel : +33 (0) 2 98 43 21 50 regis@rivacom.fr Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE