Oceanyachting -Die Orange II von Bruno Peyron - zur Übersicht www.orange.fr Press Release N° 6 NEWPORT — Wednesday, 18th August 2004. NEW-YORK / CAP LIZARD RECORD ORANGE II GOES BACK TO "ORANGE" ALERT ! Bruno Peyron, the giant catamaran Orange II's skipper has just made it known that he has stepped up to "Orange" alert, for a start from New York (Ambrose Light), which may occur sometime around Friday or Saturday morning. Bruno Peyron: "The window of opportunity concerning the weather isn't perfect, as there is still a lack of agreement between the American and European weather forecasts for the half-way stretch, but we have to be ready just in case... Some are predicting a wind in the right direction for us, while others see what is very much a westerly wind, which is a less ideal angle for a giant multihull like Orange II. Whatever happens, we should seize this opportunity, as there aren't any other suitable weather patterns for the next 10 days, and the next stage of our programme means we can't wait around here. The members of the crew, who are still in France are going to jump into a plane as early as this evening in order to come aboard tomorrow evening, when we will move away from the berth in Newport Shipyard, where the welcome has just been fantastic. These last few extra days have allowed us to finish preparing the boat, which is now 100% ready and which has lost 3 tonnes of weight in comparison to the situation at the start of the Jules Verne Trophy. The conditions here for getting the boat ready are ideal. We make a fine pair with Endeavour... Orange II, the latest G class alongside Endeavour, which was one of the final J class boats. It's all very symbolic! Next episode tomorrow...". Copyright-free pictures (for press purposes) upon request : Gilles Martin-Raget +33/(0)6 07 55 45 85 - gmr@martin-raget.com Press Contact Maxi-Catamaran Orange : Bénédicte Etienne - C Sports Communication : +33/(0)6 87 30 12 83 - benedicte.etienne@csports.fr Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE