Orange II - neuer Rekordversuch von Bruno Peyron - zur Übersicht www.orange.fr Press Release N° 19 Marseilles — Tuesday 21st September 2004 RECORD MEDITERRANÉE - Marseille - Carthage (Tunisie) ORANGE CODE FOR ORANGE II Orange Code. Bruno Peyron, skipper of the Orange II maxi-catamaran, in stand-by mode in Marseilles since Friday, just switched the orange lights on for his Mediterranean record attempt. This means that the boat could cross the starting line sometime between Thursday and Saturday this week. A first weather window could open this Thursday between 15 :00 and 20 :00. To be confirmed tomorrow. Foto: Gilles Martin-Raget The Mediterranean crossing record between Marseilles and Carthage (Tunisia) is held by Steve Fossett, who established it on May 24, 2002 aboard PlayStation, in 18 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds (24,38 knots of average speed). Bruno Peyron : " We could leave tomorrow, but the wind will be too strong (45 to 50 knots) and it will blow right in the direction of our route. Thursady, the cold front will show up and give us 20 to 25 knots of breeze. We should sail really fast for the first two thirds of the course. A little doubt reindexs as afr as the last portion is concerned, since the system does not seem to stay with us until the end. But whatever happens, the conditions that are expected lead us to give it a first shot ". Record of the Mediterranean : The first official benchmark time was recorded on this course 25 years ago ! François Boucher, aboard the Elf Aquitaine maxi catamaran (the same boat Marc Pajot had sailed to victory in the 2nd Route du Rhum) then renamed Saab Turbo, took the first record in just a bit more than 26 hours. Serge Madec, skipper of the glorious Jet Services V (which held the Atlantic record at the time and eventually became Commodore Explorer), did better 2 years later, before he was himself beaten by Laurent Bourgnon aboard his 60' trimaran RMO (which then became Primagaz) : nevertheless, the talented Bourgnon saw his record fall just a few days later ! Florence Arthaud had just won the Route du Rhum when she sailed flat out towards Carthage aboard her trimaran Pierre 1er. She beat Laurent Bourgnon by only 45 little seconds, but she kept her record for 11 years (during which there has not been many attempts). PlayStation, skippered by Steve Fossett, has added this record to his already long list in June 2002, gaining almost 4 hours on the previous performance. Time to beat : 18 hours, 46 minutes and 48 seconds Download the press release on "PDF format" : cp19gb.pdf About Orange ... Orange France is a subsidiary of Orange SA, which includes all the Mobile Phone activities of the France Telecom Group. Orange France is the leading mobile phone operator with a market share exceeding 48,8%, and more than 20,4 millions of customers (March 31th 2004 figure). Official partners : Orange, France Telecom Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE