Ellen Mac Arthur - und ihr B&Q Maxi-Trimaran www.teamellen.com - zur Übersicht 22.11.2004 Trimaran title sponsor B&Q is the biggest DIY retailer in Europe and third biggest in the world. http://www.diy.com ELLEN UPDATE: THE WAITING GAME.... IN BRIEF * SINCE ARRIVING IN FALMOUTH (UK) ON MONDAY (15.11.04), ELLEN MACARTHUR PATIENTLY WAITS FOR THE RIGHT WEATHER WINDOW... * STANDBY MODE STILL RED...NO POTENTIAL WEATHER WINDOW ON THE HORIZON FOR <> For latest information, please go to http://www.teamellen.com IN DETAIL: The 75-foot trimaran <> arrived in Falmouth (UK) on Monday, 15th November berthing at Port Pendennis Marina alongside Cornwall's National Maritime Museum. Public and media alike, only had one question for Ellen: "When are you leaving?" Ellen's response: "It could be 3 days, 3 weeks or longer..." This is the reality of record attempts and finding the right weather window to start a non-stop, solo round the world record attempt is no easy feat: "We want the wind from behind <> or on her side but not in front..." said Ellen. "So we're looking for a High Pressure area over the Azores that basically means the Trade Winds will be strong further down the track after the start and if the Trade Winds are strong we can get across Equator quickly." Looking for that 5-7 day weather pattern to get <> across the start line between Ushant (north coast of France) and the Lizard (south-west coast of UK) down to the Equator, can be an arduous task: "I liaise with Commanders' Weather - our weater routers in the States - every day and we are looking up to 10-14 days ahead but the weather predictions are not totally reliable this far ahead. But if there is something looking good out there, we can pick it up at this stage. But in reality the weather forecasts are only relatively accurate 5-6 days ahead not more and even then things can still change." The majority of the <> shore team have reindexed in Falmouth to go through final checklists with Ellen and help with the final preparations. But for Ellen and the team it is really a waiting game: "Things are okay at the moment as we have only really just arrived and only been here a week. It is good to be with the team down here as we have been under a lot of pressure over the last year with a lot of moving around from Australia to America, France and now here. So it is nice to be here in one place and great for all of us to be together sharing this standby period. I expect I will get more impatient to get off and will start feeling the stress a bit more soon - half my mind is out there already..." STANDBY MODES: RED: No obvious weather window good enough to propel <> into the first stage of the course towards the Equator. AMBER: 60 to 70% chance of departure in next 72 hours, Ellen with trimaran. GREEN: Intention to depart within 36 hours. WHY IS THIS RECORD SO EXCEPTIONAL: 1800+ people have rached the summit of Everest... 450+ people have been in space... 12 astronauts have stepped on the moon... 5 solo sailors have attempted to race around the globe NON-STOP on MULTIHULLS (the fastest and most extreme boats to traverse the oceans)... Only 1 succeeded to go the distance non-stop... Francis Joyon, current solo round the world record holder, set off on 22.11.03 and finished 72 days, 22 hours, 54 minutes and 22 seconds later on 3.2.04 to set a new world record. This is the time MacArthur has to beat . NOTES ON PREVIOUS RECORDS: MacArthur currently holds four solo sailing race records: * Plymouth (UK) to Newport (US) east-west transatlantic 14 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes (fastest female and winner of Class 1 / Kingfisher monohull). * Fastest female to race solo around the world in the 2000/2001 Vendée Globe in 94 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes, 40 seconds and finishing 2nd overall (Kingfisher monohull). * Route du Rhum race (St Malo, France to Guadeloupe) new course record 13 days, 13 hours, 31 minutes, 47 seconds (Kingfisher monohull). * Fastest female solo to cross the Atlantic west to east in 7 days, 3 hours, 49 minutes, 57 seconds (<> trimaran). Visit http://www.sailspeedrecords.com for further information. Email powered by Active24 http://www.active24.com For further information, please contact Offshore Challenges: Lou Newlands or Lucy Harwood T: +44 (0)870 063 0210 E: lou@offshorechallenges.com or lucy@offshorechallenges.com B&Q has over 350 stores in the UK, China and Taiwan and employs about 40,000 people. With its sister DIY company Castorama which has stores in France, Italy and Poland, B&Q is the biggest DIY retailer in Europe and third biggest in the world. http://www.diy.com Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE