Jules Verne Trophy 2005
2005 Jules Verne Trophy / Maxi-Catamaran Orange II
Morning Press Release N°1 – 5:00 AM
Paris, Tuesday January 25
ALREADY OFF THE PORTUGUESE COAST!
494 miles covered in 18 hours at 27,5 knots of average speed… Needless
to say Orange II literally swallowed the Bay of Biscay on a port tack.
Yesterday afternoon, the data received from the boat showed at times 29
knots of average speed over half an hour, and instant speeds of almost
35 knots! Cape Finisterre (Spain) was rounded in the middle of the
night, and Orange II is now already off the Portuguese coast. The
maxi-catamaran skippered by Bruno Peyron still benefits from NE winds
blowing at 20 knots, generated by the high pressure cell located over
Ireland.
Bruno Peyron: “It’s been rather fast since our start, our speed
oscillating between 28 and 35 knots. The route is quite complex, and
the weather conditions we encounter are different from what we had on
our files prior to the start – going towards the Canary Islands will
not be as simple as it had seemed. But the weather’s been great, and
sailing under the moon at 30 – 35 knots was just magnificent”.
Key figures (5:00 AM data)
Start: Monday January 24 2005 – 10:03’07’’ GMT).
Distance covered since the start: 494 miles
Avg speed since the start: 27,5 knots
Reindexing distance: 24 086,50 miles
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