03.02.2005
Jules Verne Trophy 2005
Maxi-catamaran Orange II
Morning Press release
Thursday 3rd February 2005 - 5h00
ORANGE II PASSING THROUGH DIFFICULT SEAS
The Orange II maxi-catamaran and the twelve-man crew are continuing their fast descent of the South Atlantic this morning averaging 20 knots. The boat has however been slowed a little since early in the night because of a large swell, which is stopping from going on the attack. Bruno Peyron prefers to ease off a little to take care of the equipment. The giant is making good average speeds on a trajectory increasingly moving towards the east to shorten the route. Today is likely to be a bit slower than planned but the skipper of Orange II reindexed confident this morning about the possibility of reaching the wind change allowing him to swing around to the east towards the Cape of Good Hope.
Bruno Peyron :
"We’re still heading down towards the south at around 20 knots, but have been forced to slow down a little because of tricky seas. We weren’t able to hoist the solent, as it’s a sail that is too powerful in these conditions. Imagine a 30 tonne monster falling into a trough several metres deep. It’s a bit difficult and unpleasant to be sailing like this. We’re under the staysail, in other words a little under what you might expect in 20-knot winds. We decided to look after the equipment in these conditions, and not to go on the attack today. We’ll be looking for a compromise between our bearing and our speed. Apart from that everything is fine on board. The boat is behaving well in spite of these heavy seas. Yann Eliès’ watch came off just now and handed over to Lionel Lemonchois. The good news is that today we should start easing around to the east and shortening the route. Tomorrow we shall be accelerating again in a more favourable wind with the swell easing off. So we’re putting up with things today to be able to attack more tomorrow..."
Day at sea: 10th
Date : 03/02/2005
Time (GMT) : 04h32
Latitude : 21 08.08' S
Longitude : 28 13.80' W
Recorded speed: 16.3 knots
Recorded bearing: 174°
Average speed: 18.9 knots
Speed over 24 h: 21.5 knots
Distance over 24h : 517 miles
Speed since the start: 20.3 knots
Total distance: 4753 miles
Reindexing distance: 20149.80 miles
Official website : http://www.maxicatamaran-orange.com
Orange Race headquarters: French Yachting Federation (Fédération Française de Voile)
17, rue Henri Bocquillon
75015 PARIS
(Metro Boucicaut)
Radio sessions: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1.15 p.m. GMT at Orange race headquarters and live on Internet. Wednesday’s broadcast will be a live video link on Internet and on Orange mobile handsets.
Audio: Apart from the radio session three times a week, an audio recording is made every morning at 5 a.m. with the boat.
These recordings can be heard and downloaded in MP3 format in the press section of the website: www.maxicatamaran-orange.com
For any individual requests, please contact Bénédicte Etienne on 06 87 30 12 83
Boat’s positions:
The position of the boat is updated every quarter of an hour on the website: www.maxicatamaran-orange.com
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