04.02.2005
> Jules Verne Trophy 2005
> Maxi-catamaran Orange II
Morning Press release
Friday 4th February 2005 - 5h00
ORANGE II IN THE SOUTHERN 30s
The maxi catamaran Orange II continues her great sail down the South
Atlantic under conditions which still enable her to accelerate. In the
same time, she draws a perfect curve towards the southern 40s. Located
this morning by 29°50 S, the Giant is perfectly positioned to joint the
front the team was chasing. They should join it to day.
In the last 24 hours, Orange II has covered 544 miles at the average
of 22,7 knots. After 2 difficult days, in a strong sea, the giant is
leaving this rough area and sails between 25 and 30 knots this morning.
In a black night, she sails fast under indexsail with one reef and
solent. Useless to say that there is tension on board. Under that kind
of conditions, no error at the helm is allowed...
The course towards the South is perfect. The boat is positioned this
morning on the latitude of Porto Allegre (Southern of Brazil). If all
goes well, the island of Tristan Da Cunha, which is just on the course
of the boat, should be reached tomorrow morning, after only 12 days of
race! The Cape of Good Hope should be reached in three to four more
days and the great run in the Indian Ocean will be able to start.
Bruno Peyron:
« This morning, we are right in edge of the small front
which we want to join. We have to push a little the boat during the
last 2 days. It was tiring. This night, winds were very unstable and
every two hours we had a sail change to do. Finally we left this area
and the wind is now more regular. We should sail like this towards the
southern 40s. We are almost on the orthodromic route with a course
around 135°. Therefore we make more gain over our virtual competitors.
We reindex extremely concentrated at the moment sailing at 30 knots of
speed in the middle of the night, under solent and 1 reef. This is a
perilous exercise. Fortunately the sea was quite smouth. Tomorrow, our
route must rounds the island of Tristan Da Cunha. This is the greatest
Albatross reserve of the world. After that, come the southern 40s. Cold
temperatures, large migratory birds and Australes seas which will be
our travelling companions. »
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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