2005 Jules Verne Trophy
Morning Press Release
Paris, Monday February 7, 2005 – 6 :00 AM
Almost 2000 miles in 3 days…
Orange II has been averaging close to 28 knots over the past 3 days.
Saturday, Bruno Peyron and his crew entered the roaring 40s, and since
then have been packing up miles. 684 miles have been covered yesterday
at 28,5 knots of average speed, Orange II got real close to (her own)
24-hours world speed record! This impressive progression should get
them to Good Hope by tomorrow, with a bit less than a 4-day lead over
Geronimo’s and Cheyenne’s 2004 passages. As far as the Ushant – Good
Hope record itself is concerned, it should be smashed by Orange: two
days better than the previous mark, which means a mere two weeks to
sail from Brittany to the southern tip of Africa.
Bruno Peyron: “Conditions are good, the boat’s sailing well, we handle
speed and wind properly. We gybed yesterday night, and we’re still
sailing fast because our angle is good. Tension is constant aboard, but
everything’s fine. We should keep that pace today, towards the cape of
Good Hope, which we should round tomorrow. I don’t know what our lead
over our virtual rivals is, but it should be good, after this crazy
week end”.
>
> 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
> The records Orange II has to beat
> – The Jules Verne Trophy, held since 29th April 2004, by Olivier de
> Kersauson and the crew of the trimaran Geronimo, in 63d, 13h 59mn.
> – The absolute round the world record held since 5th April 2004, by
> the American Steve Fossett, in 58d, 09h, 32mn.
>
> Orange II’s most recent records
> – The world 24 h record (706.2 miles covered at an average speed of
> 29.42 knots),
> - The Mediterranean Record (17h 56mn and 13s, at an average of 25.53
> knots).
>
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>
> About Orange ...
> Orange, a subsidiary of France Telecom, is one of the global leaders
> in mobile telephony. Orange France is the leading operator in mobile
> telecommunications in France with a market share of 47.7% and more
> than 21.3 million clients on 31st December 2004.
>
> index partners: Orange, France Telecom
> Local authority partners: City of Marseilles, Marseilles Metropolitan
> Authority
> Official supliers: TD Com, International Peinture, Henri Lloyd, UKHO,
> Lomac, Yamaha, Nera, Valderas Consulting, Telemar Scandinavia, Aramid
> Rigging, Southern Spars.
>
> Press contacts for the Orange Maxi-Catamaran:
> Pierre Giboire - Agence Mer & Média / 06 08 31 00 48 –
> pierre.giboire@wanadoo.fr
> Bénédicte Etienne - C Sports Communication / 06 87 30 12 83 -
> benedicte.etienne@csports.fr
>
> Freely available photos (for free press use) :
> www.maxicatamaran-orange.com (press section)
>
> Video production for the Orange Maxi-Catamaran:
> Arnaud de Belinay : +33/(0)6 84 84 14 71 - debelinay@therace.org
>
> Official Photographer: Gilles Martin-Raget : +33/(0)6 07 55 45 85 -
> gmr@martin-raget.com
>
> Press contacts for France Télécom / Orange :
> Sébastien Goalès - France Télécom / 01 44 44 93 93 -
> sebastien.goales@francetelecom.com
> Marie-Cécile Leprat - C Sports Communication / 01 58 47 84 58 –
> mc.leprat@csports.fr
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