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ORANGE II - Bruno Peyron - Nordatlantik Rekordversuch 2006
www.orange-sailing-team.com - Übersicht
03.07.2006
123 miles ahead of PlayStation’s relative position
In order to beat the legendary Atlantic record, they will have to cross the finishing line off The Lizard at the southwestern tip of Britain by 04h27 GMT on Friday morning. For the moment, Bruno Peyron’s crew is ahead of where they need to be to grab the record. At the first comparison point this morning, Orange II had a lead of 123 miles over PlayStation’s record run.
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"Photo Jean-Baptiste Epron"
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Bruno Peyron. «We’ve exactly the conditions we were expecting with a south westerly flow and a good angle to the fine 25 to 30 knot wind, which is positive in terms of sheer speed. Although the sea became a little less comfortable this morning with 1.5 to 2 metre high waves on the beam, for the time being that isn’t slowing us down,» the French yachtsman was pleased to announce, in a tone clearly showing how satisfied he was with the performance of the other eleven men making up the crew, including Bernard Stamm, Yann Guichard and Pascal Bidégorry … «They’re doing a fine job. They’re going very fast!»
Going fast is of course the obsession in this crazy sprint against the clock across the North Atlantic, which has already seen them smashing one record. What about tomorrow? «The day should be a little bit better, as we won’t need to go out of our way, as we had to do today to get around the Nantucket Banks,» explained the skipper of Orange II. Pushing back still further this new barrier is therefore not impossible. «Up until now, we’ve had our work cut out: we had to carry out eight manoeuvres, with changes of sail. With twelve men it’s physically exhausting and we’re only working using two watches. Each team must therefore wake up the other when it’s time to carry out some work, as there is no watch on stand by, as there was for the circumnavigation.»
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