Route du Rhum-Banque Postale Start 29. Oktober 2006 - St.Malo www.routedurhum.org - Übersicht Monday 30th October 2006 First day of racing on board Orange project It was a very important first day for Stève Ravussin. The Orange project trimaran suffered considerably in the light airs during the first 24 hours of racing, and has decided on the most extreme option hoping to reap the benefit on Tuesday by getting into place in the paths of the low-pressure areas moving to the West of Ireland. To achieve this, he headed off north last night in the mist amongst the fishing boats. His VMG and position in the rankings suffered accordingly. However, the solid Swiss sailor is not unduly worried and reindexs calm and collected sticking, with his option to get the most out of his yacht in the current conditions. In the rankings at 15h00 GMT, Orange project was sailing….. As laid down in the battle plans «I’m where we planned to be,» confirmed a very focused Stève Ravussin this morning. «The conditions we encountered during the night, with a pea-souper and light airs are exactly what Roger Nilson, our router forecast. I’m sticking to the strategy we drew up. I’m heading a little further north both to pick up some more wind today, but also to get into the westerly flow developing on Tuesday.» The long tack at 90° from the direct route will have cost him some miles, around 35, in comparison to the yachts favouring a straighter route closer to the coast of Brittany. «It’s a long journey,» stressed the experienced Ravussin, who knew he wouldn’t be able to compete in sheer speed with the more recent trimarans, which are much lighter and behave remarkably well in less than 10 knots of wind. Lacking sleep… Fog, fishing boats and shipping lanes… it was no easy matter for Stève Ravussin to get any rest during the night. «I like not to sleep on my first night of racing,» explained Stève, «as I build up a need for sleep that will make it that much easier to fall asleep quickly, when conditions allow.» The secrets of the stamina of a lone yachtsman comes from a series of very short little naps (1 hour), which can be taken at any time. Only an advanced state of fatigue and a lack of sleep allow this to happen. On this first day, Stève has begun to gradually bring his trimaran around. The wind has steadied from the west and the multihull is making around ten knots headway. Swedish brainstorming The communications between the boat and the shore router in the shape of the Swede Roger Nilson stepped up a notch today. The important thing is to try to get the trimaran in position to pick up the wind flow, so she may then head towards Guadeloupe at the highest speed possible. The Orange trimaran loves a breeze. What they need to do is find it as soon as possible without moving too far away from the direct route, the right angle and the ideal wind strength. Ravussin is taking a gamble and hoping for a favourable verdict in the next 24 hours. He will not spend too much time studying the rankings, which given the current situation, do not really mean that much in his opinion. Rankings for the first ten 60’multihulls at 15h GMT : Place Bateau / Skipper Latitude Longitude Vit. Cap Dist. But Dist. 1er 1 Groupama 2Franck Cammas 49 30.16' N 9 17.24' W 18.8 268 3255.6 0.0 2 GéantMichel Desjoyeaux 49 53.68' N 9 40.84' W 19.7 268 3258.0 2.3 3 Banque PopulairePascal Bidegorry 49 35.40' N 9 11.76' W 15.2 269 3262.4 6.8 4 Gitana 11Lionel lemonchois 49 05.92' N 8 53.84' W 20.0 271 3271.3 15.7 5 Sopra GroupAntoine Koch 49 49.20' N 9 12.36' W 19.4 274 3273.8 18.2 6 BrossardYvan Bourgnon 49 36.72' N 9 01.04' W 20.2 276 3276.7 21.0 7 SodeboThomas Coville 48 58.44' N 8 29.64' W 19.2 278 3284.1 28.5 8 FonciaAlain Gautier 49 14.48' N 8 26.52' W 17.9 289 3291.0 35.3 9 Gitana 12Thierry Duprey du Vorsent 49 14.32' N 8 12.08' W 14.4 270 3299.9 44.3 10 Orange ProjectSteve Ravussin 49 40.24' N 8 01.36' W 16.9 267 3314.5 58.8 11 Region Guadeloupe-Terres de PassionsClaude Thelier 49 03.56' N 7 37.48' W 12.9 266 3318.3 62.6 12 MadininaGilles Lamire 49 35.60' N 5 13.48' W 11.9 306 3417.3 161.7 Photo library : www.orangesailingphotos.com Official photographer : Gilles Martin-Raget : +33 6 07 55 45 85 - gmr@martin-raget.com www.orange-sailing-team.com Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE