Geronimo - Olivier de Kersauson - Superyachting.com www.supersailing.com - Übersicht PRESS RELEASE of 04/24/2006 “Unstable weather” Becalmed 1000 miles from their destination, the weather is trying the patience of Geronimo's crew… “Doing this takes a certain level of maturity, and morale isn't at its highest on board Geronimo right now”, explained Olivier de Kersauson in his radio bulletin last night. After more than 12 days at sea, the Capgemini and Schneider Electric t rimaran is pressing on with her difficult passage to Yokohama, having covered 4,700 nautical miles since beginning her record attempt in San Francisco. Geronimo's progress has been a rather complicated affair for the last four days. “We're tacking in between 1 and 4 knots of wind in a pretty calm sea and asking ourselves what it would take to find some more wind; but we've had to submit - tactics are just impossible. We can't get around this system. The calms stretch 700 miles to the south and to the north the currents are very strong. In this part of the North Pacific, the weather is a bit unstable. There are a lot of small depressions and anticyclones, and some anticyclones can turn into depressions. It's an unbelievable hotchpotch that's caused by the immensity of the Asian continent”. Nevertheless, this laborious sailing should come to an end within the next 12 hours or so when the wind returns. The 11-man crew aboard Geronimo still have 1,000 nautical miles to cover before they reach Yokohama. “It could be 700 miles of flat calm, followed by 500 miles of beating against a 9 to 12 knot wind on our nose. And if the simulation is right, 45 knots in the last few hours along the coast, with a risk of thick fog: we daren't allow ourselves to believe it!”. At 16:40 (French time) yesterday, Geronimo had covered 4,530.32 nautical miles at an average speed of 17.16 knots, and had 1,030.18 miles left to Yokohama. Press Contact France : Vincent CAUMES (RivaCom) La Vigie 20 Quai Malbert 29200 Brest - France Mob : +33 (0)6 08 51 42 53 Press Contact USA : Amy HALSTED () T : +1 410.349.9366 Contact superyachting Challenge : Rob STIRLING (Superyachting) Mob USA : +1 619 203 2787 Free rights Audio files : Didier PIRON (RivaCom) Port : +33 (0)6 08 51 72 73 RNIS: + 33 (0)2 23 30 26 28 (26 88) Free rights videos : Claude BERTRAC (Sea Events) 7 Rue de la Monnaie F- 35000 RENNES Tél. : +33 (0)2 99 79 32 39 Fax : +33 (0)2 99 79 32 40 Schneider Electric : Véronique MOINE (Schneider Electric) Tel : +33 (0)1 41 29 70 76 Free rights pictures : Vincent CAUMES (RivaCom) La Vigie 20 Quai Malbert 29200 Brest - France Tél. : +33 (0)2 98 43 21 50 Fax : +33 (0)2 98 43 68 01 Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE