The Artemis Transat 2008 www.theartemistransat.com Übersicht Positionstabelle 27.05.2008 Tuesday 27 May 2008 DAY 17: Dee Caffari completes her first solo race in The Artemis Transat onboard Aviva - Dee Caffari onboard Aviva crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat at 15:05:34 GMT (11:05 local time) today (27 May) - the second Briton (after Samantha Davies last night) to complete the solo course - In her first solo race on board her new IMOCA Aviva, Caffari arrived in Boston after 16 days, 2 hours, 5 minutes and 34 seconds - Samantha Davies (Roxy) took 5th place just before midnight (GMT) last night - A few hours later Roxy's adversaries Yannick Bestaven (Cervin ENR) and Arnaud Boissieres (Akena Vérandas) finished in 6th and 7th respectively with only 1.5 hours separating the two after nearly 3,000 miles of racing! - Only Steve White (Spirit of Weymouth), the last IMOCA competitor, reindexs at sea, expected to finish in the early hours of tomorrow. For Dee Caffari onboard Aviva, Boston began to feel like it was on the other side of the planet: "Aviva just started to move at about 2 knots. It felt fast after being stopped for so long. I just know this was a personal fog hole and am left feeling frustrated and just wanting to arrive in Boston", wrote the 35-year old two days ago. Finally, after many hours of frustration and feeling physically and mentally drained, Caffari crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat at 15:05:34 GMT (11:05 local time, Boston). In her first solo race onboard her new IMOCA 60 Aviva, Caffari completed the 2,982-mile course in a time of 16 days, 2 hours, 5 minutes and 34 seconds. Finishing 8th place out of the nine IMOCA boats that stayed the course - 13 started in total - Caffari, who was racing against some of the very best solo offshore sailors, has achieved a major milestone: "That will then be my first solo race in an Open 60, my first race in my new boat, and the next step for the bigger challenge ahead - the Vendée Globe." She knew it would be a baptism of fire and throughout her XX-day race, she has kept her cool, dealt with major onboard electrical problems and done an impressive job of managing herself and her new boat in a highly competitive race. Caffari feiert 8.PLatz im Transat mit G.H. Mumm Champagner © Matt Dickens/OnEdition/The Artemis Transat Dee Caffari finishes 8th in The Artemis Transat onboard Aviva © Matt Dickens/onEdition/The Artemis Transat http://media.theartemistransat.com Dee Caffari arriving in to Boston after finishing 8th in The Artemis Transat onboard Aviva © Matt Dickens/onEdition/The Artemis Transat http://media.theartemistransat.com 5th, 6th and 7th Just before midnight (GMT) last night, 33-year old Samantha Davies became the first Briton and first female to finish The Artemis Transat 2008. Samantha sailed her 60-foot monohull Roxy across the finish line at 23:00:51 GMT (26 May) in a time of 15 days, 10 hours, 0 minutes and 51 seconds. A few hours later, Yannick Bestaven (Cervin ENR) and Arnaud Boissieres (Akena Vérandas) crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat in 6th and 7th place respectively. These two French skippers who are close friends, had been embroiled in an intense duel and only 1.5 hours separated the two sailors at the end of nearly 16 days racing. One more to go The only reindexing IMOCA 60 competitor still out on the racecourse is Steve White onboard Spirit of Weymouth and is expected to reach Boston in the early hours of the morning. White is a tribute to the fact that anybody can achieve their dream, provided they are bold enough. He and his wife laid every penny they own on the line, re-mortgaged the house to purchase the boat (ex-Josh Hall's Gartmore) so White can follow his dream of sailing non-stop around the world in the up and coming Vendée Globe. He is proof that sailing is accessible to anybody with the skills, the dedication and a dream to keep alive. During his race, White has written some incredible emails back to shore detailing the high and lows of his experiences onboard - go to the Boat Logs section in the Race Console to read in full. A place in history: Dee Caffari secured a place in the history of world sailing by becoming the first woman to sail solo, non-stop around the world against the prevailing winds and currents in 2006. Her strong connection with the sea was formed during childhood sailing with her father leading to the post of sailing instructor at university before a land based career as a physical education teacher took her away from boats. However, after a period of globetrotting, the restless Caffari tasted offshore racing first hand as part of Mike Golding's shore team for the 2001 Vendée Globe and the solo sailing seed was firmly planted. To read Dee's full biography go to The Teams section http://www.theartemistransat.com IMOCA FLEET RESULTS : THE ARTEMIS TRANSAT Boat name / skipper name / finish time / date / elapsed time / time difference to 1st place 1 - Gitana Eighty (Loick Peyron) 03:15:35 GMT 24.5.08 12d 11h 45m 35s 2 - Brit Air (Armel Le Cleac'h) 08:28:40 GMT 24.5.08 12d 19h 28m 40s [difference to 1st place 7h 43m 05s] 3- Generali (Yann Elies) 04:00:22 GMT 25/05/08 / 13d 15h 00m 22s [difference to 1st place 1d 3h 14m 47s] 4 - Safran (Marc Guillemot) 10:18:47 GMT 26/5/08 14d 21h 18m 47s (average speed 8.32 knots / difference to 1st place 2d 9h 33m 12s) 5 - Roxy (Samantha Davies) 23:00:51 GMT 26/5/08 15d 10h 00m 51s (average speed 8.04 knots / difference to 1st place 2d 22h 15m 16s) 6 - Cervin ENR (Yannick Bestaven) 03:31:17 GMT 27/5/08 15d 14h 31m 17s (average speed 7.94 knots / difference to 1st place 3d 2h 45m 42s) 7 - Akena Vérandas (Arnaud Boissieres) 05:00:03 GMT 27/5/08 15d 16h 00m 3s (average speed 7.91 knots / difference to 1st place 3d 4h 14m 28s) 8 - Aviva (Dee Caffari) 15:05:34 GMT 27/5/08 16d 2h 5m 34s (average speed 7.70 knots / difference to 1st place 3d 14h 19m 59s) For Further information, please contact OC Events T: +44 (0)870 0630218 E: info@ocevents.org mailto:info@ocevents.org For more information please visit http://www.theartemistransat.com Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE