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MOD 70 - KRYS OCEAN RACE 2012
www.krys-oceanrace.com - Übersicht
Tagesvideo
News Flash • 12 July 2012
Spindrift racing win the KRYS OCEAN RACE
New York to Brest in under 5 days
Yann Guichard and his crew of five crossed the finish line on
Thursday July 12 at 12hrs 08m 37s UTC (14hrs 08m 37s) to take
overall victory in the inaugural KRYS OCEAN RACE transatlantic
race in an elapsed time four days 21 hours 08 minutes 37s, an
average of 25.03 kts on this 2950 miles race course.
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Foto: Th.Martinez/MOD S.A.
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In this first ocean race for the new MOD70 one design multihull
class, Spindrift racing finished about an hour and a half ahead
of Sébastien Josse's Groupe Edmond de Rothschild and FONCIA, who
were about a quarter of an hour behind second, after a great
race across the Atlantic from New York to Brest in winds which
is rarely dropped below twenty knots ...
This is the first great ocean racing victory for Yann Guichard.
At 38, this former Olympic Tornado catamaran sailor, who finished
fourth in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, has amassed considerable
multihull experience offshore with Marc Guillemot, Bruno Peyron
and Franck Cammas, racing solo across the Atlantic in 2010, but
also on the Swiss lakes in the D35 and M-2 multihulls.
He has also raced inshore as helm in the America's Cup World
Series and the Extreme 40 series.
Launched in January this year, Spindrift racing is MOD70 hull
number 5, and has been taken on by his crew, which includes
Pascal Bidégorry, Jean-Baptiste Le Vaillant, Jacques Guichard,
Leo Lucet and Kevin Escoffier.
Bidégorry, Escoffier and Le Vaillant are among those who set the
existing outright Atlantic record in 2009.
Spindrift racing sailed an actual 3284 miles on the water at an
average of 28.04 knots.
Programme:
Thursday 12th July at 16hrs local time (14h UTC) in the village
of the KRYS OCEAN RACE with the first three crews to have
finished.
Audio and video files will be uploaded and available for download
from the media section: http://www.krys-oceanrace.com/en/press
-centre.html
Friday 13th July at 1400h, the MOD70 fleet arrive into Brest
harbour taking centre stage in the Tonnerres de Brest maritime
festival.
1300h – Media Boats depart for the entry to the harbour - Limited
spaces on media boats are available, please send your request
through to: margaux.maheo@multionedesign.com
Check latest position reports at:
[http://www.krys-oceanrace.com/en/race-data.html]
Latest photos:
[http://www.krys-oceanrace.com/en/pictures.html]
Latest videos:
[http://www.krys-oceanrace.com/en/videos.html]
12 July: Estimated Finish
13 July : Welcome on the pontoon 15h
15 July: KRYS OCEAN RACE Prize Giving
16 JULY 2012
BREST CITY RACES
Press Release • 12 July 2012
Scilly gains?
Gains by the chasing duo Groupe Edmond de Rothschild and FONCIA
which were revealed when the leading MOD70 Spindrift racing
reappeared last night from undercover 'ghost mode' may continue
through the first part of today but Spindrift's
Pascal Bidégorry seemed confident that their crew have enough in
hand in an improving forecast to cross first at the Petit Minou
finish line this afternoon.
But the finish of the first KRYS OCEAN RACE will be closer than
it was anticipated yesterday.
Before disappearing into ghost mode yesterday Spindrift racing
had 69.2 miles of a lead over the second placed Groupe Edmond de
Rothschild, but this morning that had been cut to just 35.9
miles.
As all three MOD70 teams passed the longitude of Fastnet Rock,
off the southern tip of Ireland in the small hours of the this
morning - sailing roughly the same track - Yann Guichard and the
Spindrift Racing crew had a lead of 1 hour and 25 min ahead of
Seb Josse's Groupe Edmond de Rothschild with Michel Desjoyeaux
in third with his FONCIA crew at only 30 minutes behind them.
Bidégorry, racing in the lightest wind since leaving New York
Sunday, 12kts, said
" Once we round the Scilly Isles, we should pick up the southwest
breeze that will come in stronger and be more stable for the
approach to Ushant. Now we are just ahead of the low and had to
get over a small ridge, which means the others have managed to
catch up on us.&xnbsp; For now we should be pretty much on a direct
route from now on though."
The leaders were around 50 miles from the Scilly Isles gate at
0630hrs UTC, after which they have around 120 miles to sail to
the finish line.
This morning Spindrift Racing had temporarily outrun the leading
edge of the front which has propelled them at high speeds all
the way across the Atlantic, and so were in much lighter breezes
when Bidégorry spoke to the early morning radio call with KRYS
OCEAN RACE. But after squeezing through a small light airs ridge
, they should be caught again by the stronger winds for a high
speed finale, close reaching to the finish.
After finishing the MOD70's will reindex offshore before making a
grand entrance into the Tonnerres de Brest festival tomorrow
afternoon.
Pascal Bidégorry, Spindrift racing:
"The wind has dropped down to 12 knots over night. Once we round
the Scilly Isles, we should pick up the southwest breeze that
will come in stronger and be more stable for the approach to
Ushant. Now we are just ahead of the low andhad to get over a
small ridge, which means the others have managed to catch up on
us.&xnbsp; For now we should be pretty much on a direct route from now
on though.
I look at the weather too with Yann as well as being at the helm,
this is still a boat and we have to sail it!&xnbsp; Sometimes you are
at the helm on a one and a half hour watch and the last fifteen
minutes can be really tough.&xnbsp; It is not easy keeping your eyes
open with the bucket loads of water constantly spaying in your
face. My eyes are knackered!
There are not that many boats this size that can cross the
Atlantic in so few days.
It is really nice to get the feeling of the old 60 footers, I
think we had all forgotten just how wet it is on board and that
we live en up living like dogs on board, there are not comforts.
Now we are a bit drier, we all had to get changed after two days
because it started to smell.&xnbsp; It was like a mouldy smell, not
just from the foul weather kit but also from the boat itself.
Not very nice!
We should get to the finish this afternoon, hard to put a time on
it because it is not until we get passed the Scilly Isles that
we will know for sure, but anytime from 2pm onwards to say four
in the afternoon.&xnbsp; There should be a wind rotation and then
there are a few rocks to deal with too…
It is dawn and not all that much to eat on board…we have really
rummaged around and can't find anything.&xnbsp; But then we just get
on with the sailing and grab whatever is going."
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12 July: Finish Line
13 July : Welcome on the pontoon 15h
15 July: KRYS OCEAN RACE Prize Giving
16 JULY 2012
BREST CITY RACES
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