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MOD 70 - KRYS OCEAN RACE 2012
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Tagesvideo 13.07.
PRESS RELEASE • 13 July 2012
MOD70s get the party started
at the Tonnerres de Brest
Saluted by sailors aboard just about every conceivable type of
floating craft, the KRYS OCEAN RACE's MOD70's fleet, which had
just completed a lightning fast crossing of the Atlantic,
received a rousing welcome when they docked this afternoon in
the very centre of the massive Tonnerres de Brest maritime
festival.
Yann Guichard's winning team on Spindrift racing lead the
finishers, as they speared spectacularly down the Rade de Brest,
at more than 25 knots hulls flying, to give the huge armada a
front row view of these exciting ocean racing multihulls, before
taking the applause of the big crowds which lined the pierheads
as they docked by the KRYS OCEAN RACE village.
As the latest and most exciting concept in ocean racing, the
MOD70's, and their world renowned crews which had traversed the
Atlantic in under five days could not represent more of a
contrast with the traditional boats, and their respective
sailors, which flocked out of the harbour to cheer them in.
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Spin driftcrew feiert Sieg
Fotos: Th.Martinez/MOD S.A.
Foto: Benoit Stichelbaut
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From local brightly coloured Breton fishing smacks, Dutch sailing
barges, tiny brown sailed traditional dinghies bobbing among the
confused wakes in the harbour, restored historic lifeboats, to
three masted tall ships from around the world, the warmth of the
welcome offered to the KRYS OCEAN RACE teams reflected a unity
of respect and admiration for fellow mariners.
Yann Guichard, winning his first ocean race as skipper, paid
tribute to his own team, citing a special feeling and mood on
board Spindrift racing during the crucial second night of the
race when they had to push hardest to leverage their lead.
"The wind increased all the time, that night was just fantastic
for us." Said Guichard, "The feeling and spirit on board that
night was just very special. All the helmsmen that night did
such a good job."
And he revealed that it was only early today that he learned how
high their 24-hour record for the MOD70's is:
"711 miles is incredible, we only discovered that this morning,
but it is cool. It was amazing at that time, averaging 30kts all
the time."
Michel Desjoyeaux, finishing third on FONCIA praised the winners
for their drive and for benefiting from a strategic risk which
he said he felt that his FONCIA team were not prepared to take
at the time:
" We saw him just in front of us, but the problem was we were
very close to the strong wind side of the cold front which we
took all the way across the Atlantic. But the problem here is
that if you go a little bit too much to the left side, then you
lose the wind, stop the boat and then you have go far from the
straight course to find the wind again. And so we did not want
to take that risk."&xnbsp; Explained Desjoyeaux,
"For sure it was our first Transatlantic race downwind and the
first objective was to finish the race and not capsize. So if
you do not want to take risks then you lose places. That is the
game. But we were happy to finish three boats in less than two
hours after five days racing after a very, very fast race."
Stève Ravussin's fifth placed Race for Water crew are expected to
finish early Saturday morning, perhaps as the team most relieved
to dock in Brest. After hitting a submerged container during the
first night of the race, the crew have had ease off the pace and
indextain a constant regime of pumping water from their boat
every 40 minutes.
Quotes:
Yann Guichard, skipper Spindrift racing: "I am a happy man for
sure. This was a very difficult race to win, the conditions were
not extreme but hard, all day and all night, so to win on my
first time as skipper is great."
Sébastien Josse, skipper Groupe Edmond de Rothschild: "You just
know that when you sail in a fast boat that you just have to
forget about staying dry. In a Volvo 70 or Open 60, anything
that goes faster than 20kts, you have to just forget staying dry
. This is no worse than a Volvo 70…just the same: inside is wet,
outside is a bit wetter, usually. It is part of the game."
"Overall it is all a good sign for the boats competing together.
The first 48 hours we broke the 700-mile barrier and that is
good for the future. I don't think it (the record) can go much
higher than that, maybe 10 miles, because here we really did
have the perfect conditions."
Michel Desjoyeaux, skipper FONCIA "I think they (Spindrift racing
) is a very good team and pushed the boat very hard downwind. You
need to be very precise driving the boat and trimming the sails,
we have to work hard. For sure it was our first Transatlantic
race downwind and the first objective was to finish the race and
not capsize. So if you do not want to take risks, you lose
places. That is the game. But we were happy to finish three
boats in less than two hours after five days racing after a very
, very fast race."
Sidney Gavignet, skipper Musandam-Oman Sail: "We validated out
learning. Our goal was to arrive here, we did that well but we
really learned a little too, and we keep that to ourselves. I am
pretty confident we can be in the game in the next race. But
leading out of New York, we had some good luck, but it was
delicious."
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