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Jules Verne Trophy
Orange faces to the St Helena high
It’s filling a little in the centre and shifting to the west to come back even stronger to the east closing the door to the South Atlantic today to better centre itself between the African and American continents the day after tomorrow... This Saint Helena high knows how to tease and complicate the situation. The maxi-catamaran Orange is (...) -
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Orange arrives in the southern hemisphere
The maxi-catamaran Orange crossed the equator at precisely 6h36 this morning (French time), 7 days and 22 hours after having crossed the start line of the Trophée Jules Verne. Bruno Peyron and his crew are now sailing in the South Atlantic, gliding along 800 miles east of Fortaleza (Brazil). The Doldrums now lie behind them, having slowed the (...) -
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Peyron and his boys let the record to Peter Blake
Slowed 80 miles from the equator, the maxi catamaran Orange leaves Peter Blake with the reference time between Ushant and the equator. Peyron and his crew have used up the semblance of a trade wind which had been propelling them onwards since the Cape Verde Islands. Today the North Atlantic is giving them a slight rest before they move into (...) -
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Orange against Enza’s Ouessant to Equator record
24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records to cover 415 miles and inscribe the name of Orange in place of Enza and Sir Peter Blake on the Ushant-Equator record Record #sailingrecord ; Almost a formality anywhere else on the globe for a new generation maxi-catamaran. But a bit of a challenge when approaching the land of (...) -
TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Orange is slaloming between the islands
Slaloming between the islands, schussing along the edges of highs... the ’no faults’ descent of the North Atlantic is drawing to a close for the maxi-catamaran Orange in site of the Doldrums. The wind is dying, the sky is clouding over, and the speedometer is falling to more ’normal’ standards... this is the great ocean (...) -
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Geronimo on her way home
Since returning to the Northern Hemisphere, Geronimo has been making good headway towards her destination in Brittany. The task now facing the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young – Schneider Electric team is to reach Brest Brest #brest as quickly as possible and get started on diagnosing and repairing the problems encountered with the (...) -
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Peyron less than 1000 miles from the equator line
An instant speed Speed #speedsailing of 31.3 knots at 1000 this morning, 519.26 miles in 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records at the 1300 position report... As hoped for yesterday, the maxi-catamaran Orange has picked up a slight shift to the east in the trades, which has enabled her on the one hand to gain speed (...) -
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Orange to the Canaries in less than three days
The 1500 mile mark since leaving the Créac’h lighthouse (Ushant) astern was passed today Tuesday March 5th at 1100 GMT. The maxi-catamaran Orange continues to "reel in" the miles and this morning left the Canary islands to port still flirting with an average of 20 knots over 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records . (...) -
TROPHEE JULES VERNE
Orange is zigzagging down the Atlantic
475 miles on the clock since yesterday midday at 19.82 knots: needless to say the maxi-catamaran Orange is continuing to record Record #sailingrecord a more than honourable average especially as the weather conditions are far from optimum. All’s well aboard, but it’s man˜uvre after man˜uvre, and the boat was positioned (...) -
Trophée Jules Verne
Back to Geronimo’s record attempt
It was at 02:25:16 on 18 February that Geronimo, crewed by the Cap Gemini & Ernst Young/Schneider Electric team, crossed the Round the World Record Record #sailingrecord start line off Ushant. The current holder of the Trophée Jules Verne was on his way to better his own unbeaten record Record #sailingrecord of 1997. Aboard this (...)
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Maxi multicoques de la classe Ultimes
Le terme "G-Class" a été inventé par Bruno Peyron pour définir cette catégorie hors norme de multicoques et monocoques géants et "no limit" avant qu’ils ne soient définis comme "ultim".