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Jules Verne Trophy
Orange halfway round
Dry suits and balaclavas on again, diving masks glued to faces, hands clinging onto the wheel or frozen to the sheets... The menu for this rather special day is for cold and damp on board the maxi-catamaran Orange. The Marseilles giant is surfing the liquid mountains of icy water of the Southern Ocean at more than 30 knots, gobbling up almost (...) -
Around Alone
Nineteen competitors in the official entry list
Race organisers Clipper Ventures did released the official entry list for the 6th edition of Around Alone, the longest race for any individual in any sport. With the 31st March deadline for entries just passed, the line-up now boasts an impressive 19 skippers from 11 countries, with 8 in Class I, 10 in Class II, and 1 Venturer Class entry. (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Four days ago Orange had a delamination problem
"To be honest, I must say that apart from what you already know, we had a little problem that could have had more serious consequences..." wrote Bruno Peyron in his e-mail of the day. Indeed, four days ago the maxi-catamaran Orange had a delamination problem with a part of the aft beam fairing. In addition two inside bulkheads were cracked in (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange to Cape Leeuwin with more than one day lead... from Sport Elec
The longitude of Cape Leeuwin has fallen astern today in the wake of the maxi-catamaran Orange and the boat has broken the record Record #sailingrecord between Ushant and the mythical Australian cape. She has a little over 1 day’s lead (1 day, 7 hours and 22 minutes) over the current holder of the Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE / Miami
Girls become engineers onboard Amer Sports Too
Racing in the Volvo Ocean Race is not just about sailing skills. It takes all sorts of other skills to keep the boat going fast. The crews double up as sail-makers, medics and engineers and each person has a special responsibility. Gear failure can have devastating (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange in the fifties for the first time
"We’ve just crossed the Antarctic convergence zone" announced Bruno Peyron. The water is at 4°C, the temperature that icebergs like... So we keeping our eyes open!" But the voice of Orange’s skipper didn’t seem too anxious this morning. In fact he sounded quite satisfied because his Marseilles giant has found the right angles (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Last chicane before cape Leeuwin
The maxi-catamaran Orange continues to slalom in the Indian Ocean in the search for the ideal weather pattern. "We must be on our third system since the Cape of Good Hope", said Hervé Jan during today’s chat session. "During The Race on Club Med, we picked up a low around the Crozet Islands that took us all the way through to New (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Like on a conveyor belt… at 31.2 knots speed!
31.2 knots of instantaneous speed Speed #speedsailing at 1200 for 429 miles on the clock in the last 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records : the maxi-catamaran Orange is notching up the miles sliding due east along latitude 46 degrees South. The giant from Marseilles is currently under staysail and double reefed main (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Knut Frostad : "I don’t know why we were slow"
Photo : Rick Tomlinson /Electronic ImageThe skipper of the pink Volvo 60’ answer to the volvo Ocean Race press office. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Orange has paid for the right to take on the fearsome southern latitudes
One day hove to. Two days beating into a nasty head sea. Orange has paid dearly for the right to take on the fearsome southern latitudes. At twenty knots on a sea that is once again manageable Peyron and his boys are all smiles at last. The very deep low that is moving away ahead of their bows is opening the door to the south. The great (...)
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