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Trimaran Sodeb’O
Thomas Coville : "the boat will become lighter"
The skipper of Sodeb’O certainly won’t be at home very much in 2010. Indeed Thomas Coville is announcing an ambitious and dense sailing programme, which is set to include two round the worlds and four transatlantics on three hulls. That amounts to over 67,000 (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Franck Cammas : "we can set off again"
Over the past 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records , the crew of Groupama 3 has been working together to contain the damage suffered around the beam bulkhead. The maxi trimaran has also had to let the Brazilian low pass over the top of her, which created strong winds last night… Franck Cammas looks back at the past (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Damage for Groupama 3 which stops racing
It was at 1216 UT on Monday 16th November, that the skipper of Groupama 3, Franck Cammas, called the Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne Trophy #TropheeJulesVerne team to inform them that an aft beam bulkhead had broken, leading to serious damage to the float. Despite the storm, Groupama 3 is slowly making headway towards Cape Town some 1,700 (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Cammas in 5 days 15 hours to the equator
After 5 days 15 hours and 23 minutes, Groupama 3 has crossed the equator, establishing a new reference time over this stretch of the course between Ushant and the line marking the switch of hemispheres. Now sailing close-hauled in a SE’ly tradewind, Franck Cammas and his nine crew are making headway at an average speed Speed (...) -
BMW ORACLE Racing
American monster sets sails
the wing-mast is up. The 90’ trimaran could set sails (!) for the first time in the bay of San Diego. Back to the last 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records with this video and with french photographer Gilles Martin-Raget’s images. -
Jules Verne Trophy
Groupama 3 set off from off the Créac’h lighthouse
15h 50’ 22’’: Groupama 3 set off from off the Créac’h lighthouse (Ushant Finistère) in a good NW’ly breeze and big seas. Franck Cammas and his nine crew will have to be back from their circumnavigation of the globe spanning over 24,000 miles, prior to the morning of 26th (...) -
Offshore racing
Two new races for the Arabian 100 one-designed trimaran
The growth of competitive sailing in the Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean has today taken a further step forward as the sailing events company, OC Events (Asia), launches two new premier racing circuits. Building on the foundations of the Asian Record Record #sailingrecord Circuit established by Dame Ellen MacArthur in 2007 onboard (...) -
Jules Verne Trophy
Franck Cammas presents his 9 men crew
Franck Cammas, skipper of the maxi trimaran, has presented the crew who will be setting off on their latest adventure from 1st November onwards. Their mission is to break the round the world record Record #sailingrecord under sail, held since 2005 by Bruno Peyron on Orange 2 with a time of 50 days and 16 (...) -
Oman Sail
First sailing for Majan, the first Arabian 100
After four months of assembly in Oman’s southern most port of Salalah, skipper Paul Standbridge has been stretching the legs of Oman Sail’s new Arabian 100 (A100) trimaran during sea-trials off the Omani coast. Now named Majan, after the ancient name for Oman, Oman Sail’s new flagship is now operational and is heading into (...) -
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Giant splash in à Oman
The Arabian 100 hit the water for the first time in Oman on 23rd August in the port of Salalah. This 100’ giant trimaran is a close sister-ship of french trimarans Sodeb’O (Thomas Covill) and Idec (Francis Joyon). She has been built in the same molds than Sodeb’O before her pieces has been sent to Oman where the trimaran has (...)
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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".