SeaSailSurfer of the month
Ellen MacArthur SeaSailSurfer of November 2002
Winner of the Route du Rhum 2002
lundi 2 décembre 2002 –
- Ellen à son arrivée du Vendée Globe
- Photo : Ch.Guigueno / Pipof.com/voile
Aboard Kingfisher, she took the start of the Rhum race 24 hours before the ORMA multihull fleet. As this division met many technical problems and a big storm, Ellen MacArthur did finished in an overal time less than six hours more than Michel Desjoyeaux’ one aboart Géant. She did cross the Atlantic in 13 days 13 hours 31 minutes and 47 seconds.
This was her fourth solo transatlantic after her Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat in 1997, two Rhum races and a british Transatlantic. Winner of the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum in the monohulls class 2 four years ago, this is her third win in a transat and increase her impressive palmares after only five years of ofsshore competition.
After winning both solo transats and having taken place two in the last Vendée Globe, what s waiting for Ellen now ? Just a round the world speed record Record #sailingrecord aboard a giant catamaran. Then she will enter in the ORMA class with a new 60’ trimaran. To try to win the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum in 2006 for the third time in a third class...
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