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48d 07h 44m 52s

By Peter Gustafsson | Published: March 21, 2010
Imponerande av Franck Cammas och hans team på Groupama 3!!! Foto: Yvan Zedda. 8 days 07 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds! The Jules Verne Trophy now belongs to ten men who have sailed around the globe at an average of 18.76 knots along the optimum course, beating the reference time set by Orange 2 in 2005 by [...]
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Dirty Dog Routing | Groupama 3

By Peter Gustafsson | Published: March 17, 2010
Another chance to win a pair of Dirty Dog sunglasses! Leave a comment before friday 1200CET, and guess the round the world time for Franck Cammas and his team on Groupama 3. The record to beat is 50 days 16 hours 20 minutes. Closest guess win a pair of Jaba (seen on BMW/Oracle in the [...]
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Groupama på väg mot rekordet

By Peter Gustafsson | Published: February 24, 2010
Groupama ligger just nu lite före tidtabellen (baserad på Orange II som innehar rekordet runt jorden). Tror vi att Franck Cammas och hans gäng klarar av ta rekordet? First record for Groupama 3 during the Jules Verne Trophy Taking just 8 days 17 hours and 39 minutes to traverse the Indian Ocean, the maxi trimaran Groupama 3 [...]
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A crazy day…

By Peter Gustafsson | Published: February 15, 2010
Om man tycker att det gick galet fort i America’s Cup, så kan man ju fundera på hur det är att dra runt jordklotet i liknande hastigheter… Having covered nearly 720 miles over the past 24 hours, Groupama 3 is tracing an impressively straight wake at an average speed in excess of 30 knots… This ticking [...]
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Groupama på väg igen…

By Peter Gustafsson | Published: January 31, 2010
Up and running! Jules Verne Trophy 13h 55′ 53” UTC: Groupama 3 crossed the start line of the Jules Verne Trophy off the Créac’h lighthouse in Ushant. Franck Cammas and his nine crew set off at over twenty knots in a light N’ly breeze on the back of a mass of rain… This latest record attempt begins [...]
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Groupama 3 iväg!

By Peter Gustafsson | Published: November 6, 2009
They’re off! Jules Verne Trophy 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 December…
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Groupama kör Volvo Ocean Race

By Peter Gustafsson | Published: November 3, 2009
The Groupama Insurance Group confirmed today that it will enter the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race with its long term French skipper, Franck Cammas, a commitment that will last until 2015. The announcement was made as Cammas was in the French port Le Château in Brest, preparing to set off on a [...]
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