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48d 07h 44m 52s
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 […]
Dirty Dog Routing | Groupama 3
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 […]
Groupama på väg mot rekordet
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 […]
A crazy day…
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 […]
Groupama på väg igen…
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 […]
Groupama 3 iväg!
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…