Jules Verne Trophy

Indian record for Groupama

On crossing the longitude of the most southerly tip of Tasmania at 2322 UTC on Tuesday, Groupama 3 has scored her first record in this Jules Verne Trophy attempt (still subject to approval of the WSSRC World Sailing Speed Record Council). Groupama 3 is now the record holder for crossing the Indian Ocean, improving of 17 hours and 25 minutes the time by Orange 2 Bruno Peyron (2005) which was established in 9 days, 11 hours and 4 minutes.

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February 26th: Groupama 3 benefited from a good SW’ly breeze to drop down as far as 55°30 South before putting in a gybe this morning (UTC). Franck Cammas and his men have managed to hold onto a lead of over 422 miles and have now set a course due East, still making an average speed of nearly thirty knots (650 to 750 nautical miles / 24 hours).

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THE Race is back !

Non-stop, no-rules, no-limits

WOOOT !!!!

Three times holder of the Jules Verne Trophy and creator of The Race» the non-stop crewed race around the world without outside assistance and without limits, Bruno Peyron has officially announced that he has decided to relaunch The Race. After several months of studies and some careful thinking and after consulting the main potential competitors, a second edition of the race around the world for the giant G-class boats is therefore planned for 2013-2014, starting from a port in Southern Europe.

Official website: http://www.therace.org/