The fourteen sailors aboard the Maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V just entered history of offshore racing by becoming the fastest men around the globe with crew, after 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes 53 seconds of sailing*. Loïck Peyron and his crew improved the reference time of the Jules Verne Trophy held by Groupama 3 since March 2010 by 2 days 18 hours 1 minute and 59 seconds.
Continue Reading ...Maxi Banque Populaire VIt’s 12:11:45 off the coast of Brest – Pascal Bidegorry and his crew of 13 cross the starting line of the Jules Verne Trophy aboard the Maxi Banque Populaire, very determined to snatch the epic trophy away from another giant, Groupama 3, holder of the record in round-the-world crew racing…
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On a perfect sunny Sunday afternoon off Pointe-à-Pitre, the French sailing hero Loïck Peyron completed his personal tribute to transatlantic racing pioneers Mike Birch and Eric Tabarly when he brought his small yellow trimaran, Happy, through the finish line of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.
Continue Reading ...03/2010 – 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 2 days 08 hours 35 minutes. Franck Cammas and his men crossed the finish line off the […]
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François Bich and the Multiplast yard announced the exciting news that the famed catamaran Orange II will be given a new lease of life.
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