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Je suis l'ange déchu de ma jeunesse morte, les ailes déchirées par les ans révolus, las, chaque heure passée, vers le tombeau m'emporte, mon ultime demeure quand je ne serai plus…
V. H. SCORP
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The Foil: Inside the fastest circumnavigation ever sailed with Sodebo’s Benjamin Schwartz
Alexia Barrier and her crew of Dee Caffari, Annemieke Bes, Rebecca Gmür Hornell, Deborah Blair, Molly LaPointe, Támara Echegoyen, and Stacey
Alexia Barrier and her crew of Dee Caffari, Annemieke Bes, Rebecca Gmür Hornell, Deborah Blair, Molly LaPointe, Támara Echegoyen, and Stacey Jackson became the first all-female team to complete the Jules Verne Trophy non-stop, round-the-world course which starts and finishes between Créac’h lighthouse (Isle of Ushant) and Lizard Point (England).
After their start on November 29 on the 103-foot trimaran IDEC Sport, which set the course record in 2017, they soon fell behind the pace to eclipse the course record of 40:23:30:30 (since lowered to 40:10:45:50), but their finish on January 26 established a reference time for women of 57 days, 21 hours, and 20 minutes.
Upon crossing the starting line, strong north-westerly winds and rough seas made it challenging to find the right balance without risking breakages. This was followed by repeated gybes in the Portuguese trade winds and a transition to irregular north-easterly winds, interrupted by wind holes. On December 7, the team crossed the equator after eight days and three hours.
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While far off record pace, which was lowered by Thomas Coville’s team that got underway on December 15, The Famous Project CIC now is the first all-female crew to complete the Jules Verne Trophy course.
It is the final push for Thomas Coville and his crew on the 105-foot Sodebo Ultim 3 to claim the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest time aro
It is the final push for Thomas Coville and his crew on the 105-foot Sodebo Ultim 3 to claim the Jules Verne Trophy for the fastest time around the world. With 1400 nm to the finish off western France, they are 600 nm ahead of record pace and must finish before 20:31 on January 25 to claim the title.
But a strong winter depression named Ingrid lies beyond the Azores archipelago with winds gusting to 50 knots and 10 meter waves. It was enough for Alexia Barrier and her crew of The Famous Project CIC to take shelter at the Azores for their 103-foot trimaran IDEC Sport.
With 1100 nm to go, and an equal distance behind record pace, Barrier’s focus now is only to finish and establish a Jules Verne Trophy reference time for an women’s team. Her team intends to get underway again on January 24 to arrive early on January 26, but will be nursing their boat for the remaining miles having torn their mainsail in half with it now heavily reefed.
"The night was very frustrating. We kept getting caught up in windless bubbles, and the expected front never reached us. Then, at around 6:00 a.m., everything kicked in, and we passed through a large rain cloud and found the winds we had been waiting for, 20 knots and more from the north, so that we could finally sail in the right direction, in more sustained conditions. But of course, it all had to happen at once. We went from 8 knots of wind to 25 knots in a matter of minutes, and we had to maneuver the foils and change sails, which took a little time.
For those who are following our route, I think they must have seen our little wanderings. But everything is fine on board, and we will be able to pass north of Madeira, with a gybe later this afternoon. But yes, the night was frustrating, because we were waiting for the front to pass us, and it took a long time.
Finally, the only cloud, with lots of rain and wind, disappeared. We're expecting slightly rougher conditions throughout the morning, but we're making good progress now. It was worth the wait, but it took longer than we had anticipated."
— Dee Caffari, on the second night of The Famous Project’s Jules Verne Trophy attempt
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This Wednesday, November 5 at 22:13:58 local time (03:13:58 on Thursday morning in Paris), Tom Laperche and Franck Cammas were the first to
This Wednesday, November 5 at 22:13:58 local time (03:13:58 on Thursday morning in Paris), Tom Laperche and Franck Cammas were the first to cross the ULTIM finish line in Fort-de-France Bay for the 17th edition of the TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR Le Havre Normandie. Appearing out of a moody Caribbean night to break the Fort-de-France finish line first at 22 h 13 min 58 sec local time (UTC minus 4 hours) 28 -year-old Laperche and 52-year-old co-skipper Cammas win the ULTIM division of the famous biennial double handed race from Le Havre to Martinique. Their elapsed time for the 6670 nautical miles course from the French channel port to Martinique, via a turning mark at the Saint Peter and Sain Paul islets in the South Atlantic, is 10days, 13 hours, 3 minutes, and 58 seconds. Laperche and Cammas have led the race since Armel Le Cléac'h and Seb Josse on Banque Populaire XI, 2023's race winners had to pitstop into Lorient to make a rudder repair early on the first morning of the race. After finishing twice in succession, in 2021 and 2023, this is Laperche's first big Tranatlantic race win with the giant blue trimaran. Cammas, who first tasted victory on this classic race in 2001, sets a new record as the only sailor to have now won five times. They actually covered 6490,10 miles at an average speed of 25,65 knots (over the water).