Transat Jacques Vabre: Record Run With An Almost Certain Outcome

Transat Jacques Vabre: Record Run With An Almost Certain Outcome
Transat Jacques Vabre: Record Run With An Almost Certain Outcome

Video: Transat Jacques Vabre: Record Run With An Almost Certain Outcome

Video: Transat Jacques Vabre: Record Run With An Almost Certain Outcome
Video: Arrivée Class40 BET1128 - Transat Jacques Vabre 2024, March
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The "small" trimaran "Crepes Whaou" can no longer be stopped without the influence of force majeure. It is true that the boat measures ten feet less than its worst competitors. But it has two more hulls than the mono. And they help, among other things, that "Crepes Whaou" rushes at around ten knots higher speed (that means an almost constant 25 knots) towards the goal, which was only around 90 miles from their hulls this afternoon. "Crepes Whaou" is expected at the pier today.

For comparison: the leading Open 60 "Virbac-Paprec" with Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron on board still had to cover 113 miles, the first OrmTri "Banque Populaire" a little less than 1000. Orm trimarans sail extremely fast. But not fast enough to be able to catch up with "Crepes Whaou". In addition to the rapid pace of the regatt (it is less than two weeks old), the extremely small gap between the two leading Open 60s "Virbac-Paprec" and "Sill & Véolia", on which Roland Jourdain and Ellen MacArthur sail. The English-French duo, which no longer appears in the official position report, is less than 20 miles away from their opponents - after sailing over 4000 miles. The fact that "Sill & Véolia" can no longer be officially located could be a trick on the part of the crew (after all, the position-transmitting devices can be manipulated) and indicate an attempt that MacArthur and Jourdain perform a tactical trick at the last minute and are not recognized to want.

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