Jules Verne Trophy 2020
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TPG
Super Anarchist
Well given Sodebo, Gitana, and Spindrift are the only boats to really do crewed record attempts/races, yeah, its a REALLY small world. I'm sure they've all sailed on every ultim atleast once, or close to it.
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stief
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Ripclaw
Member
I now see on both teams' website trackers that they are now reflecting each other. Good on them!
Keith
Super Anarchist
Awesome ...... 
Fields in the graph are speed, course, report age (mins)
Raw data:
gitana:
sodebo:
What happened? Slowdown?
edit. Gitana back up to speed, reported 4 mins ago:
33.69406 -22.09714 37.7 216
Sodebo report still missing, but will come soon I hope.
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stief
Super Anarchist
I like that the Sodebo site turned on the media button.
too bad I can't understand the latest audio
too bad I can't understand the latest audio
stief
Super Anarchist
Ah. Great--subtitled version of the prep offered by Gitana
Indeed it is, considering the fact the two teams headquarters and hangars are 50 meters apparts from each other and that the two boats are docked on the same pontoon. It shows how localized the Utlim class is at the moment.
Ripclaw
Member
Watching the latest Gitana video, Franck Cammas says that it's important if they forget about Sodebo and sail their own race. If they focus on racing another yacht, it will cause them to take unnecessary risks, which could be costly. I understand this, but how can you forget about Sodebo when they're so close?! F*ck, but what a time to be alive!!!
PIL66 - XL2
Super Anarchist
Spindrift does not do attempts ..... they publish a lot of spin about it but to this point they don't follow through.....can anyone here explain this ...?
Best thing to wake up to this morning... both teams are doing it.... thankyou
stief
Super Anarchist
Well, they did complete one attempt
2015
Yann Guichard
Dona BertarelliSpindrift 2
formerly Banque Populaire V
Trimaran
47 days 10 hours 59 minutes,[10] record not broken, crossed the finish line on January 8, 2016
Bebmoumoute
Anarchist
And they tried 3 times in the last couple of yearsWell, they did complete one attempt
2015
Spindrift 2
formerly Banque Populaire V
Trimaran
47 days 10 hours 59 minutes,[10] record not broken, crossed the finish line on January 8, 2016
PIL66 - XL2
Super Anarchist
Bebmoumoute
Anarchist
????
They dismated once on the way to the start line, broke a rudder near Australia the second time, and broke the rudder system near Portugal the third time.
4 hours ago, stief said:
too bad I can't understand the latest audio
Ask and you shall receive... with my comments in italic.
"François Duguet speaking, 2nd day on Jules Verne attempt, 8:30AM UTC.
We started with great sailing conditions, we are on the Southbound highway! (Southbound highway, or " l'autoroute du Sud ", in French, is a symbol of summer vacation, if you live in the Paris area, when you take the Southbound highway, it means that you are heading for the Mediterranean Sea, sunny beaches, pastis, pétanque and bikini girls....
)It's going fast. We had a few maneuvers during the first night, 2 or 3 jibes; for the last 24 hrs, we are on the same tack, but with some sail changes.
There is a strong Northern wind flow, pushing us to the South West, and we are going full blast. The sailing conditions are good; we did not see much of the sun yesterday, but it is getting better with some blue sky and warmer; the sea state is good with a swell from the North, pushing us. It's moving fast...
I slept well the first day, but did not eat much... My shift is with François Morvan and Thomas Rouxel. We share the duties between tuning the sails and piloting; everything is great!"
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stief
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Thanks Laurent. Bonus was the comment about the South. No machine would explain that.
Speaking of 'going south '-- Happy Thanksgivng. (Never have so many of us been so thankful to so few voters).
Speaking of 'going south '-- Happy Thanksgivng. (Never have so many of us been so thankful to so few voters).
