[Source: Cammas-Groupama] Groupama 3 arrived in Cape Town early this Saturday afternoon and immediately tied up alongside so as repairs could begin to reinforce the aft beams. It was at around 1300 hours UTC that Franck Cammas and his nine crew made landfall after two weeks at sea: Groupama 3 had to abandon her Jules Verne Trophy record attempt on the eleventh day after breaking the port beam bulkhead....
[Source: Cammas - Groupama] Over the past 24 hours, the crew of Groupama 3 has been working together to contain the damage suffered around the beam bulkhead. The maxi trimaran has also had to let the Brazilian low pass over the top of her, which created strong winds last night... Franck Cammas looks back at the past few hours in the middle of the Southern Atlantic. What is your current situation? "We're...
At 1216 UT on Monday 16 November skipper of Groupama 3, Franck Cammas, called the Jules Verne Trophy team to inform them that an aft beam bulkhead had broken, leading to serious damage to the float.
[Source: Cammas - Groupama] It's probably the worst day that Franck Cammas and his crew will have to experience as they sail around the world... The advantage amassed in the North Atlantic has been reduced by nearly half, but Groupama 3 is set to power up again midway through this Saturday afternoon, before really picking up the pace from Sunday morning! As far as Franck's concerned, this Saturday...
[Source: Cammas - Groupama] This Tuesday morning at around 0500 UT, Groupama 3 came face to face with the Doldrums. However, for the prelude to this series of squalls and storms, her speed was still constant at over 25 knots. The barrier of cloud is set to slow the giant trimaran's progress over the coming hours though.. It remains to be seen how this crossing of the `ocean desert' will go... The Doldrums...
[Source: Cammas-Groupama] In a N-NE'ly breeze of around twenty knots, Groupama 3 is able to hurtle along with all her sail aloft at an average speed of nearly thirty knots. With the wind set to continue to shift round this Saturday evening, Franck Cammas and his nine crew will gybe onto a tack taking them due South towards the equator. A good night for rest and a fine day for this start to the weekend:...
Jules Verne Trophy 2009-2010. Groupama 3 has been able to lengthen her stride since the latitude of Porto. With the gradual rotation of the wind from the NW to the NE off the coast of Portugal, Groupama 3’s course has curved to accelerate: in a few hours time Franck Cammas and his crew [...]
Groupama 3 had reached Cape Finisterre this Friday lunchtime. As such Franck Cammas and his nine crew were set to rack up over 500 miles in 24 hours midway through the afternoon, which remains a good average speed for this first day in predominantly beam winds and close-hauled conditions. The downwind conditions along the Portuguese coast should enable them to quickly make up their deficit in relation...
Franck Cammas is delighted to be renewing the French connection with the Whitbread/Volvo as skipper of Groupama. 'It’s the best race we can imagine for offshore racing and it’s wonderful for our team,' he said.
At 15:50:22 on Thursday 5 November Franck Cammas and his nine crew steered Groupama 3 past the Créac'h lighthouse to start their attempt for the Jules Verne Trophy awarded to the holder of the outright round the world record.
[Source: Cammas - Groupama] The crew of Groupama 3 has been in position in Brest since Wednesday evening in view of a new Jules Verne Trophy record attempt. Today Franck Cammas and his nine crew will leave the pontoon of the port of Le Château at 1300 hours to make for the start line off the Créac'h lighthouse... On stand-by since 1st November, Groupama 3 has ended up benefiting from a...
[Source: Cammas - Groupama] Less than a day since Groupama's announcement that it is renewing its partnership with the French sailor Franck Cammas until 2015, the skipper is announcing the switch to code green. This colour means that Groupama 3, on stand-by in Brest since 1st November, will set off on Thursday 5th November on her bid to conquer the Jules Verne Trophy, a round the world record attempt...
Simulation of Groupama VOR70 [Source: Cammas - Groupama] Committed to sailing since 1997 alongside Franck Cammas, the Groupama Group has decided to renew its trust in its skipper. Major protagonists in oceanic sailing aboard the Groupama trimarans, Groupama 2 and Groupama 3, and as a follow-up to the Jules Verne Trophy, the French insurer and sailor will be attacking the most closely contested and...
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