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Congratulations from Franck Cammas
Finishing twelve minutes after the new Transatlantic record holder, Franck Cammas congratulated Pascal Bidégorry and his crew, as well as analysing this express crossing of 3h 18h 12' 56'' at an average of 31.92 knots... ...
Bunched finish
Groupama 3 crossed the finish line on her Transatlantic record attempt this Sunday 2nd August at 1425 UT. The trimaran driven by Franck Cammas and his nine crew took 3 days 18 hours 12 minutes 56 seconds to cover the 2,880 miles which separate the Ambrose Light (New York) from Lizard Point (Cornwall...
The 800 mile barrier surpassed!!!
Propelled along by a disturbed system coming across from Canada and heading towards Great Britain, Groupama 3 has benefited from some ideal conditions to break the 24 hour distance record. Franck Cammas and his nine crew are the first to break the symbolic 800 mile limit by covering 841 miles at an ...
Bound for the new world...
After ticking off a few jobs lists and other checks of all kinds, not to mention the embarking of eight days worth of food of course, Groupama 3 has just cast off into the open ocean bound for New York. ...
Another record time for
And that makes five! Franck Cammas and his crew have bagged the first record of their 2009 campaign and the fifth since the 105 foot trimaran saw the light of day in June 2006. ...
Start of stand-by in Marseilles for Groupama 3
With respect to the programme announced for Groupama 3, from today - Wednesday 6th May - through to 2nd June, Franck Cammas and his crew are on stand-by in Marseilles, ready to set off on their attempt at the Mediterranean crossing record (Marseilles/Carthage). ...
Chasing away weight for the chasers of time...
With the public relations weekend just over, Groupama 3 has left Marseilles' Vieux Port bound for the nearby port of Estaque, situated right out to the West of the city. The shore crew have been busying themselves since this Monday morning on the trimaran owned by the insurer-banker Groupama. Their ...
To the north of the African coast
Groupama 3 is continuing her course towards Istanbul. Last night and for a large part of the morning the crew has had to battle against a capricious wind....
Like a spring day
Aboard Groupama 3, life goes by to the beat of the watches. The trimaran is flying along close-hauled, past the Costa del Sol. This Saturday lunchtime, Cammas and his crew were sailing offshore of Cap de Gata, to the South-East of Spain, under full mainsail and staysail. ...
180 miles from the Gibraltar Strait
After leaving its home port of Lorient, Brittany some 48 hours ago, the 105 foot trimaran in the colours of the insurer-banker, Groupama has covered 754 miles. Currently sailing down the coast of Portugal, to the north of the Saint-Vincent headland, Cammas and his crew made short work of the Bay of ...
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