With repairs done, and an all-star crew, Groupama 3 is headed to Istanbul.

Tracking and video here:


[cammas-groupama.geovoile.com]

Highlights:

The video segment when they sail through the straights of Gibraltar.

24/3: their sunrise at ca.30 knots, into the Aegean.

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The Full-screen version of same videos here: [www.cammas-groupama.com]

Remarks by Cammas after their trip to Istanbul, he says: "The grandeur of the landscape was something we had an abundance of, particularly as we approached Greece with a superb sunrise over the islands; it was fabulous. Not many people on board knew this region. We had a good sail yesterday before entering the Dardanelles, which was nice: in the Aegean Sea we gybed around the islands at 30 knots. It was impossible to close your eyes to the landscape."

transcript of full interview (in English):

[www.cammas-groupama.com]



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 06/22/2010 09:03PM by Conrad.

There's no music, no chit-chat (all the more amazing, given they're French) and just focused big-boat driving here. Put it up fullscreen.


Video: Banque Populaire V trimaran trains off Cadix
[valenciasailing.blogspot.com]



The sponsor's trimaran pages:

[www.voile.banquepopulaire.fr]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2009 10:27AM by Conrad.

Paul Larsen (Vestas Sailrocket, Team Philips) posted this video on Youtube.


Saw it yesterday, was dumbfounded. The builders of the boat, when they saw it, must have been ... somewhat traumatized ?


Take this to a wind tunnel, turn on a couple of fire hoses, and then press 'play':

[www.youtube.com]

Tror at det er Steve Ravussin som seiler. Mener at Per F betraktet han som en "rolig og sindig kar", NOT!

Notat til filmen:

"Alain Gautier and Michel Desjoyeaux frolicking in Biscay prior to 1999 TJV. (Transat Jaques Vabre) They capsized shortly after the start. There is nothing in offshore sailing that comes close to these boats. Too 'hairy' for most. The first song is 'street symphony' by Monica... the second is of course by Tears for Fears."

Så den er 10 år gammel, men ikke mindre herlig, selv om musikken er noe dated...
Kan ikke la være å ha vanvittig lyst på det der. Men man får mye av følelsen i mye lavere fart og mer kontrollerte former i småbåter, som Formula 18. Jada. Gleder meg til det også!

Glitzy Froggy Flerskrog-Fluff !

I give this intro-video a score of 8. As they say in eurovision; 'Huit points'

(select the Foncia video) [www.sensationocean.com]

Usually the music reeks on these videos, like the Gitana/Rothschild-vids with cathedral choir music - I will not even link to it, it is so bad.


Ravussin is watch captain, helm, and media man on Groupama right now (see top of thread).

The beautiful name of Brocéliande unfortunately ended up being Stena Sovcomflot...
How's THAT for being abusive to your boat !

- Mise à l'eau : août 1997
- ex Brocéliande, skipper : A.Gautier 1997-1999
- ex Foncia, skipper : A.Gautier 2000-2001
- ex TechnoMarine Match TV , skipper : S.Ravussion 2002
- ex Banque Covefi 2, skipper : S.Ravussin 2004
- ex Stena Sovcomflot, skippers : Bruno Peyron/S.Ravussin 2005

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Here is a video which is completely unrelated, and insane:

[seasailsurf.com]

EDIT: that video has disappeared now, but here's another nice one, same kind of thing:

[vimeo.com]



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/2010 09:34AM by Conrad.

Til denne video'en...

NEUF points! (9!)

gå til denne siden; etter intro velg "Watch HD video".

[www.multionedesign.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/2010 08:55AM by Conrad.

Her er en skjelden surf-opptak:

[player.video.news.com.au]

Jeg har ikke utalt meg om Steve på den måten. Hadde en del med han o gjøre i 2004 når vi hentet Første ACADEMY som var hans gamle båt.
Den mannen er ikke riktig på en flekk! Men han kan seile.

Here at the always-busy flerskrogdotorg Forum, we never fail to bring you the latest news long before all the other sailing sites wake up and follow our example !

This.... Is pretty cool! And it is happening now now now.

\ Glad I'm somewhere else!

"Oman Sail’s A100 trimaran ‘Majan’ has been battling hurricane force winds in the Southern Ocean on leg 3 of the Indian Ocean 5 Capes Race en route to the next stop over in Fremantle, Australia. The six-man crew led by Paul Standbridge including new recruit Sidney Gavignet and two Omani crew, who are tracing out this new course ahead of the official race in 2012, have had their mettle tested to the limit in these ferocious conditions."

[www.oceventsasia.com]


And, not to forget those Prima Donnas on Groupama3 ! At the moment they are pulling the move that might give them a BIG jump on the Jules Verne Record - they are cutting the corner on Bruno Peyron's track by heading east and their speed is now given as 32knots, when Orange was doing 10.

... Northward bound they've not pulled down their pants and waggled their asses at the camera, yet! (southbound it was on Feb 5th)

I guess they either got a diplomatic warning from their wives, or decided it was bad luck!

Or both?

Aside from that, it would look real ~French~, if they then came in, late...

[cammas-groupama.geovoile.com]

Edit: The day (Wednesday)is not over yet, and it looks like they will today have made a ca. 500 nm gain on Orange's 'virtual' position.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/2010 09:56AM by Conrad.

Right now they're 1213 nautical miles ahead of Oranges position. About on day left until finish. Seems like we'll have a new round the world record set by Banque Populaire!

Edit: Yes, the name of the boat was a silly typing error. The boat is of course "Groupama 3".

Stein



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2010 01:25PM by Stein Varjord.

This boat is more green than blue, Stein, you have worn out your laptop screen! BanquePop spent the last months agonizing over the question of if the weather patterns looked good enough to break Orange's time to Cape of Good Hope - they never left Brest, even while G3 repaired, came home, and started a second time. BP gave up the 'code red' standby 3 weeks ago and took the boat back to L'Orient.

And it deserves mention, that their video from the transatlantic record is terribly boring! Trois points!

[voile.banquepopulaire.fr]

[www.seasailsurf.com]

At this moment they see the lighthouse, less than 4 miles ahead.

They're doing about 30 knots.

Must be quite delightful for the crew!


Edit: We were 9 minutes behind the news!

Franck Cammas et son équipage, embarqués à bord de Groupama 3, établissent un nouveau record du tour du monde à la voile, en 48 jours, 7 heures, 34 minutes et 52 secondes, en franchissant la ligne d'arrivée fixé au large d'Ouessant, à 22 h 40, ce samedi soir. Le précédent record avait été établi par Bruno Peyron sur Orange II en 50 jours, 16 heures, 20 minutes et 4 secondes, le 16 mars 2005. Ils remportent, du même coup le trophée Jules Verne.

[www.ouest-france.fr]

Edit 2: Since they have made no Tweets since Cape Horn, how can they expect us to be informed? (can't manage a Tweet between Cape Horn and Ushant/Oessant? Twitter needs to give that team some money!)

Here it came in, a minute ago:
Ushant at 21h 40' 45" TU: 48 days 7 hours 44 minutes! The Jules Verne's Trophy now belongs to the ten men of Groupama 3!

[twitter.com]

Edit 3: And on the tracking page, the record time is given to the second!

48 jours, 07 heures, 44 minutes, 52 secondes. (Orange was 50j/16h/20m/04s)

Poor Banque Populaire will now have an even more difficult time deciding when to leave harbor, come November!


Edit 4: And Bruno Peyron! He still has to sit on his virtual boat for another two-three days! HA!



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/2010 11:18PM by Conrad.

They finished over three hours ago, and look to now be hove-to a few miles off the coast while waiting for the PR-event tomorrow morning.
What do you think the chances are, that one or more boats have joined them and there is a pretty good party going on, as everyone lifts and bobs with the sea off Ushant?

Hope they wake up in time for the harbor parade!

Fantastisk rekord dette her! Snittfarten de holdt var nesten 25 knop! Men merkelig nok lå de over 600 nautiske ETTER Orange bare et par uker før mål. De hadde flere ganger temmelig vanskelige forhold og lå nesten "stille" helt ned mot 10 knop. :-) Men det er jo mulig å ha mer flaks med været. Jeg tror det kan være kortere enn vi tror til vi ser noen seiler rundt på under 40 døgn...

Stein

Stein

Groupama 3 kan ikke klage på sin flaks. Siste dagene kunne de seile rundt 30knop rett mot mål!
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Idag hyllet BMW Oracle sin video-team for at seertallet på Youtube passerte 1 million. Nedenfor er link til den Oracle-video'en som er mest sett.

Nydelige helikopterbilder, passende musikk. Med tanke på at dette var ment som en 'intimidation' og 'psyche-out' rett før Cup'en begynte, så var det veldig godt gjort.

8.5 - Huit points et demi!

Trekker bare litt av poengsummen, fordi de har egentlig stjålet idéen og stemningen fra 'Thomas Crown Affair'

[www.youtube.com]

[www.youtube.com]

Flott seiling i begge videoene, og klassiske katamaraner. Det er D klasse? Eller er det gamle Formula 40?

Stein

Stein

Denne video'n identifiserer den gule som D-klasse, i Tyrkia senere.

[www.youtube.com]

Forresten! Det er noen interessante kulturelle ~aspekter~ (sammenlignet med NFS-møtene våre), når man er catamaran-frelst i Tyrkia!

Her fra klubben deres:

[www.youtube.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2010 09:30PM by Conrad.

Den tyrkiske katamaran-klubben gir kansje ikke inntrykk av å være... verdens mest seriøse regattaseilere.

Men, hva med DENNE seil-nyheten fra idag?
Fra Formula Windsurfing World Championship, som holdes i Argentina.

Du må være tålmodig her, og bla videre gjennom et par-tre sider med bilder...

[windsurfargentino.typepad.com]

Ok, that WAS a digression!

Now back to the topic... sort of. The Dragonfly 35 is perhaps not what we meant by 'big boat', but in this video it doesn't really matter!

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury: What is your decision?

... 0, Zero Points!


[www.youtube.com]



... at 36,300+ views, isn't someone being too relaxed about this, like maybe videographer (& 'CremeFrais' Seacart30 skipper) Peter Boldsen ?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/26/2010 04:31PM by Conrad.

... OOPS! My mistake!

That isn't a Dragonfly 35... It is actually a Dragonfly 920.


.. If you squint real hard, it's obvious!

The Hydroptére project has a new video covering all the efforts they have made over the years. It's great!

... But they have asked not to be scored just yet, they need to make a few more adjustments first...

[www.hydroptere.com]

This video shows a Lagoon 380 arriving at Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Wait for the scenes at the end where they go up on an active volcano! I was on one like this once, and the scale and impressiveness of such a thing is hard to describe; but this Hi-def video gives a good idea.

[www.youtube.com]

The sailors here are an American couple sailing on their 'Honeymoon' (name of the boat, also), now 14 months into their trip. They do a nice job on their blog.

[www.sailblogs.com]

Asses and volcanos. What do they have in common?
They can both be hot and impressive, and they can both... well let's leave it there. :-)

Jeg er vel noe i tvil om våre flerskrogsmøter ville ha fordeler av mere eksponerte "bakdeler" etc, men det passer jo fint på en trampoline. Skal prøve å utvikle den tanken litt i sommer.

Stein

Stein

Stein wrote:

"Jeg er vel noe i tvil om våre flerskrogsmøter ville ha fordeler av mere eksponerte "bakdeler"
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Really, considering who goes to those meetings... how can you be in any doubt?

As to the first question, I found there is some idiot in Toronto who makes a hot sauce called 'volcanic ass'; And women dancing to rap music who violently shake their posteriors, are said to be doing the 'ass volcano'.

You learn something every day...

Change of subject: What are the guys in THIS video doing? Where are they going? It seems to be an expedition, but to where and for what purpose?

... Are they competing with Ousland?

[www.youtube.com]

Oh, please. Don't all answer at once!

...

Does THIS look familiar?


[orionexpedition.ru]

De gir æresplass til et sitat fra Nansen - Er det ikke fint, at noen her og der leser og inspireres av han fremdeles?
Jeg har ikke sett etter sitatet enda, men en bedre unnskyldning å finne frem bøkene har jeg ikke sett på en stund. Her er det google-oversetteren kverner ut:

"Mens det menneskelige øret hører bankende bølger i åpent hav, mens det menneskelige øyet ser glimt av nordlys over tause vidder av snø, mens menneskelig tanke er streben mot de fjerne armaturer immensity av universet - til drømmen om en roman vil slepe bort den menneskelige ånd fremover og oppover"
Nansen


edit: cyrillic script didn't agree well with our forum software, so I cut it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/2010 10:44PM by Conrad.

Her er kart av deres månedlang tur i 2003, hvor isen begrenset videre seiling nordover, antagelig.

[orionexpedition.ru]

Man må lure hvordan det har vært å seile denne trimaran-flåten langt nord for ødeste Sibir... Ettersom Ousland skal visst nå ha bestemt at han trenger russisk mannskap, kansje han har snakket med disse karene?

Båtene brukt i The Thomas Crown Affair var ProSail 40 båter.

D klasse båtene var stort sett mellom 32 og 35 fot. PurpleHaze var bygget til D-klasse spek men med "noe" mer volum i skroget.

Rolf



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2010 08:54AM by Sail A Cat.

Her er en kort film som er unik, såvidt jeg vet.

Den viser seilingen fra meget nært hold, helt inntil båten,
og det er filmet med stabilisert kamera.

Hittil har slik bildekvalitet vært avhengig, og begrenset, av å være filmet fra helikopter. Men her kommer du helt ned på havsnivå og opplever det som om sjøen er foran og rundt deg. Kamera er stødig og bildet er nydelig, selv om det er filmet fra gummibåt som kjører fort gjennom bølgene. Du må ta full screen på dette, det fortjener det.

Ganske kult! Hvor mange poeng skal vi belønne det med?

[www.vimeo.com]