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Giant Catamaran Sets New 24 Hour Sailing Speed Record!
Monday 3rd July 2006. - Bruno Peyron's crew covered 752 miles on their first day! No sailboat has ever been so fast until now. Having set out at 11h00'06 GMT on
Sunday from New York to attempt to snatch the incredible Atlantic record from
Steve Fossett (4 days, 17 hours 28 minutes and 6 seconds), Bruno Peyron's crew
has already achieved something on this voyage. Orange II has just demolished
their own 24-hour sailing record by covering 752 miles in one day. This is already
something that will enter the history books and it may just be the start. At
a mind-blowing average speed of 31.3 knots, the maxi catamaran is ahead of where
PlayStation was on the charts. No sailboat has ever sailed more quickly over
24h...
Living up to her good habits, Orange II is sailing much faster than the wind. Setting out from New York, Bruno Peyron's crew have already accomplished one historic victory: at 11h 06 GMT today (Monday) the maxi catamaran setting out to conquer the Atlantic record had already clocked up a monumental distance on the log: 752 miles covered in 24 hours: a new outright speed record for a sailboat over one day. An average speed of almost 31.3 knots, obviously reaching peaks in excess of 35 knots.
125 Foot Catamaran Trying for Atlantic Crossing Record
Sunday, July 2, 2006 - Bruno Peyron announced this morning that he would be crossing the starting line at around 11h GMT, and it was at 11h 00 mins and 06 secs precisely that the Orange II maxi-catamaran set sail off New York on her latest attempt at the crewed Atlantic record. 12 men on board to tackle this legendary record, which has been held since October 2001 by the American skipper Steve Fossett on board his maxi-catamaran PlayStation. Bruno and his men got off to a fine start as after hardly an hour after crossing the starting line the machine was already advancing at more than 30 knots. Fair wind to them.
Already racing full speed ahead - Bruno announced before the start that there would be no hesitation in pushing his machine to her limits. The tone was set in the first few minutes of racing, as the giant, which is almost 38 metres long was already sailing to the south of Long Island with an average speed of 32 knots being clocked up. The weather conditions are what they were expecting with a 25 to 28 knot north westerly, and Orange II set sail under the mainsail with one reef, the medium gennaker and the staysail.
Finishing before Friday at 4h30 GMT... To smash the Atlantic record, Peyron and his men will have to finish within 4 days, 17 hours, 28 minutes and 06 seconds. They will therefore have to cross the finishing line off The Lizard at the southwestern tip of England before Friday 7th July at 04h, 28mins and 12 secs GMT.
Frenchy's Rum Run 2006, Ventura California
July 1, 2006 - Ventura Sailing Club - First and foremost, we want to thank every for participating in this years event. Unfortunately, this year's Rum Run didn't make it to Anacapa Island. Although a mark was successfully set in Frenchy's Cove for the race, the Race Committee decided to abandon the scheduled course to the island due to a small-craft advisory on the inner waters and a reported 25-35 knots of wind on the outer waters of the Santa Barbara Channel. Not wanting to push the limits of safety for the fleet, we decided stay closer to shore and in more friendly conditions with this alternate racecourse:
- Start at Mandalay Buoy
- Gina to starboard
- "A" mark (Fishsticks) to starboard
- VH Whistle Buoy to port
- "A" mark to starboard
- Finish in Ventura Harbor.
- Course length of 19.6 nm
Conditions on the course were ideal - brilliant sunshine, 2-3 foot white-capping seas, and a warm 15-18 knot breeze. The fleet of 18 racers included 6 PHRF Non-spinnaker, 4 ORCA, and 8 Beach Cat boats. The race began at 11:00.00 for the PHRF non-spinnaker, 11:05 for ORCA, and 11:10 for the Beach Cat fleets. Full Tilt, a 20 ft. Tornado catamaran skippered by Mike Dobbs, was the first boat to complete the course at 13:17.30. The last boat to finish was the SpitDog, a Del Rey 24, at 15:28.06. One PHRF Non-spinnaker boat did not start due to lack of an adequate crew, and 2 Beach Cat and 1 ORCA boat DNF'd. This left 14 of the 17 original entries finishing the race.
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