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Junior Viking
Jules Verne Trophy
Congratulations to Groupama 3 and her captain Franck Cammas!
They shattered the "fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht". Improvement in relation to the previous record - 2 days 8 hours 35 minutes.
"It has to be said that the chosen trajectory sought to avoid the heavy seas and the overly strong breezes, which considerably increased the distance to travel: in fact Groupama 3 sailed 28,523 miles whilst the official optimum course amounts to 21,760 miles. As such, in terms of actual speed across the ground, the giant trimaran maintained an average speed of 24.6 knots!"
http://www.cammas-groupama.com/en/index.jsphttp://www.cammas-groupama.com/en/index.jsp
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJules_Verne_Trophy&ei=_XSnS575JYr0M5f9-ZwD&usg=AFQjCNGucXtNjpGPZ2s93nizLOBInOetGg&sig2=eMJpUV1lvv_Y_OqKqD5Pww
Congratulations to Groupama 3 and her captain Franck Cammas!
They shattered the "fastest circumnavigation of the world by any type of yacht". Improvement in relation to the previous record - 2 days 8 hours 35 minutes.
"It has to be said that the chosen trajectory sought to avoid the heavy seas and the overly strong breezes, which considerably increased the distance to travel: in fact Groupama 3 sailed 28,523 miles whilst the official optimum course amounts to 21,760 miles. As such, in terms of actual speed across the ground, the giant trimaran maintained an average speed of 24.6 knots!"
http://www.cammas-groupama.com/en/index.jsphttp://www.cammas-groupama.com/en/index.jsp
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJules_Verne_Trophy&ei=_XSnS575JYr0M5f9-ZwD&usg=AFQjCNGucXtNjpGPZ2s93nizLOBInOetGg&sig2=eMJpUV1lvv_Y_OqKqD5Pww