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All about the tour...
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| The Jules Verne Trophy magazine |
New reference time for Groupama 3The passage of the equator is the first intermediary time, which enables a direct insight into how capable a candidate is
of winning the Jules Verne Trophy. Nearly a day ahead over the round the world reference course, Groupama 3 has gained a 408
mile lead and has just achieved the best ever time by a yacht between Ushant and the equator: 6 days 6 hours 24 minutes!
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 The adventure continues!
Back in France after righting Groupama 3 in the New Zealand port of Dunedin, eight of the crew of the giant trimaran were
in Groupama's press centre in Paris today to answer questions from journalists and web surfers during today's press conference.
Extracts from the interviews...
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Course timeUshant - Ushant via the three capes : 21 760 miles
» Reference times
• Jules Verne Trophy:
50d
16h 20' (Orange II in 2005)
• From
Ushant to Equator:
6d 6h 24' 43" (Groupama 3 the 31st of January 2008)
• From Equator to Good Hope
cape
7d 2h 22' (Groupama 3 the 6th of February 2008)
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The Atlantic in less than 2 weeks!The passage of the Cape Agulhas is the second intermediary point of the Jules Verne Trophy: Groupama 3 has accumulated a lead
here of 23 hours and 30 minutes over Orange II in 2005, by reaching the longitude 20° East after 13 days 8 hours and 47 minutes!
A new reference time was achieved this Wednesday at 1637 UT.
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