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2008/01/24 - 10h13
Clean start!
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| Jules Verne Trophy |
| Groupama 3 set off this Thursday 24th January at 07h 50' 17'' (GMT) from the start line of the Jules Verne Trophy attempt,
a line defined by the alignment of Lizard Point (UK) and the Créac'h lighthouse (Ushant).
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Franck Cammas and his nine crew must cross this same line after rounding the three capes before 15 March at 00
hours 09 minutes 21 seconds (GMT) in order to take the round the world record.
They're off: the maxi trimaran crossed
the start line just off the Créac'h lighthouse in a fine NW'ly breeze of around fifteen knots with one reef in the main and
staysail. Groupama 3 is already powering along at over 25 knots bound for Cape Finisterre, which it is likely to reach by
the end of today. The weather forecast is indicative of a fine descent for this first day at sea since the breeze should rapidly
clock round to the North as it fills to twenty knots, where it will then reach over thirty knots as it shifts round to the
East. The first 24 hours should therefore enable Franck Cammas and his nine crew to get as far as Lisbon by tomorrow morning,
Friday.
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