Mod 70 Krys Ocean Race

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Its only a month away and I cant wait to see them cross the Atlantic.

 

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thats like christmas in july

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The off and smoking these boys are just sitting on 30 kn. After a day there is less than a mile between the first 3 boats http://www.krys-oceanrace.com/fr/race-tracker.html

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A real shame that race for water broke their dagger board. Are you allowed to take spares of dagger boards and foils?

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You wouldn't take a spare centerboard they are just to heavy (somewhere arould 250-300kgs) and where would you store a 7m long chuck of carbon anyway. They are running or at least broad reaching at the moment so shouldn't be slowing them down to much.

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High speed, high level

 

Finding the level, whether to try and set the pace or simply stay with it; those were just some of the questions which occupied the minds of the five KRYS OCEAN RACE skippers before they left New York, Saturday for the first ever trans-oceanic race for the exciting new one design Multihull class.

 

As the first 24 hours of racing elapsed since a relatively benign, sticky departure from New York, it was Sidney Gavignet and the international crew of Musandam-Oman Sail which set the bar, heading for a first day’s run of around 610 miles. The team which includes two less experienced Omani sailors – Moshin Al Busaidi and Fahad Al Hasni - were just under five miles ahead of Seb Josse’s Gorupe Edmond de Rothschild.

 

During a first night during which FONCIA skipper Michel Desjoyeaux admitted that they had initially struggled to find their ideal configuration and pace, Gavignet and his crew took the lead during the small hours of Sunday. Though they latterly conceded a few miles to Josse and his crew, Musandam-Sail Oman showed a sustained speed advantage, averaging more than 30kts.

 

“We are just trying to hang on. It is as simple as that” Gavignet reported Sunday afternoon, “We have just had our first ‘nose down’ at 32kts. It was not so nice. Temperatures are warm but it is still difficult to sleep. It is all good on Oman Sail. Moshin and Fahid are doing great”

 

While the morale was high on board the race leaders, there was disappointment for Stève Ravussin and the crew of Race for Water. The Swiss flagged team were coming to terms with damage to their daggerboard they sustained around 0500hrs Sunday morning after hitting a partially submerged container whilst they lead the race.

 

Three of the crew, including composite expert Yvan Ravussin were charged with effecting a composite repair to the damage, and this afternoon they reported that they had the board back in place, though not fully immersed and powered up.

 

The skipper reported: "Our daggerboard is damaged at different levels and there is not too much more that we can do. We have put it back in place but lost time during the repair and the checking the boat over but now are back at race pace. We are in winds of 25 knots and 3 metres seas.”

 

The fleet remained tightly matched with just six miles of lateral separation between Musandam-Oman Sail to the south and the track of Groupe Edmond de Rothschild and Foncia slightly to the north.

 

Weather forecasts confirm at least another two days of high speed conditions.

 

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Sébastien Josse, skipper Groupe Edmond de Rothschild early this morning: “Conditions are those that we expected really, winds have been downwind. The first night at sea is quite good. The seas are getting up a little as we get into the Gulf Stream. Usually we have two or three people on deck with someone on standby all the time. We saw Race for Water at the start of the night but they are out of sight. But we monitor the fleet on the computer and can see we all have similar conditions.”

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You wouldn't take a spare centerboard they are just to heavy (somewhere arould 250-300kgs) and where would you store a 7m long chuck of carbon anyway. They are running or at least broad reaching at the moment so shouldn't be slowing them down to much.

 

That would just weight the boat down a little bit. These boats do 30 knots pretty easily in open water and I wonder what they could do in flat water

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Spindrift knocked off 711.9NM in 24 hours! Wooohooo!

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Half way through this race already!!!

 

Mid-Atlantic, no change at ‘half time’

 

With the incredible pace scarcely relenting during their third night at sea Yann Guichard and his crew of Spindrift racing have continued to maintain the small advantage over their nearest rivals as the KRYS OCEAN RACE plunges towards the halfway mark on the headlong sprint from New York to Brest.

 

Guichard acknowledged this morning that he is pleased to have kept Spindrift racing at around one knot quicker on average despite what he said has been dark night. That consistent edge has allowed them to redouble their margin to second placed Groupe Edmond de Rothschild to 34 miles on the early morning sched.

 

 

As the theoretical midpoint beckoned all the crews continue to try and keep tiredness and fatigue at bay, bearing in mind that the muscular winds look set to continue almost all the way to the finish.

 

Curving on an NE’ly arc this morning, mid-Atlantic between Newfoundland and the Azores, the leading trio have stayed in tight formation, with Groupe Edmond de Rothschild and third placed FONCIA only 10 miles apart laterally, sharing near identical speeds and course.

“We continue on the edge of the front on a long port tack with a stable 24 to 26 knots of wind but it continues to be a struggle doing any manouevers. We are not really powered up fully and are taking care because it is the sea state is that determines how much sail we have up. We range between a having a one reef and using either the Solent or the genoa depending on the sea state. We try and limit manouevers to watch changes, which we do every two hours, but really it depends on the person helming at the time.” Guichard told the radio call to the leader this morning.

 

The fourth and fifth placed duo Musandam-Oman Sail and Race for Water continue at a pace which minimises their losses, no doubt hoping for some change in the weather before Brest. Stève Ravussin, the Race for Water skipper noted:

“The daggerboard issue has not been great for morale. Now that we have fixed it we are sailing the boat as well as we can to try and catch up with our rivals."

We have settled into to life on board after three days. It is still very damp and we all have bruises all over the place. Every time we nose dive we all get thrown forwards. In the bunks we find ourselves with our knees right up against the partition!”

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SPINDRIFT RACING WIN THE FIRST KRYS OCEAN RACE

 

For its first edition, the KRYS OCEAN RACE runners surprised by its intensity and speed: less than five days to cross the Atlantic from New York to Brest! Yann Guichard and his crew are needed in 4d 21h 08 ', with only 1:11' margin of Sébastien Josse and his men, themselves ahead of Michel Desjoyeaux and his five crew of 28 '... A flash crossed with an average of more than 28 knots.

 

 

 

If the passage from the Isles of Scilly, there was no last minute surprises, the circumvention of the archipelago English was passing nerve before crossing the Channel. The three leaders knew what they were tricked into using their wild card (the "stealth mode") before landing on Land's End but nothing was done: Spindrift racing although slowed by a ridge of high pressure when his pursuers arrived with two front associated with the American Depression, only lost some ground. Along windward to counter unbridled then Ushant and its dangers could not really make a difference on these trimarans strictly identical.

 

 

 

Of planted and incredible speed

 

 

 

Because with the exception of relocating to the Hudson River which proved arduous in light air, the breeze was to go through the 2,950 mile course direct (great circle). But to win the Britain, the five MOD70 first had to dive to the east-southeast before hanging up the 50 ° N, realizing a nearly perfect sine wave! Crews have therefore extended their road about 300 miles but have always had a breeze from the South-west between 20 and 30 knots.

 

 

 

Yann Guichard and his men managed to stand out on the second night of racing when they continued sailing under gennaker and two reefs in the mainsail and drag to move closer earliest of the great circle. Variances then remained fairly constant and only increased when Sebastien Josse and Michel Desjoyeaux have chained two gybes in the middle of the Atlantic in order to readjust in the wake of the leader. Spindrift racing is offered in the wake, the best distance covered in 24 hours with 711.9 miles!

 

 

 

Trimarans healthy but damp

 

 

 

All crews agreed to acknowledge the excellent behavior of MOD70 under these conditions extremely tough and above all continuous since the three boats have hardly changed tack (starboard) since leaving New York. But nearly thirty knots or more for hours, the helmsmen were especially in demand and literally flooded with sea spray and waves, with some spectacular nose dives, on the verge of capsizing sometimes! Damage drift off to Race For Water (shock with a container) or foil for Musandam-Oman Sail (reasons still unknown), have fully supported the MOD70 the enormous efforts cashed in waves.

 

 

 

Yann Guichard ( Spindrift racing ) and takes its first trophy in an ocean race as skipper with a crew of top-flight and used the great ocean crossings: Pascal Bidégorry, Jean-Baptiste Levaillant, Jacques Guichard, Leo Lucet Kevin Escoffier. Sébastien Josse ( Edmond de Rothschild Group ) takes the place of dolphin with about thirty miles apart, while Michel Desjoyeaux ( FONCIA ) mounted on the third place just seven miles from its predecessor ...

 

 

 

In light of Scilly in the late afternoon, Sidney Gavignet and his crew ( Musandam-Oman Sail ) are expected on the line around midnight after a remarkable run despite the handicap of their broken foil. As for Steve Ravussin ( Race For Water ), it should finish on Saturday morning ...

 

 

 

Arrival of the KRYS OCEAN RACE (French time)

 

A racing-Spindrift (Yann Guichard) July 12 to 14h 08 '37 to 25.3 knots average (circle) in 4d 21h 08' 37

 

2-Edmond de Rothschild Group (Sebastien Josse) at 15h 19 '49 to 25.06 knots average (circle) in 4d 22h 19' 49

 

3-FONCIA (Michel Desjoyeaux) at 15h 47 '57 to 24.96 knots average (circle) in 4d 22h 47' 57

 

 

 

Spindrift racing:

 

Yann Guichard, Pascal Bidégorry, Jean-Baptiste Levaillant, Jacques Guichard, Leo Lucet, Kevin Escoffier

 

Edmond de Rothschild Group:

 

Sebastien Josse, Antoine Koch, Christopher Espagnon, David Boileau, Florent Chastel, Thomas Rouxel

 

FONCIA:

 

Michel Desjoyeaux, Beyou, Sébastien Col, Xavier Revil, Leborgne Emmanuel, Antoine Carraz

 

 

 

Yann Guichard (Spindrift racing)

 

" The bouncer was really well: we had fun and I think this victory is deserved because we made ​​a good road throughout the five days. The arrival was a bit of a release for the last hundred miles before the Scilly Isles, we have not had a lot of wind from our pursuers coming back hard on us. The limit switches are always difficult ... We're a bit surprised by this because our express crossing trajectory looks like a perfect sine wave, while on starboard tack. The conditions were that we had not encountered before, but everything went downwind and we were well under water! The boat is very healthy: it is a great success ... "

 

 

 

Sébastien Josse (Edmond de Rothschild Group)

 

" I'm very happy with second place because we did not want to follow Spindrift racing in a sea that we knew quite hard: I preferred to ensure that first transatlantic race. The boat is very thin, marine, solid but we realize that it supports a lot of canvas and it was going, the more we drove away, sometimes at the limit of reasonable! "

 

 

 

Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia)

 

" I'm satisfied because we could have done worse than third! Disappointed because the output of New York was a bit handicapped at the outset. We fought well: we're back on Spindrift racing and Edmond de Rothschild Group. It has not played much like the separation at the finish shown. In any case, it was express ... across the Atlantic then these speeds with virtually no technical problem, it's already a good point. "