Record del Nordatlantico, Groupama 3 all’attacco
Groupama 3MultiscafiOceanoRecordVela 30 Luglio 2009 Zerogradinord 0
Vela e record – New York – Ha avuto inizio alle 20.12.16 UTC di ieri sera il tentativo di Groupama 3 di migliorare il suo stesso record sulla rotta che unisce New York a Lizard Point.
Proprio a quell’ora il team di Franck Cammas ha passato l’allineamento del faro di Ambrose, lanciandosi verso le 2925 miglia di Oceano che lo separano dalla sua destinazione. Per riuscire nell’impresa Groupama 3 dovrà fermere i cronometri entro le 00.09.10 del 3 agosto prossimo.
Sylvain Mondon di Meteo France ha dichiarato: “Groupama 3 è partito con 20-25 nodi d’aria proveniente da sud. Nel corso del pomeriggio un fronte perturbato aveva raggiunto New York provocando un aumento dei venti. E’ per questo che abbiamo deciso di partire prima”.
GROUPAMA 3 ATTACKS THE NORD ATLANTIC
[Groupama 3 Press Release] This Wednesday 29th July Groupama 3 is attacking the North Atlantic crossing (New York – Lizard Point), the oldest and fastest of all the oceanic records.
It is 20h12m16s UTC, when the maxi-trimaran passes the Ambrose Light on her way out of New York harbour. As such the race against the clock begins with 2,925 miles ahead of the trimaran. The time to beat – 4 days 3 hours 57 minutes 54 seconds – resounds in everyone’s minds. To stand a chance of beating her own reference time set on 24th July 2007, Groupama 3 will have to cross the finish line off Lizard Point, the South-West tip of Britain, prior to Monday 3rd August at 00h 09′ 10” UT.
After three weeks on standby in Gateway Marina to the south of Brooklyn, Franck Cammas and his men have today snatched what is a great opportunity to attack the North Atlantic record. Sylvain Mondon from Météo France, onshore router has this to say: “Groupama 3 set off this Wednesday evening in a 20 to 25 knot S’ly wind. A line of stormy squalls from the SW hit New York during the course of the afternoon and produced a considerable wind increase on its way through. This enabled us to take the start a little earlier than we initially planned.”
The weather window opening ahead of Groupama 3 is forecast to see some stiff conditions and a steady rhythm, which will certainly appeal to Franck Cammas and his crew!
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