48 giorni, 7 ore, 44 minuti e 52 secondi!

Un trimarano ha conquistato la Coppa America, un altro trimarano ha battuto il record dei record: il giro del mondo a vela senza scalo. La grande vela del terzo millennio, quanto pare, decolla su tre scafi...

BRAVO GROUPAMA 3!
Lo skipper Franck Cammas, il navigatore Stan Honey, i capi-turno Fred Le Peutrec e Steve Ravussin, i timonieri-trimmer Loïc Le Mignon, Thomas Coville e Lionel Lemonchois, e i tre prodieri Bruno Jeanjean, Ronan Le Goff and Jacques Caraës, sono gli uomini che a bordo di Groupama 3 hanno compiuto l'impresa, riscrivendo un pezzo della storia della navigazione a vela. (Con un briciolo di Italia, grazie alla presenza a bordo di SLAM fornitore ufficiale delle cerate).

SOLO VENTO E MARE: ULTIME MIGLIA DI VOLATA, A TRE GIORNI DALL’ARRIVO




L’ABBRACCIO DEL POPOLO DELLA VELA: L’ENTRATA IN PORTO A BREST, L’ORMEGGIO E LA FESTA




LA STORIA DEL RECORD NELLA TABELLA DI MARCIA
Il log di Groupama 3 (partenza il 31 gennaio alle ore 13:55 UTC): giorno per giorno la volata contro Orange 2
Day 1 (1st February 1400 UTC): 500 miles (deficit = 94 miles)
Day 2 (2nd February 1400 UTC): 560 miles (lead = 3.5 miles)
Day 3 (3rd February 1400 UTC): 535 miles (lead = 170 miles)
Day 4 (4th February 1400 UTC): 565 miles (lead = 245 miles)
Day 5 (5th February 1400 UTC): 656 miles (lead = 562 miles)
Day 6 (6th February 1400 UTC): 456 miles (lead = 620 miles)
Day 7 (7th February 1400 UTC): 430 miles (lead = 539 miles)
Day 8 (8th February 1400 UTC): 305 miles (lead = 456 miles)
Day 9 (9th February 1400 UTC): 436 miles (lead = 393 miles)
Day 10 (10th February 1400 UTC): 355 miles (lead = 272 miles)
Day 11 (11th February 1400 UTC): 267 miles (deficit = 30 miles)
Day 12 (12th February 1400 UTC): 274 miles (deficit = 385 miles)
Day 13 (13th February 1400 UTC): 719 miles (deficit = 347 miles)
Day 14 (14th February 1400 UTC): 680 miles (deficit = 288 miles)
Day 15 (15th February 1400 UTC): 651 miles (deficit = 203 miles)
Day 16 (16th February 1400 UTC): 322 miles (deficit = 375 miles)
Day 17 (17th February 1400 UTC): 425 miles (deficit = 338 miles)
Day 18 (18th February 1400 UTC): 362 miles (deficit = 433 miles)
Day 19 (19th February 1400 UTC): 726 miles (deficit = 234 miles)
Day 20 (20th February 1400 UTC): 672 miles (deficit = 211 miles)
Day 21 (21st February 1400 UTC): 584 miles (deficit = 124 miles)
Day 22 (22nd February 1400 UTC): 607 miles (deficit = 137 miles)
Day 23 (23rd February 1400 UTC): 702 miles (lead = 52 miles)
Day 24 (24th February 1400 UTC): 638 miles (lead = 208 miles)
Day 25 (25th February 1400 UTC): 713 miles (lead = 370 miles)
Day 26 (26th February 1400 UTC): 687 miles (lead = 430 miles)
Day 27 (27th February 1400 UTC): 797 miles (lead = 560 miles)
Day 28 (28th February 1400 UTC): 560 miles (lead = 517 miles)
Day 29 (1st March 1400 UTC): 434 miles (lead = 268 miles)
Day 30 (2nd March 1400 UTC): 575 miles (lead = 184 miles)
Day 31 (3rd March 1400 UTC): 617 miles (lead = 291 miles)
Day 32 (4th March 1400 UTC): 492 miles (lead = 248 miles)
Day 33 (5th March 1400 UTC): 445 miles (lead = 150 miles)
Day 34 (6th March 1400 UTC): 464 miles (lead = 62 miles)
Day 35 (7th March 1400 UTC): 389 miles (deficit = 91 miles)
Day 36 (8th March 1400 UTC): 317 miles (deficit = 326 miles)
Day 37 (9th March 1400 UTC): 506 miles (deficit = 331 miles)
Day 38 (10th March 1400 UTC): 321 miles (deficit = 384 miles)
Day 39 (11th March 1400 UTC): 255 miles (deficit = 309 miles)
Day 40 (12th March 1400 UTC): 288 miles (deficit = 473 miles)
Day 41 (13th March 1400 UTC): 496 miles (deficit = 492 miles)
Day 42 (14th March 1400 UTC): 445 miles (deficit = 405 miles)
Day 43 (15th March 1400 UTC): 482 miles (deficit = 216 miles)
Day 44 (16th March 1400 UTC): 401 miles (lead = 72 miles)
Day 45 (17th March 1400 UTC): 441 miles (lead = 412 miles)
Day 46 (18th March 1400 UTC): 583 miles (lead = 844 miles)
Day 47 (19th March 1400 UTC): 588 miles (lead = 1,165 miles)
Day 48 (20th March 1400 UTC): 600 miles (lead = 1,412 miles)

Jules Verne Trophy record precedente (di Orange 2 dello skipper Bruno Peyron, conquistato nel 2005): 50d 16h 20'