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10 January 2022 / 11:07

Standby period extended

Still awaiting a favourable weather window, the Sails of Change team has decided to extend its standby period until the end of January: a very welcome extra fortnight due to the currently unfavourable situation in the Atlantic. Throughout the autumn, there hasn’t been a single opportunity to try to beat the round the world record under […]

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Spindrift Racing

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10 January 2022 / 11:14

1 December 2021 / 14:29

An insight into ‘green codes’.

The situation in the South Atlantic was not offering the right conditions for Sails of Change to reach the Cape of Good Hope in around a dozen days. Jean-Yves Bernot, onshore router for Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s team, discusses these meteorological uncertainties … Why have there been a succession of postponed starts for the Jules […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

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14 December 2021 / 16:34

30 November 2021 / 20:20

Switching to code red: No departure planned within the next 72 hours

The team on the maxi-trimaran Sails of Change have switched back to code red meaning that there is no plan to depart within the next 72 hours. Today, at 12:00 UTC, with all the crew aboard the boat and ready to set sail, Jean-Yves Bernot, the team’s onshore router, contacted Yann Guichard, the skipper of […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Spindrift Racing

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14 December 2021 / 16:31

30 November 2021 / 14:07

Bound for Ushant!

The maxi-trimaran Sails of Change will set sail early afternoon this Tuesday (at around 13:00 UTC) from her port of registry of La Trinité-sur-Mer, Brittany, and head straight for the Jules Verne Trophy start line. Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and their crew have decided to set a direct course for a point offshore of Le Créac’h […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Spindrift Racing

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14 December 2021 / 15:00

29 November 2021 / 12:52

Switch to code yellow for Sails of Change

Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and all the team of the maxi-trimaran Sails of Change announced a switch to code yellow this morning within the scope of their Jules Verne Trophy record attempt. Indeed, a potential weather window looks likely to open in the South Atlantic. If this window is confirmed, it would enable […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Spindrift Racing

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14 December 2021 / 14:57

25 November 2021 / 17:41

The crew of the maxi-trimaran Sails of Change postpones its departure

Upon further analysis of the weather files, the Spindrift team has decided to postpone its departure for a fourth attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy. Indeed, the weather conditions in the South Atlantic are shaping up to be less appealing than those analysed on Wednesday evening. This Thursday morning, the whole crew was […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Spindrift Racing

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14 December 2021 / 14:56

24 November 2021 / 21:55

Jules Verne Trophy: A Thursday start for the maxi-trimaran Sails of Change

Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and their nine crew will begin a fresh Jules Verne Trophy record attempt this Thursday. Early in the morning, the maxi-trimaran Sails of Change will cast off from her port of registry in La Trinité-Sur-Mer (Morbihan) to make for the start line offshore of Ushant. Their goal: to complete the […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Spindrift Racing

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14 December 2021 / 14:53

23 November 2021 / 21:46

DONA, YANN AND THEIR CREW TO SET SAIL ON A FOSSIL FUEL-FREE JULES VERNE TROPHY ATTEMPT

Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard are once more set to take on the Jules Verne Trophy, held since 2017 by Francis Joyon and his crew in a time of 40d 23h 30’ 30’’. Remodelled for improved performance over the course of last winter, Sails of Change (ex-Spindrift 2) maxi-trimaran will be sailed by an […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

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14 December 2021 / 14:45

14 October 2021 / 09:51

(FR) Sails of Change s’élance sur le Trophée Jules Verne

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Spindrift Racing

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14 October 2021 / 09:55

28 January 2021 / 18:35

The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild homeward bound

At the end of last week, just a matter of hours was all it took for the Gitana Team to go from the satisfaction of a record time for its descent of the Atlantic aboard its flying maxi-trimaran to the great disappointment of discovering damage on its rudder, which definitively put an end to its […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

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28 January 2021 / 18:39

22 January 2021 / 18:33

The first accounts from on-board at the end of the Jules Verne Trophy attempt

After setting sail from Ushant on 10 January 2021, the crew of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild put an end to its Jules Verne Trophy record attempt this Friday 22 January after twelve intense days at sea, a journey which proved to have a steep learning curve. It is with a great deal of disappointment […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Charles Caudrelier

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25 January 2021 / 10:36

22 January 2021 / 12:26

The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild abandons her Jules Verne Trophy record attempt

Sailing in the Indian Ocean since yesterday afternoon and their passage of the longitude of Cape Agulhas, the men of Gitana Team were positioned at 48°28 south at 11:00 UTC with a lead of over 860 miles over the record when they informed their shore team of damage to the giant’s float rudder to starboard. […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Charles Caudrelier

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25 January 2021 / 10:32

22 January 2021 / 11:24

Float rudder damage aboard the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild

Sailing in the Indian Ocean since yesterday afternoon and their passage of the longitude of Cape Agulhas, the men of Gitana Team were positioned at 48°28 south at 11:00 UTC with a lead of over 860 miles over the record when they informed their shore team that they’d encountered some problems with the rudder on […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Charles Caudrelier

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25 January 2021 / 10:26

22 January 2021 / 10:19

Plunging southwards

Since their successive passages yesterday of the Cape of Good Hope at 11:37 UTC and then Cape Agulhas four hours later, the men of the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild are navigating the Indian Ocean. The six sailors are having to deal with sailing conditions the crew describe as difficult. Indeed, with strong and shifty winds […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Charles Caudrelier

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25 January 2021 / 10:23

21 January 2021 / 19:08

Best time ever recorded to the tip of South Africa, by way of a tribute to Benjamin de Rothschild

By leaving the longitude of Cape Agulhas in her wake this Thursday 21 January at 15h37’53’’ UTC, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild has officially entered the Indian Ocean. After 11 days 14 hours and 3 minutes at sea, Franck Cammas, Charles Caudrelier and their four crew are attacking the Southern Ocean with a lead of […]

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Jules Verne Trophy 2020/2021

Charles Caudrelier

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25 January 2021 / 10:18