Dee Caffari - The Famous Project

John_Silver said:
Storm Ingrid seastate, as seen from IDEC's helm. Making 12kts under wing mast alone.
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Reminders of Peter Blake and Robin KJ competing their Jules Verne on ENZA New Zealand (?) where they ended up towing all their on board ropes astern to try to slow down.
The wing mast area will suddenly seem very large, especially the bit at the top, with limited options to depower (assume can’t rotate 180 degrees?)
 
dunedin said:
Reminders of Peter Blake and Robin KJ competing their Jules Verne on ENZA New Zealand (?) where they ended up towing all their on board ropes astern to try to slow down.
The wing mast area will suddenly seem very large, especially the bit at the top, with limited options to depower (assume can’t rotate 180 degrees?)
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In the post #117 clip, Philippe Legros (Sodebo's router) talks about the imperative to keep these tris moving, in extreme conditions. To maintain rudder authority, with appendages optimised for speed. And, as I understood him, to reduce the impact of breaking seas on lightened structures. Although IDEC (2017) is between ENZA (1994) and Sodebo (2026) in design evolution. Plus, of course, a tri v a cat. More diagonally stable? Over to @Chiara’s slave​
 
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Tris have taken over, long distance and short handed. Almost certainly due to better safety factors. Coco de Mer anyone? Some people considerably braver than me have turned over their ocean 50s, but, fingers crossed, nobody has done it in an ultim, have they?
 
John_Silver said:
Thomas & team send Sodebo through

Imagine having the discretionary mental bandwidth available, to be flying drones, with so much at stake and in such conditions​
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Amazing shots. Keep the sponsors happy with this footage.

Kept thinking the drone was so low it might get hit by a wave! And drone must be faster than mine, which would be left behind.
 
🤞🤞🤞Live coverage of Sodebo's line crossing 🤞 🤞 🤞 on YouTube link allows a notification to be set (NB time may be CET = 1hr ahead)

Last time Thomas Coville was this close to a Jules Verne record was 16 years ago. And it turned out well. He as co skipper to Franck Cammas, in 2010, when they lifted the Trophee Jules Verne.

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Franck on the Tropheee Jules Verne past, present and future:

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John_Silver said:
Dee Caffari, and large crew, limbering up for a Jules Verne attempt….

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Off the beach, at Moulin Blanc, today….

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Dee is co-skipper, with Alexia Barrier, aka The Famous Project . Marie Tabarly on the (all female) crew.

The boat was Francis Joyon’s IDEC. The crewed record holder, since 2017. Despite the best efforts of the faster (but more fragile) foiling Ultims.

Looking to set an all female crewed record and have a crack at the outright record.
Southern Ocean season opens soon. One to watch.
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Good for her.

Quiet unassuming, but very capable and successful
sailor.

Great.
 
40 days 10 hrs 46 mins (I make it- tbc). Thomas Coville and the Sodeboys set a new Jules Verne record

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To the delight of family fans and sponsors.

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Will be light by the time they are coming in under the Pte St Mathieu and up the Rade de Brest. With the wind on their quarter. Stand by for photo
opportunities🤞

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Incredible courage and sailing by the Sodebo crew, to get the boat right around the world at such high speeds without any drama.

Even more amazing the job by the designers, engineers and builders - the stresses and strains on the hulls, beams, rig and gear must have been incredible, particularly when powering along at 25+ knots in the big waves of Storm Irma. The forces involved in trying to twist and break the structure in huge waves must be amazing. But after going all the way round the world through the southern ocean, the boat and sails looked immaculate.
Engineering!
 
dunedin said:
Incredible courage and sailing by the Sodebo crew, to get the boat right around the world at such high speeds without any drama.

Even more amazing the job by the designers, engineers and builders - the stresses and strains on the hulls, beams, rig and gear must have been incredible, particularly when powering along at 25+ knots in the big waves of Storm Irma. The forces involved in trying to twist and break the structure in huge waves must be amazing. But after going all the way round the world through the southern ocean, the boat and sails looked immaculate.
Engineering!
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The pace of progress is phenomenal. Think of all the pit stops required, by the Ultim fleet, in the 2024 Arkea Ultim Challenge. Same route, just 2 years ago. And the state that victor, Edmond de Rothschild 17, arrived back in. Plus, potentially, a new era of offshore foiling will be ushered in by Edmond de Rothschild 18. Official, open-to-the-public, 'mise a l'eau' 14.2.26 @ Lorient La Base.

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