Jeanneau 34 rounds Cape Horn today

[serendib50]

Alain Maignan rounded Cape Horn today in his non stop solo round the world voyage in his Jeanneau Sun Rise 34

An impressive feat in this standard production yacht

More info and pictures on his blog at:

http://alainmaignan.sportblog.fr/

or autotranslate at;

http://tinyurl.com/2kts3u

 

[steve_cronin]

No it ain\'t

My nextdoor neighbours did it in a Beneteau Evasion 34 a couple of years ago.

Steve Cronin

 

[Rob_Webb]

Re: No it ain\'t

there's a jeanneau so 43 cruising here in NZ at the moment that has come from the uk - plans to continue all the way around... very happy with boat

 

[serendib50]

Re: Jeanneau 34 rounds Cape Horn

Steve

Non stop in an Evasion?

If so really impressive

 

[fireball]

Re: Jeanneau 34 rounds Cape Horn

Hmm - I'll have to let swmbo know ... perhaps we could take ours around! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Mind you, she'd need to grow by a few feet (the boat! the boat!) just to get the stores onboard /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Birdseye]

Re: Jeanneau 34 rounds Cape Horn

I wonder what it is that they feed these French sailors on! Wherever you go, there seems to be the French single hander in a boat we wouldnt consider fit for the park lake (are there still any of those around?).

We were cowering in Gijon once with a F7/8 North Westerly driving rollers clear over the harbour wall and the marineros scurrying round replacing the pontoon cleats they had previously removed (to prevent theft!) when a single handed Frenchman in a 26footer arrived direct from la Rochell. Had only been sailing for 7 months and was off around.

 

[steve_cronin]

Re: Jeanneau 34 rounds Cape Horn

Their route was:-

Hamble, Cork, Cape Verdes, Venezuela, Rio, Cape Horn, Sydney - where their boat now is.

Steve Cronin

 

[fireball]

Re: Jeanneau 34 rounds Cape Horn

Ah - you see, the french are stubbon lots - they don't believe the weather and wave states apply to them.

 

[TimDaniel]

Re: Jeanneau 34 rounds Cape Horn

I think they die a lot!

 

[fireball]

Re: Jeanneau 34 rounds Cape Horn

But there is just too many of them to notice! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif