Vendee Globe and Alex Thomson / Hugo Boss
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dune16
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Great news!
RivalRedwing
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A recovery in the dark in those conditions.... doubly impressive
NormanB
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Roberto
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This morning at the French national radio: Escoffier boat broke in two pieces with sudden sinking, he only had the time to wear the drysuit and jump on the liferaft.
Ric
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Sort of nice ironical symmetry in that it was Escoffier's boat (PRB), then skippered by Vincent Riou, who rescued Le Cam in the 2009 Vendee. Not the exact same hull I don't believe, but still.
Hermit
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Le Cam makes the actual rescue seem very easy which I doubt it was. Does anyone know what the 'transmission' is that he mentions in the video? Possibly a translation error or actually a thing?
john_morris_uk
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I don’t know but I’m guessing it’s one of the outriggers I assume they use for outboard sheeting angles? I’ll email Eric who’s a French sailing friend (and is one of the official ‘measurers’ for mini-transats who also run similar rigs on a different scale. ) Whether we’ll understand the answer is another matter. Eric and I talk nineteen to the dozen in a huge mixture of pigeon French and his pigeon English.
Tomahawk
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Where is Escoffier in the vid?
dom
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Fantastic news and well done Le Cam!
Anecdotal evidence I know, but one has to wonder whether some systemic design fault has crept into these new boats.
Anecdotal evidence I know, but one has to wonder whether some systemic design fault has crept into these new boats.
Tomahawk
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Link?
NormanB
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Just click on the word link.
Tomahawk
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The need for speed and making it too light?
But seeing how the crash capsule on Grosjeans car survived a 55g impact and was completely intact it must be possible to make them light and incredibly strong.
mainsail1
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So........the front fell off............. to coin a phrase.
Best thing Alex did was to retire.
Best thing Alex did was to retire.
Tomahawk
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So...
If Kevin makes supper for both of them... does that count as outside assist?
If Kevin makes supper for both of them... does that count as outside assist?
Captn D
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Escoffier’s description of PRB folding 90 degs and sinking, sounds like another major structural failure. Not good news for other similar boats in the Southern Ocean !!
Tomahawk
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