Franc Cammas and crew of Groupama 3 are currently in Miami, Florida, USA, ready to pursuit new records. This time the boat and crew are ready to depart for New York, aiming the record of 2 days 5 hours 54 minutes and 42 seconds set back in 2001 by Steve Fossett's PlayStation. It's been a busy and successful month so far for Franc Cammas: on the first of May, Groupama 3 shattered the Discovery Route record also held by PlayStation, by more than 2 days, finishing the route from Cadiz to San Salvador in 7 days 10 hours 58 minutes and 53 seconds. Then on board the smaller Groupama 2, Cammas and team won the AS Lease Challenge in Lorient. Weather conditions are most important for this new record attempt, as explained weather router Jean-Yves Bernot. Miami is located on the edge of the trade winds and thus a flow of North East winds usually blows off the city. When this flow meets the Gulf Stream, it can generate rough seas. Conditions are ideal when a more favorable wind blows from the South West, a wind that occurs quickly and temporarily. Friday, May 25, 2007
Groupama 3, Miami to New York
Franc Cammas and crew of Groupama 3 are currently in Miami, Florida, USA, ready to pursuit new records. This time the boat and crew are ready to depart for New York, aiming the record of 2 days 5 hours 54 minutes and 42 seconds set back in 2001 by Steve Fossett's PlayStation. It's been a busy and successful month so far for Franc Cammas: on the first of May, Groupama 3 shattered the Discovery Route record also held by PlayStation, by more than 2 days, finishing the route from Cadiz to San Salvador in 7 days 10 hours 58 minutes and 53 seconds. Then on board the smaller Groupama 2, Cammas and team won the AS Lease Challenge in Lorient. Weather conditions are most important for this new record attempt, as explained weather router Jean-Yves Bernot. Miami is located on the edge of the trade winds and thus a flow of North East winds usually blows off the city. When this flow meets the Gulf Stream, it can generate rough seas. Conditions are ideal when a more favorable wind blows from the South West, a wind that occurs quickly and temporarily. 
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