Sunday 3rd of June, at 8:31:20 local time, Franck Cammas and the crew of the maxi-trimaran Groupama 3 crossed the start line in an attempt to break the Miami to New York record. The current record of 2 days 5 hours 54 minutes and 42 seconds, is held by Steve Fossett and was set in May 2001 onboard his maxi catamaran Playstation. Cammas and team will have to pass the Ambrose lighthouse, at the entrance to New York harbour, by today, Tuesday 5 June at 14:25:02 local time. The course is divided into two parts: a first phase with the Gulf Stream from Miami to Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, approximately 600 miles, the second a coastal phase of 350 miles past the states of Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey. It is an exercise very different than a trans-oceanic crossing like the Discovery Route. Miami to New York is measured in hours, not days. The team should leave with about 15 knots of wind from the west, a flow which will increase as they head north. By the time they reach Cape Hatteras, the wind conditions will be stronger and there could be heavy seas.Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Franck Cammas
Sunday 3rd of June, at 8:31:20 local time, Franck Cammas and the crew of the maxi-trimaran Groupama 3 crossed the start line in an attempt to break the Miami to New York record. The current record of 2 days 5 hours 54 minutes and 42 seconds, is held by Steve Fossett and was set in May 2001 onboard his maxi catamaran Playstation. Cammas and team will have to pass the Ambrose lighthouse, at the entrance to New York harbour, by today, Tuesday 5 June at 14:25:02 local time. The course is divided into two parts: a first phase with the Gulf Stream from Miami to Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, approximately 600 miles, the second a coastal phase of 350 miles past the states of Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey. It is an exercise very different than a trans-oceanic crossing like the Discovery Route. Miami to New York is measured in hours, not days. The team should leave with about 15 knots of wind from the west, a flow which will increase as they head north. By the time they reach Cape Hatteras, the wind conditions will be stronger and there could be heavy seas.
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