[Source: Spindrift racing] Yann Guichard and the 5 men aboard Spindrift racing, Pascal Bidégorry, Léo Lucet, Jean-Baptiste Levaillant, Jacques Guichard and Kévin Escoffier have just won the Krys Ocean Race, first transatlantic race between New York and Brest (France) opened to 70 feet One Design Multihulls (MOD70 Class).
Spindrift racing crossed the finish line today Thursday July 12th at 14:00 hours, 08 minutes and 37 seconds, French local time.
They covered the 2 950 miles theorical course in 4 days, 21 hours, 8 minutes and 37 seconds, averaging 25.3 knots. Their actual course was 3 284 miles long, at 28.04 knots.
Spindrift racing, after a difficult start within New York bay, quickly took the lead during last Sunday night. They have since kept a steady pace over 30 knots, increasing their lead up to a 70 miles margin to runner up Sébastien Josse (Groupe Edmond de Rothschird), and Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia).
Spindrift racing wins the Krys Ocean Race
July 12th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
Why not have these for the Volvo, cheaper/faster/better looking etc etc
July 15th, 2012 at 10:25 am
cause its not a monohull, thats why. it wouldn’t be the VOR anymore.
July 16th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Rubbish, the Volvo is a commercial race around the planet, faster boats means more stop over which means more $for Volvo and possibly more teams.. The images of a VO70 were great, they would be as good if not better with the MOD70… There’s not many arguments against this other than its not a mono hull…….
July 16th, 2012 at 7:05 pm
To seanmccuen,
On this same website, there was an interview to Juan K. and during the 2nd part of the interview, Pierre Orphanidis asked Juan K. “…..could you envision the Volvo Ocean Race being sailed on multihulls?” regarding Juan K. involvement with the Artemis Racing`s AC72.
Juan K. reply was “Yes, I think so. I think that multihulls, in the world of sailing, are much more efficient than monohulls. The flatter the water is, the bigger the difference in efficiency is but multihulls suffer from sea state and waves much more than monohulls. So, in the case of a round-the-world race you would have to condition the design of the multihulls in a way to withstand these conditions and as such it wouldn’t be as fast a multihull as another high-performance multihull of the same length could be.”
So, my point is that, after the VO65 cycle is over (the boat is planned to take part in only 2 VOR. VOR 2014-2015 and VOR 2017-2018), it wouldn`t be crazy to think of a Volvo Ocean Race being sail in multihulls.
It would certainly be a faster race, although I don`t know if it would be a cheaper one.
Best regards,
Cristián Palau