{"id":3284,"date":"2017-01-14T13:07:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T12:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2017-02-19T19:49:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T18:49:05","slug":"coup-daccelerateur-atlantique-sud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/coup-daccelerateur-atlantique-sud\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a lift off Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"

And they\u2019re off again!\u00a0While they had to wait a short while for the low-pressure system to leave Argentina, Francis Joyon and his men sailing to the NW of the Falklands have enjoyed a\u00a0 good morning. The wind has built from the starboard stern of the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran, which is back up to high speeds again. Joyon, Surtel, Gahinet, Stamm, Audigane and Pella will be trying to get the most out of this disturbed weather system in the next two days.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\u00a9Jean-Marie<\/a>
\u00a9Jean-Marie Liot \/ DPPI \/ IDEC Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Making good progress towards the north on a good point of sail, they nevertheless have to avoid the very strong winds by gybing at the right moment this evening. Strong winds and a good angle, with decent seas ahead of the low and a crew that managed to get some rest in the calm conditions off the Falklands\u2026 everything is falling into place off Argentina to get back up to the incredible\u00a0 speeds we have seen from the IDEC maxi-trimaran over the past four weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going along at 27-30 knots on a very easterly bearing, which will gradually swing around to the north.\u201d Cl\u00e9ment Surtel, one of the five men in Joyon\u2019s band of warriors, is calmly looking ahead to the next few days aboard IDEC SPORT, as they deal with the various hurdles in the South Atlantic. \u201cWith the big gennaker at 140\u00b0 to the wind, on manageable seas, it\u2019s smooth sailing time again. Yesterday was a day of extremely light airs, allowing the weary foot soldiers to get some rest and carry out an inspection of the boat,\u201d explained the sailor in charge of the technical aspects. \u201cI saw that there was some wear I hadn\u2019t seen before,\u201d he said with some astonishment. This goes to show how hard they have in fact been pushing the boat since 17th<\/sup> December. \u201cWe dealt with all these little problems and the boat is back to 100%. We\u2019re pleased to get back up to speed this morning. We\u2019re on our way home now. We are focusing on the boat and looking forward to a positive outcome. We need to remain focused until we get to Ushant.\u201d Incidentally, Cl\u00e9ment Surtel is a cousin to Servane Escoffier, Louis Burton\u2019s wife. The skipper taking part in the Vend\u00e9e Globe is just ahead of them and they were able to exchange a few e-mails.<\/p>\n

Clear skies, flat calm seas, favourable winds\u2026 the helmsmen have however not yet finished with their gloves and protection. \u201cWe\u2019re still down at 50\u00b0S and at night, it\u2019s chilly, so we sleep with our wooly hats on,\u201d said the youngest member of the crew, Gw\u00e9nol\u00e9 Gahinet, still in awe of the sights around the Falklands yesterday. \u201cWe enjoyed rounding the Horn and passing the Falklands. Since this morning we have got back up to high speed. We\u2019re expecting 30-35-40 knot winds in the coming hours. That\u2019s quite windy, but we don\u2019t have that nasty swell that goes with it sometimes. We will turn off to avoid the worst of the low this evening between 1600hrs UTC and 2300hrs UTC.\u201d<\/p>\n

6300 miles from the finish and in spite of a plesant day as tourists off the Falklands, IDEC SPORT is now back up to more than 22 knots of VMG, with a lead of just over 1900 miles over the Jules Verne Trophy title-holder.<\/p>\n

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Source :\u00a0www.idecsport-sailing.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And they\u2019re off again!\u00a0While they had to wait a short while for the low-pressure system to leave Argentina, Francis Joyon and his men sailing to the NW of the Falklands have enjoyed a\u00a0 good morning. The wind has built from the starboard stern of the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran, which is back up to high speeds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,29,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courses-2016-2017","category-idec","category-joyon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3468,"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3284\/revisions\/3468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tropheejulesverne.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}