US EditionCoville’s Record Attempt: Storms & Final Sprint for Jules Verne Trophy
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Coville’s Record Attempt: Storms & Final Sprint for Jules Verne Trophy
The final sprint is underway. And he looks committed, muscular and windy. Uncertain too. Launched in the crewed round-the-world record since December 15, “Sodebo Ultim” could, depending on the routing, complete its journey on Sunday. To capture the Jules Verne Trophy – the nautical challenge created almost half a century ago notably by Florence Arthaud, Olivier de Kersauson and Titouan Lamazou, so that offshore racing maintains a space of freedo…
Final sprint for the Jules Verne Trophy record - Sodebo crosses equator to the northern hemisphere
This Monday, January 19th, at 4:20 AM, Thomas Coville, Benjamin Schwartz, Frédéric Denis, Pierre Leboucher, Léonard Legrand, Guillaume Pirouelle, and Nicolas Troussel on Sodebo Ultim 3 crossed the equator and are back in the northern hemisphere.
Jules Verne: Hot race against the clock
Ever since Francis Joyon and crew on the 103-foot trimaran IDEC Sport were awarded the Jules Verne Trophy in 2017, there have been many failed attempts to better their record time around the world. Some efforts were abandoned early when wind conditions proved insufficient, while others conceded to damage. If a team is in the final ascent of the Pacific Ocean to the finish off western France, they are in a hot race against the clock. That’s the c…
Thomas Coville, Benjamin Schwartz, Frédéric Denis, Pierre Leboucher, Léonard Legrand, Guillaume Pirouelle, and Nicolas Troussel crossed the equator this Monday. After 34 days, 7 hours, and 19 minutes at sea, they still maintain a lead of 20 hours and 49 minutes over the record held by IDEC Sport, who crossed it in 35 days, 4 hours, and 9 minutes in 2017. But the North Atlantic, the final leg, promises to be a new challenge with its share of diff…
The Sodebo Ultim 3 trimaran during its launch in Lorient (Symbolic image) (Photo by Jean-Marie Liot/ALeA/Getty Images) Getty Images. The Sodebo Ultim 3 trimaran crossed the equator again on Monday morning, nearly a day ahead of the Jules Verne Trophy record. But the weather forecast for the coming days could jeopardize the achievement of French sailor Thomas Coville and his crew. The team crossed the equator line on Monday at 4:30 a.m. French ti…
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