Ocean Racing Magazine - #6 - December 2007 & January 2008 - (Page 7)

Skipper of the 60’ Imoca, Artemis, concerning her dismasting "I’m so angry, furious about everything, furious that something has happened that we cannot repair or have predicted, furious that the Jacques Vabre is over for us like that, and furious that this boat, that is part of our lives, has now been damaged." Jonny Malbon Franck Cammas Winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre in the Orma class with Stève Ravussin "This may be Groupama 2’s final race, but not the final one for multihulls. Afterwards, there will be Groupama 4, the one-design 70-foot multihull, which will be just that bit bigger, green and just as fast too". Andrew Pindar CEO of the Pindar Group talking about the dismasting of the 60’ Imoca "Finding out that our brand new 60-foot Pindar had dismasted a second time (in three months, editor) was a great disappointment. It is especially hard when something like that happens so close to the start. The Transat Jacques Vabre was very important for us. We’ve been in it for the past eight years and with Brian (Thompson) and Will (Oxley) had every chance of winning. We’re now going to try to solve these structural problems with the mast putting safety first as always. There is the slight consolation that that happened near the coast and not in the middle of the Atlantic." ©M. Lloyd/Artemis Lionel Lemonchois Skipper of Gitana 11 talking about his Transat Jacques Vabre "We had three incidents, when the boat rose up almost vertically, and then slammed into the water right up to the foot of the mast… as for the speed, we flew along sailing 600 miles in one day, averaging 27 knots." Ambrose Bierce American writer and journalist, taken from the book "The Devil’s Dictionary" Ed Baird Skipper of Alinghi, elected ISAF Sailor of the Year "It’s the result of hard work from a whole team. The America’s Cup is a dream for us all, but our sport in general is much more important than that." "Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man who has no gills." Jean-Luc Nélias Co-skipper of Veolia Environnement, on the sixth day of the Barcelona World Race, after losing a little ground: "I don’t know whether the French trains are still on strike, but here the level crossing keeper has been very busy. A bit too busy. The barriers have been down all the time " Sébastien Marsset Skipper of the Mini Marée Haute, during the Transat 6.50 "Talking about our comfort? Well, the first rule is you have to do without any!" http://www.navtec.net

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ocean Racing Magazine - #6 - December 2007 & January 2008

Cover
Edito
Contents
What they said
News
Portfolio - The news in the picture
Transat Jacques Vabre - Monohulls in power
In the words of the skipper - Michel Desjoyaux, A little bit more
Barcelona World Race - A couple sailing around the world
Imoca - Growth crisis in the Imoca class
Transat 6.5 - A whole series of records
Mini Class - Anatomy of a winner
Multihulls - What sort of trimarans tomorrow ?
Volvo Ocean Race - Second generation
Trials - Mach 45 : an unusual IRC
Match Racing - King Richard
Tactics - A good start
Portrait - Jacques Caraës
Lab - Tubular or wing mast ?
Forty years ago - Chichester, the lonely sea and the sky
Equipment - Shop window
New products - From the drawing board to the boatyard
Opinion - The mirage of worshipping technology

Ocean Racing Magazine - #6 - December 2007 & January 2008