|
2006 |
|
|
All the editions
1978: The Transat of the freedom Thus his creator Michel Etevenon conceived, since in her multihelmets and monocoques competed all together ones and without distinctions of classes, restrictions of sizes and abierta for all that one that wanted to participate.
In this edition the Alain navigator disappears Tails. Altogether 38 participants take the exit of who a ten is only true boats of regatas, and in the arrival almost they jump “tipsy”. Kriter V is a monocoque length of blue color piloted by Michel Malinosvsky that goes in race head from practically the beginning. But 2 miles before the arrival Olympus Photo, a small one will plot piloted by the Canadian Mike Birch advance and gain the race to him by only 98 seconds. 98 seconds after a passage of the Atlantic, having realized different routes, having crossed storms of 50 wind knots… 1982:52 boats in the exit This time there are many professionals of the candle in the exit. 5 classes of different boats settle down but no of them is put under no limitation. The radiobeacons are used for the first time Argus that allow at any moment to know the position the participants. For that reason much in security gains and it more kindly follows the changes in the positions of regata. In return a little is lost the sensation of immensity of the Ocean.
They appear the great multihelmets like the Elf Aquitaine de Marc Pajot or the Riguidel of 27 meters of length. Many boats end up breaking some without possibility of arriving at the goal and very battered others. Altogether 19 abandonments among which there is overturned catamarans and trimaranes, wood breakage, and perforations of helmets by floating objects like the one of Paul Ricard de Eric Tabarly.
1986:They are present best the Skippers although there are less participants than in the 82. The size of the boats continues growing and already more than 13 boats they measure more than 23 meters of length, all of them piloted alone. A clear tendency is appraised towards 9 Catas and also they appear trimaranes with strange appendices in the form of aquatic wings: Hidrofoils.
Soon after occurring the exit already the problems begin. Loïck Peyron with the “Lada Poch” breaks the wood. Paul Vatine (Nems Luang) crashes against a freighter and Tony Bullimore (Apricot) hits against something floating between two waters. Hervé Cléris with the Fnac upsets irremediably, and Olivier de Kersauson (Poulain) has serious problems with the equipment.
The depressions follow one another one after another one without giving truce to the participants and the massacre continues. In the Maritime Charente structural problems take place, the Jet Services breaks the wood and to the Côte d'Or II comes off a part to him one of its floaters. The violence of the temporary delivery winds of 60 knots which originates as well the upset of the Stalaven. It appears to the drift the overturned Royale, but Loïc Caradec has disappeared…
Philippe Poupon (Fleury Michon VIII) has supported the attacks of the storm and now it accelerates South course. They follow Dark brown Peyron (Ericsson), Lionel to him Péan (Hitachi) ET Mike Birch (Tag Heuer) and reaches the goal with 48 of advantage against Dark brown Peyron. The first monocoque in arriving is the Macif piloted by Lenorman.
1990: One regata; A woman Trimaranes prevails definitively on the catamarans. The rate imposed by these Formulate of the sea is brutal. In November always they appear depressions in the Atlantic and therefore the failures follow one another one after another one. Jean Maurel breaks the wood of its Elf Aquitaine III. The drift of Laurent Bourgnon cocha with something and originates an important one via of water that the organization does not communicate and is able to control with the bailing pumps. Bertrand de Broc breaks and mast of its “Groupe LG”, and many boats are forced to pause in the Goshawks.
Three trimaranes are unmarked of all the others: To the North Philippe Poupon, in center Florence Arthaud and in the South Mike Birch. At those moments it begins to honor a young woman who sails without the meteo electronics of aid. From earth it receives telexes that indicate the best route to him. It breaks the taking of curls, the autopilot spoils and the coiler of prow candle works very badly. During a storm it must spend two days and two nights to the cane of government without being able to sleep. The waves wet and leave VHF and the Telex totally unusable. And to make matters worse a cut becomes that brings about a strong hemorrhage which makes doubt in if shooting or not its radiobeacon of emergencia. But the wind relaxes and is able to repair one of its autopilots. Prevailed of all communication it sails without knowing nothing of the others. Near Guadalupe a small plane of already flies over it to journalists and they send to a message communicating the one to it that is at the top of the race! Florence Arthaud raises with the victory obtaining a epic feat. In monocoques Titouan winning Lamazou of Vendée Globe it manages to beat to all the others on board his Ecureuil d'Aquitaine.
1994: Slight Podio They divide 24 participants and only they compete in two different races within one, the multihelmets and monocoques, accidentally 12 of each of them. The catamaran of Jean Maurel loses its nose and must turn aside itself to Brest. Mike Birch breaks the wood and returns with fortune equipment. Halvard Mabire running in the “Cherbourg Technologies” loses the keel and is legs above being located by its beacon of emergencia. The sailor is fight to the rudder and the boat sinks 10 hours later.
Loïck Peyron takes to the baton of the race to the taken salary a more favorable North route. Meanwhile Fujicolor II breaks the wood. Laurent Bourgnon has found a cold front and it takes control of the race head. The new monocoques of 60 feet are true missiles. In podio two multihelmets and two monocoques.
1998:
Yves Parlier could not be in the exit due to the injuries suffered in a fall in hang-glider, and trusts its 60 feet to Thomas Coville who wins in his class of monocoques being “rutado” from earth by the same Yves Parlier. Laurent Bourgnon takes genaker fact shreds and in spite of it is able to contain to Alain Gautier and in addition it only hits against a cetacean hours before the arrival. Ellen MacArthur of 22 years of age and with its 50 feet, takes control of the victory after advancing to all the 60 feet of the competitors.
2002: Year of all the record
Many do the South looking for the aliseos, others try to stay as they can on the orthodromic one. Finally of the 18 multihelmets, they are only able to arrive Michel Desjoyeaux (Géant), Marc Guillemot (Cookies the Trinitaine) and Lalou Roucayrol (Banque Populaire). In monocoques IMOCA it overcomes Ellen MacArthur.
Tel:© Copyright 2006 SanalBoard.org, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. |
|
58 participants meet in 2002 but also the record of abandonments is fought… Altogether 28 boats arrive at the arrival, and from the 18 participant multihelmets they only arrive at goal 3 from them. Another record; two monocoques arrive in real time in front of the first classified multihelmet, as a result of the exit anticipated a day of the monocoque ones on the multihelmets. The conditions of the sea are dantescas with winds maintained during one week of 30 to 40 knots and gusts of wind of up to 60 knots. In the gulf of Gascoña, numerous failures follow one another. The complica meteo still still more since one second depression is developed that in the middle hunts to several trimaranes and reinforces already of virulent form of in case worrisome sea disturbance, with gusts of wind of 75 knots and brutales waves. 