Krys Ocean Race - The Best moments

The Krys Ocean Race is done and it is considered a success for the New MOD70 boats. The best moments of the Transatlantic compressed in a short video. Hope to continue with the MOD70 next event the Europe Tour. A serie of 4 sailing racing legs, starting 29th August 2012.

MOD70 KRYS OCEAN RACE - FINAL RESULTS

Final Scoreboard for MOD70 Krys Ocean Race

The 1st International Race with the MOD70 Trimarans in the Krys Ocean Race has Finished. This can be called a success as the boats, helped by a strong westerly depression made a fast Transatlantic.

The crews were close matched and it was ultimately the better route choice of Spindrift Racing that brought them the Victory. 

Sadly to note that two boats suffered damage, Race for Water collided with a mostly submerged floating container, while Musandam damaged one foil on Port side. Both boats could make some repairs and adjustments and continue sailing, be it at reduced speeds, especially Race for Water.

Soon there will be new Races with the MOD70 in the European circuit.

MOD70 Krys Ocean Race Finish in Brest

The MOD70 Trimarans made a very fast Transatlantic in the Krys Ocean Race from NewYork City to Brest. 

Within 5 days, 4days 21 hours 8 minutes and 37 seconds to be precise, it was SPINDRIFT Racing that passed the Finish as WINNER of the Krys Ocean Race. Spindrift made the decisive move in the 2nd night of this Race, sailing longer on their Gennaker and following a more Northerly course. 

Edmong de Rothschild was 2nd on the Finish just 1hr 11 min after the 1st. 

Foncia took the 3rd place again some 28 min after the  2nd Trimaran.

Musandam Oman Sail was 4th to arrive in Brest and Race for Water is still sailing as we speak. 

Both last Boats suffered some damage and had to reduce speed. 

The Virtual Race in Liveskipper is still on-going. The first boats have passed the gate at Scilly islands and will finish later today. With some 1730 boats sailing in the Liveskipper it is a good thing that those did not interfere with the real Boats. 

MOD70 fleet approaching Scilly islands

 

Musandam Oman Sail has found a way to replace the damage port foil with the one from starboard side and mention that they almost can sail normal speeds again. For each jibe, the foil has to be re-installed in the leeward side however and heavy job, but one that gives rewards with a good boatspeed. 
However their disadvantage to the 3 leading boats will be hard to recover. 


The 3 Leading Boats with Spindrift racing ahead are approaching  Scilly islands. After passing that gate, they will cross the Channel to sail to Brest; ETA Friday 13th midday. 

MOD70's Sailing Fast on the Atlantic

MOD70 Musandam Oman Sail

The fleet of 5 MOD70 Trimarans are making good progress in the Krys Ocean Race. Some boats have reach a 24 hrs distance of 711 Nm. The winds are strong around 20 kts and have the tendency to increase before after today to weaken. 

Spindrift racing is leading the pack with about 34Nm, with boatspeeds of 30+kts . Edmond de Rothschild is in 2nd and Foncia in a good 3rd place.
The maximum Boatspeed recorded is 40.7 kts !!!

Musandam Oman Sail, however suffered some damage on a foil and cannot sail at optimal speeds anymore. Like Race for Water they will have to sail to what is possible with little chance to take to the Podium.

To see the progress and location of the MOD70, see above TAB "progress map" , or visit the tracker on the Krys Ocean Race website.
The ranking of the virtual boats in Liveskipper can be  found in the TAB "Ranking" above. And if you want to try out the LiveSkipper virtual Sailing simulator you can register for free and start sailing. 

MOD70's have started Krys Ocean Race

The First Transatlantic Sailing Race, Krys Ocean Race, with the New One_Design  MOD70 Trimarans have started in New York City. The destination is Brest in France. 

Looking at the wind patterns on the North Atlantic, the professionals expect a 6-7 days of sailing. 

The Boat positions, refreshed every 3 hours, can be followed on a tracker on the KrysOceanRace website. 

You can also sail alongside these fast MOD70 boats in the Virtual Sailing program LiveSkipper. Register quickly as the  race has only just started. 

START KRYS Ocean Sailing Race, Saturday 7 July

The MOD70 in action

Today, Saturday 7 July 2012 at 15:00 GMT the START will be of the MOD70 Krys Ocean Race. Starting location is NewYork City and the Arrival will be in Brest.

The MOD70 is a New One-Design Trimaran, 70 feet long. It is a new class and already 5 Boats are participating in their 1st International Sailing Race.

You can follow the progress of the Boats on Krys Ocean Race website, but ........

BETTER still..........

You  can Virtually SAIL alongside the 5 Trimarans at dazzling speeds in the same Race full of action in LiveSkipper virtual sailing simulator.


Registration is FREE and a short tutorial shows how to sail against the professionals. LiveSkipper follows the  same course, it uses the actual wind conditions and offers proper navigational tools to plan a good strategy given the wind forecasts. The  scheduler let you set Waypoints for the night, so it will not disturb your good nightsleep, only a little maybe :)

MOD70 Prologue Finished in New York.

The MOD70 fleet arrived in NewYork  

The MOD70, a new One-Design 70 ft Multihull, sailed a Prologue from Newport to NewYork city as preparation for the Krys Ocean Race.

The result:
KRYS OCEAN RACE provisional results
1) Race For Water ( Stève Ravussin) finised at 12h53’20’’ Local time
2) Groupe Edmond de Rothschild (Sébastien Josse) finished at 12h55’50’’
3) Spindrift racing (Yann Guichard) finished at 13h35’08’’
4) FONCIA (Michel Desjoyeaux) finished at 13h38’44’’
5) Musandam-Oman Sail (Sidney Gavignet) finised at 14h04’01’’

This new boats will Start on Saturday 7th July 2012 at 1500 GMT (if I am right this is 1100 local time) for their first International Sailing Race from NewYork City to Brest.

You can sail alongside the Boats in a Virtual Sailing simulator LiveSkipper,
the simulator has a free registration and is made to match the real boats in sailing speed. The LiveSkipper uses actual wind information, regularly refreshed, so you can make your own strategy and check it with the professionals on the real Trimarans. Register here before the  start and you may do some practice sailing in the challenge Prologue Krys Ocean Race.