Route du Rhum - Cammas and Groupama take transatlantic solo victory

8:56 PM Tue 9 Nov 2010 GMT

'Franck Cammas (FRA) GROUPAMA 3 winner of 2010 Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale.' ThMartinez/Sea&Co ?

Route du Rhum victory to Franck Cammas. It was at 15 hours 16 minutes 47 seconds (GMT) today that the skipper of Groupama took victory in his first solo transatlantic race! Beneath the glorious sunshine of Guadeloupe and surrounded by a horde of spectator craft, Franck Cammas couldn't conceal his happiness and his emotion. He covered the 3,539 miles in 9 days 3 hours 14 minutes and 47 seconds, at an average speed of 16.14 knots... Franck Cammas' achievement is a sizeable one on a trimaran spanning 31.5 metres in length and 22.5 metres wide! In fact she is the ...

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by Vincent Borde