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Kevin Escoffier was saved by competitor Jean Le Cam! "He's on board with Jean!" they said during the recovery. President of the PRB, Jean-Jacques Laurent assisted during the entire rescue. This rescue was coordinated by Les Sables d’Olonne from the Vendée Globe Race Direction in collaboration with Cross Griz Nez and MRCC South Africa.
No one has yet managed to speak to the PRB skipper who has just appeared smiling, wrapped in his survival suit along with Jean Le Cam. Vendée Globe race director Jacques Caraës said: "We sent Jean back to a position received by the CROSS Gris Nez, the position sent by the EPIRB distress signal on board.
Météo France's drift simulation also provided a trace. Jean is He departed at OOh15 UT at our request to reach this point at reduced speed. He found no one at the indicated location. He then resumed his journey three quarters southeast for a period of between 45 minutes and an hour.
at 1.5 knots in a wind of 20-25 knots with a very low sail, he disappeared from the screen when suddenly we heard him speak. We saw no one again. Then, a few minutes later 1:06 UT or 2:06 now French, Jean went back to the chart table and then we saw Kevin come up behind him in a survival suit.
They both appeared seconds before the cut of the video. He's fine. Everyone's fine. They're recovering!"
New Zealand showed the new AC75, new gem of the historical team
On December 17th with the World Series, the first appointment in a regatta.
From January the Prada Cup that will select the best challenger and from March 6 the regattas for the Cup. Dan Bernasconi, Head of Design, and Peter Burling said: “We sought the perfect balance between hydrodynamic and aerodynamic performance.
An AC75 optimized exclusively for acceleration and take off would look very different from one optimized for flight and this is reflected in the huge variation we see among our competitors' yachts in the fleet. Te Rehutai is designed to excel in both domains and we are confident it will be competitive across the full range of wind speeds we might see in the America's Cup.
We kept pushing from everything we had learned with Te Aihe. Getting a new toy is always exciting, but we've already passed the excitement point as the next 2 weeks are some of the most crucial to the campaign in terms." Taiaha Hawke of NgÄti WhÄtua ÅŒrÄkei explained the meaning of the name: "Te Rehutai: where the essence of the ocean invigorates and energizes our strength and determination.
This time we came up with some options to present to the team so that they could join together to decide on a name that would feel better resonate with them as a team and clearly Te Rehutai has impressed them." Grant Dalton and Kevin Shoebridge of Emirates Team New Zealand, said: "These occasions are special because they give you an opportunity to be proud of what has been achieved.
But not for long, we still have a lot of work in the next 4 months if we want to win the America's Cup again. We had been planning the launch date of our racing boat for probably almost a year. So it is truly a huge undertaking that we are launching Te Rehutai today considering we have lost 5 weeks of construction time in the first Covid-19 block.
This is an extraordinary effort, which we have never made before as a team. I cannot speak highly enough of the skill and determination the team has demonstrated in exceptionally difficult circumstances not only for them, but also for our suppliers, sponsors and everyone who has contributed." .