20/03/03

Thursday morning 20 March 2003, at 4 h 58 min and 11s GMT (5h 58'11" French time), the 34-m maxi trimaran Geronimo built by Multiplast and designed by Marc Van Peteghem & Vincent Lauriot-Prevost, crossed the finishing line of the Jules Verne Trophy near Ushant island after 68 days 1 hour 58 minutes 2 seconds at sea.

Thursday morning 20 March 2003, at 4 h 58 min and 11s GMT (5h 58' 11" French time), the 34-m maxi trimaran Geronimo built by Multiplast and designed by Marc Van Peteghem & Vincent Lauriot-Prevost, crossed the finishing line of the Jules Verne Trophy near Ushant island after 68 days 1 hour 58 minutes 2 seconds at sea. Though he failed to take back his trophy, skipper Olivier de Kersauzon and his 10 crew members established the second best time of the Jules Verne Trophy behind maxi catamaran Orange designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by Multiplast.

Trophée Jules Verne / The 5 time markers :
1993 / Commodore Explorer / 85 foot Ollier-Multiplast catamaran / 79d 06h 15' 56"
1994 / Enza New Zealand / 89 foot Irens – Bombardier catamaran / 74d 22h 17' 22"
1997 / Sport-Elec / 85 foot Van Peteghem-Lauriot Prévost – CDK catamaran / 71d 14h 18' 08"
2002 / Orange / 109 foot Gilles Ollier Design Team – Multiplast catamaran / 64d 08h 37' 24"

Geronimo's web site