Sébastien Josse BT IMOCA 60
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| Position | Bateau | Distance au premier | Distance à l'arrivée |
| 1 | SAFRAN(Marc Guillemot - Charles Caudrelier Benac) | Arrivé | |
| 2 | GROUPE BEL(Kito De Pavant - François Gabart) | Arrivé | |
| 3 | MIKE GOLDING YACHT RACING(Mike Golding - Javier Sanso) | Arrivé | |
| 4 | FONCIA(Michel Desjoyeaux - Jérémie Beyou) | Arrivé | |
| 5 | W HOTELS(Alex Pella - Pepe Ribes) | Arrivé | |
| 6 | VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT(Roland Jourdain - Jean Luc Nélias) | Arrivé | |
| 7 | AKENA VERANDAS(Arnaud Boissières - Vincent Riou) | Arrivé | |
| 8 | AVIVA(Dee Caffari - Brian Thompson) | Arrivé | |
| 9 | 1876( Yves Parlier- Pachi Rivero) | Arrivé | |
| 10 | ARTEMIS(Samantha Davies - Sidney Gavignet) | Arrivé | |
| ABD | BRIT AIR(Armel Le Cleac'h - Nicolas Troussel) | Arrivé | |
| ABD | BT(Sébastien Josse - Jean François Cuzon) | Arrivé | |
| ABD | DCNS(Marc Thiercelin - Christopher Pratt) | Arrivé | |
| ABD | HUGO BOSS(Alex Thomson - Ross Daniel) | Arrivé |
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83 Days AgoWorld Yacht Racing Forum
The second edition of the World Yacht Racing Forum finished on 10 December at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The event was a huge success and the overwhelming feedback from almost 400 delegates was that the World Yacht Racing Forum has established itself as the 'must attend' event for the yacht racing industry. This year, the Forum featured several debates and presentations across all aspects of the business of the sport. Nathalie Quéré, Head of Sponsorship at BT Global Services took part of the debate: 'Leveraging the Sponsorship Deal – How to maximise the Investment' and present the BT Team Ellen project to the attendance. She took the opportunity to say a huge thank you from all at BT for those three years and gave Ellen, Nick and Seb three beautiful paintings while they were all on stage. A unique and emotional moment for everyone in the room!
91 Days AgoBT back in Cowes
After having reached Southampton on Sunday, BT was towed across the Solent on Tuesday and is now safely back in Medina Yard, where she was launched in 2007. The team, lead by Paul Quinn who at the time supervised the build, is already hard at work and the drying out process has started.
109 Days AgoShip back to France...
BT is now afloat in the fishing harbour at Pria da Vitoria, Terceria Azores ( and attracting quite a crowd). After a few days of cleaning up she's looking like a boat once more. The current plans for her return to Mainland Europe are being made, but likely she'll travel by ship in early December to Lorient. Any damage to the boat will be boarded up for shipping. Once back in europe BT shore team be able to look more closely on the damage and have a thorough survey to see what other damage might have been done.
113 Days Ago"We are floating"...
Against all the odds, the final call that all the BT team had been waiting for, came from the shore team in Azores tonight: "We are floating!" Two hours on the crane and the team got to work pumping the water out of the BT yacht until she self-floated. "Good operation and great dive assistants. We found things you would have expected would have gone days ago!" said Charles Darbyshire.
113 Days AgoSecure alongside
BT is alongside at Praia da Vitoria and the crane is on standby (just need the paperwork to be finished!). However, it is very, very windy (gusting 60 knots) so the immediate plan is for the crane to get the boat level above the waterline so the shore team can get on deck and start pumping out the water, then when the winds recede it will become safe to lift the boat out of the water and on to the hard.
113 Days AgoNearly alongside...
Latest from the BT team in Terceira: "We've dropped the tow and we're tied up, nearly alongside, we're so close to capsizing on the dock it's frightening. We just need to get a little closer to the dock to secure her properly."
113 Days AgoBT yacht is inside the harbour
The BT yacht is inside the harbour at Terceira but now completely under water when upright: "We're inside the harbour so things are better but we're waiting for daylight and a container ship to leave so we can get alongside. She is completely underwater when upright and when she lists over you can see the BT logo on her topsides. We've come this far, we're determined to finish the job but even now it's not a done deal." The team need to get BT alongside as soon as they cane, get a crane to hold her, then slowly lift her up, inch by inch, as they pump the water out.
114 Days AgoGetting closer...
Now 32 miles from the Azores but only making 3 knots under tow ie another 10 hours, the salvage team will have to wait until daylight to enter the protection of the commercial harbour at Praia da Vitoria on the island of Terceira. "If we can get in the lee of the island we might be okay...the sea state isn't too bad but we know it's going to get worse as the depression takes hold so it's still touch and go."
114 Days AgoHigh risk strategy...
The tug is now having to tow the BT yacht at 7 knots which increases the risk of capsize, damage and the tow breaking... But there is no choice - there is only 5 hours of daylight remaining, the storm is coming with 47nm to go to the Azores.
114 Days AgoNews from the salvage front - and now, the whale!
The tow line is being re-established, the crew hope to resume progress south very shortly - but conditions are starting to worsen, and the bow is now awash as well, which indicates that the forward bulkheads have suffered. At dawn it was relatively calm, but the wind is starting to turn to the west from north west, and gusts are picking up already. BT is 80 miles from 'home'. A large whale was seen 'stroking' BT as the crew was on the phone with the shore base!
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BT on her way back home3 December 2009
Upon arriving back in the UK this Sunday, the BT IMOCA 60 yacht will be lifted out of the water in Cowes and go straight in to short but intensive refit to bring her back to full racing condition for the...
First battle won, just in time...18 November 2009
The BT yacht is now inside the harbour in Terceira (Azores), all but submerged but safe from the Atlantic ocean waves that have been battering her since Friday. The BT Team technical crew let out a sigh of relief upon entering...
BT skippers in Paris today, Ellen on BBC1 tonight...17 November 2009
In the Paris studio today during the Transat Jacques Vabre daily radio vacation, Sébastien Josse and Jean-François Cuzon gave more details about the rescue operation that followed the breakage of the BT IMOCA 60 yacht… An operation that has been captured...
Tricky salvage operation underway for the BT Yacht16 November 2009
Having left Horta (Azores) yesterday mid-afternoon, the "Ilha de Sao Luis" tugboat chartered to try and salvage the BT yacht is currently attempting to tow the stricken monohull back to the Azores… but difficult weather conditions and the sheer weight of...
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First words of Sébastien Josse14 November 2009
First words of Sébastien Josse after having been rescued with co-skipper Jean François...
Day 4 - Radio Vacation12 November 2009
Radio vacation between Sébastien Josse and Jean Le Cam... in English! Don't miss...
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