http://www.vendeeglobe.org/ Dominique Wavre's infos fr-FR Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:01:28 +0100 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7758/dominique-wavre-reaches-fremantle.html <p>At 8h30 local time, 23h30 GMT after sailing for just over ten days following damage to his keel head, Dominique Wavre (Temenos II) entered the harbour in Fremantle during the night with the help of some members from the Ecover and Gitana 80 teams. &quot;<em>I am relieved and proud to have managed ... 2008-12-28 13:01:56 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7758/dominique-wavre-reaches-fremantle.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7507/dominique-averaging-12-knots.html <p>Dominique Wavre (T&eacute;m&eacute;nos II) still has 1110 miles to go to reach Fremantle.&nbsp; He talked to his shore team this lunchtime:</p> <p>&ldquo;<em>This morning the wind filled in quite markedly and right now I have between 25 and 30 knots, accompanied by a fairly big swell of around 4.5 ... 2008-12-22 18:53:22 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7507/dominique-averaging-12-knots.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7087/temenos-ii-moored-in-morbihan-bay.html <p>Dominique Wavre was able to moor up his Temenos II in Morbihan Bay in the Kerguelen Islands today at around 12.30 UTC.&nbsp; He was surprised to be greeted by a French TV film crew, who just happened to be present on the island. &quot;<em>All went well.&nbsp; The people on site really helped me. ... 2008-12-13 15:05:53 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7087/temenos-ii-moored-in-morbihan-bay.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7070/dominique-wavre-approaching-morbihan-bay.html <p>After suffering keel head damage, Dominique Wavre (Temenos II) decided to head for the Kerguelens. In spite of 30-knot winds, Temenos II has continued to make good progress towards Morbihan Bay.&nbsp;&nbsp; At 8h30 UTC this morning, Dominique had around 15 miles to sail.&nbsp; However, he will have ... 2008-12-13 10:08:49 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7070/dominique-wavre-approaching-morbihan-bay.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/7048/friday-daily-video-summary.html 2008-12-12 20:26:55 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/7048/friday-daily-video-summary.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6934/greatest-distance-over-24-hours.html <p>Over the past 24 hours, Dominique Wavre covered the greatest distance&nbsp; towards the finish of all the fleet.&nbsp; Currently in 11th place, 233 miles from the leader, between 19h UTC yesterday evening and this evening he covered 382 miles. <br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p> 2008-12-10 20:09:50 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6934/greatest-distance-over-24-hours.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6883/high-speeds-for-dominique.html <p>This morning Dominique Wavre (Temenos) announced that the wind had returned.&nbsp; It was to strengthen and become steady during the afternoon, allowing him to achieve the best speeds in the fleet late this afternoon (averaging 18.1 knots over 4 hours), as he explained to his shore team:&nbsp; <em>&quot;It&rsquo;s ... 2008-12-09 20:03:56 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6883/high-speeds-for-dominique.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6869/speed-in-the-southern-seas.html <p>In the latest video clips sent back from the southern seas , we get a good view of the fast conditions that Lo&iuml;ck Peyron (Gitana 80)&nbsp; and Dominique Wavre (Temenos) have been experiencing.&nbsp; As Lo&iuml;ck says &quot;The wind is starting to blow!&quot;&nbsp; To see the southern surf for ... 2008-12-09 14:50:37 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6869/speed-in-the-southern-seas.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6834/a-frustrating-five-hours.html <p><em>&ldquo;I came to a standstill for 5 hours solid, my sails flogging. The core of the zone of high pressure passed over the top of me. I found myself in no wind at all, rolling from left to right, trying to get the most out of the slightest zephyr in a bid to make headway. It feels as if the fact ... 2008-12-08 19:58:39 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6834/a-frustrating-five-hours.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6776/a-slower-night-ahead.html <p><em>&quot;The high pressure has already joined up with the tail end of the fleet and it is likely to gobble up Safran and I from this evening, then it will start having an effect on the leaders tomorrow morning. Everyone is likely to be slowed as the zone of high pressure is so big; it runs from ... 2008-12-07 17:53:33 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6776/a-slower-night-ahead.html