Amateur duo Olivier Roussey and Philippe Burger sailed Obportus 3 across the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre at 1642hrs 50” local time in Itajaí in Brazil (1842hrs 50” UTC) to finish in 20th place in Class 40, some 5d 19h 46′ 50” after the winner GDF SUEZ.
Their elapsed time is 26d 17h 28 ‘ 15”. Their average speed on the theoretical course 5,450 miles from Le Havre was 8.42 knots. And on the water Obportus 3 sailed 5,897 miles at an average speed of 9.19 knots.
The race of Obportus 3
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