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Oman Sail's A100 trimaran 'Majan'

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    brian eiland

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    Tempest In The Indian Ocean

    Oman Sail's A100 trimaran 'Majan' arrived in Fremantle the 24th of March 2010 at 10:00 (Local Time - 2:00 am GMT), after having crossed the longitude of Cape Leeuwin, the third cape of the Indian 5 Ocean Capes Race and the finish line of Leg 3 on Monday, 22nd of March at 04:10 GMT. It has been yet another eventful leg for the A100 trimaran and her crew as they trace out this new race course ahead of the official edition in 2012, and an Indian Ocean crossing that will leave its mark durably on the minds of the Oman Sail team members.

    For most sailors, even the most seasoned ones, the odds of one day getting to the very top of the Beaufort scale are quite low. But "thanks" to the Indian Ocean's wrath, Majan's men have been through a hurricane on their way to Cape Leeuwin and as Mark Covell puts it, "The experience of 70+ knots is now something that will stay with us for the rest of our lives." It might be hard to figure out seen from dry land, but winds that strong and the resulting sea state definitely give the term of "survival" its legitimacy, both for men and machine. The A100, designed to withstand the fiercest conditions on all the world's oceans, has proven its worth and the teams who have worked on her build and assembly, both at BoatSpeed Australia and at Oman Sail's dedicated facility, should today feel very proud of the work carried out. Majan's crew led by Paul Standbridge and including Sidney Gavignet who will go on to race in the solo Route du Rhum this November on 'Majan', relied on the boat to make it through the hurricane, and as they made it safely back ashore it is thanks to their outstanding seamanship, but also thanks to the inherent reliability and seaworthiness of the trimaran.

    11 days, 18 hours and 48 minutes after having crossed the starting line of Leg 3 in Cape Town, Majan cut through an imaginary line south of Cape Leeuwin, the southwestern tip of Australia. They had to cope - somewhat ironically - with a light patch on the final stretch towards Fremantle, just after turned the "left indicator" on.....courtesy Scuttlebutt Europe

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