VOLVO 70 PUMA

LE VOLVO 70 PUMA, UNE DECORATION HYPERREALISTE !

La réalisation de la silhouette du Volvo 70 Mar Mostro m’a demandé plus de temps que je ne l’avais imaginé.

Le décor des voiliers de course est devenu récemment un enjeu formidable pour les sponsors. Les artistes, publicitaires et chargés de communication rivalisent d’idées créatrices pour mettre en valeur l’image de la marque.

Cette réalisation nous donne aussi l’occasion de revenir sur la Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012, de publier l’ensemble des résultats, et de donner une fiche technique de ces voiliers. Leurs caractéristiques principales étant bloquée dans une “box-Rule“, seules les formes des coques et des ponts sont différentes, comme nous l’avons vu dans un précédent chapitre.

Par rapport au plan de formes de Groupama (Juan Kouyoumdjian Design), le vainqueur, que nous avons publié, Puma possède à peu près la même coque, un peu plus profonde sur l’arrière. Sur le pont du félin, le roof en sifflet laisse davantage courir l’eau.

François Chevalier

Fiches techniques :

“Mar Mostro“

Volvo 70 Puma

Type : Volvo Open 70

Monocoque

Puma Ocean Racing powered by Berg

Architecte : Juan Kouyoumdjian

Chantier : New England Boatworks, Newport, RI

Mise à l’eau : 8 juin 2011

Longueur : 21,50 m

Flottaison : 21,50 m

Bau : 5,70 m

Tirant d’eau : 4,50 m

Tirant d’air : 31,50 m

Déplacement :  14 t

Lest : 5 t

Ballast (Centerline) : 1600 l

Voilure au près : 375 m2

Voilure au portant : 600 m2

Résultats de la Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012

Alicante's Iberdrola In-Port Race

Results :

Position / Team / Time / Point

1. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 53 minutes, 44 seconds /  6 points


2. Puma Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 1 hour, 7 minutes, 58 seconds / 
5 points


3. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand  / 1 hour, 10 minutes, 11 seconds / 4 points

4. Team Sanya / 1 hour, 10 minutes, 43 seconds /
3 points


5. Groupama sailing team / 1 hour, 11 minutes, 11 seconds / 2 points


6. Team Telefónica / 1 hour, 12 minutes, 08 seconds / 1 point

PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG were second, ahead of CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand in third. Team Sanya edged Groupama sailing team in the battle for fourth and fifth, with Team Telefónica trailing home.

Leg 1

Alicante - Cape Town

Results :

1. Team Telefónica / 21 days, 5 hours, 14 minutes, 25 seconds / 30 points

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 21 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes, 04 seconds / 25 points

3. Groupama sailing team / 24 days, 4 hours, 28 minutes, 31 seconds / 20 points



Retired from leg 1

- PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / Dismasted / 0 points

- Team Sanya / Hull damage / 0 points

- Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / Dismasted / 0 points


V&A Waterfront In-Port Race Cape Town

Results :

Position / Team / Time / Points

1. Team Telefónica / 52 minutes, 55 seconds/ 6 points

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 53 minutes, 38 seconds/ 5 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 53 minutes, 47 seconds / 4 points

4. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 54 minutes, 14 seconds / 3 points

5. Groupama sailing team / 54 minutes, 44 seconds / 2 points

6. Team Sanya / 57 minutes, 05 seconds / 1 point


Leg 2

Cape Town - Abu Dhabi

Results :

Leg 2A (Leg 2 stage 1)

1. Team Telefónica / 15 days, 4 hours, 57 minutes, 19 seconds / 24 ponits

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 15 days, 4 hours, 59 minutes, 16 seconds / 20 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 15 days, 10 hours, 33 minutes, 09 seconds / 16 points

4. Groupama sailing team / 15 days, 13 hours, 04 minutes, 19 seconds / 12 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 15 days, 19 hours, 56 minutes, 37 seconds / 8 points

6. Team Sanya / 39 days, 6 hours, 3 minutes and 15 seconds / 4 points (Team Sanya suspended racing on December 20 due to mast damage. After carrying out repairs in Madagascar, they resumed racing on January 7 to complete stage 1 of leg 2)

Leg 2B (Leg 2 stage 2)

1. Groupama sailing team / 6 hours 52 minutes 09 seconds / 6 points

2. Team Telefónica / 6 hours 53 minutes 01 seconds / 5 points

3. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 6 hours 57 minutes 50 seconds / 4 points

4. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 6 hours 58 minutes 40 seconds / 3 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing  / 7 hours 02 minutes 21 seconds / 2 points

6. Team Sanya / DNS / 1 point

Etihad Airways In-Port Race Abu Dhabi

Results :

Position / Team / Finish time / Points


1. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 57 minutes, 51 seconds / 6
 points

2. Groupama sailing team / 58 minutes, 48 seconds / 5 points


3. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 1 hour, 47 seconds / 4 points

4. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 1 hour, 02 minutes, 22 seconds / 3 points

5. Team Telefonica / 1 hour, 02 minutes, 47 seconds / 2
 points

6. Team Sanya / DNS / 2 points

Leg 3

Abu Dhabi - Sanya

Results:



Leg 3A (Leg 3 stage 1)

1. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 6 hours, 29 minutes, 45 seconds / 6 points

2. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 6 hours, 30 minutes, 01 second / 5 points

3. Groupama sailing team / 6 hours, 33 minutes, 09 seconds / 4 points

4. Team Telefónica / 6 hours, 34 minutes, 45 seconds / 3 points

5. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 6 hours, 38 minutes, 34 seconds / 2 points

6. Team Sanya / DNS / 1 point


Leg 3B (Leg 3 stage 2)

1. Team Telefónica / 12 days, 19 hours 14 minutes, 21 seconds / 24 points

2. Groupama sailing team / 12 days, 21 hours 45 minutes, 24 seconds / 20 points

3. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 12 days, 23 hours 28 minutes, 23 seconds / 16 points

4. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 13 days, 00 hours 29 minutes, 12 seconds / 12 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 13 days, 03 hours, 05 minutes, 05 seconds / 8 points

6. Team Sanya / 14 days, 04 hours, 35 minutes, 16 seconds / 4 points

Sanya Haitang Bay In-Port Race

Results :

Position / Team / Finish time / Points

1. Team Telefonica / 58 minutes, 37 seconds / 6 points

2. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 59 minutes, 18 seconds / 5 points

3. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 1 hour, 02 minutes, 57 seconds / 4 points

4. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 1 hour, 04 minutes, 12 seconds / 3 points


5. Groupama sailing team / 1 hour, 05 minutes, 28 seconds / 2 points


6. Team Sanya / 1 hour, 05 minutes, 50 seconds / 1 point

Leg 4

Sanya - Auckland

Results :

1. Groupama sailing team / 19 days, 15 hours, 35 minutes, 54 seconds / 30 points

2. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 20 days, 3 hours, 57 minutes, 50 seconds / 25 points

3. Team Telefónica / 20 days, 4 hours, 45 minutes, 22 seconds / 20 pints

4. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 20 days, 4 hours, 46 minutes, 55 seconds / 15 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 20 days, 5 hours, 20 minutes, 35 seconds / 10 points

6. Team Sanya / 20 days, 5 hours, 55 minutes, 43 seconds / 5 points

Auckland In-Port Race

Results :

Position / Team / Finish time / Points

1. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 1 hour, 38 seconds / 6 points

2. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 1 hour, 01 minute, 32 seconds / 5 points

3. Groupama sailing team / 1 hour, 02 minutes, 04 seconds / 4 points

4. Team Sanya / 1 hour, 02 minutes, 58 seconds  / 3 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 1 hour, 03 minutes, 30 seconds / 2 points

6. Team Telefónica / 1 hour, 04 minutes, 05 seconds / 1 point

Leg 5

Auckland - Itajai

Results:

1. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 19 days, 18 hours, 09 minutes, 50 seconds / 30 points

2. Team Telefónica / 19 days, 18 hours, 22 minutes, 28 seconds / 25 points

3. Groupama sailing team / 23 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes, 44 seconds / 20 points

4. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 30 days, 11 hours, 35 minutes, 43 seconds / 15 points



Retired from leg 5 :

- Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / Hull damage / 0 points

- Team Sanya / Rudder damage / 0 points

 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing retired from Leg 5 at 10:00 UTC 4 April due to hull damage. On April 10, Azzam departed on a ship from Puerto Montt, Chile to Itajaí.



Team Sanya retired from Leg 5, returned to New Zealand, the yacht was then shipped to Savannah for repairs and sailed to Miami to rejoin the race.

DHL In-Port Race Itajaí

Results :

Position / Team / Finish time / Points

1. Groupama sailing team / 46 minutes, 27 seconds / 6 points

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 47 minutes, 42 seconds / 5 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 47 minute, 32 seconds / 4 points

4. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 48 minutes, 00 seconds / 3 points

5. Team Telefónica / 52 minutes, 07 seconds / 2 point

4. Team Sanya / DNC  / 0 points

Leg 6

Itajai - Miami

Results:

1. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 17 days, 01 hour, 13 minutes, 59 seconds / 30 points

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 17 days, 02 hours, 21 minutes, 24 seconds / 25 points

3. Groupama sailing team / 17 days, 07 hours, 29 minutes, 03 seconds / 20 points

4. Team Telefónica / 17 days, 08 hours, 06 minutes, 38 seconds / 15 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 17 days, 15 hours, 57 minutes, 37 seconds / 10 points



Did not start leg 6

- Team Sanya / Rudder damage in leg 5 / 0 points

Port-Miami In-Port Race

Results

Position / Team / Finish time / Points

1. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 1 hour, 14 minutes, 14 seconds / 6 points

2. Groupama sailing team / 1 hour, 14 minutes 35 seconds / 5 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 1 hour, 16 minute,  09 seconds / 4 points

4. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 1 hour, 16 minutes 17 seconds / 3 points

5. Team Sanya / 1 hour, 17 minutes 03 seconds / 2 points

6. Team Telefónica / 1 hour, 20 minutes 35 seconds / 1 point

Leg 7

Miami - Lisbon

Results:

1. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 11 days, 04 hours, 23 minutes, 54 seconds / 30 points

2. Groupama sailing team / 11 days, 04 hours, 29 minutes, 21 seconds / 25 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 11 days, 06 hour, 26 minutes, 52 seconds / 20 points

4. Team Telefónica / 11 days, 08 hours, 28 minutes, 27 seconds / 15 points

5. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 11 days, 08 hours, 30 minutes, 09 seconds / 10 points

6. Team Sanya / 11 days, 8 hours, 44 minutes, 25 seconds / 5 points

Oeiras In-Port Race

Results :

Position / Team / Finish time / Points

1. Groupama sailing team / 1 hour, 01 minutes 22 seconds / 6 points

2. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 1 hour, 01 minute,  44 seconds / 5 points

3. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 1 hour, 02 minutes 30 seconds / 4 points

4. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 1 hour, 03 minutes, 08 seconds / 3 points

5. Team Sanya / 1 hour, 04 minutes 50 seconds / 2 points

6. Team Telefónica / 1 hour, 05 minutes 39 seconds / 1 point

Leg 8

Lisbon - Lorient

Results :

1. Groupama sailing team / 4 days, 23 hours, 31 minutes, 02 seconds / 30 points

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 5 days, 0 hours, 30 minutes, 09 seconds / 25 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 5 days, 0 hours, 43 minutes, 04 seconds / 20 points

4. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 5 days, 2 hours, 17 minutes, 25 seconds / 15 points

5. Team Telefónica / 5 days, 8 hours, 40 minutes, 26 seconds / 10 points

6. Team Sanya / 5 days, 8 hours, 59 minutes, 41 seconds / 5 points

Bretagne In Port Race

Results :

Position / Team / Finish time / Points

1. Groupama sailing team / 56 minutes, 12 seconds / 6 points

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 56 minutes, 25 seconds / 5 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 56 minutes, 36 seconds / 4 points

4. Team Telefónica / 57 minutes, 46 seconds / 3 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 58 minutes, 00 seconds / 2 points

6. Team Sanya / 60 minutes, 57 seconds / 1 point

Leg 9

Lorient – Galway

Results :

1. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 1 day, 13 hours, 40 minutes, 13 seconds / 30 points

2. Groupama sailing team / 1 day, 13 hours, 47 minutes, 11 seconds / 25 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 1 day, 13 hours, 53 minutes, 01 seconds / 20 points

4. Team Telefónica / 1 day, 13 hours, 57 minutes, 33 seconds / 15 points

5. Team Sanya / 1 day, 16 hours, 12 minutes, 27 seconds / 10 points

6. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 1 day, 16 hours, 21 minutes, 29 seconds / 5 points


Discover Ireland In-Port Race

Results :

Position / Team / Finish time / Point

1. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 53 minutes, 12 seconds / 6 points

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 54 minutes, 31 seconds / 5 points

3. Team Telefónica / 55 minutes, 08 seconds / 4 points

4. Groupama sailing team / 55 minutes, 41 seconds / 3 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 57 minutes, 12 seconds / 2 points

6. Team Sanya / 57 minutes, 44 seconds / 1 point


Final results :

1. Groupama sailing team / 253 points

2. CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand / 231 points

3. PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG / 226 points

4. Team Telefónica / 213 points

5. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing / 131 points

6. Team Sanya / 51 points

Thanks to: http://www.volvooceanrace.com

AMERICA'S CUP - AC72: THE FOUR WINGS

AMERICA'S CUP - AC72: 

THE FOUR WINGS

One would expect that the aerodynamic teams of the three syndicates, Oracle Team USA (defender), Emirates Team New Zealand and Artemis Racing (challengers) would produce rather similar wings. Yet such is not the case!  To the contrary, it appears that the options are very different from each other, proof that individual scientists’ personality and experience produce unique solutions…

The wingsail of Oracle is a model of its kind: simplicity, soft forms, steerable trailing edge on the leading edge flap with a thick profile, more flexibility of the four vertical panels of the trailing edge flap with a thin profile.

The power will be there, and the team had difficulties to manage righting moment and unexpected movements in sudden strong wind

ETNZ one is in its pure form.  A straight-line leading edge, two flexible flaps in plan; the leading edge element is thicker than the one of the trailing edge, which is vertically divided in four panels. The center of pressure is lower than the Oracle and Artemis wings, and a slight complementary surface on the lower flap.  The entire system guarantees an amount of power, which was properly handled from the very first sea trials, the catamaran displaying a stable flight attitude on one foil. 

The first Artemis wing is more elaborate, with sinuous curves, divided in three elements. The first element is very large and shows a lenticular profile. The second and third flaps, with thinner profiles, are divided vertically into six panels; combined, the three elements resemble the wings of long-haul aircraft with flaps extended.

The second Artemis wing is intended to support simplicity: it is divided in two elements, and it preserves curves on the leading and trailing edges. The first flap has a thick leading edge profile; the second one is very thin and can be moved from the first one.

On the construction side we can see the same range of differences. The frame structure of Oracle wing is 0.64 meter long (2’1’’); it is 0.78 m (2’6’’) long on ETNZ, 1.05 m (3’6’’) long on Artemis I and 1,20 m (4') on Artemis II.

This analysis reflects that the power of the three wings is certainly not the same and each profile is quite unique at various points of sail. 

François and Jacques wish to thank Robert and Greg (CupInfo) for their assistance in the translation in English.

Their link: http://www.cupinfo.com