It's done for Geronimo!

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Thursday morning 20 March 2003, at 4 h 58 min and 11s GMT (5h 58'11" French time), the 34-m maxi trimaran Geronimo built by Multiplast and designed by Marc Van Peteghem & Vincent Lauriot-Prevost, crossed the finishing line of the Jules Verne Trophy near Ushant island after 68 days 1 hour 58 minutes 2 seconds at sea.
Though he failed to take back his trophy, skipper Olivier de Kersauzon and his 10 crew members established the second best time of the Jules Verne Trophy behind maxi catamaran Orange designed by the Gilles Ollier Design Team and built by Multiplast.

Trophée Jules Verne / Les 5 chronos :
1993 / Commodore Explorer / Catamaran 85 pieds Ollier-Multiplast / 79j 06h 15' 56"
1994 / Enza New Zealand / Catamaran 89 pieds Irens–Bombardier / 74j 22h 17' 22"
1997 / Sport-Elec / Trimaran 85 pieds / Van Peteghem-Lauriot Prévost–CDK / 71j 14h 18' 08"
2002 / Orange / Catamaran 109 pieds / Gilles Ollier Design Team–Multiplast / 64j 08h 37' 24"