2004 Jules Verne Trophy

• WINNER: Olivier De Kersauson, Giant Trimaran "Geronimo"
• Total race time:
• 63 days 13 hours 59 min 46 sec
• Olivier De Kersauson: "... It was the Jules Verne we set sail for and we've really had to work for it. We weren't sure at all of rounding the Horn, we weren't sure about anything. We've done it all against maximum hostility - real hostility. There's no doubt that finishing today is an enormous satisfaction for the crew. The Atlantic was complicated. Everyone else finds westerlies at the Azores, but we have to have northeasterlies. We've always been in the most difficult situation every time. It's true that it's great to get out of the most difficult situation every time - it may be exhausting, but it is a great feeling. I think that there is real satisfaction in this for every member of Geronimo's crew. This voyage belongs to them. We really had to go for it day and night, with no let-up. It was very hard going in the Southern Ocean. After that, we had to put up with very high winds and then no winds, as the nightmare of last year came back to haunt us, and even at the end, the wind was anything but favourable and tried to stop us getting home. We had to go north before we could come back… Nothing we didn't work for, nothing clear, nothing simple - we've had to grab and grasp at everything. On the other hand, it's been a fantastic Jules Verne. We really feel that everything we've done, every minute, every hour and every moment at the helm has contributed to bringing us through against all the odds. And that's very rewarding"

2002 Jules Verne Trophy

• WINNER: Bruno Peyron, maxi-catamaran "Orange"
• Total race time:
• 64 days, 8 hours, 37 min 24 sec
• route: Ushant, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin, Cape Horn, Ushant