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Message de lucile83 posté le 25-01-2005 à 16:53:15 (S | E | F | I)
etoile Ne traduisez pas ce texte, répondez seulement aux questions posées à la fin, en essayant de faire vos propres phrases.
Merci , and see you sooooonnnnnn !
The Open 60 Skandia overnight suffered a major technical failure to the keel, which has led to the keel breaking away from the boat, approximately 30cm below the hull. The boat is still upright, with no sails up, and water ballast tanks full to keep the maximum amount of stability possible.
Skandia skipper, Nick Moloney, contacted his shore team at 0500 GMT
this morning [25.1.05] to report that he had a problem but it was not
until twilight, three hours later, that he was able to fully assess the
damage. In the intervening period Moloney stabilised the boat as much
as possible by reducing sail and filling the yacht central water
ballast tanks, with a total of over 5 tons of water. At just after 0830
GMT, the keel completely broke away.
Skandia´s position is
approximately 120 miles south of Rio de Janeiro. The wind is around
22-25 knots from the north with a 1 to 1.5 metre swell. The priority
for his shore team is to secure the safety of the skipper and they are
working on getting an escort boat to Skandia as soon as possible. Nick
is unharmed, is safe on board Skandia and dealing with the situation as
best he can. His race is effectively over but all thoughts of that are
being overtaken by the priority of securing his safety and that of the
boat.
Moloney was on day 80 of the Vendée Globe with under 5,000
miles left to go on the solo round the world course. It was his first
participation in the race and it dramatically ends his long-held dream
to complete 3 big round the world sailing goals - of crewed round the
world [1997-98 Whitbread on board Toshiba], fastest non-stop round the
world [2002 Jules Verne Trophy on board Orange] and, finally, his
ultimate goal of solo, non-stop around the world which has now cruelly
come to an end.
After reading the text please answer the questions:
1)How far is Moloney from Les Sables d’Olonne?
2)When exactly did the keel break?
3)Will Moloney repair his boat?
4)What did Moloney do after assessing the damage?
5)What is his shore team's priority now?
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Edité par bridg le 25-01-2005 21:28
je vote moi toute seule à l'unanimité
Message de lucile83 posté le 25-01-2005 à 16:53:15 (S | E | F | I)
etoile Ne traduisez pas ce texte, répondez seulement aux questions posées à la fin, en essayant de faire vos propres phrases.Merci , and see you sooooonnnnnn !
The Open 60 Skandia overnight suffered a major technical failure to the keel, which has led to the keel breaking away from the boat, approximately 30cm below the hull. The boat is still upright, with no sails up, and water ballast tanks full to keep the maximum amount of stability possible.
Skandia skipper, Nick Moloney, contacted his shore team at 0500 GMT
this morning [25.1.05] to report that he had a problem but it was not
until twilight, three hours later, that he was able to fully assess the
damage. In the intervening period Moloney stabilised the boat as much
as possible by reducing sail and filling the yacht central water
ballast tanks, with a total of over 5 tons of water. At just after 0830
GMT, the keel completely broke away.
Skandia´s position is
approximately 120 miles south of Rio de Janeiro. The wind is around
22-25 knots from the north with a 1 to 1.5 metre swell. The priority
for his shore team is to secure the safety of the skipper and they are
working on getting an escort boat to Skandia as soon as possible. Nick
is unharmed, is safe on board Skandia and dealing with the situation as
best he can. His race is effectively over but all thoughts of that are
being overtaken by the priority of securing his safety and that of the
boat.
Moloney was on day 80 of the Vendée Globe with under 5,000
miles left to go on the solo round the world course. It was his first
participation in the race and it dramatically ends his long-held dream
to complete 3 big round the world sailing goals - of crewed round the
world [1997-98 Whitbread on board Toshiba], fastest non-stop round the
world [2002 Jules Verne Trophy on board Orange] and, finally, his
ultimate goal of solo, non-stop around the world which has now cruelly
come to an end.
After reading the text please answer the questions:
1)How far is Moloney from Les Sables d’Olonne?
2)When exactly did the keel break?
3)Will Moloney repair his boat?
4)What did Moloney do after assessing the damage?
5)What is his shore team's priority now?
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Edité par bridg le 25-01-2005 21:28
je vote moi toute seule à l'unanimité
INDISPENSABLES : 