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Gitana Team
The monohull Edmond de Rothschild, a Verdier VPLP design built at the Multiplast yard
To modify and adapt a monohull from the current generation or design and build a new craft, such was the first question Sébastien Josse and the Gitana Team needed to answer. The choice is made. It will be a new monohull designed by Guillaume Verdier Architecture Navale and VPLP Yacht Design Yacht Design #YachtDesign (Marc Van Peteghem and (...) -
Stuntman
Alex Thomson : "I can honestly say that it was the most stupid thing I’ve ever done in my whole life!"
The British yachtsman Alex Thomson performs an amazingly daring feat on board his high-speed Speed #speedsailing yacht, the HUGO BOSS: He climbs up the 30-meter high mast of the moving vessel and dives into the ocean from the very top. -
Gitana Team
Route du Rhum 2014 and Vendée Globe 2016 for Sébastien Josse
The 2014 season promises to be equally thrilling with the major Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum meeting, whose fleet will set sail from Saint Malo on 2 November. Above all though it marks the start of a five-year campaign packed with surprises, which kicks off with the arrival of a new craft within the Gitana Team and Sébastien (...) -
IMOCA
Keel and masts standardised in the new IMOCA rules
"IMOCA is moving forward, respecting its history, and preparing for its future." The class of monohulls entering the Vendée Globe and Barcelona World race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace a published the changes skippers and yacht designers were working for a long months. the main conclusion is that "the keel and the masts are (...) -
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week
Seb Josse and François Gabart take line honours in the Artemis Challenge
The seventh edition of the Artemis Challenge at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week this year undoubtedly boasts its most prestigious line-up of offshore racing superstars – François Gabart, Michel Desjoyeaux, Alex Thomson, Dee Caffari, Vincent Riou, Jean Le Cam, Seb Josse, Brian Thompson, Sidney Gavignet – to name a few. The (...) -
Vendée Globe
Arnaud Boissières, Double Whammy, eighth in the Vendée Globe 2012-2013
Arnaud Boissières on Akéna Vérandas set in motion a fantastic afternoon of celebrations when he finished the Vendée Globe solo non-stop round the world race in eighth place. He crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne at 13h11m02s UTC ready to make his way into his home port, the home of his sponsors and to berth at the Port Olona (...) -
Vendée Globe
Dominique Wavre seventh in Le Sables
Dominique Wavre crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 15 :16 :42hrs (UTC). He takes seventh place in the race behind Mike Golding. His elapsed time is 90 days 3hours 14minutes 42 seconds. His average speed Speed #speedsailing on the course is 11.3 knots. He has sailed 27,395.82 miles on the water at an average speed Speed (...) -
Vendée Globe
Mike Golding finishes Vendée Globe in sixth position becoming only person in 24 year history of iconic race to successfully finish three times
C’est à 19 heures 38 minutes et 26 secondes, ce mercredi 6 février 2013, que Mike Golding a coupé le ligne d’arrivée du Vendée Globe, au large des Sables d’Olonne. 6è de cette édition 2012-2013 du tour du monde en solitaire, sans escale et sans assistance, le Britannique devient le premier skipper à terminer, en 24 ans (...) -
Vendée Globe
Jean-Pierre Dick finishes with no keel but takes fourth in the Vendée Globe 2012-2013
French skipper Jean-Pierre Dick crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne this afternoon at 15hrs 5mins and 40 seconds UTC/GMT to finish fourth in the Vendée Globe, the famous solo nonstop around the world race. His third participation has yielded his best ever result, despite having to race the final 2 650 miles without a keel on (...) -
Vendée Globe
Javier Sanso in his liferaft awaiting rescue
This Sunday morning 3rd February around 1049hrs UTC two distress beacons of ACCIONA 100% EcoPowered, skippered by Spanish solo sailor Javier Sanso which is racing in the Vendée Globe non stop solo round the world race were triggered. The alarms were received at 1052hrs (...)
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