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Yves Le Blévec’s new trimaran first sails
Here are the first images, from Thierry Martinez, of the new 50’ trimaran. She was sailing for the first time in the bay of Quiberon and is preparing her first competition in november, the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 . her skipper is Yves Le Blevec, winer of the previous edition of the Transat The (...) -
Transat Québec Saint-Malo
Start of the 7th Transat Quebec Saint Malo
With just over 3 knots of SE’ly breeze, it was the dreaded current of the Saint Lawrence River which set the tone amongst the 18 Class 40s setting out at 1500 hrs UT and the 6 Open 50’ trimarans and 4 FICOs released by the starting gun at 1530 hrs UT, for the start of the 7th Transat Quebec Saint (...) -
Transat Jacques Vabre
Desjoyeaux and Le Borgne win IMOCA class in Bahia
Foncia crossed the arrival line today (Tuesday) at 16h37’05 french time – 12h37’05 local time - under an impecable blue sky. The run for the first place in the Imoca Imoca #IMOCA was as hot as the Brazilian temperature as Marc Guillemot & Charles Caudrelier pushed Safran and therefore Foncia to their limits till the (...) -
Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale
A History of Rhum seasons
The Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum is the most famous single-handed Transatlantic race, born in 1978 from the creative mind of Michel Etevenon. Thanks to an exciting race and an amazing finish, (98 seconds separated Mike Birch’s Olympus Photo from its nearest competitor, Michel Malinovski’s Kriter V), the first edition (...) -
Prize
Richard Wilson receives Cruising Club of America’s Blue Water medal
Former Boston school teacher, lecturer and skilled ocean skipper Richard Wilson of Rockport, Mass., received the Cruising Cruising #Cruising Club of America’s (CCA) prestigious Blue Water Medal at the club’s annual Awards Dinner in New York on January 18. The award was made for a series of three voyages Wilson made between 1993 (...) -
Petit Bateau 2004
Falmouth - Kinsale - Gijon - Camaret for 30’-50’ in July
Since the announcement of the Petit Bateau 2004 race late last year, we have received many enquiries from potential entrants, from across Europe. It’s looking like the race should be a great success... -
The Transat
Eleventh edition of The Transat / OSTAR welcomes 50’ monos and multis
OC Events, organisers of The Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar , can announce today that the the participation of the 50-foot class is confirmed. "It was a condition for the 50-foot class that a minimum of five entries be received for both the monohull and multihull divisions by the 31st January," said Mark Turner, CEO of OC Events. "We (...)
Multicoques de 50 pieds / 15,24 m.