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Barcelona World Race
2nd BWR launched from Barcelona
Fourteen IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA monohulls have taken the start of the second edition of the Barcelona World Race. Kito de Pavant & Sébastien Audigane aboard Groupe Bel were the first to leave Barcelona. They were followed by Michel Desjoyeaux & François Gabart on Foncia and Gaes steered by Dee Caffari & Anna (...) -
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Alex Thomson’ substitute skipper to race during first days
Record Record #sailingrecord -breaking British skipper Alex Thomson is to fulfil his dream to compete again in the 80 day round the world epic Barcelona World Race after his entry was thrown into doubt following emergency surgery for acute appendicitis just two days before the race start on New Year’s (...) -
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Michel Desjoyeaux has chosen François Gabart
Michel Desjoyeaux has chosen François Gabart to accompany him in the next Barcelona World Race aboard the brand new monohull Foncia. The two men, who will be joining forces for the first time, will together take the start of the second edition of this double-handed round the world, due to set off on 31st December 2010 from the Catalan (...) -
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Hugo Boss goes into the water in Gosport
Alex Thomson’s sailing campaign got underway again today when the new Hugo Boss IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA 60 took to the water at Endeavour Quay, Gosport giving the yachtsman a chance to see what his new boat is capable of. Thomson’s latest race yacht has been undergoing a dramatic redesign over the last four months and today’s (...) -
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New Open 60 and MOD70 for Desjoyeaux until 2014
Involved in sailing sponsorship for the past 10 years, Foncia remains faithful to both this commitment and its skipper Michel Desjoyeaux, with the renewal of their partnership through to 2014. The next four years will be devoted to the launch of two ambitious and innovative projects: the construction of a new 60 foot Imoca Imoca #IMOCA to (...) -
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Brit duo Lia Ditton & Phil Sharp in Barcelona in 2010
Lia Ditton has announced her intention to enter the Barcelona World Race 2010. This will be the first round-the-world race for Lia, who has completed eleven ocean crossings, 3 racing solo plus deliveries spanning some 75,000 nautical miles. -
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Escoffier & Barguès 5th in Barcelona
Barcelona-born sailor Albert Bargués and French yachtswoman Servane Escoffier sailed into home waters this morning at 06:55:02 GMT to finish the Barcelona World Race in 5th place, after an epic 108 days 18 hours, 55 minutes and 2 seconds, sailing a total distance of 27,892 miles at an average speed Speed #speedsailing of 9.45 (...) -
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Wavre & Paret claim third place in Barcelona
Swiss skipper Dominique Wavre and French yachtswoman Michele Paret crossed the finish line in their IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA Open 60 "Temenos II" to become the third boat in the Barcelona World Race. -
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Thomson & Cape second in Barcelona
British sailor Alex Thomson and Australian Andrew Cape have raced ’Hugo Boss’, their IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA Open 60 class yacht, to a second place finish in the Barcelona World Race. They crossed the finishing line, just off the Olympic Port in Barcelona, at 05:34:57 GMT on Thursday morning, which was their 95th day at (...) -
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Dick & Foxall win 1st 2-handed round the world race
At 20h 49.49 GMT Jean-Pierre Dick and Damian Foxall steered Paprec-Virbac 2 across the finishing line to win the Barcelona World Race. Their 25 000 mile journey, non-stop around the planet, has taken exactly three months, and been an impressive display of speed Speed #speedsailing and (...)
Course autour du monde en double au départ de Barcelone sur des monocoques de 60 pieds jauge IMOCA
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