Have you ever seen a mini 650, the 5.60 metres long open class monohulls, sailing downwind under skiff style maxi spinnakers ? Watch some of them sailing in the bay of Lorient (Brittany - France) on SeaSailSurfTV.
The images have been taken from September 6 to 8th in Lorient during the SoloChrono 650, a solo race around Groix island with a general rankings over the best times of each skippers cumulated over the three days.
You will sea All Mer, a Seb Magnen design sailed by her designer (twice winner of the Mini-Transat) and then by her skipper, Fred Duthill. You also can see other prototypes and Pogos (serie division).
The one there is Fred Duval’s one. A Magnen design too which has won the last Transat 650 with Yannick Bestaven.
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After 3527 votes, the male and female SeaSailSurfer of 2013 are Mylène Paquette et François Gabart. The canadian rower has lots of fans and they come at more than 2000 to vote for her. The winner of the Vendée Globle, him, received 385 votes.
Having being nominated twice before in 2010 and 2012, it proved to be third time lucky for Mathew Belcher, the Australian Olympic and World champion in the 470 dinghy class, whose current winning streak stretches to an amazing 17 consecutive regattas.
Magnus Olsson (64), one of the greatest sportsmen in the world of sailing has passed away at a hospital in Spain. His family and friends were by his side. Magnus suffered a stroke during the week and, despite initial positive signs, deteriorated over the following days.
We all know offshore racing multihulls with foils such as french ORMA trimarans (18 meters long), offshore speed multihulls such as the Hydroptère, and inshore foilers such as the TriFoiler of new flying Mothes. Here is a new concept for… a cruising monohull. The eXplorius.
This is the complete mail interview of the manager of the Volvo Ocean Race made for a report about the next event in the three-monthly french magazine Course Au Large. Glenn Bourke answers few questions about the new rules, the number of entries, the place and the budget of this race in world of round the world yacht races.
Russell Bowler, president of Farr Design, was questions by mail for a paper about the next Volvo Ocean Race published in the three-monthly french magazine Course Au Large. Here are his answers.
Le CNBPP a programmé pour sa saison 2002 une deuxième édition de la Select 650. Les minis menés en solitaire prendront donc à nouveau le départ d’une course de 300 milles environ au départ de La Baule. Cette course se déroulera du 1er au 5 mai prochain.
Parti le 19 septembre dernier de Manhattan, le trimaran de 53 pieds Great American II vient d’arriver en Australie. Il a franchit la ligne d’arrivée mouillée devant le Royal Yacht Club of Victoria. Il était 13h29 mardi après midi (heure australienne).
A finish gun fired from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria at 1:29 PM today signaled a new sailing record from New York City to Melbourne. The 53-foot trimaran Great American II completed the 15,000-mile voyage to Australia in 68 days 10 hours 7 minutes 52 seconds, breaking a record that had stood for 146 years.
The SeaSailSurfer of the month has won the two-handed transatlantic from Le Havre to Salvador de Bahia. He is from Switzerland and is nearly 33 years old : Stève Ravussin was Franck Cammas crew aboard the 60’ trimaran Groupama.
Le SeaSailSurfer du mois s’est illustré entre Le Havre et Salvador de Bahia. Il s’agit du Suisse Stève Ravussin, vainqueur au coté de Franck Cammas de la Transat Jacques Vabre dans la catégorie des monocoques.
FRA 46 et NZL 32 en plein circling devant l’île de Groix. Photo : Ch.Guigueno
Samedi 24 novembre, dans le petit Solent breton qui sépare Lorient de l’île de Groix, s’est déroulé le dernier entraînement de l’année des deux Class America français, FRA 46 et NZL 32. Les deux bateaux, l’ex-6e Sens, demi-finaliste de la Louis Vuitton Cup 1999 et Black Magic, vainqueur de la Cup 1995, ne reverront la mer qu’en mars 2002 avec (…)
Sailors worldwide will be able to keep up with the latest sailing news with CNN’s new TV programme Inside Sailing starting this Sunday the 25th November at 2030 GMT.
Course au Large était un magazine de l’époque des maxi-multicoques. Édité par l’Union Nationale pour la Course au Large, il était le pendant français du britannique Seahorse, le magazine du RORC. Course au Large avait terminé sa carrière sous un grand format illisible.
The Transat Jacques Vabre 2001 was the last event to count in the biennial FICO-LACOSTE 2001 World Championships, for skipper, crews and sponsors alike, and the results of this race have finally determined the winners, who will be presented with their titles on the 7th December in Paris, at the
official Awards Ceremony.
Pendant que la concurrence s’entraîne à Auckland, les membres du Défi Français pour la Coupe de l’America poursuivent leur préparation à Lorient dans le Morbihan. La nouvelle base, créée entre les deux bases sous-marines, vestiges de la dernière guerre mondiale, va être inaugurée ce soir en présence de Jean-Yves Le Drian. Le président de la (…)