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.
Après 14 ans d’absence dans la première épreuve sportive du monde créée dans leurs eaux, les Anglais viennent de concrétiser leur retour dans la Coupe de l’America en ouvrant leur base à Auckland.
GBR Challenge Chairman Peter Harrison today officially opened the base from which the syndicate will mount its tilt at the world’s oldest sporting trophy, the America’s Cup. The internet entrepreneur informed his guests that Great Britain had last been part of the America’s Cup in 1987 and, in its historic return to the event, intended to go (…)
The British/Aussie pair, Alex Bennett & Paul Larsen, on board One Dream One Mission, arrived as victors of the Transat Jacques Vabre Open 50 division in Bahia, Brazil, at 0424hrs 45s GMT on Thursday 22nd November 2001. Their ‘yellow boat’, none other than the ex-Aqua Quorum of Pete Goss from the 1996 Vendée, and the ex-Kingfisher on which (…)
C’est à 2h24 heure locale soit à 5h24 heure française que One Dream, One Mission skippé par Alex Bennett et Paul Larsen a franchi la ligne d’arrivée de cette cinquième Transat Jacques Vabre, Le Havre/ Salvador de Bahia. Ce 50 pieds au palmarès incroyable a avalé les 4 340 milles du parcours en 18 jours, 16 heures, 34 minutes et 45 secondes. Un (…)
At last, out of this night will come the first two Open 50’s, both of whom are due to finish from 0200hrs GMT in Bahia. Leading by 40 miles in the ‘yellow boat’ One Dream One Mission is Brit/Aussie pair Alex Bennett & Paul Larsen. They are feeling more than just the Brazilian heat on their backs, but also the heat from the close competition (…)
Ce mardi, les arrivées se sont poursuivies à Salvador de Bahia. Nous avons pu joindre ceux qui n’allaient pas tarder à conclure, et d’autres pour qui la course n’est pas encore terminée. Certains se battent pour revenir sur le concurrent devant ou pour préserver leur place, tandis que d’autres poursuivent leur route vers le Brésil sans d’autre (…)
Volvo Ocean Race records have been tumbling over the last 48 hours, but what is required to sail a 24-hour record ? On Sunday News Corp first beat Silk Cut’s record from the previous race and shortly after, SEB moved the benchmark to 459 miles. Now just 9 more miles are needed to establish a new 24-hour world monohull speed record.
Vainqueur de la Transat Jacques Vabre avec son compère Steve Ravussin, Franck Cammas remporte son deuxième titre de Champion 9 TELECOM ORMA sur le fil ! En effet, à l’issue de six épreuves de la saison, le skipper de Groupama marque 78 points, à égalité parfaite avec Alain Gautier (Foncia) !
Sill Plein Fruit, skippered by Roland Jourdain and Gael Le Cleac’h, crossed the line at 2313hrs local time in Bahia on Monday night, or 0113hrs GMT, Tuesday 20th November. The red boat takes sweet victory in the Open 60 Monohull class, after spending 16 days, 13 hours, 23 mins & 41 seconds on course. An flawless race for this (…)
Déjà cinq multicoques à Bahia ! Après Bonduelle la nuit dernière, c’est Belgacom qui pointait ses étraves dans le port de Bahia ce mardi matin : Jean-Luc Nélias et Michel Desjoyeaux sont arrivés à 3 heures 18 minutes et 5 secondes (GMT) soit après 15 jours 15 heures 28 minutes et 5 secondes à la moyenne de 13,82 noeuds par rapport à la route (…)