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.
Une semaine après le départ des monocoques de la 5e Transat Jacques Vabre, 6 jours après le départ des multicoques, il apparaît clairement que la course se joue beaucoup avant le départ… Plusieurs concurrents joints ce samedi pendant la vacation l’ont évoqué, pour expliquer leurs bonnes ou mauvaises performances, voire leur abandon (BANQUE COVEFI).
After five days of sailing in challenging conditions, competitors and officials alike judged the 2001 International Foundation of Disabled Sailing (IFDS) World Disabled Sailing Championships a resounding success. The championship, held in Florida from October 24-31, was co-hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club and Sailing Alternatives (a disabled (…)
La phrase est de Michel Desjoyeaux (Belgacom) et rappelle sa remarque d’hier matin, comme quoi « la journée (de jeudi donc !) n’allait pas être dénuée d’intérêt ! ». Et, en effet, si l’on regarde les positions de ce matin 6h00, Foncia (Gautier/MacArthur) a 4,5 milles d’avance sur le trimaran belge mais surtout le troisième Groupama (…)
Furtif 60’ n’est pas qu’un nom de code. La coque, longue de 18,28 mètres de long est bel et bien réelle. Grâce au soutien de Guy Crimetz qui le parraine depuis sa Mini-Transat 1999 sous les couleurs d’Ymag, Elie Canivenc est parvenu à monter son projet pour participer au prochain Vendée Globe. Tout a d’ailleurs commencé en Guadeloupe. En (…)
L’Australien Joel Parkinson, 20 ans, a remporté à Phillip Island en Australie son deuxième titre de champion du monde jeune de l’Association des Surfers Professionnels.
Overnight, Fujifilm (Peyron/Mignon) has been trying to extricate herself from a dead wind zone in between the Canary Islands (Gomera & Hierro), while Foncia (Gautier/MacArthur) has squeezed ahead of Belgacom (Nélias/Desjoyeaux) by just 10 miles, as they both curved round the archipelago to the West. These two giant ‘Expresso machines’ are (…)
Elite top 45 surfer and 1999 event winner Joel Parkinson (Aus) today reclaimed his throne by securing the 2001 Billabong World Junior Championships. Up against close friend and 2002 World Championship Tour (WCT) member elect, Mick Fanning (Aus), ’Parko’ topped off a brilliant junior career in his last eligible attempt, pocketing US$6,000 along (…)
Fujifilm « tricote » soit essaye de se sortir d’un chronique manque de vent au milieu même des îles des Canaries (Gomera et Hierro), Foncia et Belgacom glissent en faisant l’extérieur de l’archipel espagnol et Groupama s’apprête à s’arrêter à Tenerife pour remplacer son safran tribord perdu lors d’un choc survenu dès le deuxième jour de course.