For the first time in the ASP World tour, a rookie has won the championship. Stephanie Gilmore, 19 yo, wins the 2007 ranking ahead of Peruvian Sofia Mulanovich and Silvana Lima from Brazil.
She has won the first leg of the 2007 Mini-Transat : Who can beat Isabelle Joschke ? The answer will come in Bahia at the end of the second leg. But during the first one, no one could sail faster. She won this leg one from La Rochelle to Funchal in Madeira and she is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
Isabelle Joschke a remporté la première étape de la Transat 650 2007
This year, Isabelle and her Finot-Coq prototype mini has won two races. She let the others to Le Blévec, Laureyssens and Caracci. But in the first leg, she was the best ! She took the lead at the end of the first day before perfectly rounding cape Finisterra. Then she sailed uneder the direct route to get more wind and more speed. She finished in Funchal 4h20 ahead of Manuard, 5h15 ahead of Le Blévec and 10 hours ahead of Deshayes. Well done ! Now she has to control her competitors in the long second leg toward Brazil. To be the first woman to win the Mini-Transat and to enter in the small list of women to have won a solo transtlantic race.
689 votes made the SeaSailsurfers of 2010. The male winner is Thomas Ruyant, winner of the Route du Rhum in Class40. He did it one year after his win in the solo Transat 650. And he is so popular he wins the title of SeaSailSurfer of the year ahead of the funboarder Antoine Albeau (Sailor of the year for the french federation) and ahead of (…)
Jeremy Flores has won the Billabong Pipe Master, the last event of the 2010 ASP World Tour. Defaiting Kelly Slater in the semis, is the first European surfer to win this great event, the first french to win an event in the ASP circuit. He is the SeaSailSurfer of December.
Don’t you have a feeling of dejà-vu ? Thomas Ruyant, hands up, with his fetish hat, arriving as a winner in a solo race ? Transat 650 2009 ? Yes. One yer after his win in the Mini-Transat, he has won the Route du Rhum. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
On said kitesurfing is not sailing. Other said the Luderitz Speed Challenge’ spot is not deep enough. But the channel in Namibia is a fixed place with 500 meters marks and is more than 80 cm deep. When kitesurfers and windsurfers sail there, there are truly in the spirit of the original Weymouth and Brest Speed Weekds. Their records are not (…)
Russell Coutts, the boss of the american Defender, BMW Oracle Racing, has made younger the older sport trophy of the world. As the competition will be sailed aboard wingsailed catamarans, he made the trophy, and sport sailing competition, entering the third millenary. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
August 2010 was rich in events and performances. Many SeaSailSurfers made great performances. We will however retain Bertrand Delesne’s run in the second leg of race to the Azores. On his mini, he covered 304,90 miles in 24 hours. He is SeaSailSurfer of the month !
Après un peu moins de 24h de course, les quatre bateaux les plus rapides de la flotte sont déjà de retour à la Trinité-sur-mer. Le Multi 50 Actual d’Yves Le Blévec a bouclé les 217 milles de son parcours en 22h 46mn. Un peu plus d’une heure plus tard, il était rejoint par l’équipe d’Erwan Le Roux (FenetreA Cardinal). Les deux skippers (…)
Phil Sharp a annoncé un partenariat technique avec l’Imperial College London et leur département Energy Future Lab qui travaille actuellement au développement d’un système d’énergie « zéro émission » embarqué à bord d’un voilier du Vendée Globe.
Cette 2e édition de la Le Havre Allmer Cup, 1re épreuve du Championnat de France Elite de Course au large en solitaire, consacre un grand champion ! Au terme de 9 manches, le géant vert Gildas Morvan (Cercle Vert), champion de France en titre, remporte l’épreuve devant Paul Meilhat (SMA) et Charlie Dalin (Normandy Elite Team). Ces trois hommes (…)
La qualité de l’eau des plages, des rivières et des lacs d’Europe a d’une manière générale été très satisfaisante en 2013, puisque plus de 95 % des sites étaient conformes aux exigences minimales. Les chiffres montrent que les eaux côtières ont fait légèrement mieux que les eaux de baignade intérieures.
The final day of International Moth racing for the inaugural 11th Hour Cup promised sportier conditions than the previous two, but after ten races in two days, the fleet was in far better form than when they began the regatta on Saturday. Racers sailed five more races in winds of 12-16 knots, with Anthony Kotoun closing out the event the way (…)
Le vent est revenu saluer la plage des Chalets dimanche en début d’après-midi, mais pas assez fort pour permettre de valider une manche officielle. Il en faudrait plus pour décourager l’organisation décidée à offrir du plaisir aux coureurs et aux spectateurs.
For 10th consecutive year, Capri hosted the Rolex Capri Sailing Week. The event’s programme was planned to include six days of racing and, attracted a truly international fleet of 21 boats from 11 different countries. Despite two days lost due to lack of wind, there was sufficient high quality racing to place three yachts at the top of their (…)
Damien Cloarec (damien-cloarec.fr - 833) a coupé la ligne en vainqueur, en bateaux de série, 14 minutes devant son dauphin Jonas Gerkens (Netwerk - 821) et 53 minutes devant le 3e, Henri Marcelet (Yakamoz – 737).
Three over Three : Giancarlo Pedote wins the Mini en Mai, the third race of the circuit Mini 6.50 in which it participates aboard his prototype Prysmian ITA 747 , leading to head the entire race.
Le skipper italien Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian) est le grand vainqueur, en prototype, de la Mini en Mai. Il a bouclé ce long parcours entre Ouessant et l’île de Ré (au départ et à l’arrivée de la Trinité-sur-mer) avec environ 5h d’avance sur son dauphin, Jean-Baptiste Daramy (Eki Haizea) attendu vers 21h.