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 !
Jeudi prochain Franck Cammas et une partie des équipiers de Groupama sailing team prendront part au Spi-Ouest-France – Intermarché en M34, le nouveau monotype conçu pour le Tour de France à la Voile. En attendant la sortie du chantier du VO70 Groupama 4 – prévue à la fin du mois - les membres de l’équipage enchainent les navigations.
A 14h40 (heure de Paris) ce lundi, Eric Drouglazet a contacté Jean Maurel, directeur de course de la Transat Bénodet - Martinique, pour lui annoncer qu’il venait de démâter.
Le site TripAdvisor a récemment publié sa liste des meilleures plages d’Europe et
Chypre arrive en tête du classement avec non pas une mais 2 des 3 plus belles plages. C’est la plage d’Ayia Napa qui arrive en 1re position puis celle de Protaras qui remporte la 3e place.
Avec détermination et droiture, Jérémie Beyou affiche ses ambitions pour les saisons 2011 et 2012 : remporter la Solitaire du Figaro et s’aligner au départ du prochain Vendée Globe. Pour atteindre son premier objectif, il pourra compter sur le fidèle soutien de son partenaire BPI. Le skipper explique ses choix et revient sur l’expérience (…)
Brent Dorrington raised the Highland Sword high above his head as he was knighted Lord Dorrington after winning the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Scotland 2011.
Après cinq jours de courses et 29 manches disputées, ce sont finalement les Italiens de Luna Rossa qui s’empare de la Double Star Cup à Qingdao et s’imposent devant Emirates Team New Zealand et Groupe Edmond de Rothschild. L’acte 2 des Extreme Sailing Series devrait laisser de vifs souvenirs aux 44 marins qui ont pris part à la compétition.
The dramatic second Act of the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series™ at the Olympic sailing venue in Qingdao, that proved to be the perfect amphitheatre for the stadium format racing, has come to a close. Capsizes, collisions and after 29 races over five days just five points separated the two former America’s Cup adversaries, Luna Rossa and Emirates (…)
Après trois mois de chantier, le trimaran Maître Jacques a été remis à l’eau vendredi 15 avril à Port La Forêt. Le Multi50 rouge et blanc a notamment bénéficié d’une efficace cure d’amaigrissement...
Voilà quelque chose de bien étrange. Mais de quoi s’agit-il ? Après la première photo de l’étrave, voici ce qu’il reste de la "bête" non loin d’une voilerie vannetaise...
Jamais en quatre ans de compétitions, nous avons assisté à tel carnage. La flotte des Extreme Sailing Series a dû faire face à des conditions de navigation extrêmement vicieuses. Ce sont d’abord les deux bateaux omanais qui en font les frais avec une collision violente lors de la première course... la suite dans la vidéo ci-dessus.