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SeaSailSurfers of 2007
SeaSailSurfer of december : Stephanie Gilmore
Rookie and surfing world champ
dimanche 30 décembre 2007 –
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.
SeaSailSurfer of september : Isabelle Joschke
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.
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Thomas Ruyant is the SeaSailSurfer of 2010
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 (…) -
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SeaSailSurfer of December 2010 : Jeremy Flores
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. -
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SeaSailSurfer of November 2010 : Thomas Ruyant
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. -
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SeaSailSurfer of October 2010 : Alex Caizergues
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 (…) -
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SeaSailSurfer of september 2010 : Russell Coutts
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. -
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SeaSailSurfer of August 2010 : Bertrand Delesne
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 !
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en : Barcelona World Race
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Quatorze monocoques IMOCA menés en double ont pris le départ de Barcelone de la 2e édition de la Barcelona World Race. Kito de Pavant et Sébastien Audigane sur Groupe Bel ont été les plus rapides sur le parcours de départ. Il devançaient Michel Desjoyeaux & François Gabart sur Foncia et l’équipage entièrement féminin de Gaes mené par Dee (…) -
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SeaSailSurfer of December 2010 : Jeremy Flores
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. -
fr : Barcelona World Race
Wouter Verbraak remplacera momentanément Alex Thomson
Il a fallu vingt-quatre heures pour répondre à la situation inédite provoquée par l’opération d’Alex Thomson. Vingt-quatre heures pour recueillir les avis des différents protagonistes concernés, trouver une solution consensuelle qui devrait faire jurisprudence… -
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Alex Thomson’ substitute skipper to race during first days
Record-breaking British skipper Alex Thomson is to fulfil his dream to compete again in the 80 day round the world epic Barcelona World Race after his entry was thrown into doubt following emergency surgery for acute appendicitis just two days before the race start on New Year’s Eve. -
fr : Rolex Sydney - Hobart
Geoff Boettcher l’emporte en temps compensé
Geoff Boettcher, propriétaire et skipper de Secret Men’s Business, remporte la Tattersall’s Cup, décerné au voilier ayant réalisé le meilleur temps compensé. Avec un temps de course corrigé de 4 jours 1 heure 29 minutes et 40 secondes, Secret Men’s Business devance le Cookson 50, Jazz de Chris Bull, de près de 36 minutes. Shogun de Rob Hanna, (…) -
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SeaSailSurfer de décembre 2010 : Jeremy Flores
Jeremy Flores n’est plus un espoir du surf mondial. Depuis le mois de décembre, il fait partie des meilleurs surfers mondiaux vainqueurs d’une épreuve sur le circuit mondial pro, l’ASP. A Hawaii, il a remporté le Billabong Pipe Masters , la dernière épreuve du circuit 2010. Il est le SeaSailSurfer de décembre. -
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Geoff Boettcher : "It was a tough one"
Geoff Boettcher’s South Australian yacht Secret Men’s Business 3.5 was announced this afternoon as this year’s Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Overall winner. Secret Men’s Business was the 14th boat across the finish line in a race where just finishing was an achievement. Severe wind and weather conditions contributed to the retirement of twenty (…) -
fr : Rolex Sydney - Hobart
Mark Richards : "c’est un bon résultat"
Suite à une réclamation portant sur le règlement de course, Mark Richards, skipper de Wild Oats XI, attendait la décision du jury avant de savourer sa victoire. Après avoir entendu les protagonistes, le jury de la Rolex Sydney Hobart a annoncé son verdict. Wild Oats XI est bel et bien le vainqueur incontesté de cette édition 2010. Même verdict (…) -
en : Rolex Sydney - Hobart
Mark Richards : "the result is a good one"
“We’re back and we’re just very happy to be here,” said Wild Oats XI skipper Mark Richards after the news that a race committee protest had been dismissed and that the 30.48 metre supermaxi owned by Bob Oatley could be officially declared line honours winner of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
