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 !
Avec le soutien de la marque Président (groupe Lactalis), le skipper breton va participer à la Barcelona World Race, le tour du monde en double, qui partira le 31 décembre prochain de la cité catalane. Il aura pour co-skipper l’Espagnol Bruno Garcia avec lequel, à bord du plan Owen Clarke de Mike Golding (ex Ecover 3), les deux hommes visent le (…)
L’Américain Kelly Slater reste le meilleur surder du monde. Le leader du classement mondial vient de remporter à Supertubos au Portugal sa 44e victoire sur le circuit du championnat du monde de surf ASP. Il s’est imposé en finale face au jeune Sud-Africain Jordy Smith, 22 ans, et a ainsi remporté le Rip Curl Pro Portugal. De son côté, Florès (…)
Dans 45 noeuds de vent mardi, Alex Caizergues a été chronométré à plus de 100 Km/h soit 54,10 noeuds. Ce record est validé officiellement par la WSSRC.
The first three medals of the inaugural RC 44 World Championship for the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero Cup were awarded today in recognition of the match racing portion of the regatta.
En remportant cette dernière étape de la WOW Cap Istanbul, François Gabart (Skipper Macif 2010) réalise un triple coup gagnant. D’une part il a termine en tête à Istanbul mais, sous réserve d’une validation des résultats par le jury, il remporte l’épreuve et du même coup, devient le nouveau Champion de France de Course au Large en Solitaire.
On Tuesday, the french kitesurfer Alexandre Caizergues has beaten the absolute speed sailing record with 54,10 knots (100,19 km/h) over the 500 metters of the Luderitz channel in Namibia. By the way he improves l’Hydroptère previous record of 51,36 knots.
Mardi, le kitesurfer Alexandre Caizergues a battu le record du Monde de vitesse absolu à la voile avec une moyenne de 54,10 nœuds (100,19 km/h) sur les 500 mètres du canal de Luderitz (Namibie). Le jeune provençal est le nouveau recordman de vitesse toutes catégories. Il détrône les 51,36 nœuds de l’hydroptère.
« Here is a photo of First Moth Wing built at Object 2 Skiff Works in Toronto for Bora Gulari (USA) , 2009 Moth World Champion » writes french photographer Thierry Martinez. The new Moth set sailed and took off immediately. The question now is to know if she is faster than a "classic" Moth.
"Voici le premier Moth à aile construit par Object 2 Skiff Works à Toronto pour Bora Gulari (USA), le champion du monde 2009" écrit le photographe Thierry Martinez. La voile rigide en deux parties a permis à son barreur de décoller aussi facilement qu’avec une voile "molle".
British skipper Paul Campbell-James and his crew on board The Wave, Muscat has won the final event in Almeria of the 2010 Extreme Sailing Series™ securing overall victory in the 2010 series, beating pre-season favourites Groupe Edmond de Rothschild (Yann Guichard).