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2008 SeaSailSurfers
SeaSailSurfer of December 2008 : Michel Desjoyeaux
From last to 1st in the Vendée Globe
mardi 30 décembre 2008 –
On December 3rd, Michel Desjoyeaux wasback in the top 10 of the Vendée Globe, 3 weeks after his second start from Les Sables d’Olonne. At the end of the month, he is the leader. Mich’Desj is the SeaSailSurfer of December.
SeaSailSurfer of August 2008 : Julien Bontemps
Silver medallist in the RX :X Class at Qingdao Olympics : French boardsailor came in 2004 to the olympic Games with the world title in the pocket. But hi missed his regatta and finished 9th in Athens. Four years after, he got his ticket again to compete in Qingdao and came back to France with the Silver medal.
« A silver medal in the Olympic Games is greatest than any world title » said 29 yo RS :X boardsailor. « The feeling is so great than it is extraordinay to go and sail for a medal what ever is its color. This represents so much work… and I don’t think I will stop after that. Olympics is so great ! ». Now Bontemps has taken Faustine Merret’s place as leader of the French olympic team. And he has work to do to compter the Brits in 2012…
SeaSailSurf barometer of August 2008
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Nicolas Troussel | Winner of the Solitaire du Figaro 2008. |
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VPLP | Van Peteghem & Lauriot-Prévost designers of the 2 new trimarans Banque Populaire V (40m) and BMW Oracle Racing (27m). |
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Francisco Lobato | winner of both legs and full rankings (proto and series) of Les Sables – Les Açores – Les Sables. |
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Stéphane Le Diraison | A new proto 650 skipper who represents the drawbacks of the prototype class this summer. |
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Corentin Douguet | Abandonning in leg 3 of La Solitaire du Figaro, he represents the guys who badly lived Troussel’s win in leg 1 with a 6 hours lead. |
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Faustine Merret | French gold medal holder in RS :X, she missed the Qingdao Games finishing 11th. |
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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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fr : Vendée Globe
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Michel Desjoyeaux : "c’était assez violent"
Michel Desjoyeaux sur son monocoque 60 pieds FONCIA a rallié les Sables d’Olonne ce mardi 11 novembre 2008 à 00h40 (heure française) malgré les conditions difficiles d’entrée dans le port. -
fr : Vendée Globe
Bestaven et de Pavant cassent leurs mâts
Après Wavre (vite reparti) puis Stamm (déjà arrivé), ce sont Desjoyeaux, Dejeanty et Hatfield qui sont attendus aux Sables d’Olonne. Si, pour ces concurrents la course n’est pas finie puisqu’ils se revenus au point de départ, c’est plus compromis pour Yannick Bestaven et Kito de Pavant qui ont cassé leurs espars. -
fr : Vendée Globe
Les photos du départ des Sables
Les 30 monocoques ont pris un départ sans encombre des Sables d’Olonne pour cette sixième édition du Vendée Globe. La régate commence ! Photos de Gilles Martin-Raget, Thierry Martinez et Mark Lloyd. -
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30 skippers have left Les Sables
Every vantage point along the canal from the haven of Les Sables d’Olonne port to the sea was jammed deep with tens of thousands of well wishers. There were tears on the dockside as lines were slipped, dozens and dozens of messages along the long stretch of sea walls that funnel the record sized fleet to sea - some simple direct and personal (…) -
fr : Vendée Globe
Trente solitaires ont quitté Les Sables
Bon départ pour cette sixième édition du Vendée Globe ce dimanche à 13h02 : dans une brise de secteur Sud- Ouest modérée et sur une belle houle du large, Mike Golding prenait le meilleur au coup de canon, mais volait de quelques mètres l’alignement... Mais grâce à sa surface de voile plus importante, Alex Thomson partait très vite vers (…) -
fr : Vendée Globe
Kito de Pavant : "naviguer à 30 nds, comme des multis"
Jamais les trente concurrents du Vendée Globe n’ont été aussi près de la solitude et pourtant, jamais, ils n’ont été autant sollicités par la foule qui arpente sans cesse le ponton de Port Olona. A quelques heures du départ, Kito de Pavant (Groupe Bel) s’est plié une dernière fois, avec décontraction et honnêteté, à l’exercice du « (…) -
fr : Route de la Découverte
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Francis Joyon, skipper du maxi trimaran IDEC a franchi la ligne d’arrivée de la Route de la Découverte à San Salvador aux Bahamas, aujourd’hui à 02 heures, 06 minutes TU (soit 03 heures, 06 minutes - heure française). Avec un temps de course de 9 jours, 20 heures, 35 minutes, il établi un nouveau record en solitaire sur les 3 885 milles (…)
