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.
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.
VPLP
Van Peteghem & Lauriot-Prévost designers of the 2 new trimarans Banque Populaire V (40m) and BMW Oracle Racing (27m).
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.
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.
Faustine Merret
French gold medal holder in RS :X, she missed the Qingdao Games finishing 11th.
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 !
Samedi matin, les 6 juniors sélectionnés par les régions du nord de la France, rentre en compétition 2 séries de 3 compétiteurs pour série de 10 minutes.
Il y en avait pour tout le monde samedi puisque les trois manches du jour ont été remportées par trois concurrents différents : Belgacom, Fujifilm et Bayer. Nélias, Peyron et Le Peutrec sont bien installés sur le podium avant les manches de clôture de dimanche.
Alors que les regards se focalisent vers les gréements des multicoques, un autre point névralgique de leur structure a été ausculté par les architectes et constructeurs : les crosses des bras de liaison.
Ellen MacArthur will face her toughest solo challenge since the Vendée Globe when she crosses the start line of the Route du Rhum off St Malo, France on 9 November.
La brise a soufflé vendredi en Rade de Brest (10 - 13 nds en moyenne - secteur EST), permettant enfin aux concurrents d’exprimer leur talent sur la Formula Windsurfing. 2 manches ont été courues dominées par Gérald PELLEAU et Antoine ALBEAU qui se sont durement affrontés.
Deux bananes, deux victoire pour le trimaran belge. Photo : G.Martin-Raget
Ce vendredi 13, a souri à Belgacom qui s‚octroie les deux manches du jour. Mais ces deux victoires de Jean Luc Nélias ne tiennent pas qu’à la chance ! Le bateau a impressionné par sa vitesse et sa capacité à remonter au vent. Derrière lui, Fujifilm, Biscuits La Trinitaine et Sergio Tacchini se sont illustrés par leur régularité.
Fred Duval lors de la SoloChrono. Photo : Ch.Guigueno / Pipof.com/voile
Deux nouvelles courses ont été ajoutées au classement provisoire du Trophée SeaSailSurf.com des minis 2002 : la Duo Pogo et la SoloChrono ont apporté leurs quelques points aux skippers qui avaient fait le déplacement.
Lors du baptême du premier nouveau voilier du Défi Français pour la Coupe de l’America parrainé par le groupe nucléaire Areva, l’association Greenpeace avait organisé une manifestation. Pour perturber la manifestation pour VIP, lesmembres de l’associations avaient répendu une chaîne de bidons... Merci de venir les récupérer !