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.
Double winner of the women worlds match-racing title : On April 6th, Claire Leroy and Marie Riou, Elodie Bertrand and Claire Pruvot won the women match-racing world title in New Zealand. For the second time in two years. She is the SeaSailSurfer of April 2008.
Breton sailor is used with podiums. Last year she won both world and european titles. She was also named Rolex Sailor of the World by the ISAF. This year she looks to be on the same course with a new world title. And she is ready for more as, after her world title, she said « we are waiting for the ISAF to know if women match-racing will be in the Olympic Games in 2012. If yes, it will become my main objective. » We hope so.
SeaSailSurf’s barometer of April 2008
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France Team
France olympic team will enter in the 11 series of the Bejing Games.
Lionel Lemonchois
Gitana XIII’ skipper offer the Pacific record to his team.
Sébastien Josse
Seb is everywhere. In London to launch his new Open 60. In France inside K Challenge 2, the team for the 34th America’s Cup.
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The Artemis Transat
Few Class 40s, lots of Open 60s withdrawing before the start… It win’t be on of the best « British Transat ».
Adrien Hardy
The young sailor comes from mini to Figaro circuit. He won the Challenge Espoir but denied the 2 years sponsoring to manage his own one.
Jean Galfione
The pole vaulter discovers offshore racing. But he withdrawed before Madeira islands.
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 !
Il fait nuit, mais subitement on y voit plus clair. Eole a calmé ses ardeurs, comme prévu. A Ouessant, sur le coup des 3 heures du matin, on a vu Drouglazet, Beyou, Guérin, De Pavant, Riou, Chiorri… Tous devant pour le deuxième acte de la quatrième et ultime étape de La Solitaire du Figaro. Sur fond de Manche, de courants et de vent léger… (…)
The desired Ushant. Still being pushed around on the climb up the Bay of Biscay, the fleet is advancing against the fluctuating wind in a very stormy sea. Hard work indeed ! Yet something that will please the toughest of them all, Eric Drouglazet (David Olivier), who is now in the lead. But watch out for the conquerors from the west who are (…)
Ouessant se fait désirer. Toujours malmenée dans sa remontée du golfe de Gascogne, la flotte progresse contre le vent oscillant et la mer très agitée. A la dure ! De quoi bien sûr faire le bonheur du plus dur à cuir de tous, Eric Drouglazet (David Olivier), qui pointe désormais en tête. Mais, gare aux conquérants de l’ouest qui multiplient les (…)
Dix trimarans de 60’ devraient participer au Grand Prix du Port de Fécamp du 12 au 15 septembre prochain. La quatrième épreuve du Championnat 9 TELECOM 2002, ultime compétition avant la Route du Rhum, présentera un superbe plateau en dépit de l’absence de certains bateaux bloqués en chantier pour réparation ou vérification de leur mât.
Sale temps sur le grand Golfe, qui cogne ! 25-30 nœuds de secteur nord. Le vent, dans un élan de vigueur, a forci au-delà de ce qui était prévu et refuse. Dans ces conditions physiquement rudes, difficile de faire sa route et de tirer des bords pour rapprocher les étraves d’Ouessant. Bâbord amure, Thierry Chabagny (Petit Navire Le Bon Goût du (…)
With the addition of Oracle BMW Racing I & Oracle BMW Racing II to the starting lineup for next year’s Worrell 1000, the number of registered teams for 2003 stands at seventeen as of Friday, August 23.
« One route, three times the trouble ». When the wind on the nose blows straight in the direction that the yachts wish to go, things get pretty complicated. A very technical and tactical point of sail, there is nothing which can compare with upwind sailing for sharpening the reflexes of the regatta sailors. For the soloists, the honour lies (…)
« Une fois la route, trois fois la peine ». Quand le vent dans le nez souffle pile dans la direction dans laquelle les voiliers se désespèrent à aller, voilà qui complique la donne. Allure très technique et tactique, le près n’a pas son pareil pour mettre en éveil les réflexes de régatiers. Pour les solitaires, l’honneur est dans le près du (…)
Après une longue trêve estivale, le « Bouygues Telecom – Rip Curl Funboard Tour 2002 » fait son retour sur la scène nationale du 27 août au 1er septembre prochains à Wimereux, dans le Nord de la France...
Nicolas arrivant aux Sables dans le peloton de tête... Photo : Ch.Guigueno / Pipof.com/voile
Les solitaires ont bel et bien entamé leur partie de près dans des conditions propices aux belles heures de navigation nocturnes. Pas de surprises aux avant-postes puisque les spécialistes de cette allure très technique font des merveilles à bord de leur monotype et impriment, à coups de bords à tirer, un rythme qui en dit long sur la volonté (…)