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.
Does Michel Desjoyeaux surprises us ? He left Les Sables d’Olonne on November 11 after a short pit-stop but 2 days behind the front runners of the Vendée Globe. On December the 3rd, he was back in the top ten (cf photo). On December 16th, Foncia’ skipper took the lead when Mike Golding was leaving the race, Ecover’s mast down. At the end of the year, The Professor is still leading. What Else ?
SeaSailSurf barometer of December 2008
UP
Australian Navy
The Australians saved Yann Eliès.
Mark Richards
Wild Oats XI wins a 4rth Sydney - Hobart.
Sam Davies
First non-french skipper in the Vendée Globe.
DOWN
Bernard Stamm
Crash finish in the Kerguelens.
Thomas Coville
5 days behind around Cape Horn.
Yann Eliès
Dramatic accident for the Breton skipper and a lost Generali.
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 !
Kingfisher plc, a leading international retailer for the home, announced today at the London Boat Show that it would be continuing it’s sponsorship of Ellen MacArthur MBE with a new five-year title sponsorship deal.
Kingfisher plc, spécialiste international de la grande distribution, a annoncé aujourd’hui à Londres lors du London Boat Show, que le sponsoring d’Ellen MacArthur était reconduit pour une période de 5 ans.
To every New Zealander on the Volvo Ocean Race fleet, to be the first Kiwi into Auckland rates extremely high in their list of achievements for this leg. Grant Dalton from Amer Sports One when asked how important for him personally to lead into Auckland, said in Hobart, "As important as any other Kiwi in this race, won the last two and I (…)
Depuis samedi 29 décembre dernier, le maxi-catamaran Orange a largué les amarres du chantier de La Ciotat et réalise actuellement ses premiers essais en mer. La phase de préparation à terre est désormais terminée et s’est effectuée grâce au travail et à la complicité d’une équipe composée de vingt personnes réunies autour d’Alain Gabbay et sous (…)
Du mini au 50 pieds, en passant par une aventure extraordinaire à bord d’un catamaran hors normes, l’anglais Alex Bennett est passé en deux années de la filière école à la filière professionnelle. Il vient d’ailleurs d’acheter le monocoque jaune de 50 pieds Aqua Quorum pour s’aligner sur la Transat Jacques Vabre et préparer la Route du Rhum 2002.
A quarante-trois ans, il n’est déjà pas commun de se lancer dans un projet de Mini-Transat, course qui a fait sa réputation sur la révélation des jeunes talents. A cet âge, ce sont soit des coureurs expérimentés qui viennent se frotter aux jeunes aux dents longues, ou des amateurs passionnés qui viennent réaliser un rêve : traverser (…)
Benoît Petit s’était entraîné tout l’hiver avec la ferme intention de participer à La Solitaire du Figaro. Mais faute de budget, il n’avait pu prendre part aux régates du début de saison du championnat de France des Solitaires. Les problèmes de dos de Yann Elies, skipper officiel du Figaro Generali, ont poussé ce dernier à laisser la barre à (…)
Un an après sa deuxième place dans la Transat AG2R en double avec Gildas Morvan, Bertrand De Broc a trouvé un partenaire financier pour revenir régater dans le circuit de multicoques de 60 pieds.
Premier à Hobart, le voilier suédois était aussi le premier à quitter la ville de Tasmanie et mettre le cap sur Auckland, terme de la troisième étape de la Volvo Ocean Race.