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 !
Assa Abloy timed her finish to perfection to win line honours in the 57th CYCA Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race when she slipped across the finish line in full view of a huge crowd on a busy Saturday morning at just before 10 am local time.
Le maxi-catamaran Orange a été mis à l’eau lundi veille de Noël et achève en ce moment sa phase de préparation technique au chantier de La Ciotat. Il naviguera pour la première fois demain dans les eaux méditerranéennes afin de réaliser ses premiers essais en mer.
La nouvelle gamme Meridian comprend 4 récepteurs GPS à 12 canaux parallèles mémorisant jusqu’à 500 waypoints et 20 routes réversibles de 30 segments maximum.
Nick Moloney, navigateur australien de 32 ans, vient d’être nommé co-skipper du monocoque Kingfisher. Il prend donc la suite d’Ellen MacArthur à la barre du voilier de 18 mètres que la jeune Anglaise vient de mener à la deuxième place du Vendée Globe.
Petit temps au départ de Sydney. Photo : Oskar Kihlborg Team SEB Electronic Image.
C’est à 3h, heure française, ce matin, (soit 13h heure locale), que les huit bateaux engagés dans la Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002 se sont élancés pour une troisième étape de 2 050 milles, divisée en deux temps.
VO60 s gather at the start of the Sydney- Hobart race which is part of the third leg in the Volvo Ocean Race from Sydney to Auckland. Photo : Oskar Kihlborg Team SEB Electronic Image.
Today, in the early morning coolness, Darling Harbour, Sydney, was a hive of activity as the crews starting leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race made their final preparations and bade their last farewells.
A presque 24 ans, Ellen MacArthur vient d’inscrire son nom au palmarès prestigieux de la Transat Anglaise. En remportant la course mythique dans la catégorie des monocoques, elle succède à de grands noms de l’histoire de la course au large comme Éric Tabarly et Yves Parlier, ou ses compatriotes Francis Chichester et Geoffrey Williams. Pourtant (…)
Des marins comme Francis Joyon, il n’y en a plus beaucoup. La nouvelle donne de la course au large spectacle favorise l’éclosion de jeunes talents médiatiques, tous aussi à l’aise face à un micro que sur un voilier de course au large ou autour de trois bouées. En remportant la Transat anglaise, au nez et à la barbe des machines les plus (…)