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Tanguy de Lamotte belongs to those who believed in Class40 from the beginning. He is rewarded for his efforts since he won, with Adrien Hardy, the first edition of the Solidaire du Chocolat.
Thomas Ruyant, 3rd of leg 1 of the 2009 Transat 650 has won the second leg from Funchal to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, to be the winner overall of the solo transatlantic in the prototype division. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month !
The 28 yo skipper from Dunkerque, in the north of France, was entering for the second time in the famous "Mini-Transat". 23rd two years ago, he was helming since 2008 the Finot-Conq design built for Isabelle Joschke (winner of leg 1 two years ago).
Ruynat built his win in the doldrums when he took a clear advantage over his main opponents. Then he run toward Brazil finishing 6 hours ahead of Bertrand Delesne, winner of leg one from who he was3 hours late.
Next year, Thomas Ruyant should be entering the professional Figro-Bénéteau circuit. He will join the past mini skippers such as past winner Armel Tripon, and competitors of the 2007 edition, Isabelle Joschke and Adrien Hardy.
SeaSailSurf barometer of september 2009
Up
Francisco Lobato
Portuguese skipper won the Mini in the serie division.
Finot-Conq
The yech designers are back with a double win in prototype and serie divisions.
Sébastien Cattelan
The kitesurfer mad fast runs before the Luderitz Speed Challenge.
Down
Bertrand Delesne
Winner of leg one, the Briton did not impeach Ruyant to wn the Mini.
Alinghi
New York court has invalidated Ras al-Kaimah.
Jérémy Florès
the french surfer do not finishes the world surfing tour due to an injury.
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 !
Vétérinaire de formation, Jean-Pierre mène ses projets avec rigueur et professionnalisme. Il a découvert la voile dès son plus jeune âge à bord du bateau familial.
Paris, le 2 mai 2002. Les concurrents de la sixième Transat AG2R ont passé la longitude des Açores. Ils naviguent toujours entre 8 et 9,5 noeuds de vitesse moyenne sous spinnaker. Les alizés établis sur l’atlantique les propulsent vers Saint Barthélemy où ils sont attendus à partir du 11 mai.
Les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas en Baie de Douarnenez . En effet, à la journée pluvieuse et venteuse d’hier, a succédé un grand soleil pour accueillir les premières épreuves du Grand Prix Petit Navire 2002. Le vent capricieux en début de journée a contraint l’ensemble des concurrents à faire preuve de patience. Peu avant midi, (…)
Paris, le 1er mai 2002. La période d’observation est terminée. L’anticyclone des Açores poursuit sa diffusion ininterrompue d’alizés sur le parcours des Figaro-Bénéteau en route vers Saint Barthélémy. Il est temps d’attaquer !
The western island of the Azores group is 550 miles away to starboard. The high of the same name is lazing at home... Bruno Peyron, wary and cunning, is skirting round it well away, apparently in no hurry to wink right and rush for France. On the sixtieth day at sea and less than 1500 nautical miles from the promised land, Orange’s XIII appear (…)
L’île occidentale de l’Archipel des Açores est à 550 milles sur tribord. L’anticyclone y paresse comme en son salon... Bruno Peyron, méfiant et avisé, le contourne de loin, apparemment peu pressé de mettre le clignotant à droite et de foncer vers la France. Au soixantième jour de mer et à moins de 1500 milles de la terre promise, le XIII (…)
At 1534 GMT yesterday it looked as though illbruck had broken the 24 Hour Monohull World Record by covering a huge 473 nautical miles, just a few hours later the crew has pushed even harder and, subject to confirmation and ratification by the International Sailing Federation, she has achieved a staggering 484 nautical miles. This was achieved (…)
520 miles at an average of 21.66 knots over the last 24 hours at 1000 this morning : needless to say that the maxi-catamaran Orange is making the most of this trade wind that is pushing them along at a crisp pace towards the Azores high. The Marseilles Giant was plotted today 700 mils to the SW of the Portuguese islands or less than 2000 miles (…)