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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 !
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Deliberately, and because there is no other choice, Orange has surrendered herself to the anticyclone. The wild run started under Australia has butted up, off Tristan da Cunha, against the soft belly of high pressure circulating off Africa. Speeds are tumbling. The sails are barely being filled. Helmsmen and trimmers are hunting the tiniest (…)
Yesterday’s chess game for the Volvo Ocean Race fleet appears now to have changed into a game of snakes and ladders, dependent on the roll of the dice with the fickle conditions and complex current scenarios. With the boats so close together, the main factor for the tacticians will be to minimise the losses against the rest of the fleet, (…)