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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 !
Les conditions météo ont changé sur le golfe de Gascogne. Du petit temps au portant et dans un vent de nord, les 25 Figaro-Bénéteau, en route vers Madère, ont touché de l’air plus frais. Mais il est toujours bas en température et cette fois-ci orienté au Sud. Les voiliers naviguent ce matin penchés et avancent au près à 6 - 6,2 noeuds pour les (…)
L’anticyclone centré sur le Pays Basque a transformé le golfe de Gascogne en lac géant. Mais une profonde dépression qui glisse vers l’Irlande, génère une forte houle. Si les surfers en profitent sur les spots de la côte atlantique, les barreurs de Figaro-Bénéteau avancent péniblement, les spinnakers à peine gonflés par un léger vent de nord-est.
As expected since Sunday evening, the maxi-catamaran Orange is heading NE, progressively distancing herself from the South American coast. The Marseilles Giant has decided to favour and invest in a route not often attempted in previous circumnavigations in order to avoid tackling head on a low with winds estimated at 60 knots. Bruno Peyron (…)
Comme prévu depuis dimanche soir, le maxi-catamaran Orange pointe ses étraves au nord-est et s’éloigne progressivement des côtes sud-américaines. Le géant Marseillais a décidé de privilégier et " d’investir " sur une route peu tentée dans les tours du monde précédents afin d’éviter d’attaquer de face une dépression avec des vents estimés à 60 (…)
"If only", a saying which is widely used in the modern world. "If only I had got out of bed earlier this morning‚ can cover a plethora of disasters throughout the rest of the day, which could be traced back to that extra ten minutes under the duvet !
Simone est un passionné. C’est sur l’Adriatique qu’il a fait ses premiers pas en voile avant de partir sur les bateaux de la Marine Militaire Italienne. A 33 ans, le skipper italien a participé à de nombreuses courses en solitaire ou en équipage : 12e du Vendée Globe 2000-2001, 4e de la Transat des Sables 1999, 10e de la Route du Rhum 1998, (…)
Départ de Miami. Photo : Richard Langdon/Ocean Images.
Après avoir quitté hier, sous une pluie battante, les pontons de Miami noirs de monde, les 8 concurrents de la Volvo Ocean Race ont connu un début d’étape aussi spectaculaire que chaotique, dans une brise de Sud-Est de 13 noeuds.
La première nuit de course s’achève pour les concurrents de la sixième Transat AG2R. Ils bénéficient de conditions clémentes voire légères pour se mettre dans le rythme de la transatlantique.
In an extraordinary start in Miami today, six of the eight boats racing in leg six of the Volvo Ocean Race from Miami to Baltimore were OCS (on course side) at the sound of the starting cannon and had to return and re-cross the line.