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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.
SeaSailSurfer of September 2009 : Francisco Lobato
The winner of leg 1 and second overall of Transat 650 : September was rich in events. PYM and Benoit achieved their crossing from New York to Lorient, the 60 feet fleet joined Brest from Istanbul, Class 40 covered 1000 miles, Multi 50 launched three new boats… as for the man the month, he illustrated himself on Charente Maritime Bahia Transat 650.
His double victory of both legs in Les Sables - the Azores in 2008 had impressed everybody. But “the protos were not ready” they said… The “level was not high”… However, Francisco Lobato nerly did the same in the leg 1 of the Transat 650 as he finished second and dominated the race leading the leg at the helm of his Pogo2, a one-designed mini.
This time, there are still excuses : “the skippers of proto slowed down not to break”, “they awaited the 2nd stage to accelerate”, “the sea was strong and prevented the protos from going quicker than the series”, etc. If most were true indeed, everyone admits that the Portuguese was the best skipper from La Rochelle to Madeira.
Francisco Lobato is the man of September 2009. He was also SeaSailSurfer of the year 2008. Going for a double win ?
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Moreau & Lequin
Both guyes from Lorient (Brittany, France) mad their crossing of the North Atlantic aboard their 20’ catamaran.
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 !
Erwan au départ de la Transat AG2R 200. Photo : Ch.Guigueno
Pendant la trêve hivernale, Erwan Tabarly a délaissé son monotype Figaro Bénéteau pour chausser des skis et participer au raid Mer et Montagne. Si ses objectifs de la saison voile sont la Transat AG2R et la Solitaire du Figaro, il prend le temps de faire le plein de globules rouges en tandem avec une des meilleures skieuses françaises.
La construction du monocoque de Ronan et Diane Gélébart se poursuit à Brest. Après avoir expliqué comment réaliser des scarfs (lire article du 5 janvier), Ronan présente la phase suivante : l’assemblage des planches de contre plaqué pour former la coque du bateau. Il s’agit de réaliser des joints congé tout au long des liaisons entre les (…)
Diane et Ronan Gélébart ont participé ensemble à la Mini-Transat 1999. Ensemble ou plutôt en même temps. Ronan avait choisi de traverser l’atlantique sur un prototype, rouge. Diane, quant à elle, avait préféré un Pogo, jaune. Tous deux préparent maintenant un voilier pour de longues croisières, en double !
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Chairman of race organisers Clipper Ventures, announced that Torbay, England, will host the first stopover in the five leg Around Alone 2002-03 solo, round the world yacht race. This West Country region will become the first European stopover in the 20-year history of the race. This also marks the first time a solo RTW (…)
Arrivée à Auckland, la cité internationale de la voile depuis 1995. Photo : C.Borlenghi / Sea&See.it
Il était 18h20 (heure française) hier soir, lorsque Assa Abloy a franchi en vainqueur, sous spi et grand voile haute, la ligne d’arrivée de la troisième étape de la Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002. Un succès qui couronne une très belle première partie d’étape, puisque l’équipage suédois avait également remporté la Sydney-Hobart, quelques jours (…)
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston a annoncé jeudi que le port Anglais de Torbay sera le point de départ de la deuxième étape du tour du monde en solitaire avec escales dont il est désormais l’organisateur.
What a fantastic day for the kiwis on ASSA ABLOY, to win Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race into Auckland. New Zealanders, Richard Mason and Stu Wilson were heroes along with the rest of the crew of ASSA ABLOY, to the early morning cheering crowd, as they entered Viaduct Basin, after they had crossed the finish line.