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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 !
Avec huit points d’avance et trois victoires de manches, Nicolas Lunven et Charles Caudrelier ont remporté, à la barre du Figaro-Bénéteau Bostik, la sixième édition du Tour de Bretagne à la voile. Une édition disputée dans des conditions anticycloniques idylliques qui ont même permis aux concurrents de naviguer à « 90% du temps au portant », (…)
Les anciens du Vendée Globe ont la cote ! Après Michel Desjoyeaux et Vincent Riou, tous deux anciens vainqueurs, ainsi que Loïck Peyron et Sébastien Josse, déclarés il y a peu, voici Marc Thiercelin qui devrait annoncer prochainement sa participation à la barre d’un bateau neuf !
En liste d’attente en 2003, Tanguy de Lamotte et son prototype qu’il a dessiné et construit, prend la départ de l’édition 2005 entre La Rochelle et Salvador de Bahia. Aujourd’hui skipper d’un Class 40 qu’il mènera sur la Transat Jacques Vabre, il revient sur sa Mini 2005 qu’il a terminée à la 7e place.
With a one man crew the 21 feet long boats will start from La Rochelle’s Fort Boyard. Leg one to Funchal in Madeira is 1100 miles long. Start of leg two is in Madeira and from there it will be a further 3100 miles towards the finish line in Brazil’s Salvador de Bahia. Estimated duration fo the race is until the end of october during which time (…)
Il remporte la Transat 650 quatre ans après sa 17e place
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BT Team Ellen signs a 3-year sailing partnership, bringing together world-class sailors Ellen MacArthur (GBR), Sébastien Josse (FRA) and Nick Moloney (AUS) alongside other sailing talent dedicated to success on the water across a number of disciplines, including the IMOCA Ocean Racing World Championships and the Extreme 40 catamaran series.
Véronique Loisel, 34 ans, prendra le départ le 16 septembre de la transat Charente Maritime / Bahia sur son petit voilier de 6m50 dénommé « De l’espace pour la mer ». Elle coupera la ligne de départ à 11h00 au large de Fort Boyard, direction Funchal (Madère) puis Salvador de Bahia au Brésil pour une aventure iodée de plus de 4200 milles soit (…)
Dessinée par Vincent Lauriot-Prévost et Guillaume Verdier, la planche à pain de Kito de Pavant a été mise à l’eau jeudi à Rosignano en Italie. On note déjà un arrière de coque bien plat et des bordés verticaux. Ça va arracher !
Fujifilm today announces the sponsorship of a Class 40 racing yacht skippered by International yachtsman Alex Bennett. The 40-foot boat will have its official naming at the 39th Southampton Boat Show on the 19th of September 2007 where it will be christened ‘Fujifilm’.
Ce matin à la Société Nautique de Genève, Alinghi, Defender de la 33e America’s Cup, a fait le point sur les préparatifs en vue de la 33e America’s Cup. Cette réunion marque ainsi le début de la campagne pour la 33e America’s Cup et le retour aux affaires après la pause du mois d’août. Brad Butterworth, skipper de l’équipe, était accompagné de (…)