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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.
Every year, Farr30 teams race around France during one month. This month, Daniel Souben has won the race at the head of the crew sailing "Courier Dunkerque". A second win as he was title holder this year.
Daniel Souben from Vannes is a past Tornado and F18 sailor. He has been team manager for the Banque Populaire trimaran in 2000-2003. He joined the "Courier Dunkerque" team in 2005 and became the skipper in 2006. It took him two years to win the race, now won twice. This time with a lead of 70 points… He is the SeaSailSufer of the month.
Past trimaran Sergio Tacchini’ skipper is back offshore with Giovanni Soldini to win the Class40 race Les Sables - Horta.
Bouvet & Bion
Young french team won the junior 470’s worlds.
Joubert & Nivelt
Famous yacht designers won the competition todesign the future one-designed monohull for the Tour de France.
Going down
Christian Bos
He is the only one of the final entry list not to start the 2009 Solitaire du Figaro. No budget.
Pascal Bidégorry
Banque Populaire V’ skipper has been able to cross the Atlantic to join New York before waiting during one month for a start against the North Atlantic record.
Russel Coutts
His project for the Tour de France new one-design has not won the final competition (i twas in th elast top 3) and Alinghi has launched its new weapon for the next America’s Cup.
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 !
La décoration du nouveau Géant est signée Jean-Baptiste Epron.
Michel Desjoyeaux a présenté lors d’une conférence de presse tenue ce jour à Paris, son nouveau voilier. Le successeur du monocoque PRB avec lequel le Finistérien a remporté le Vendée Globe est un trimaran dessiné par le tandem Marc Van Peteghem et Vincent Lauriot-Prévost. Un voilier dans la lignée des multicoques de la nouvelle génération.
Results from ongoing and extensive media research in specific territories, confirm that the Volvo Ocean Race is reaching a wider audience than ever before.
Aidé par toute son équipe, Ronan a terminé l’assemblage des bordés et s’attaque à la stratification générale de la coque à bouchains. Le propriétaire du Banjo présente cette nouvelle phase de la construction du voilier.
For leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race which starts this Sunday in Auckland, Team SEB, currently in sixth position overall, has hired French solo and trimaran sailor Pascal Bidegorry, aged 34.
Pascal Bidegorry à bord de team Seb. Photo Oskar Kihlborg / Team SEB
Kunnar Krantz, le skipper de Team SEB, l’un des deux bateaux suédois engagés dans la Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002, a annoncé ce matin qu’il embarquait le marin français (et basque) Pascal Bidegorry pour la quatrième manche, Auckland – Rio de Janeiro, qui part dimanche prochain. Au cours de cette étape difficile, les concurrents vont affronter (…)
Yann Eliès embarque sur le catamaran géant " Orange " skippé par Bruno Peyron, comme barreur et responsable de l’accastillage, pour tenter de battre le Trophée Jules Verne, actuellement détenu par Olivier de Kersauzon en 71 jours.
Nick Moloney, Kingfisher co-skipper and member of the Kingfisher Challenges team with Ellen MacArthur, has left Marseilles to join Brest, starting port for Bruno Peyron’s record attempt against the Jules Verne Trophy. Interview by Offshore Challenges.
L’équipage de Bruno Peyron pour le tour du monde. Photo : G.Martin-Raget
Il était 11h30 ce matin lorsqu’une partie de l’équipe de France de rugby entraînée par Fabien Pelous, est montée à bord du maxi-catamaran Orange pour rejoindre le skipper Bruno Peyron et son équipage, réunis au complet autour du Maire de Marseille, M.Jean-Claude Gaudin et de M.Guy Lafarge, Directeur du Marketing d’Orange France, pour le baptême (…)
Banjo, le plan Rolland en contre plaqué de Diane et Roland Gélébart, mesure 9,50 mètres de long. "Un gros mini ou un petit 60 pieds !" le présente son constructeur.