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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 June 2009 : Torben Grael, Winner of the Volvo Ocean Race
A new price for Torben Grael ! Past olymic star is now an offshore racing king with is « easy » win in the Volvo Ocean Race.
The race was very long (it did start before the Vendée Globe), there was not a lot of competitors (8 teams including two two-boats campaigns), and not a lot of suspense…
The Team Ericsson did choose the ABN Amro winning system in the previous edition of the round the world race : Juan Kouyoumdjian designs, two boats built and racing. Both sailing under the sponsor coulours…
And, at the head of the main team, the Brazilian star Torben Grael, 5 times olympic medallist, 49 y.o. on July 22nd. And the « Sailing Senna » did well, beating a Puma Team which was quite never at the top and a Telefonica two-boat / big budget campaign from which we will mostly remember the crash at the start from Marstrand…
Then the mission is done and well done for Grael. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
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 !
Saint Barthélemy, le 8 mai 2002. La dernière victime d’une option extrême est Petit Navire. Le Figaro-Bénéteau de Thierry Chabagny & Corentin Douguet est maintenant largement distancé par Thales Armor Lux avec plus de 50 milles de retard.
"I use the opportunity of this daily report to transmit a "Welcome to France" to the fleet and shore teams," wrote Sidney Gavignet from ASSA ABLOY, one of the four French crew members that are currently on their way to La Rochelle on V.O.60s.
Alors que les leaders de la seconde étape de la Transat AG2R sont à moins de 3 jours de mer de la ligne d‚arrivée, le premier véritable passage à niveau météo du parcours a redistribué les cartes sur l‚ensemble de la flotte. La première victime est Petit Navire mené par Thierry Chabagny et Corentin Douguet, auteurs jusque là d’une course (…)
Sill Plein Fruit et Virbac à Larmor Plage. Photo : Bernard Gergaud.
Sept bateaux et quatre skippers sont donc arrivés à Saint-Nazaire. Ellen MacArthur (Kingfisher) et Loïc Pochet (La Rage de Vivre) devraient rejoindre la flotte dans la journée de mercredi, portant ainsi à 9 le nombre de bateaux engagés dans la Regata Rubicón, suite au forfait de Mike Golding.
Paris, le 7 mai 2002. Serait-ce la fin des grandes options ? Morvan & Caudrelier Bénac se recalent vers l’ouest. Chabagny & Douguet se recalent au sud. Tabarly & Vicariot ouvrent en tête. Et Laurent & Jacq contrôlent au centre… Mais qui boira le rhum de la victoire à Saint Barthélemy ?
Today illbruck reported that the flu has struck most of the crew on this last trans-Atlantic leg. So it was not only a fabulous racing yacht that set the pace on this leg, it must haven been a floating hospital as well. How did the guys on board manage to handle the assault of illness and still sail well ?
Greenpeace appelle ses adhérents et sympathisants de toute la région Grand Ouest à venir manifester le samedi 11 mai contre le partenariat entre la holding nucléaire française Areva [1] et le voilier français, qui concourra lors de la prochaine Coupe de l’America. Ce rassemblement, organisé par le réseau "Sortir du Nucléaire" dont fait partie (…)
Paris, le mardi 7 mai 2002. En panne de téléphone satellite, Erwan Tabarly & Philippe Vicariot, les deux leaders de la course depuis le départ de Madère, sont en passe de se faire déborder.
Alors que FRA 69, le nouveau bateau de l’équipe française rejoint ce soir, la base de Lorient , où il va connaître ses dernières finitions, LE DEFI AREVA continue de sillonner les épreuves de match race à travers le monde. Demain, mardi 7 mai, un équipage français régate à l’île d’Elbe, en Italie, où se dispute l’Elba Cup.