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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.
The mini circuit makes the offshore sailors of the next years. A new generation appears from 2008 whith Thomas Ruyant at the head. Behind the skipper of past Isabelle Joschke’s prototype, the mini class makes discover more and more sailors under 25 yo. In the serie division, the one to follow is Davy Beaudart.
Age of 24, Davy from Hennebont, close to Lorient in Brittany, sails in the Mini Class from 5 years. He first sailed at the helm of a Pogo. He was qualified for the previous Transat 650 but decided not to compete. His Pogo was not fast enough and he had not enough experience. Now he steers a Pogo 2 of the new generation and cumulated goods results. In 2008 he won the solo Trophée MAP and this month, he took the Mini-Pavois and Chrono 650. A young guy to follow in the Transat 650 in september. And he is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
SeaSailsurf barometer of the month
Going Up
Yann ELIES
He is back in the Figaro circuit after his dramatic Vendée Globe… andwins two solo races.
Boris HERMAN & Felix OEHME
The german crews increases its lead in the Class 40 round the world race after its win in Charleston.
Franck CAMMAS
Back sailing with his giant trimaran, the skipper added a new record with the Mediterranean one.
Going Down
WINCHES CLUB
Without enough budget, the club from Douarnenez won’t be able to organize a Mini-Transat in 2010.
33rd AMERICA’S CUP
Spy, new boat in US, which boat in Switzerland, date… Still boring.
Team BANQUE POPULAIRE V
Not sailing. The giant trimaran is in her shipyard. The bottom of the floats being rebuilt.
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 !
Le vent ne sait pas bien ce qu’il veut ! Après la pétole désespérante du départ, jeudi matin, le vent a forci à près de 20 noeuds alors que la tête de flotte contournait la bouée de La recherche.
Paris, le 3 mai 2002. A la mi-parcours de l’étape Madère - Saint Barthélemy, les deux échappés, Thales Armor Lux et Petit Navire, comptent toujours une petite avance sur le groupe des poursuivants. Ce groupe est surveillé par le leader du classement général, Colbert Orco, vainqueur de la première étape à Funchal.
Ce matin, les têtes encore étaient embrumées par une soirée typique de Douarnenez (soupe de poisons et brochette sous le cirque). Les accrocs de la glisse n’ont en effet pas échappé à la bonne tradition d’accueil du port finistérien.
C’est une deuxième journée placée sous le signe de l’attente qu’ont connu les concurrents du Grand Prix Petit Navire 2002. Les Dragon ont, tout comme hier, dû patienter jusqu’à midi pour couper la ligne de la première course du jour, alors que les windsurfers et kitesurfers sont restés sur la plage jusqu’en milieu d’après-midi.
Le départ de la première manche du Trophée de Larmor - Plage, première épreuve du championnat du Monde IMOCA 2002 à été donné à 14h20 au large de Larmor - Plage.
Jeudi, 2 mai 2002. Les 24 concurrents de la sixième Transat AG2R approchent de la mi-parcours du chemin qui les sépare de Saint Barthélemy. Premiers à Funchal, port escale de l’archipel de Madère, Hervé Laurent & Rodolphe Jacq (Colbert Orco) sont en cinquième position, à 23 milles de Thales Armor Lux. Erwan Tabarly & Philippe Vicariot (…)
"In this Jules Verne, we’ll have tried it all !" said Bruno Peyron laughing about the latest pitfalls of the Atlantic. Celebrated yesterday by the Figaro fleet in the Transat AG2R Lorient -Saint Barth, celebrated today by the 60 footers in the Volvo Race, the Azores high, a little mean, is clinging onto Orange, trying to accompany the (…)
Bruno Peyron s’amuse des derniers chausse-trappes de l’Atlantique. Fêté hier par les " figaristes " de la Transat AG2R Lorient - Saint Barth, célébré aujourd’hui par les monocoques 60 de la " Volvo Race ", l’anticyclone de Sainte Hélène, un rien cabot, s’est entiché d’Orange et entreprend d’accompagner plus longtemps que prévu la course du (…)
Disaster struck Lisa McDonald’s Amer Sports Too when they were dismasted at 1645 GMT yesterday afternoon - all crew are safe and no one was injured. At the time Amer Sport Too was lying at 39 14.92N, 058 21.5W, roughly 400 miles south east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. After considering all available options after the dismasting, skipper Lisa (…)
Deux jours avant de quitter les Etats Unis, dimanche, le Français Jean Yves Bernot, navigateur à bord du bateau norvégien Djuice, l’avait bien dit : « la première partie de la traversée de l’Atlantique va être très ventée… ». Après trois jours de mer, la météo effectivement plutôt musclée a eu des effets plus ou moins heureux sur les concurrents.