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The results of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe show huge increases everywhere : many more people attending the event, unprecedented media coverage and feedback, a record level of international coverage without talking about the very positive race outcome in terms of the rankings. With 29 skippers lining up, 18 were ranked, which is a record number in the history of the Vendée Globe.
The Junior Vendée Globe saw 1500 packs distributed in schools half of which went to those in Vendée. Polls have shown that more than 90 % of teachers were pleased with the quality of the pack. It was widely used and often copied for other classes.
2) The Junior Vendée Globe website
This pack was in addition to the Junior Vendée Globe website. The Junior Vendée Globe website saw almost 258,900 single visitors and more than 2 million pages were viewed.
3) Almost 13,000 youngsters welcomed to the village
School classes were given a special welcome to suit their needs for two hours. They were welcomed and accompanied by members of the Vendée Arts and Heritage School.
6570 school children were thus welcomed to les Sables d’Olonne or 148 schools and 244 classes.
6429 school children and around ten associations (a hundred or so people) were welcomed in addition to these arrangements at the start Village for the Vendée Globe.
Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert’s JPK 1050 Léon has been crowned overall winner of the Rolex Fastnet Race. No other boat still racing on the 695 nautical mile course can catch the French doublehanded duo for overall honours in this, the 51st edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s offshore classic.
The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) is delighted to announce the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) as the winner of the 2025 Admiral’s Cup. After an intense battle during the RORC Channel Race, six inshore races in the Solent and the prestigious finale, the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Yacht Club de Monaco team is victorious. Runner-up for the Admiral’s Cup (…)
Volvo 70 Tschüss 2 (USA), owned by Christian Zugel and co-skippered by Johnny Mordaunt, has taken Line Honours in the West to East Transatlantic Race 2025 in an elapsed time of 07 Day 15 Hrs 29 Mins and 10 Secs. Tschüss 2 Crew : Christian Zugel, Johnny Mordaunt, Al Fraser, Andrew McLean, Campbell Field, Christopher Welch, Edward Myers, Fredric (…)
It has been a long time coming after spending much of the 2024 season finishing second and even continuing this in the recent IMA Maxi European Championship, but finally Guido Paolo Gamucci’s Cippa Lippa X has won a race. On Saturday morning at 1012 off Marina di Punta Ala, the white-hulled canting keel Mylius 60 crossed the finish line of the (…)
The inaugural McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR) has officially set sail, and what a start it’s been ! The first leg from Antigua to Panama has already delivered drama, camaraderie, and a masterclass in offshore sailing in these Mighty Mini’s. With 15 ALMA Class Globe 580s battling it out over 1,200 nautical miles, the MGR is proving to be (…)
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours has been claimed for a second year in a row by LawConnect. The 100-ft (30.48m) maxi skippered by Christian Beck completed the 628-nautical mile course at 02:35.13 AEDT on Saturday 28 December in an elapsed time of one day, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 13 seconds.
Racing in the Volvo Ocean Race, the world’s premier ocean race, is tough at the best of times. It’s hard to picture what it must be like to live onboard a stripped out racing machine, which is what the V.O.60 class is, for weeks on end, in cramped conditions with 11 other people. It’s either freezing cold or unbearably hot. It’s wet and it’s (…)
La newsletter américaine Scuttlebutt (N°984) a réuni quelques premières réactions suite à la présentation par les membres du Défi Français pour la Coupe de l’America 2003 de son contrat de sponsoring avec le groupe Areva (Cogema et Framatome).
Un stage en altitude est programmé pour les groupes France et France Jeune qui se réuniront du 14 au 18 janvier à Font Romeu. Il s’agit d’un premier stage « Esprit Olympique » avec les coureurs de onze séries qui seront réunis.
De gauche à droite : Pierre Mas, Jean-Pierre Champion (président de la FFV), Jacques-Emmanuel Saulnier (Areva), Xavier de Lesquen et Pascal Hérold. Photo : Ch.Guigueno
La conférence de presse de ce vendredi n’a pas seulement été l’occasion de présenter le nouveau partenaire titre du Défi mais aussi de faire le point sur sa préparation. Pendant que la majeure partie des autres challengers naviguent, le Défi reste confiant dans sa stratégie centralisée à Lorient.
Le Dir Com du Groupe Areva présente son entreprise lors de la conférence de presse. Photo : Ch.Guigueno
Vraie fausse nouvelle puisque les pourparlers avaient été dévoilés le mois dernier, c’est bien le groupe Areva que est le partenaire principal du défi français pour la Coupe de l’America 2003. Un Défi qui devient par la même occasion Le Défi Areva.
Surprise en vous connectant ce matin, la maquette de SeaSailSurf.com a (encore) changé. Si vous connaissez cette adresse depuis le début (le 17 février 1999), vous y êtes habitué(e). Mais cette fois-ci, le changement est de taille.
At a Press Conference held at the Royal Ocean Racing Club in London, on 9 January 2002, the Commodore Peter Rutter was delighted to announce an exciting new format for the 2003 Admiral’s Cup.
Peter Rutter, Commodore du Royal Ocean Racing Club a annoncé à Londre le format de la nouvelle Admiral’s Cup dont la dernière édition avait été annulée faute de concurrents. Le ‘championnat du monde de course au large’ devrait revoir jour en 2003 selon un nouveau format.