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SeaSailSurfer of the month
SeaSailSurfer of August 2010 : Bertrand Delesne
Breaker of the 300 nm in 24 hours barrier with a mini 650
vendredi 3 septembre 2010 –
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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 !
With nearly 305 miles in 24 hours, Delesne and its Manuard designed "Prati Bûches" improved by 10 miles the previous record held by Andraz Mihélin with another Manuard design.
“Since the last Transat 6,50, I thought well that the bar of the three hundred miles in twenty-four hours could be exceeded. It is the kind of performance which I affectionate… ” said the new recordman while arriving in Les Sables d’Olonne largely in front of its competitors.
The SeaSailSurf barometer of March 2010
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Armel Le Cléac’h | Le Chacal dominated la Solitaire du Figaro |
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Xavier Macaire | Serie division Record in the leg from Azores to Les Sables |
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Adrien Hardy | First win in the Figaro circuit by winning tleg 3 of the Solitaire |
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Franck Cammas | Jules Verne holder took a bath in Cowes |
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James Spithill | America’s Cup winner as not able to win the "Little" one on a C-Class cat |
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Fred Duthil | 3 times on the podium in the previous 3 years before having to abandon in the Solitaire this year |
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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 (…) -
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SeaSailSurfer of December 2010 : Jeremy Flores
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. -
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SeaSailSurfer of November 2010 : Thomas Ruyant
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. -
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SeaSailSurfer of september 2010 : Russell Coutts
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. -
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SeaSailSurfer of July 2010 : Alessandro di Benedetto
The Franco-Italian geologist of 39 years old Alessandro di Benedetto accomplished this July a solo round the world tour, without making stopover, on the race course of the Vendée Globe. He made it in 268 days on board a mini 650 and he is the SeaSailSurfer of July 2010.
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