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Offshore racing
Vendée Globe 2016-2017 : a hugely popular event and media success
The results of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe show huge increases everywhere: many more people attending the event, unprecedented media Media #media coverage and feedback, a record Record #sailingrecord level of international coverage without talking about the very positive race outcome in terms of the rankings. With 29 skippers lining up, (...) -
Back to Les Sables
Sébastien Destremau takes 18th place to bring the Vendée Globe to a close
Sébastien Destremau (TechnoFirst–faceOcean) crossed the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne in eighteenth place at 00hrs 40min et 18 sec UTC on saturday 11th March 2017 after 124 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes and 18 seconds of racing since the start on 6th November. The skipper from Toulon is the final competitor to (...) -
Foil cats
GC32 Championship • Muscat: Oman heroes claim first ever GC32 Championship
Oman Air scored a convincing win at the GC32 GC32 #GC32 Championship, held out of Al Mouj on the outskirts of Muscat today. The Omani team led the GC32 GC32 #GC32 Championship from the outset on Tuesday, but it was only today that they managed to shake off those chasing (...) -
No Way Back
Pieter Heerema : "The departure and the arrival are one of the best moments of this race"
First Dutchman to participate in the Vendée Globe, Pieter Heerema finished the non-stop solo round the world race on Thursday 2nd of March, crossing the finish line at 22:26pm, after 116 days 9 hours 24 minutes and 12 seconds at sea. On board No Way Back, Pieter actually sailed 29 747 nautical miles at an average speed Speed #speedsailing (...) -
Stand Up Paddle
APP World Tour : Sunset Beach provides an epic Finals Day as Kai Lenny and Izzi Gomez are crowned Champions
Sunset Beach delivers great conditions for a spectacular finals day that saw dramatic action from start to finish and Champions crowned at Stop #1 of the 2017 APP World Tour. -
Mini 650
Mini-Transat: 84 competitors expected on the start line on 1 October 2017
Race after race, the Mini Transat has always maintained its popularity. For this 2017 edition, entrusted to the Collectif Rochelais pour la Mini Transat, the race will host a full contingent as the number of applicants signed up for the adventure already exceeds the 84 places made available by the organiser. Unquestionably, it is this loyalty (...) -
Oracle Team USA
Jimmy Spithill: “This is the boat we’re going to use to win the America’s Cup”
On Tuesday evening, ORACLE TEAM USA held a ceremony at its team base to reveal its new America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup Class boat, “17”, the foiling catamaran the team will race this summer in Bermuda. “This is the boat we’re racing to win the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup ,” (...) -
CommeUnSeulHomme
Eric Bellion : "The Vendée Globe is something everyone can do, if they really want it"
Huge crowds braved the Monday evening rain and wind to show their appreciation for Eric Bellion’s Vendée Globe. The 40 year old skipper who had only sailed two, separate weeks solo before he started the longest, toughest single handed race there is exceeded all expectations, perhaps most of all his own, as he crossed the finish line in (...) -
Spirit of Hungary
Vendée Globe : Hungarian solo sailor Nandor Fa eighth to Les Sables
Hungarian solo skipper Nandor Fa brought his Spirit of Hungary across the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 10 hrs 54 m 09 secs UTC this Wednesday morning to earn an excellent eighth place overall. -
#BringTheCupHome
Land Rover BAR : Sir Ben Ainslie’s team launch race boat in Bermuda
The ambitions of Land Rover BAR to win the 35th America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup – and finally bring the trophy back home to Britain after 166 years – took solid form today, with the launch and christening of their America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup Class race boat in (...)
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