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Billabong World Junior Championships
Parkinson Defeats Fanning To Reclaim World Junior Crown
Elite top 45 surfer and 1999 event winner Joel Parkinson (Aus) today reclaimed his throne by securing the 2001 Billabong World Junior Championships. Up against close friend and 2002 World Championship Tour (WCT) member elect, Mick Fanning (Aus), ’Parko’ topped off a brilliant junior career in his last eligible attempt, pocketing (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Ecover reign supreme in the West
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TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Sergio Tacchini retires to Port La Foret with substantial damage
The Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 Race HQ in Paris has just received the news that Sergio Tacchini (Fauconnier/Proffit) is retiring to home base at Port La Foret in France. They managed to detail more of their incident this morning and here is a transcript of that explanation from their shore (...) -
Transat 650 Charente Maritime Bahia
The double wins edition for Yannick Bestaven and Olivier Desport
With the arriving of Christian Saury took end this edition of the Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar 650. They were 60 single-handed skippers to start from La Rochelle on September 22nd: 27 in the serie division and 33 in the prototype one. -
Transat 650 Charente Maritime Bahia
Three minis still at sea
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TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Groupama, Fujifilm & Belgacom, three green giants, streak into the lead
As the 14 giant three-hulled speed Speed #speedsailing machines were towed out of the Paul Vatine Basin in Le Havre mid-morning to begin their 5,300 mile transatlantic drag race, the sky cleared, the breeze filled in from the North at 12 – 15 knots, and the sun lit up the bay off St. Adresse – all the finest ingredients for a (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Fourteen multihulls on the starting blocks
Never in the history of ocean racing has a course attracted so many Open 60ft trimarans, nor so many potential winners. The entire multihull armada and with it the skippers of the moment are all lined up along one side of the docks in Le Havre, a truly impressive sight in (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Nineteen monohulls start in light airs
The nineteen strong international fleet of 12 Open 60ft and 7 Open 50ft monohulls lined up for the start of the 5th edition of the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 finally set off from Le Havre, France on their 4,340m race to Bahia, Brazil at 1250hrs (French time) today under a crisp blue November (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Briton Neal McDonald to Skipper ASSA ABLOY for Leg 2 of Volvo Ocean Race
As of today, Saturday, November 3rd, British sailor Neal McDonald (38) from Hamble, UK, will be Skipper of ASSA ABLOY, replacing Roy Heiner (NED). McDonald will join Mark Rudiger (USA) as Co-Skipper at least for Leg 2 (from Cape Town to Sydney). McDonald is recognized as one of the world’s best sailors with an impressive record Record (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
19 MONOHULLS ON THE START LINE THIS SATURDAY
The Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 has more than one victor, as there is more than one class, and so it’s time to zoom in on the monohull fleet, which will start from Le Havre at 1250hrs French time, destination Bahia, Brazil. Twelve Open 60’s will be joined by 7 Open 50’s: this 5th edition of the (...)
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