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TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Groupama takes victory in Salvador de Bahia
At 1853hrs local time in Brazil, 2053 hrs GMT, Groupama, the Open 60ft trimaran skippered by 28 year old Frenchman Franck Cammas, with Swiss co-skipper Steve Ravussin, crossed the line and thus took the final victory in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 2001, from Le Havre, France, to Salvador de Bahia, (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Kingfisher-Foncia round first, Groupama 1hr27m later
"Ascension rounded at 0010 GMT the 16th – We’re off!" said Ellen’s brief email sent to the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 Race HQ over night from leading multihull Kingfisher-Foncia. One hour 17 minutes later, at 0127 GMT, the next ‘fax of deliverance’ came through. "Groupama here, we are (...) -
ISAF ROLEX WORLD SAILOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2001
British and Brazilian Sailors Receive Sailing’s Top Award
The outstanding achievements of sailors Ellen MacArthur (GBR) and Robert Scheidt (BRA) were recognised by the world of sailing with the announcement at the prestigious Awards Presentation held tonight, 13 November 2001, Lisbon, Portugal, that they are the respective female and male "ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year (...) -
VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Spectacular Cape Town Start for Volvo Ocean Race
The wind Gods were smiling today for the start of the 6,550 nautical mile leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race to Sydney, providing spectacular sailing conditions in Table Bay, under the watchful gaze of Table Mountain. A freshening westerly 24-knot breeze blew out of a clear and cloudless blue sky, declaring a true beat to windward towards the (...) -
IFDS WORLD DISABLED SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Germany’s 2000 2.4 Metre Paralympic Gold Medallist clinches the title
After five days of sailing in challenging conditions, competitors and officials alike judged the 2001 International Foundation of Disabled Sailing (IFDS) World Disabled Sailing Championships a resounding success. The championship, held in Florida from October 24-31, was co-hosted by St. Petersburg Yacht Club and Sailing Alternatives (a (...) -
TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE
Foncia squeezes ahead of Belgacom as Fuji stops dead & Groupama makes a pitstop
Overnight, Fujifilm (Peyron/Mignon) has been trying to extricate herself from a dead wind zone in between the Canary Islands (Gomera & Hierro), while Foncia (Gautier/MacArthur) has squeezed ahead of Belgacom (Nélias/Desjoyeaux) by just 10 miles, as they both curved round the archipelago to the West. These two giant ‘Expresso (...) -
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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