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en : Alain Colas Trophy
Thomas Coville : "I’ve passed so close to the Horn"
“It’s incredible. I’m rounding the Horn with you. I’m with Neutrogena (Editor’s note : one of the monohulls from the Barcelona World Race) which is just 50 metres from me ! It’s the first time I’ve passed so close to the Horn. I’m 200 metres away”. It is exactly 1124 GMT, early morning at Cape Horn, as Thomas Coville announces mid audio link-up (…) -
en : Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale
Yann Guichard fourth into Pointe-à-Pitre
Finishing early evening local time in Pointe-à-Pitre, greeted and cheered on by an impressive crowd massed around the Place de la Victoire, Yann Guichard took fourth place in this ninth Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale by traversing the Atlantic in 11d 11h 56’ 38’’. Exhausted by the repeated storms and an end to the race which he himself (…) -
en : Route du Rhum
Thomas Coville completes the podium
Drained, disappointed, visibly hurting but far from broken Thomas Coville secured third place in this high stakes, winner takes all ninth edition of the Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale finishing 23hrs 58min 24secs behind Franck Cammas (Groupama 3). -
en : Route du Rhum
Francis Joyon second in Guadeloupe
Breaking the finish line off Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe at 02 hrs 52 mins 48 secs today (Wednesday, CET/Paris) ( 01 hrs 52 mins 48 secs GMT/ 21 hrs 52 mins 48 secs local time Tuesday (CET -4hrs)) Francis Joyon on the 29.7m trimaran IDEC took second place in the 9th Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale solo Transatlantic race which started from (…) -
en : Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale
Franck Cammas first to arrive in Guadeloupe
When he brought the giant 31m trimaran Groupama 3 across the finish line off Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe today (Tuesday)under perfect sunshine and light breezes Franck Cammas (FRA) won the 9th edition of the Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale, the 3542 miles transatlantic race from Saint Malo for solo skippers which takes place every four years. -
en : Route du Rhum
Sidney Gavignet : " the boat capsized almost"
After a long night for the Oman Air Majan team, they are pleased to report that skipper Sidney Gavignet is now safely onboard the bulk carrier Kavo Alexander. The incident which occurred at 1635 CET yesterday (03.11.10) was dealt with swiftly by the shore team, race management, rescue teams and crew of the Kavo Alexander who ensured Sidney’s (…) -
en : Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale
Sidney Gavignet activates distress beacon
At 1648hrs (GMT+1) the skipper of Oman Air Majan, Sidney Gavignet called to say that his boat has suffered a major damage to the leeward front beam. -
en : Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale
Bertrand Quentin lifted off by helicopter at 1140hrs
Côte d’Or 2’ skipper has been lifted this morning (french hour). Race director Jean Maurel took the decision to ask Bernard Quentin to activate his distress beacon due to his bad healthy condition. -
en : Giant
Sidney Gavignet : "this record is the cherry on the cake"
At 09:03:55 GMT today (24/08/10) skipper Sidney Gavignet (FRA) onboard OMAN AIR MAJAN crossed the finish line off Lizard Point, Cornwall to smash the single handed Round Britain and Ireland record. The A100 trimaran broke the existing record held by Thomas Coville by a massive 1 day 15 hours 30 minutes and 44 seconds. -
en : Trimaran Sodeb’O
Thomas Coville : "the boat will become lighter"
The skipper of Sodeb’O certainly won’t be at home very much in 2010. Indeed Thomas Coville is announcing an ambitious and dense sailing programme, which is set to include two round the worlds and four transatlantics on three hulls. That amounts to over 67,000 miles.
