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en : Launching
Alain Thébault : "we will be able to fly over Lake Geneva"
Alain Thébault, founder and pilot of the Hydroptère project and Jean-Mathieu Bourgeon, scientific manager of the project, accompanied by their Design Team, unveiled on Monday their new prototype, l’Hydroptère.ch, a 35ft catamaran at the Decision SA shipyard in Ecublens (Switzerland) which will soon be launched on Lake Geneva. -
en : Little America’s Cup
French team prepare "Patient Lady VI"
Born in 1961, the “Little America’s cup” (or I4C, International C Class Catamaran Championship, as it should be called) will take place in Newport, Rhodes Island, from the 22nd to the 28th of August, for its 25th edition. Benjamin Muyl, Antoine Koch and Jeremie Lagarrigue, trained and advised by Vianney Ancellin, will sail one of the 7 boats to (…) -
en : C-Class Catamaran
Steve Clark Looks to Retake “Little America’s Cup”
Steve Clark has been dreaming of winning back the Little America’s Cup for the USA ever since he lost it to Canada in 2007. In 1996, Clark’s 25- foot C-Class Catamaran Cogito had blown away designers and engineers with its mammoth wing sail and unmatchable speed, and with helmsman Duncan MacLane and crew Erich Chase it handily defeated (…) -
en : Extreme Sailing Series
Franck Cammas jumps into the water in Cowes
Extreme 40 catamarans are racing for the Extreme Sailing Series at Cowes Week today. With 18-20 knots of breeze, gusting over 20 at times, the nine teams were racing right on the edge, demanding 100% concentration and a constant rush of adrenalin for both the sailors and the spectators from the near capsizes, near misses and some not so near (…) -
en : Extreme Sailing Series
Roland Jourdain to steer an Extreme 40 at Cowes Week
Round the World sailing legend Roland Jourdain has thrown his hat into the ring and will be entering his Extreme 40, Veolia Environnement, into the Extreme Sailing Series at Cowes Week this year, bringing the fleet to nine in total. One of the World’s very best ocean racing skippers, Jourdain is a two-times IMOCA World Champion and has won the (…) -
en : Speed
Thomas Jundt’s foiler sets new trial runs
The experimental Mirabaud LX sailboat, version 2010, has recently been put through its first trial runs. Thomas Jundt’s foiler, which underwent improvements over the winter, is now poised to set new records on Lake Geneva and participate in the Weymouth Speed Week next October. -
en : Extreme Sailing Series
Yann Guichard wins first event in France
Yann Guichard’s men proved to be unstoppable at the first round of the 2010 Extreme Sailing Series in Sète, France, claiming overall victory after 20 races over the four-day event and firmly throwing down the gauntlet to the other seven teams for the remainder of the season. -
en : Extreme Sailing Series Asia
Pete Cumming wins 1st event in Muscat
First European champions, now Oman Sail Masirah is crowned champion of the Extreme Sailing Series Asia. This event was billed locally as ’Oman Sail versus The World’ and they came out on top in style. It was a great victory on their home soil and it went to the wire with Masirah winning the final race of the Muscat event to clinch both the (…) -
en : Extreme Sailing Series Asia
Asafa Powell aboard an Exteme 40 in Singapore
Olympic 4x100m gold medallist and previous 100m world record holder Asafa Powell was taken to new Extremes when he stepped onboard double-Olympic Gold Medallist Shirley Robertson’s catamaran racing in the Extreme Sailing Series Asia in Singapore today, Saturday 12 December. -
en : Extreme Sailing Series Asia
Pete Cumming takes overall victory in Hong Kong
Oman Sail’s Masirah continued their winning form by taking a comfortable overall victory in the first leg of the inaugural Extreme Sailing Series Asia in Hong Kong this afternoon. The champions of this year’s European Series, skippered by Pete Cumming of Great Britain, consolidated their overnight lead by winning the first three races today to (…)
