Have you ever seen a mini 650, the 5.60 metres long open class monohulls, sailing downwind under skiff style maxi spinnakers ? Watch some of them sailing in the bay of Lorient (Brittany - France) on SeaSailSurfTV.
The images have been taken from September 6 to 8th in Lorient during the SoloChrono 650, a solo race around Groix island with a general rankings over the best times of each skippers cumulated over the three days.
You will sea All Mer, a Seb Magnen design sailed by her designer (twice winner of the Mini-Transat) and then by her skipper, Fred Duthill. You also can see other prototypes and Pogos (serie division).
The one there is Fred Duval’s one. A Magnen design too which has won the last Transat 650 with Yannick Bestaven.
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After 3527 votes, the male and female SeaSailSurfer of 2013 are Mylène Paquette et François Gabart. The canadian rower has lots of fans and they come at more than 2000 to vote for her. The winner of the Vendée Globle, him, received 385 votes.
Having being nominated twice before in 2010 and 2012, it proved to be third time lucky for Mathew Belcher, the Australian Olympic and World champion in the 470 dinghy class, whose current winning streak stretches to an amazing 17 consecutive regattas.
Magnus Olsson (64), one of the greatest sportsmen in the world of sailing has passed away at a hospital in Spain. His family and friends were by his side. Magnus suffered a stroke during the week and, despite initial positive signs, deteriorated over the following days.
We all know offshore racing multihulls with foils such as french ORMA trimarans (18 meters long), offshore speed multihulls such as the Hydroptère, and inshore foilers such as the TriFoiler of new flying Mothes. Here is a new concept for… a cruising monohull. The eXplorius.
This is the complete mail interview of the manager of the Volvo Ocean Race made for a report about the next event in the three-monthly french magazine Course Au Large. Glenn Bourke answers few questions about the new rules, the number of entries, the place and the budget of this race in world of round the world yacht races.
Russell Bowler, president of Farr Design, was questions by mail for a paper about the next Volvo Ocean Race published in the three-monthly french magazine Course Au Large. Here are his answers.
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race line honours has been claimed for a second year in a row by LawConnect. The 100-ft (30.48m) maxi skippered by Christian Beck completed the 628-nautical mile course at 02:35.13 AEDT on Saturday 28 December in an elapsed time of one day, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 13 seconds.
The 48th Palamós Christmas Race crowned its winners after four days of intense competition in the waters of the bay of Palamós (Girona), with a very high international participation with teams from 16 countries represented.
Retour sur cette édition 2024 dont le RDV avait été donné à l’ensemble de la flotte à compter du vendredi 25 octobre à Marina La Palma (Santa Cruz, île de La Palma, Canaries). 24 bateaux au départ du Rallye des Iles du Soleil 2024, avec 13 monocoques et 11 catamarans et ce, avec l’ensemble des chantiers partenaires représentés, soit trois (…)
Depuis 2O19, l’ingénieur-skipper marseillais, Mathieu Claveau est engagé à promouvoir une filière bois durable. Ambassadeur du fonds de dotation Plantons pour l’avenir, il n’a jamais caché son ambition : remettre le bois dans la construction de bateaux de compétition afin d’allier performance et durabilité.
Ce lundi 16 décembre à l’Olympia, lors de la prestigieuse cérémonie du Marin de l’année, Charles Caudrelier, skipper du Maxi Edmond de Rothschild a été élu « Marin de l’Année 2024 ». Ce prix récompense Charles pour sa victoire sur l’ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE - Brest, première course autour du monde en ULTIM et en solitaire.
The 2024 World Match Racing Tour Shenzhen Bao’an Final concluded, where Britain’s Ian Williams Pindar by Manuport Logistics team of Jon Gundersen, Richard Sydenham, and Gerry Mitchell claimed their record-breaking eighth Match Racing World Championship title after a dramatic showdown against New Zealand’s Nick Egnot-Johnson KNOTS Racing.
Mardi 10 décembre, le scrutin relatif à l’élection du Conseil d’Administration et à la présidence de la Fédération Française de Voile s’est clos à 19h00. Pour la première fois dans l’histoire de la fédération, conformément à loi du 2 mars 2022 visant à démocratiser le sport en France, ce sont les clubs et les établissements affiliés à la (…)
Il n’a que 22 ans, il est élève en école d’ingénieur, et vient de décrocher son 3e titre mondial en WingFoil, la discipline la plus en vogue du moment ! Mathis Ghio est l’une des pépites de la voile française et l’a démontré cette semaine encore lors de la dernière étape de la Coupe du monde de WingFoil Racing au Brésil, devenant le premier (…)
There was a flurry of victories on the final day of the Sol Wingfoil Racing World Cup Brazil. The wind was blowing hard in Jericoacoara, delivering great Brazilian conditions for the conclusion to a competitive 2024 season.
Le skipper Sébastien Marsset vient de franchir avec succès le Cap de Bonne Espérance, marquant ainsi un moment clé dans son parcours lors du Vendée Globe 2024. Avec ce passage, il a franchi 1/4 des caps qu’il devra encore traverser pendant cette incroyable aventure.