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Portimao Global Ocean Race
Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme first to join Cape Town
It has been a thrilling day in Cape Town as first Beluga Racer took line honours to win Leg 1 of the Portimão Global Ocean Race, followed three hours later by Desafio Cabo de Hornos. The German team of Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme did a superb job all the way to the finish line coaxing everything they could out of their stunning blue and (...) -
Transat Québec Saint-Malo
Start of the 7th Transat Quebec Saint Malo
With just over 3 knots of SE’ly breeze, it was the dreaded current of the Saint Lawrence River which set the tone amongst the 18 Class 40s setting out at 1500 hrs UT and the 6 Open 50’ trimarans and 4 FICOs released by the starting gun at 1530 hrs UT, for the start of the 7th Transat Quebec Saint (...) -
The Artemis Transat
Class40 highlights of the 2008 Transat
The skippers of the 11 Class40s entered in the 2008 Atremis Transat included a diverse range in talent, experience and age: the highly experienced Italian solo sailor, Giovanni Soldini; a Whitbread-Round-The-World-Race and Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum veteran, Halvard Mabire; the hotly-tipped young German, Boris Herrmann, and (...) -
Class 40
Owen Clarke Design LLP plays Jaz 40
Owen Clarke Design has been continually analysing and updating information in the expectation that a new Class 40 would be required for races commencing in the 2009 season. Changes in the class rules Rules #irc #ims , observation from on the water and forecasts for the future development in the class have influenced some of the new yachts (...) -
Sponsoring
Fujifilm sponsors Alex Bennett in the Class 40
Fujifilm today announces the sponsorship of a Class 40 racing yacht skippered by International yachtsman Alex Bennett. The 40-foot boat will have its official naming at the 39th Southampton Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow on the 19th of September 2007 where it will be christened (...) -
Route du Rhum
Brit Sharp wins Class 40 first top transat
25 years old Brit Phil Sharp wins the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum – La Banque Postale after 18 days 10 hours 21 minutes et 18 seconds of race. His average for the crossing is: 8.01 knots. Sharp steps indeed into Dame Ellen MacArthur’s tracks as she was the first English entry to win the famous Transatlantic race in (...) -
Route du Rhum – La Banque Postale
74 solo sailors left St Malo for Guadeloupe
At 13:02 sharp, after one week of final preparations for one of the hardest and most competitive solo-racing competitions, the 74 skippers are finally out at sea, freeing themselves from the earth constraints. At the order of the race committee, the colored multihulls and monohulls sterns’ cut the 2 mile-long starting line and headed (...) -
OSTAR
Open 40s and Class 40’ Preview
The Faraday Mill OSTAR 2005 organised by the Royal Western Yacht Club, starts at Plymouth on Sunday 29 th May. Without doubt, the most exciting racing in this years solo transatlantic race will be amongst the forty-footers. OSTAR veterans Michel Kleinjans and Ronny Nollet, in their unrestricted Open 40’s, are up against three of (...) -
Petit Bateau 2004
Michel Kleinjans Roaring Forty Wins the ANA Cup 1st Overall PB2004
The inaugural PB2004 singlehanded race, starting from Mylor YC Falmouth on the 17th of July, was won by Michel Kleinjans Open 40 “Roaring Forty” fresh from breaking the singlehanded Round Britain and Ireland record Record #sailingrecord , Michel won 2 of the 3 legs. Beating Ronny Nollett‘s Open 40 “La Promesse” (...) -
Petit Bateau
18 Entries for the Petit Bateau 2004 Singlehanded Race
The back to basics concept of the race and its imaginative and testing course, as well as the opportunity for Star 2005 qualification, have attracted top solo sailors to Mylor Yacht Club, Falmouth for the 17th July start. The international fleet comprises of 7 Dutch, 4 Belgian, 2 French and 5 British skippers who will compete over the course (...)
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