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Mini 650
Simon Koster : « I chose Olivier Mousselon from Mer Forte»
Swiss skipper Simon Koster who finished the Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat 2013 at the 3rd place in the serie division will be back in the solo transatlantic in 2015. He has chosen a new yacht designer and is beginning the building of a new proto 650. He explains his (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race
Michel Desjoyeaux joins Team España crew as watch captain
Michel Desjoyeaux is France’s best-known sailor and has won many of the sport’s biggest prizes but the lure of joining Team España in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 has brought him back to compete for a fourth time aged 49. -
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Brian Thompson set a new World Record for Monohulls 60 feet
Artemis-Team Endeavour, skippered by Brian Thompson, crossed the finish line of the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race off the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes at 23.00.54 BST on Saturday 16th August 2014 with an elapsed time of 5 days, 14 hours, 00 minutes and 54 seconds, setting a new World Record Record #sailingrecord for Monohulls (...) -
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Volvo Ocean 65 smashed the Round Britain and Ireland Race record by over 30 hours
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Volvo Ocean 65, Azzam, skippered by Ian Walker, crossed the finish line of the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race off the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes at 22.20.28 BST on Friday 15th August 2014 with an elapsed time of 4 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes, 28 seconds, smashing the race record Record (...) -
Les Açores – Les Sables
Giancarlo Pedote and Prysmian arrive 2nd at the second leg of Les Sables Les Açores and win the regatta
Giancarlo arrived in Les Sables d’Olonne at 20:00 and 16 seconds, about 3 and a half hours after Boidevezi, but the advantage that Giancarlo had recorded in the first leg upon him was of 12 hours, 12 minutes and 43 seconds. -
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Chris Nicholson : "It’s an honour to be skipper of Team Vestas Wind"
Vestas, the world’s leading wind energy company, was today announced as the seventh and final boat for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. Six-time world champion Chris Nicholson, who will be contesting his fifth race, will skipper the boat and work is already well underway to ready the Danish company’s team for the race start in (...) -
Mini 650
Giancarlo Pedote won the first leg of Les Sables Les Açores
At 11h55m and 30s. Giancarlo crosses the finish line of the first leg of Les Sables Les Açores aboard his proto Prysmian ITA 747. And he finishes on the top step of the podium again. Departed at 13:02 Sunday 20 off the legendary port of Les Sables d’Olonne, under a summer rain, the participants in the most important race of the year of (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Spanish skipper Martínez relishes second bid to lift Volvo Ocean Race trophy
Iker Martínez will again be leading the Spanish challenge for the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15, his team confirmed today. The 37-year-old Basque sailor, who has just been crowned European champion in the Nacra 17 multihull class, is looking forward to his second campaign as a skipper following the Team Telefónica entry in (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
French sailor Laurent Pagès has been chosen by Team Brunel skipper Bouwe Bekking
Pagès brings a winning pedigree to the Dutch challengers after he helped guide Groupama to victory in the last edition in 2011-12. Additionally, he was watch captain in the Spanish team Telefónica Blue in 2008-09 where he sailed with Bekking. -
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
4 Chinese and 4 Frenches confirmed as part of Dongfeng Race Team’s final race squad
Four rookie Chinese sailors were today revealed as crewmembers in Dongfeng Race Team’s final 10-strong race squad for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15. French skipper Charles Caudrelier also unveiled a world-class group of five western sailors to boost the Chinese challenge for the 12th edition of sailing’s leading offshore (...)
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