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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 Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -La Banque Postale by traversing the Atlantic in 11d 11h 56’ 38’’. Exhausted by the repeated (...) -
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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 Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -La Banque Postale finishing 23hrs 58min 24secs behind Franck Cammas (Groupama (...) -
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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 Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -La Banque Postale solo (...) -
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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 Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum - La Banque Postale, the 3542 miles transatlantic race from Saint Malo for solo skippers which (...) -
Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale
Multi 50 Actual suffers damage too
At 0100hrs (CET) this morning (Monday) Yves le Blevec, skipper of the Multi 50 Actual informed his team and the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -La Banque Postale race director that the trimaran has sustained damage to the forward starboard cross beam. Le Blevec has lowered the mainsail of Actual and is sailing under ORC headsail in (...) -
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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 (...) -
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. -
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. -
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 Record #sailingrecord . The A100 trimaran broke the existing record Record #sailingrecord held by Thomas Coville by a massive 1 day 15 hours (...) -
Mundial Class40
Gonzalo Botin is new Class40 world champ
The fleet is heading back to the port since no race can start after 3:00pm today. It is thus Gonzalo Botin on Tales who becomes World Champion of Class40 Class40 #Class40 in 2010, 2 points ahead of Thierry Bouchard’s Mistral Loisirs - Pôle Santé Elior. Concise 2, 9 points behind the first boat, scores third. Destination Dunkerque with (...)
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