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Transat Jacques Vabre
Dick/Abiven a scant 4m from Golding/Thompson
The new Farr design Open 60 Virbac (Dick/Abiven FRA) is stealing a march on the race leaders, already overtaking Sill (Jourdain/Thomson) in terms of distance to finish by the final rankings on Monday at 2000hrs French time. At 1600hrs French time today Virbac was a scant 4m from Ecover (Golding/Thompson GBR) in her wake just off the Spanish (...) -
Transat Jacques Vabre
Clean-up time with Pindar, Mollymawk, Labesfal and Objectif 3
The fleet racing in the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 yet again has been subjected to harsh weather conditions generated by the strong low pressure moving eastwards, coupled with heavy cross seas off Ushant as they head out of the English Channel into the Atlantic. Ecover and Sill are so far cleaning up on the rest of (...) -
Transat Jacques Vabre
One boat has dismasted, two skippers airlifted in first 24 hours
The fleet of 22 Open 60 and 50 foot monohulls and two 50ft multihulls in the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 has had an eventful 24hrs in the English Channel in high winds and heavy seas after a spectacular start from Le Havre yesterday at 1500hrs French time. Already in this classic double-handed transatlantic dash to (...) -
Transat Jacques Vabre
Anglosaxons are on top after cracking Monohull start
The Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 fleet of 17 Open 60 monohulls, 5 Open 50 monohulls and 2 multihulls pointed their bows towards Salvador da Bahia, 4340 miles away, at precisely 1500hrs French time (1400hrs GMT). Two Open 60’s were over the line at the gun - Loire-Atlantique (Antoine Koch-François Robert) and 60 (...) -
Transat Jacques Vabre
Alex Thompson dreams of Vendée Globe on the Jacques Vabre starting line
On Saturday 1st November at 1500hrs French time (1400hrs GMT), 29 year old skipper Alex Thomson will cross the start line of the first major oceanic yacht race of his own campaign to compete in the 2004 Vendée Globe solo, non-stop, round the world yacht race. Thomson is competing in the classic double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre Transat (...) -
Open 60s
Alex Thomson acquires top Open 60 ’Sill Entreprises’
Alex Thomson, 29 year old professional skipper, has launched his campaign to compete in the 2004 Vendée Globe non stop, single handed, round the world yacht race by acquiring one of the world’s fastest Open 60 monohulls, the Lombard design ’Sill Entreprises’. -
OSTAR
Offshore Challenges Group has acquired the OSTAR
Offshore Challenges Events (OCEvents), the event management division of the Offshore Challenges Group, are pleased to announce today that an agreement has been reached between OCEvents and the Royal Western Yacht Club, Plymouth, regarding the future organisation Organisation #organisation of the famous Single-handed TransAtlantic Race (...) -
SEASAILSURFER OF THE MONTH
Bernard Stamm SeaSailSurfer of May 2003
SeaSailSurfer of May 2003 is nobody other than our friend Bigouden-Switzerland Bernard Stamm. By winning at the beginning of the month the fifth leg of Around Alone, the sailing round the world race with stopovers, Bernard entered the legend of offshore racing. -
North Atlantic Challenge
Team888 New Ocean Racing Team Sets Ambitious Racing Schedule
Organizers of the DaimlerChrysler North Atlantic Challenge announce the addition of "Team888", led by co-skippers Mark Denton and Jonny Malbon of the U.K., to the fleet registered for this June’s historic 3,600 nautical mile offshore race from Newport, R.I. to Cuxhaven, Germany and on to Hamburg. The team has chartered Ellen (...) -
Yacht Design
New Open 60 Virbac as seen by Farr Yacht design
These are the technical notes on "Virbac" Single-Handed Racing Yacht from the Farr Yacht Design Yacht Design #YachtDesign group who has conceived this new Open 60 for french sailor Jean-Pierre Dick.
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