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Spindrift 2
Yann Guichard will use a bike to "handle" the maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 alone on the next Route du Rhum
A bike on a boat? It might sound silly but it is a very serious technical innovation to help Yann Guichard to handle the maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 alone on the next Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum . Prepare to find out more on your web series ’40 metres (...) -
Route of the discovery
A new record for Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard
Spindrift 2, Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard´s maxi trimaran, crossed the finish line at the end of the Discovery Route in San Salvador, Bahamas today, Wednesday November 6, 2013 at 00 hours, 48 minutes and 55 seconds, local time (05 hours, 48 minutes and 55 seconds (...) -
Cowes - Plymouth
Loison father and son made history in the 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race
336 yachts from 20 countries started the biennial race that runs from Cowes to Plymouth via the Fastnet Rock on the south-west tip of Ireland. The line up had everything: professional and Corinthian sailors; some of the world’s fastest, most technologically sophisticated yachts competing against 30-ft family crewed boats; participants (...) -
Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week
Seb Josse and François Gabart take line honours in the Artemis Challenge
The seventh edition of the Artemis Challenge at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week this year undoubtedly boasts its most prestigious line-up of offshore racing superstars – François Gabart, Michel Desjoyeaux, Alex Thomson, Dee Caffari, Vincent Riou, Jean Le Cam, Seb Josse, Brian Thompson, Sidney Gavignet – to name a few. The (...) -
Record de l’Atlantique Nord
Photos : Francis Joyon is in North Cove Marina in New York
Francis Joyon is in North Cove Marina in New York taking care of his maxi trimaran IDEC. On Thursday 16th May, the official stand-by began as he awaits a weather opportunity to tackle the North Atlantic record Record #sailingrecord between Ambrose Light and the Lizard. A legendary record Record #sailingrecord (...) -
North Atlantic Record
Francis Joyon wants to achieve the records Grand Slam
Francis Joyon is ready for the off. In a few days from now, he will be tackling the prestigious North Atlantic record Record #sailingrecord . If he pulls it off, he will become the only sailor in the world to achieve the records Grand Slam. The stand-by begins in New York on 15th (...) -
Maxi 80
Video : New 80’ trimaran Prince de Bretagne sailing off Lorient
Lionel Lemonchois, past winner of the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum , is preparing in Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. , Brittany, France, his new maxi trimaran. Prince de Bretagne is an old ORMA (60’) trimaran lengthened to 80 feet. His main goal is, again, the Route du Rhum Route du (...) -
Cadiz - San Salvador
Francis Joyon : "I think I have placed the bar quite high up"
With a race time of 8 days, 16 hours, 07 minutes, 05 seconds, Francis Joyon knocked more than 1 day and 4 hours off his own record Record #sailingrecord time from 2008 (9 d 20 h 35 min). Over the 3884 miles of the Great Circle route, the theoretical route between Cadiz and San Salvador, via Gran Canaria, he took the average speed Speed (...) -
La Route des Princes
Around Europe’s regions for all big multihulls classes in 2013
Based on a totally original concept, the first edition of the Route des Princes will take place from 9th to 29th June 2013. An event dedicated entirely to multihulls measuring in excess of 40ft, it will take the form of a genuine tour of Europe’s regions. Spanning Valencia (Spain) and the bay of Morlaix (Brittany), via Lisbon (Portugal), (...) -
24 hours record
668 nautical miles in 24 hours for Francis Joyon
668 nautical miles. 1237 kilometres. That is the new 24 hour distance record Record #sailingrecord for a boat skippered by a solo sailor. The French sailor Francis Joyon set this new outright 24 hour speed Speed #speedsailing record Record #sailingrecord yesterday evening aboard his 29-metre giant trimaran IDEC achieving an average (...)
Maxi multicoques de la classe Ultimes
Le terme "G-Class" a été inventé par Bruno Peyron pour définir cette catégorie hors norme de multicoques et monocoques géants et "no limit" avant qu’ils ne soient définis comme "ultim".