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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 (...) -
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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 (...) -
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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. -
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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. -
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Franck Cammas & Franck-Yves Escoffier open the 9th Route
It was appropriate for the record Record #sailingrecord fleet of 85 skippers who set off from Saint Malo this afternoon on the ninth edition of the Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum -La Banque Postale that the send off proved nearly perfect in every way. -
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Solo sailors sail with crews 2 monthes before the Rhum
the start of th e Ruote du Rhim is in less than 60 days. This edition will be fabulous with the come back of the giants (the Ultime class) and the promising regattas in Imoca Imoca #IMOCA (60’ monohulls), Multi 50 and Class 40. But it is almost impossible to see these boats and their skippers sailing together on the same event. Happy (...) -
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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 (...)
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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".