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North Atlantic Record
Bidegorry’s band makes it in 3 days 15 hours!
Pascal Bidégorry and his 11 men crew aboard the maxi trimaran Banque Populaire V has just broken the historic North Atlantic Record Record #sailingrecord . With an overal time of 3 days 15 hours 25 minutes and 45 seconds, the 40 meters long multihuls has covered the 2921 miles at an average speed Speed #speedsailing of 32,94 knots (...) -
24 hours record
907 miles for Bidégorry’s 40m-long trimaran
The match between Franck Cammas and Pascal Bidégorry giant trimarans has just made a victim: the record Record #sailingrecord of distance covered in 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records ! At the same time, the two trimarans broke the barrier of the 800 miles covered in one day of sea. The Groupama 3 team was the first (...) -
Round the Island Race
Oman Sail Masirah takes line honours
Conditions in Sudnay’s JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race gave everyone a challenge. The breeze at the start was light, with some boats swept over the line early and having to make their way back slowly. At the Needles the most popular description competitors had of the race was "champagne sailing". Then the wind played (...) -
Record
Cammas breaks Peyron’s Mediterranean record
And that makes five! Franck Cammas and his crew have bagged the first record Record #sailingrecord of their 2009 campaign and the fifth since the 105 foot trimaran saw the light of day in June 2006. -
Team Oman sail
First Arab sails non-stop around the world
As part of a wider project to help reignite Oman’s maritime heritage and inspire youngsters to take up sailing, Mohsin Al Busaidi left Muscat, Oman on an attempt to sail non-stop around the world on January 8 2009. 76 days later, the Sultanate of Oman has welcomed him home as a (...) -
Trimaran Groupama 3
Stéphane Guilbaud : "we are even stronger today"
Just a year ago, Franck Cammas and his nine crew capsized 80 miles off New Zealand following the breakage of Groupama 3s port float. 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records ahead of the reference time set by the current Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne Trophy #TropheeJulesVerne record Record #sailingrecord holder when (...) -
Poll
SeaSailSurfer of 2008 : Francisco Lobato
Portugese sailor Francisco Lobato, winner in 2008 of the solo mini 650 Mini 650 #mini650 race Les Sables – The Azores – Les Sables at the helm of a serie division yacht, is the SeaSailSurfer of the year 2008. You vote for him (and mostly the ones coming from his web site). with 341 votes he finishes ahead of Francis Joyon and (...) -
Solo round the world record
Thomas Coville back to Brest after 59d 20h
Thomas Coville crossed the finish line on his solo round the world record Record #sailingrecord attempt aboard a multihull today, off the Petit Minou light in Brest Brest #brest , Saturday 17th January at 10 hours, 41 minutes and 57 seconds UTC. -
Oman Sail
Arabian 100’, the mega one-designed multihull
Currently being built in Australia and destined to be the first ever modern ocean racing boat to be assembled in the Middle-East, the first Arabian 100’ trimaran will, when she hits the water in the winter of 2009, become part of a select group of the longest sailing trimarans ever built! She will join the Oman Sail Racing Team fleet as (...) -
Solo round the world record
Thomas Coville leaves Brest to beat Joyon’s record
The maxi-trimaran Sodeb’O crossed the start line of the solo round the world race against the clock in a multihull today, Tuesday 18th November, just minutes before 1400 hours GMT, that is at 13 hours 54 minutes and 14 seconds GMT precisely. There was 15 to 17 knots of N/NW’ly wind and the boat was making headway under one reef (...)
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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".