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Transat Jacques Vabre
Seb Josse : "a big wave struck us"
In the Paris studio today during the Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar Jacques Vabre daily radio vacation, Sébastien Josse and Jean-François Cuzon gave more details about the rescue operation that followed the breakage of the BT IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA 60 yacht… An operation that has been captured on video by the Portuguese Air (...) -
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Sébastien Josse : "18 minutes to recover us"
Sébastien Josse and Jean-François Cuzon were airlifted from the BT yacht at approx 1800GMT today (Friday, 13.11.09) by a Portuguese Air Force helicopter and headed for Lajes Field air base on the Azores island of Terceier. A full salvage operation is now underway to recover the boat. Today’s harrowing story began at 1020GMT this morning (...) -
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50’ trimaran Actual towed to Cherbourg
Yves le Blevec and Jean le Cam are safe after they capsized on Sunday afternoon. But, due to hand injury, Yves, the skipper, has been driven to the hospital. Jean was still onboard this morning (french hour) as the trimaran was towed toward Cherbourg... -
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Le Blévec & Le Cam upside down
Actual, the new trimaran of Yves le Blevec and co-skipper Jean Le Cam is reported to have capsized in a position approximately 22 miles north of Cherbourg around 1645hrs GMT. -
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Imocas and Multi50s off from Le Havre
After days of rain, wind and even hail storms, the waters off Le Havre offered the 20 crews setting off on the ninth edition of the two handed Transat Jacques Vabre relatively benign conditions as they headed down the Channel, making west and south from the autumnal chills of Northern Europe for the sunshine of Costa (...) -
Multi 50
Hervé Cléris : "We heard a big crack"
the 50’ trimaran "Prince de Bretagne" has broken her two starboard arms on Wednesday. The float disunited from the central hull. Fortunately, le crew was safe as her skipper Hervé Cléris did move the helm at time to avoid a capsize. -
Photos
Yves Le Blévec’s new trimaran first sails
Here are the first images, from Thierry Martinez, of the new 50’ trimaran. She was sailing for the first time in the bay of Quiberon and is preparing her first competition in november, the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre. her skipper is Yves Le Blevec, winer of the previous edition of the Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar 650. (...) -
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Desjoyeaux and Le Borgne win IMOCA class in Bahia
Foncia crossed the arrival line today (Tuesday) at 16h37’05 french time – 12h37’05 local time - under an impecable blue sky. The run for the first place in the Imoca Imoca #IMOCA was as hot as the Brazilian temperature as Marc Guillemot & Charles Caudrelier pushed Safran and therefore Foncia to their limits till the (...) -
Sponsoring
Fujifilm sponsors Alex Bennett in the Class 40
Fujifilm today announces the sponsorship of a Class 40 racing yacht skippered by International yachtsman Alex Bennett. The 40-foot boat will have its official naming at the 39th Southampton Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow on the 19th of September 2007 where it will be christened (...) -
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Virbac’s victory, 3 Brits on podium with Sill 2nd, Ecover 3rd
Virbac win the Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar Jacques Vabre Open 60 Monohull class with 6 hours, 51 minutes and 70 miles advance; Sill finds the edge to come 2nd just 19m ahead of Ecover in their intense match-race for the podium; next boat to finish tonight is (...)
Transatlantique en double au départ du Havre
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