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• Transatlantic Race 2011

  Rambler 100, ICAP Leopard, Beau Geste and Mar Mostro on their way to Lizard

  

  The final start of the Transatlantic Race 2011 set six yachts on their course from Newport to The Lizard off the southeast coast of England. And as the six yachts hoisted their sails you could almost feel the huge crowd of spectators gathered at Castle Hill hold their breath as they observed the fastest ocean-going monohulls to have ever been (…)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 4 July 2011
• PUMA Ocean Racing

  Juan Kouyoumdjian to design Laird Hamilton’s new SUP

  

  PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG Propulsion introduced Laird Hamilton, big wave surfer and father of modern stand-up paddleboarding, as the honorary 12th crew member of the PUMA Ocean Racing team.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 29 June 2011
• NYYC Annual Regatta

  Ken Read won IRC1 class at NYYC’s 157^th Annual Regatta

  

  With 135 boats competing, the New York Yacht Club’s 157th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, held June 10-12, broke all of its past attendance records, and with winds whipping into the high teens for buoy racing over the weekend, it certainly is in line for being the most memorable Annual Regatta in recent history.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 13 June 2011
• Puma Sailing Team

  The “Monster of the Sea” has splashed into the waters of Newport

  

  PUMA’s Mar Mostro, the “Monster of the Sea,” has splashed into the waters of Newport, Rhode Island, USA, and training is underway for the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 under the skilled hand of PUMA Ocean Racing Skipper Ken Read. With the completion of the Volvo Open 70 and a full crew in place, preparations will continue for PUMA Ocean Racing (…)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 7 June 2011
• Team Groupama

  Franck Cammas : "We don’t want to push her to her maximum straightaway"

  

  Since her launch on 14 May, Groupama 4 has revealed an additional element of her potential with every training session that passes. During her fifth outing last Thursday, Franck Cammas and his crew headed out for a 24 hour sea trial in some fairly rough conditions. It proved to be a great opportunity for everyone to see what the new Groupama (…)
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 30 May 2011
• Team Groupama

  Franck Cammas : "It’s only just begun in fact!"

  

  Today, Saturday 14 May, Groupama 4, the first Volvo 70 built in France, was launched at 1400 GMT, opposite Groupama Sailing Team’s base in Lorient. Groupama’s representatives, the sailors, the members of the shore team and an enthusiastic crowd attended this important stage of the project led by skipper Franck Cammas.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 14 May 2011
• Team Groupama

  Groupama 4 safely into port in Lorient

  

  This Saturday morning, at 0545 GMT, Groupama 4 left the Multiplast yard in Vannes, SW Brittany. After a delivery by road, Franck Cammas’ new Volvo Open 70 arrived at Groupama Sailing Team’s base in nearby Lorient at 0830 hours, a moment the whole team had been looking forward to.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 30 April 2011
• Multiplast

  Groupama 4 on her way out

  

  After 11 months of work in the Multiplast shipyard in Vannes, France, Franck Cammas’ new monohull is getting ready for her first road trip to Lorient where is based the Groupama Sailing Team.
  Christophe Guigueno 28 April 2011
• Volvo Ocean Race

  Thomas Coville joins Franck Cammas’ crew

  

  Just back from his solo round the world on Sodebo, Thomas Coville is to step aboard Groupama 4 with Franck Cammas to contest the next Volvo Ocean Race, the crewed round the world race aboard a monohull, the start of which will be given on 5 November 2011 in Alicante, Spain.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 21 April 2011
• Volvo Ocean Race

  1^st 2011 Volvo Open 70 set sails in the Hauraki Gulf

  

  CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand took another major step forward today in their Volvo Ocean Race programme, when skipper Chris Nicholson took the yacht for its first sail in the Hauraki Gulf in New Zealand. CAMPER is the first Volvo Open 70 that has been launched for the 2011/12 Volvo Ocean Race.
  Redaction SSS [Source RP] 14 April 2011