#FigaroBénéteau #TALM
Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan has revealed plans to compete in the hotly-contested Figaro class in 2018 – a move that takes him one step closer to his ultimate goal of the Vendee Globe. Dolan will join the gruelling Figaro circuit, which features some of the world’s best singlehanded sailors, after a successful tenure in the Mini (...)
Antigua
In the early hours on the third day of the 2018 RORC Caribbean 600, Paradox, Peter Aschenbrenner’s American 63’ Trimaran crossed the finish line in Antigua completing the 600-mile race in an elapsed time of 1 day, 13 hours 5 minutes and 16 seconds taking Multihull Line Honours. George David’s American Maxi Rambler 88 crossed (...)
Jules Verne Trophy
At about 1600h (CET) today, Monday 15 January 2018, Spindrift 2 was sailing just off Point St Matthieu and Camaret in Brittany on her way to the start line of the Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne Trophy #TropheeJulesVerne , when she dismasted.
Trimaran Macif
François Gabart, who left Ouessant on 4 November 10:05 (UTC+1), crossed the finishing line of his solo round the world, located between Lizard Point and Ouessant, at 02:45 (French time, UTC+1) this 17 December. For his first attempt, the MACIF trimaran skipper establishes a new single-handed round the world record Record #sailingrecord (...)
Nature
The scientific research, using data collected by Race team ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic Plastic #DéchetsPlastiques ’, identified over three million micro plastic Plastic #DéchetsPlastiques particles per square kilometre of ocean.
The sub-surface data on micro plastic pollution levels was collected using a state-of-the-art (...)
La Rochelle - Le Marin
If you needed proof about how well you can control and understand your boat, you just had to sit back and watch the last miles of Ian Lipinski’s race this morning between the islet of Cabri and the finish line of the Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat La Boulangère. After a final gybe, the skipper of Griffon.fr hurtled along under (...)
Two-handed transatlantic
A pumped up Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde (Imerys Clean Energy) – the Anglo-Spanish pair – were first across the line in the Class40 Class40 #Class40 as the 13th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 2017 started at 13:35 (French time) from its home in Le Havre, in Normandy, France today (...)
Cowes
American George David’s Rambler 88 arrived in Plymouth to claim monohull line honours. The silver maxi crossed the finish line off Plymouth breakwater at 22:14:21 BST in a time of 2 days 9 hours 34 minutes and 21 seconds. This was more than six hours faster than they had managed in 2015 when they ghosted in just four minutes astern of (...)
Ultim
New York, François Gabart loves the city so much he has won there twice. After winning solo last year, Gabart came back with a five-man crew and showed again that in this race of giants Macif is king.
Imoca
Alex Thomson Racing announce the results of an incredibly successful four year campaign as they look to the future, with the team’s sights set firmly on winning the Vendée Globe in 2020. The team have delivered over €200 million in sponsorship return since 2014 and have set a new benchmark for delivering value within the sport of (...)