Information The Transat
The Transat, originellement l’OSTAR, est la transatlantique en solitaire. Créée en 1964 elle a été remportée deux fois par Eric Tabarly et Loïck Peyron. Depuis 2004, est elle organisée par Offshore Challenges Event.
Parcours : Plymouth - Boston
Classes : Monocoques et Multicoques de 50 et 60’
View online : http://www.thetransat.com
Most recent articles
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The Artemis Transat
Thirty-three year old Samantha Davies has become the first Briton to finish The Artemis Transat 2008 solo race in Boston, USA. Samantha sailed her 60-foot monohull Roxy across the finish line at 23:00:51 GMT (19:00 local time) yesterday (26 May) in a time 15 days, 10 hours, 00 minutes and 51 seconds. For the last 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Greeted by race winner Loick Peyron, second-placed Armel Le Cléac’h and "clandestine passenger" Vincent Riou, who had been replaying the race while waiting for him, Yann Elies was radiant when his boat came to a stop alongside the Boston Harbor Hotel pontoon. Happy, but also relieved, the Breton skipper could finally let his joy out, (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Loick Peyron on board Gitany Eighty crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat at 03:15:35 GMT on Saturday, 24th May (00:15:35 local time). His arrival in Boston, USA, marks an historic achievement for this legendary French sailor. He is now the only sailor in history to have won this race three times (1992/1996/2008), exceeding the (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Vincent Riou reported hitting a large sea mammal at 3:00 AM this morning, but his initial assessment was that the damage remained superficial... The skipper realised this afternoon that one of his keel pins was missing, and that the appendage was only held by the ram used to cant it. With an approaching storm, Vincent Riou has decided to (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Given today by Mike Golding, winner of the 2004 edition, aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Argyll, the start of The Artemis Transat was followed by 1,000 spectator boats. Heading off towards Eddystone - first race gate of the course - at 9 knots of boats speed Speed #speedsailing , the skippers fought a close battle as soon as the gun went (...)