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#SpindriftRacing
Dona Bertarelli : "We are very happy to have beaten Loïck Peyron’s record"
Spindrift 2 arrived in St Malo this evening (Tuesday) having crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a just over 6 days at an average speed Speed #speedsailing of just over 22 knots in the ninth edition of the Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar Quebec-St Malo. -
#JulesVerneTrophy #GoFrancisJoyon
Idec Sport’s Jules Verne Trophy : 47 days 14 hours and 47 minutes to sail around the world
IDEC SPORT crossed the finishing line off Ushant at 1650hrs UTC on Friday 8th January. Francis Joyon and his crew of five took 47 days 14 hours and 47 minutes to sail around the world. This was the third best time in the history of the Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne Trophy (...) -
#JulesVerneTrophy
Spindrift 2’s Jules Verne Trophy : Line crossed at 15:01 UTC after 47 days 10 hours 59 minutes and 02 seconds at sea
The trimaran skippered by Yann Guichard has finished its first Jules Verne Trophy Jules Verne Trophy #TropheeJulesVerne , registering the second fastest time in history, and with Dona Bertarelli becoming the fastest woman to have sailed around the world. -
#MiniTransat2015
Mini Transat - Îles de Guadeloupe : 57 competitors out of the 72 who started the race have arrived
This time, it really is all over. The arrival of Yuri Firsov, the last competitor still at sea, let the curtain fall on the Mini Transat îles de Guadeloupe. Of course, there will still be some more backstage encounters and stories to be told for the umpteenth time, as well as disappointments to digest and triumphs to savour, but the Mini (...) -
#Funboard
Luderitz Speed Challenge : 53.27 kts for Antoine Albeau (new world record)
Antoine Albeau started to go over 51 knots on Monday during the LUDERITZ SPEED Speed #speedsailing CHALLENGE 2015 event and was joined by Patrik Diethelm (ITA). At about that time, around 1.15pm, Karin Jaggi (29 World titles) pushed hard and broke the Female World Record Record #sailingrecord in Windsurfing with 46.31 kts! (Previously (...) -
#Luderitz
Luderitz Speed Challenge : Antoine Albeau was leading the race on Saturday ending with 51.66 kts
The forecast was very good to train, at the start of Race Day on Friday, and then with stronger winds averaging 30-35 knots with much stronger gusts up to 55 knots revealing rough conditions on Saturday. Then, Sunday has not been as strong as predicted (only 30 kts average when the forecast was showing 40). One race day has been achieved as (...) -
#Hydroptere
Pacific Record : Hydroptere took off to Hawaii
After having crossed the mythical 50 knot barrier in 2009, it is with nearly three meters of swell that Alain Thébault and Jacques Vincent, along with four American crew members, took off today from Los Angeles to Hawaii. -
#TrophéeJulesVerne
Francis Joyon : "Attempting to grab the Jules Verne Trophy is going to be all the more exciting"
Détenteur depuis 2008 du record Record #sailingrecord du tour du monde en solitaire, Francis Joyon, 59 ans, va tenter un doublé inédit dans l’histoire Histoire #histoire de la course au large. Le skipper du maxi-multicoque IDEC SPORT va en effet s’attaquer à son premier record Record #sailingrecord en équipage et pas (...) -
#Multicoque
Gitana Team launches the construction of a maxi-multihull
This new craft, which will measure between 31 and 35 metres, boasts ambitious specifications. The maxi-multihull will initially be geared up for a round the world via the three capes and she will have to be able to be helmed in crewed as well as solo configuration. However, the singularity of this new Gitana will actually lie in her versatile (...) -
#Record
Newport to Bermuda : Laplanche and Breymaier establish new World Sailing Speed Record in 23 hours, 9 minutes, 52 seconds
Renaud Laplanche, co-skipper Ryan Breymaier, and the crew of the 105’ trimaran Lending Club 2 have today established a new world sailing speed Speed #speedsailing record Record #sailingrecord for the 635-nautical mile course from Castle Hill Lighthouse, in Newport, Rhode Island, to Kitchen Shoal Beacon in Bermuda. The new record (...)