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Tour de Bretagne à la voile
Mahé & Biarnès stand out on the longest leg
Brest Brest #brest -born Gildas Mahé, the winner of the 2005 Tour, teamed up with Perrosian Vincent Biarnès, winner of the first leg two years ago, won the penultimate leg of the Tour de Bretagne à la voile 2009. The crew of Banque Populaire stand out in front of the rookie duet from Port de Caen Ouistreham, Fabien Delahaye and Paul Meilhat (...) -
Tour de Bretagne à la voile
Droug & Pellecuer double up victories in Brest
A pink spinnaker propelling a black hull widely dominated the arguments in Brest Brest #brest Roads this afternoon. Second after Tuesday’s third stage, Eric Drouglazet and Laurent Pellecuer steered Luisina, their Figaro Bénéteau, towards victory over the two races ran in the Finisterian breeze. They now hold the lead by a wide gap, (...) -
Tour de Bretagne à la voile
Thierry Chabagny and Alexis Littoz win leg 3 in Brest
Thierry Chabagny and Alexis Littoz stood out by the middle of the afternon in Brest Brest #brest Roads for the third stage of the Tour de Bretagne à la Voile. The 34 Figaro-Bénéteau have left Perros-Guirrec on Monday evening, and have reached the Aber-Wrac’h by night to then head toward Brest Brest #brest by dawn and in the mist. (...) -
Solitaire du Figaro
Antoine Koch wins leg 4 in Dieppe
This Wednesday at 2:12 pm local time, Antoine Koch (Sopra Group)was the first solo sailor to end the 40th Solitaire du Figaro Solitaire du Figaro #LaSolitaire leg 4 between Dingle in Ireland and Dieppe in Normandy. Arrived 4rth, 5’44’’ behind, Nicolas Lunven wins the race (...) -
Solitaire du Figaro
Jérémie Beyou victorious again after a night of suspense
For Race Officer Dominique Berenger, waiting patiently on the committee boat at the entrance to Dingle Harbour last night, it must have seemed like being on the receiving end of a nautical version of the Charge of the Light Brigade. After a third leg full of tactical twists and meteorological surprises, the weather threw a final curveball in (...) -
Solitaire du Figaro
Back in the game, strategy pays for Beyou
Jérémie Beyou guided his Figaro Beneteau 2 across the finish line in St. Gilles Croix-de-Vie at 20H20 and 37 seconds yesterday evening, to win the second leg of the event in an elapsed time of 52 hours 21 minutes 37 seconds – equivalent to an average speed Speed #speedsailing across the 365 mile passage of 6.97 knots. The leg win (...) -
Solitaire du Figaro
Yann Eliès won leg 1 in Spain
The dockside post mortems started almost as soon as Yann Eliès (Generali) crossed the finish line at 1759 and 15 seconds yesterday evening (Saturday), followed within the space of an hour by no less than 15 of his rivals. Numbered among them were most of the big names in this bumper 40th edition of the classic French offshore racing series. In (...) -
Solitaire du Figaro
Jérémie Beyou wins the prologue in Lorient
The world’s solo sailing greats have gathered in Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. to compete on the 40th Anniversary year of what is considered to be one of toughest events of the sailing season, La Solitaire du Figaro Solitaire du Figaro #LaSolitaire . 52 competitors will take part and six (...) -
Solitaire du Figaro
Video : Nicolas Bérenger surfing behind his Figaro
The start of the 40th Solitaire du Figaro Solitaire du Figaro #LaSolitaire will take place on Thursday for 4 legs between France, Spain and Irland. Nicolas Bérenger, the winner of the solo Cap Istanbul Cap Istanbul #CapIstanbul 2008 on these Figaro-Bénéteau one-designed monohulls has his own way to get prepared for it. He set sails out (...) -
Sponsoring
Ostar and Figaro circuit for Katie Miller
On the 27th of February, at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Katie Miller Yacht Racing unveiled the finance software company bluQube as their Title Sponsor. The partnership will oversee Katie’s entry as the youngest ever female competitor in the 2009 OSTAR single-handed Trans-Atlantic race, and her inauguration into the Figaro European (...)
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