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Tom Dolan: "Joining the Figaro fleet this year is exciting, if a little scary"
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 Vendee Globe #VG2020 . Dolan will join the gruelling Figaro circuit, which features some of the world’s best singlehanded sailors, after a (...) -
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The 47th edition of the Solitaire du Figaro will start from Deauville, France on 19th June 2016
At 1300 CET on Sunday 19th June, Leg 1 of the 2016 Solitaire du Figaro will kick off from the historic French town of Deauville. As many as 40 brave skippers are expected on the Solitaire start line next year, as a fleet formed of the world’s best ocean racers and ambitious young Rookies prepares to take on 1,525 miles of Europe’s (...) -
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Yann Eliès : "To win the Solitaire in two consecutive years - it is a dream"
Yann Elies and his Groupe Queguiner-Leucemie Espoir crossed the finish line off Dieppe at 20:05:09 to take second on the fourth and final leg from Roscoff, but overall honours in the 2013 Solitaire du Figaro. -
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Morgan Lagravière won leg 3 in Roscoff
Vendée skipper Morgan Lagravière crossed the line at 00:03:55 local time (22:03:55 UTC) to take line honours on La Solitaire du Figaro’s third and penultimate leg from Gijon, Spain to Roscoff on the north coast of France. His time for the 436 mile long leg was 2 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes and 55 seconds at an average speed Speed (...) -
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Armel Le Cleac’h wins leg 2
Two times past winner Armel Le Cléac’h on board Banque Populaire, crossed the finish line in Gijon, on the northwestern coast of Spain at 16:21:43 CEST today, June 10th 2013, winning leg two of the 44th edition of La Solitaire du Figaro - Eric Bompard cachemire. -
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Yann Eliès : "This is my 8th win, one more to my goal to equal Jean Le Cam"
French solo sailor and reigning race champion Yann Eliès on board Groupe Quéguiner-Leucémie Espoir, crossed the finish line in Porto at 16:03:26 CEST today, June 5th 2013, winning leg one of the 44th edition of La Solitaire du Figaro - Eric Bompard cachemire. Eliés covered the 536 miles long leg from Bordeaux to Porto in 3 days, 3 hours, 3 (...) -
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Solo skippers set sails from Pauillac for the leg 1 of the Solitaire 2013
Under blue skies thousands of people packed the river banks and dozens of spectators boats saluted the 41 skippers leaving for the first stage of one month and 1,938 miles of racing. Paul Meilhat (Skipper Macif 2011) was in the early lead, but the course to Portugal is still long and will be full of (...) -
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Yann Eliès won the Solitaire 33 years after his father
In his 13th attempt at the race, Yann Eliès (Groupe Queguiner - Le Journal des Entreprises) put in a masterful performance on the final leg to conclusively win the 43rd edition of La Solitaire du Figaro - Eric Bompard Cachemire. -
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Pressure increases for Leg 3 start
The third leg of La Solitaire du Figaro - Eric Bompard Cashmere started today at 1300hrs (CEST) in exciting conditions of a 12 knot westerly and 2m swell with sunshine breaking through off the coast of Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, and saw British skipper Sam Goodchild (Artemis 23) getting a flying start behind Leg 2 front-runner Nicolas Lunven (...) -
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Gildas Morvan won leg 2 from Gijon to Vendée
The second leg of La Solitaire du Figaro Eric Bompard Cachemire began in a frenzy of shouts and flapping sails on a busy startline, and ended with each of the 36 Figaro II one-designs slipping through the finish under spinnaker and moonlight.
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