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Kitesurf
John Heineken won the KiteFoil GoldCup Switzerland
The best Kitefoilers of the world from 15 nations traveled up to the Engadin for the second stop of the Kitefoil Goldcup world tour. The event took place on beautiful lake Silvaplana, St Moritz, a mecca for skiers in winter and at 1,800 meters above sea level, a stunning crystal clear blue lake that attracts world class sailing and windsurfing (...) -
Spindrift Racing
Dona Bertarelli : "After the changes we made, Spindrift 2 is behaving as expected"
Spindrift 2 has had its first sail after the winter optimisation, spending a night at sea criss-crossing the Bay of Biscay. The control was there straight away and the boat ran like clockwork. The 2014 season has begun and it has started well for Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s (...) -
Extreme Sailing Series
Resounding victory for Alinghi after an action-packed week on the Singapore Stadium Racecourse
The opening Act of the Extreme Sailing Series Extreme Sailing Series #extremesailing ™ more than lived up to all the pre-season hype and expectation, where the new teams got stuck in on the Singapore stadium racecourse – but couldn’t quite topple the old order – with three returning teams from 2013 taking honours. An (...) -
Mini-Transat
Justine Mettraux : "I knew I was second 5 miles before the arrival"
Justine Mettraux crossed the finish line of the Mini Transat in second place in the series boats at 03h 40mn 34s local time (07h 40mn 34s GMT). Her elapsed time is 22 days 22h 55m 34s. Her average speed Speed #speedsailing over the course (point to point) is 6.67 knots. She arrived 1d 13h 43m 7s after Aymeric Belloir, winner of the Yslab (...) -
Route of the discovery
A new record for Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard
Spindrift 2, Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard´s maxi trimaran, crossed the finish line at the end of the Discovery Route in San Salvador, Bahamas today, Wednesday November 6, 2013 at 00 hours, 48 minutes and 55 seconds, local time (05 hours, 48 minutes and 55 seconds (...) -
Class C
Swiss Capsize Ends Title Fight • Franck Cammas & Louis Viat win the Little Cup
For the first time in 7 days, Franck Cammas’ Groupama C had a case of ‘the slows’. And for the first time in 7 days, Billy Besson and Jeremie Lagarrigue aboard Hydros II beat Cammas to the starting line and to the top mark. -
Moth European Championship
32.2 knots of maximum speed on a Moth for Chris Rast
A few days ago 36 Moths from 9 countries (3 continents) arrived to the quick waters of Marsala, they are the crews taking part in the European Championship 2013 and came earlier to become familiar with the race course and complete the settings of their boats: all 6 different languages that can be heard on the parterre of the Sailing Club (...) -
Vendée Globe
Dominique Wavre seventh in Le Sables
Dominique Wavre crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe at 15 :16 :42hrs (UTC). He takes seventh place in the race behind Mike Golding. His elapsed time is 90 days 3hours 14minutes 42 seconds. His average speed Speed #speedsailing on the course is 11.3 knots. He has sailed 27,395.82 miles on the water at an average speed Speed (...) -
P28 Gonet & Cie
The first foiler with π foils and profile sail set sails in Switzerland
The epitome of avant-gardism through the design of her structural rig, in association with her inverted π-shaped hydrofoils, today the “P28 Gonet & Cie” monohull reveals her lines as well as the essence which colours the project. -
World Match-Racing Tour
Torvar Mirsky is the new ‘King of the Mountain’
Torvar Mirsky is the new ‘King of the Mountain’ after beating Pierre-Antoine Morvan in the final of the 2011 St. Moritz Match Race. Ian Williams finished in third place to move up into first position in the overall Championship standings going into stage 7 of the World Match Racing Tour World Match Racing Tour #WMRT (...)
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