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en : Poll
Mylène Paquette et François Gabart are the SeaSailSurfers of 2013
After 3527 votes, the male and female SeaSailSurfer of 2013 are Mylène Paquette et François Gabart. The canadian rower has lots of fans and they come at more than 2000 to vote for her. The winner of the Vendée Globle, him, received 385 votes. -
en : ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards
2013 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards go to Mathew Belcher and Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie
Having being nominated twice before in 2010 and 2012, it proved to be third time lucky for Mathew Belcher, the Australian Olympic and World champion in the 470 dinghy class, whose current winning streak stretches to an amazing 17 consecutive regattas. -
en : Disparition
Magnus Olsson has passed away
Magnus Olsson (64), one of the greatest sportsmen in the world of sailing has passed away at a hospital in Spain. His family and friends were by his side. Magnus suffered a stroke during the week and, despite initial positive signs, deteriorated over the following days. -
en : Yacht design
Arnold Freidling explores mono-foiler with eXplorius
We all know offshore racing multihulls with foils such as french ORMA trimarans (18 meters long), offshore speed multihulls such as the Hydroptère, and inshore foilers such as the TriFoiler of new flying Mothes. Here is a new concept for… a cruising monohull. The eXplorius. -
en : Volvo Ocean Race 2005
Glenn Bourke : « Every 15 years or so, a class needs to be updated »
This is the complete mail interview of the manager of the Volvo Ocean Race made for a report about the next event in the three-monthly french magazine Course Au Large. Glenn Bourke answers few questions about the new rules, the number of entries, the place and the budget of this race in world of round the world yacht races. -
en : Volvo 70s
3 Questions Net To : Russell Bowler
Russell Bowler, president of Farr Design, was questions by mail for a paper about the next Volvo Ocean Race published in the three-monthly french magazine Course Au Large. Here are his answers. -
en : Poll
Vote for the SeaSailSurfer of the year 2002
SeaSailSurf.com proposes you to vote for the title of SeaSailSurf of the year 2002. This is a list of 20 people who were SeaSailSurfers of the month in 2002 or made other great performances in offshore racing, dinghy racing, windsurfing... -
en : Video
New Mini 650 videos on SeaSailSurfTV
Have you ever seen a mini 650, the 5.60 metres long open class monohulls, sailing downwind under skiff style maxi spinnakers ? Watch some of them sailing in the bay of Lorient (Brittany - France) on SeaSailSurfTV. -
en : Poll results
The french challenger for the America’s Cup does not make unanimity
Nearly height hundred people have answered to SeaSailSurf.com poll about the partnership between Le Défi Français for the America’s Cup 2003 and Areva, the french nuclear power company. Only 54% of them supports the sailors… A kind of disapproval ? -
en : Around Alone
Alan Paris, first Bermudian to sail alone around the world
image 400 x 200Photos : Hervé Favre.
When Alan Paris will finish Around Alone 2002 next year, he will be the first Bermudian to have achieved such an exploit. At present, he has just finished his qualification from Bermuda to Las Palmas (the qualification required for Around Alone is 2000 miles offshore without any stop) on his brand new Open 40 designed by Jutson in Australia.
