English - SAIL - Offshore - Monohulls
Most recent articles
-
#VolvoOceanRace
Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race Series: Vestas 11th Hour Racing win Gothenburg In-Port Race, MAPFRE claim Series title
Charlie Enright’s Vestas 11th Hour Racing showed great patience and sailed a clean race for a victory in the Gothenburg In-Port Race on Sunday. But it was Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE team who rode a third place finish on Sunday to win the overall In-Port Race Series, sailing 11 points clear of their closest pursuers, Dongfeng Race (...) -
#FigaroBénéteau #TALM
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. Dolan will join the gruelling Figaro circuit, which features some of the world’s best singlehanded sailors, after a successful tenure in the Mini (...) -
Nature
Volvo Ocean Race: Millions of tiny particles of plastic have been detected in European waters
The scientific research, using data collected by Race team ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic Plastic #DéchetsPlastiques ’, identified over three million micro plastic Plastic #DéchetsPlastiques particles per square kilometre of ocean. The sub-surface data on micro plastic pollution levels was collected using a state-of-the-art (...) -
La Rochelle - Le Marin
Mini-Transat La Boulangère: Ian Lipinski becomes the second double champion of the event
If you needed proof about how well you can control and understand your boat, you just had to sit back and watch the last miles of Ian Lipinski’s race this morning between the islet of Cabri and the finish line of the Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat La Boulangère. After a final gybe, the skipper of Griffon.fr hurtled along under (...) -
Imoca
Alex Thomson Racing: Over €200 million in sponsorship return since 2014
Alex Thomson Racing announce the results of an incredibly successful four year campaign as they look to the future, with the team’s sights set firmly on winning the Vendée Globe in 2020. The team have delivered over €200 million in sponsorship return since 2014 and have set a new benchmark for delivering value within the sport of (...) -
Offshore racing
Vendée Globe 2016-2017 : a hugely popular event and media success
The results of the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe show huge increases everywhere: many more people attending the event, unprecedented media Media #media coverage and feedback, a record Record #sailingrecord level of international coverage without talking about the very positive race outcome in terms of the rankings. With 29 skippers lining up, (...) -
Back to Les Sables
Sébastien Destremau takes 18th place to bring the Vendée Globe to a close
Sébastien Destremau (TechnoFirst–faceOcean) crossed the Vendée Globe finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne in eighteenth place at 00hrs 40min et 18 sec UTC on saturday 11th March 2017 after 124 days, 12 hours, 38 minutes and 18 seconds of racing since the start on 6th November. The skipper from Toulon is the final competitor to (...) -
No Way Back
Pieter Heerema : "The departure and the arrival are one of the best moments of this race"
First Dutchman to participate in the Vendée Globe, Pieter Heerema finished the non-stop solo round the world race on Thursday 2nd of March, crossing the finish line at 22:26pm, after 116 days 9 hours 24 minutes and 12 seconds at sea. On board No Way Back, Pieter actually sailed 29 747 nautical miles at an average speed Speed #speedsailing (...) -
Mini 650
Mini-Transat: 84 competitors expected on the start line on 1 October 2017
Race after race, the Mini Transat has always maintained its popularity. For this 2017 edition, entrusted to the Collectif Rochelais pour la Mini Transat, the race will host a full contingent as the number of applicants signed up for the adventure already exceeds the 84 places made available by the organiser. Unquestionably, it is this loyalty (...) -
CommeUnSeulHomme
Eric Bellion : "The Vendée Globe is something everyone can do, if they really want it"
Huge crowds braved the Monday evening rain and wind to show their appreciation for Eric Bellion’s Vendée Globe. The 40 year old skipper who had only sailed two, separate weeks solo before he started the longest, toughest single handed race there is exceeded all expectations, perhaps most of all his own, as he crossed the finish line in (...)