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en : Extreme Sailing Series
The Wave, Muscat sails a faultless regatta in Nice to claim victory at penultimate Act
After sailing a near faultless regatta, The Wave, Muscat were crowned champions of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 7 Nice, presented by Land Rover. The team, representing the Sultanate of Oman, has led the Act since the first race and haven’t looked back since. “To come out the back of four days racing unscathed is pretty rare ! We were able to (…) -
en : 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. -
en : Little America’s Cup
Favourites Groupama and Hydros progress to Match Races
More light air on Falmouth Bay played into the hands of Franck Cammas and his Groupama C as they sailed to two more wins and a third place on the final day of qualifying for the 2013 International C-Class Catamaran Championship. Cammas and crew Louis Viat scored a perfect 7 points from 7 races after dropping their two high scores. -
en : Little America’s Cup
Cammas looses his crewman but win 2 races over 3 to lead the championship
Variable winds from 0 to 15 knots shook up the Little Cup fleet on Tuesday. While the leaderboard didn’t change significantly today for the 2013 International C-Class Catamaran Championship, noteworthy was Mischa Heemskerk and Bastian Tentij’s performance in Race 5 ; the Dutch crew of Hydros II were the first to prove that Franck Cammas and (…) -
en : Little America’s Cup
Groupama C dominates day 1 amongst the damage
Under steely grey skies and howling winds on Monday, Franck Cammas and Louis Viat on Groupama C dominated the fleet on the first full day of racing for the 2013 International C-Class Catamaran Championship. More than half the fleet suffered damage of some kind, though most will return Tuesday stronger than before. -
en : Extreme Sailing Series
McMillan claims third consecutive Act win – his fourth this year – to regain the lead on overall Series leaderboard
In excess of 120,000 people, the biggest crowds the Extreme Sailing Series™ has ever witnessed in its seven-year history, crammed around Cardiff Bay over the four days of the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Cardiff presented by Land Rover to witness the battle of the Bay first hand. Leigh McMillan’s team were unflappable on the final day, (…) -
en : Extreme Sailing Series
The Wave, Muscat wins Act 5 in Porto
Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series™ in Porto has delivered the ultimate challenge in Stadium Racing for the eight international teams competing this week, with a narrow river, high walls, strong tides, big rocks and gusty winds to contend with. After 30 races it came down to the wire between The Wave, Muscat and Alinghi in the final double (…) -
en : Sport cats
Besson/Riou first ever Nacra 17 World Champions without Medal Race
On Saturday July 27 2013 at 15:30 hours it was finally clear that Billy Besson and Marie Riou from France were the first ever World Champions Nacra 17. After another long day of waiting, the thunderstorm left The Hague without any breeze and the Race Committee had no choice but cancelling the decisive Medal Race. The British pairing of Ben (…) -
en : Sport Cat
Besson and Lagarrigue new F18 world champions at Marina di Grosseto
Despite the final day’s racing delivering less steady and significantly weaker wind than the rest of the week, the race committee still managed to stage three races and whip up plenty of excitement out on the water. In the Gold fleet, French duo Billy Besson and Jeremie Lagarrigue did some fantastic tactical work and put on a massive show of (…) -
en : Round the Island Race
Ben Ainslie’s AC45 smashed the Isle of Wight record
Sir Ben Ainslie and his crew onboard J.P.Morgan BAR AC45 smashed the Round the Island Race record today off the Isle of Wight. The multihull record which has stood for 12 years was obliterated by 16 minutes and 8 seconds.
