Two years after his first attempt, Yannick Bestaven has made an exploit by winning the Transat 650 Charente Maritime Bahia by finishing first in both legs.
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Yannick Bestaven arrivé à Salvador de Bahia / J.Vapillon
In 1999, he finished 12th of the Mini-Transat at the helm of a Rolland design, Ares Diffusion. For this edition of the Mini, he built with his friend Arnaud Boissières a full carbon Magnen/Nivelt design. Thanks to aquarelle.com, he was able to enter in the race. At 28 yo, the young skipper from Arcachon now enters in the great club of winners of the Mini.
689 votes made the SeaSailsurfers of 2010. The male winner is Thomas Ruyant, winner of the Route du Rhum in Class40. He did it one year after his win in the solo Transat 650. And he is so popular he wins the title of SeaSailSurfer of the year ahead of the funboarder Antoine Albeau (Sailor of the year for the french federation) and ahead of (…)
Jeremy Flores has won the Billabong Pipe Master, the last event of the 2010 ASP World Tour. Defaiting Kelly Slater in the semis, is the first European surfer to win this great event, the first french to win an event in the ASP circuit. He is the SeaSailSurfer of December.
Don’t you have a feeling of dejà-vu ? Thomas Ruyant, hands up, with his fetish hat, arriving as a winner in a solo race ? Transat 650 2009 ? Yes. One yer after his win in the Mini-Transat, he has won the Route du Rhum. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
On said kitesurfing is not sailing. Other said the Luderitz Speed Challenge’ spot is not deep enough. But the channel in Namibia is a fixed place with 500 meters marks and is more than 80 cm deep. When kitesurfers and windsurfers sail there, there are truly in the spirit of the original Weymouth and Brest Speed Weekds. Their records are not (…)
Russell Coutts, the boss of the american Defender, BMW Oracle Racing, has made younger the older sport trophy of the world. As the competition will be sailed aboard wingsailed catamarans, he made the trophy, and sport sailing competition, entering the third millenary. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
August 2010 was rich in events and performances. Many SeaSailSurfers made great performances. We will however retain Bertrand Delesne’s run in the second leg of race to the Azores. On his mini, he covered 304,90 miles in 24 hours. He is SeaSailSurfer of the month !
Après Groupama, premier multicoque arrivé hier soir dimanche 18 novembre 2001 à 18h53 heure locale, c’est au tour de célébrer l’arrivée du premier monocoque de cette cinquième édition de la Transat Jacques Vabre, soit Sill Plein Fruit skippé par Roland Jourdain et Gaël Le Cléac’h. Le monocoque rouge a coupé la ligne d’arrivée à 23h13 heure (…)
After the arrival of winner Groupama (Camma/S.Ravussin) at 2053hrs GMT on Sunday 18th November, 3 hours and 32 minutes later battle-weary Kingfisher-Foncia (Gautier/MacArthur), arrived at 1225hrs GMT in the port of Bahia, Brazil. They had raced the 5188.6m course from Le Havre, France in 14 days, 12 hrs, 25 mins & 10 seconds.
451.2 nautical miles in 24 hours is the new benchmark for a Volvo Ocean 60. Between 17.48hrs GMT on Saturday 17th November and the same time on Sunday 18th(yesterday), Team News Corp achieved an average speed of 18.8 knots to propel her into the Volvo Ocean Race record books.
Depuis que Tyco a quitté la flotte jeudi soir pour rentrer en Afrique du Sud réparer son safran endommagé, le rythme de la tête de flotte s’est emballé dans les 50e Hurlants. A l’approche des Kerguélen, sous des latitudes glaciales et tourmentées, les cheveux se sont dressés sur les têtes, le cœur des hommes s’est emballé et les chiffres du (…)
Neither wind nor rain nor sloppy seas could keep Brad Van Liew from finishing his 4,000+ mile transatlantic voyage this weekend aboard his newly acquired Open-50 competition yacht Mission America. Van Liew rolled into Charleston early this morning with the day’s first glimpse of sun at his heels.
Three hours and 32 minutes after Groupama took victory in the Transat Jacques Vabre, Kingfisher-Foncia, skippered by Alain Gautier and Ellen MacArthur, crossed the line at 2225hrs 10s local time (1225hrs 10s GMT) under a "magical starry night", in Gautier’s own words. They have spent 14 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes and 10 seconds racing.
Après l’arrivée de Groupama et de Foncia dimanche soir, Loïck Peyron et Loïc Le Mignon (Fujifilm) sont les prochains navigateurs attendus à Salvador de Bahia, suivis par Jean Le Cam et Jacques Caraës (Bonduelle) puis par Jean-Luc Nélias et Michel Desjoyeaux (Belgacom). L’occasion pour ces trois duos de faire un premier petit bilan de cette (…)
At 1853hrs local time in Brazil, 2053 hrs GMT, Groupama, the Open 60ft trimaran skippered by 28 year old Frenchman Franck Cammas, with Swiss co-skipper Steve Ravussin, crossed the line and thus took the final victory in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre 2001, from Le Havre, France, to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Groupama covered 5,188.6 (…)
C’est à 18h53 heure locale soit à 21h53 heure française que Groupama skippé par Franck Cammas et Stève Ravussin a coupé la ligne d’arrivée de cette cinquième édition de la Transat Jacques Vabre, Le Havre (France) - Salvador de Bahia (Brésil). Groupama aura parcouru les 5 188,6 milles (soit 9 609,3 kilomètres) de ce parcours en 14 jours, 9 (…)
La dernière nuit en mer a changé la donne en tête de la course puisque Franck Cammas et Stève Ravussin (Groupama) ont pris le commandement de la flotte alors qu’il ne restait plus que 380 milles à parcourir pour atteindre Salvador de Bahia. Une arrivée qui s’annonce pour la nuit, aux dires du Suisse, vers 20h00 (heure française) soit en fin (…)
Sea, Sail & Surf news
689 votes made the SeaSailsurfers of 2010. The male winner is Thomas Ruyant, winner of the Route du Rhum in Class40. He did it one year after his win in the solo Transat 650. And he is so popular he wins the title of SeaSailSurfer of the year ahead of the funboarder Antoine Albeau (Sailor of the year for the french federation) and ahead of (…)
Jeremy Flores has won the Billabong Pipe Master, the last event of the 2010 ASP World Tour. Defaiting Kelly Slater in the semis, is the first European surfer to win this great event, the first french to win an event in the ASP circuit. He is the SeaSailSurfer of December.
Don’t you have a feeling of dejà-vu ? Thomas Ruyant, hands up, with his fetish hat, arriving as a winner in a solo race ? Transat 650 2009 ? Yes. One yer after his win in the Mini-Transat, he has won the Route du Rhum. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
On said kitesurfing is not sailing. Other said the Luderitz Speed Challenge’ spot is not deep enough. But the channel in Namibia is a fixed place with 500 meters marks and is more than 80 cm deep. When kitesurfers and windsurfers sail there, there are truly in the spirit of the original Weymouth and Brest Speed Weekds. Their records are not (…)
Russell Coutts, the boss of the american Defender, BMW Oracle Racing, has made younger the older sport trophy of the world. As the competition will be sailed aboard wingsailed catamarans, he made the trophy, and sport sailing competition, entering the third millenary. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month.
August 2010 was rich in events and performances. Many SeaSailSurfers made great performances. We will however retain Bertrand Delesne’s run in the second leg of race to the Azores. On his mini, he covered 304,90 miles in 24 hours. He is SeaSailSurfer of the month !
