Mini Transat La Boulangère
— 18 July 2021Place : La Rochelle – France Details : www.minitransat.fr Transat 6.50 – La Rochelle – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Le Marin (Martinique)
Continue Reading ...Place : La Rochelle – France Details : www.minitransat.fr Transat 6.50 – La Rochelle – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – Le Marin (Martinique)
Continue Reading ...Ian Lipinsky and Adrien Hardy, on their 40ft monohull, Crédit Mutuel, have won the Class40 of the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre after crossing the finish line in the Bay of All Saints in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at 04:36:23 (UTC), 17 days, 16 hours 21 minutes and 23 seconds after leaving Le Havre, Normandy, France on Sunday, October 27 at 12:15 (UTC).
Continue Reading ...A pumped up Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde (Imerys Clean Energy) – the Anglo-Spanish pair – were first across the line in the Class40 as the 13th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre 2017 started at 13:35 (French time) from its home in Le Havre, in Normandy, France today (Sunday).
Continue Reading ...Alex Pella, the world-record breaking sailor, said yesterday (Wednesday) that the Transat Jacques Vabre 2017 will mark the emergence of a new future for multihulls.
Continue Reading ...08/2007 – Freedom and good fun. Dominique Demachy reached Pointe à Pitre on November 21st 2006, completing the Route du Rhum on board Gifi before heading to the Paris Boat Show, where Nauticnews met the award-winning skipper, who lives in Villeneuve-sur-Lot in the south-west of France. You just finished your first Route du Rhum? Yes. […]
Continue Reading ...When he crossed the finish line in Pointe-à-Pitre at 0023hrs UTC last night, Paul Meilhat won the the Route du Rhum in the IMOCA category, taking into account the 24-hour penalty given to Alex Thomson for starting his engine after running aground.
Continue Reading ...There was joy unconfined in a glorious sunrise in the Bay of All Saints as the Franco-Spanish duo of Lalou Roucayrol and Alex Pella crossed line the on their foiling 50ft trimaran, Arkema to win the Transat Jacques Vabre Multi50 class.
Continue Reading ...Maxi Edmond de Rothschild has already made history at the Transat Jacques Vabre and the race does not even start until Sunday, November 5.
Continue Reading ...07/11/2007 – Passing Cape Finisterre in 35/40 knots of wind was as stressful as enjoyable for the sailors. If breakage on the boats is always on their minds, the skippers nevertheless appreciated the bumpy rides and reach of the waves that pushed the boats up to 30 knots. We haven’t heard of major breakages, but […]
Continue Reading ...On a perfect sunny Sunday afternoon off Pointe-à-Pitre, the French sailing hero Loïck Peyron completed his personal tribute to transatlantic racing pioneers Mike Birch and Eric Tabarly when he brought his small yellow trimaran, Happy, through the finish line of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe.
Continue Reading ...Monday 31st May 2021, the launch ceremony of the new RSY 38m EXP took place in the presence of the owners and their family, in full compliance with the COVID measures, which did not hinder the important operations of launching a new boat.