Famous races
Around-the-world Reference Tour of the SolOceans : Liz Wardley crossed the start line
Monday 30 November 200911/2009 -
On Novembre the 29th, 2009, at 01.00pm sharp (1200UT), by force 7 wind, Liz Wardley crossed the start line off Caen - Ouistreham (France) of the Around-the-world Reference Tour of the SolOceans - OceanoScientific® Campaign 2009-2010. She rounded Cabourg / Dives-sur-mer (Normandy - …
Marc Guillemot wins the 2009 IMOCA World Championship
Sunday 29 November 200911/2009 -
Prior to the start in Le Havre, it was Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) who stood the best chance of winning …
Triple Victory for VPLP in the Transat Jacques Vabre 09
Wednesday 25 November 200911/2009 -
VPLP are celebrating a victorious Transat Jacques Vabre this year, with Franck Yves Escoffier driving their Formula 50′ trimaran Crêpes Wahou! to cross the finish line first after 15 days, 15 hours, 31 minutes and 50 seconds. He was followed soon after by …
ITC announces improvements made to 2010 ORC VPP
Monday 16 November 200911/2009 -
The Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) has accepted and approved all changes made by the International Technical Committee (ITC) to next year’s VPP to be used in ORC International and ORC Club rating systems. This is the first year the ITC had met to …
Transat Jacques Vabre: BT activates distress beacon, rescue process is activated
Friday 13 November 200913/11/2009
At approximately 10:20hrs GMT today, BT crew Sébastien Josse and Jean-François Cuzon who are racing in the IMOCA Open 60 class in the Transat Jacques Vabre two handed race from Le Havre to Costa Rica, activated their EPIRB distress beacon after having suffered major …
DoGZilla : a wing sail for the America’s Cup
Wednesday 11 November 200911/2009 -
BMW Oracle Racing, the challenger of the 33rd America’s cup installed an almost 190-foot airplane-like hard wing sail and completed the first …
Tim Jeffery joins BMW ORACLE Racing
Monday 7 September 200909/2009 -
Tim Jeffery joins BMW ORACLE Racing as Director, Communications. The 33rd America’s Cup will be his ninth.
He has reported on the America’s Cup, as well as five Olympics and many of the world’s major sailing events as The Daily Telegraph’s (London) longstanding sailing …
