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03/2009 -

NauticNews.com has interviewed a young and promising designer. He comes from Greece, THE root country for yachting, his name is Theodoros Fotiadis. Remember this name, it may come to your ears for a long time.

How it all started

Theodoros Fotiadis always had “Designing” …

02/2008 -

25 candles and challenges

The naval architects Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost are celebrating a 25-years collaboration. Started in 1983, this firm has now 25 employees working on 2 differents sites and 2 different concepts: racing and cruising. Well-known since the mutlihull Pierre …

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 …

05/2005-

Another glance at “King Jean”.
Rather than a long portrait, here are: The Fables of Jean Le Cam

Jean Le Cam - a dangerous competitor. A sailor with the vast and successful experiment.

46 years - Married two children.

Triple victorious of the Figaro

Second of the last Vendée Globe. Two titles which summarise the innumerable intermediate podiums.

The …

10/2004 -

Record holder of a round the world trip, the wrong way, on his monohull Adrien”, second in the “Route du Rhum”, race winner of the 60 foot world championship, Jean-luc Van Den Heede is an experienced and accomplished seaman who keeps his two feet on the ground.

The meeting

The broad shouldered gray …

35 crossings of the Golfe de Gascogne, 19 transatlantic and a half turn of the world, from the Pacific Ocean to the Red Sea, while passing through the Indian Ocean, Richard Mérigeaux finished second of the 2003 mini transat on “Bon Pied Bon Oeil”. Sailor of exception, he is accustomed of the podiums …