TJV : IMOCA analysis : Charal setting the pace #4
— 5 November 2019It is patently obvious now to everyone that Charal is very fast and is setting an incredible pace at the front of the IMOCA fleet in the Transat Jacques Vabre. Continue Reading ...
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Route du Café : Hugo Boss decides to cut keel as Doldrums loom for leaders
— 4 November 2019Hugo Boss said today (Monday) that after exhausting all the options, they had decided to cut the keel off their 60ft monohull after damage forced them to withdraw from the 14 edition of the Transat Jacque Vabre Normandie Le Havre on Sunday. Continue Reading ...
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Route du Café : Hugo Boss planning safe withdrawal as leaders reach halfway
— 3 November 2019Alex Thomson and Neal McDonald are working on the safest place to navigate their damaged 60ft monohull, Hugo Boss, after announcing their withdrawal from the 14th edition the Transat Jacque Vabre. Continue Reading ...
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TJV : IMOCA analysis 1-0 for the Southerners (#3)
— 3 November 2019Continuing our analysis of the weather faced by the IMOCA boats competing in the Transat Jacques Vabre, Christian Dumard looks at the contest between those who opted for the South and those that went out to the West. Continue Reading ...
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Record La Mauricienne : Francis Joyon rounds the Cape of Good Hope 2 days and 19 hours ahead of the record pace
— 3 November 2019Francis Joyon and the IDEC SPORT maxi trimaran crossed the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope, often referred to as the Cape of Storms, this morning at 0454hrs UTC, after 14 days, 19 hours and 48 minutes of sailing. Continue Reading ...
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Route du café : Westerners feeling low before the high
— 1 November 2019Entering day six, the leading duos in the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre are now a third of the way through this 4,350-mile biennial double-handed race from Le Havre, France to Salvador de Bahia. Continue Reading ...
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Record La Mauricienne : A day full of contrast…
— 1 November 2019While the figures from the past 48 hours led us to be euphoric with 716 miles clocked up yesterday in 24 hours and a lead extended this morning to 707 miles in comparison to the pace set in 2009, out on the water, the situation is rather more worrying and painful for Francis. Continue Reading ...
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TJV : The IMOCA class lets the weather experts have their say (#2)
— 31 October 2019As each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the IMOCA class gives a chance for the weather analysts and onshore routers to tell us about how they see the race in the IMOCA category to allow us to understand the strategy adopted by the sailors and their positions out on the water. Continue Reading ...
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TJV : The IMOCA class lets some weather routers have their say
— 30 October 2019Routing is not allowed in the Transat Jacques Vabre for the skippers in the IMOCA class, but that does not mean to say that the weather experts are not watching the race and studying the charts… We therefore decided to let these weather specialists and routers express themselves. Continue Reading ...
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Low pressure and international flavour for Route du Café Sunday
— 27 October 2019Many of the biggest names in offshore sailing will be among the 59 boats and 118 crew that cross the start line of the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre today at 13:15 (French time) and begin their 4,350-mile race to Salvador de Bahia in Brazil. Continue Reading ...
