Apivia wins the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre IMOCA
— 10 November 2019Charlie Dalin and Yann Eliès on their 60ft monohull, Apivia, have won the IMOCA class of the 14th edition of... Continue Reading ...
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Route du Café : Apivia coasting to Salvador leaving podium gybing battle behind
— 9 November 2019The French duo of Charlie Dalin and Yann Eliès on the latest generation 60ft foiling monohull, Apivia, appeared to be coasting to victory, literally, in the Transat Jacque Vabre Normandie Le Havre on Saturday afternoon. Continue Reading ...
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Route du café : IMOCA podium battle heats up as Salvador welcomes first boats home
— 8 November 2019After Groupe GCA – Mille et un sourires became the first boat to cross the line in the Bay of... Continue Reading ...
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Francis Joyon has shattered the Mauritius Route record
— 8 November 2019Francis Joyon has just beaten his own record set ten years ago in this stretch of the Route to the Indies referred to as the Mauritius Route and made it all look so easy. 19 days, 18 hours, 14 minutes and 45 seconds, or an improvement of 6 days and 10 hours in comparison to ten years ago. The Mauritius Route started from Port Louis in Brittany with part of the round the world route that Francis knows so well having sailed it many times both alone and with a crew. The route then took him up the Indian Ocean with all its difficulties to another Port Louis, this one being the capital of Mauritius. Continue Reading ...
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Route du Café : Groupe GCA – Mille et un sourires wins the Transat Jacque Vabre Normandie Le Havre Multi50
— 8 November 2019Gilles Lamiré and Antoine Carpentier on their 50ft trimaran, Groupe GCA – Mille et un sourires, have won the 14thedition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre after crossing the line in the Bay of All Saints in Salvador de Bahia on Friday, November 8, 2019 at 04:49:41 (UTC ), 11 days 16 hours 34 minutes and 41 seconds after leaving Le Havre, France on Sunday, October 27 at 12:15 (UTC) Continue Reading ...
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Route du Café : Apivia flying away as Charal counts the losses
— 7 November 2019Samantha Davies in the podium hunt Goodchild closes in Class40 First Multi50 expected in early hours. Continue Reading ...
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TJV : Weather analysis (#5): the Doldrums change everything
— 7 November 2019Following on from our weather analysis of the IMOCAS racing in the Transat Jacques Vabre, Christian Dumard today looks at how the boats coped with the Doldrums, the area of instability, which as is so often the case, was kind to some and cruel to others. Continue Reading ...
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Record La Mauricienne : Francis Joyon expected to finish in Mauritius on Friday
— 6 November 2019The gybe carried out yesterday evening by François Joyon to move away from the extraordinary low-pressure system that is typical of the Southern Ocean and which propelled him across the South Atlantic from west to east, means that he is now on a straight line almost due north towards the finish in Port Louis on the island of Mauritius. Continue Reading ...
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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 ...
