In patterns that have naturally caused the fleet to tighten over the past 24 hours, Thomas Rettant played a trick, which could have been a winner, but the door closed. The LinkedOut skipper gave up 2nd place to Charlie Dalin, 100 miles from Yannick Bestaven, the leader. The “Jean Le Cam” group has recovered almost 100 miles in 24 hours!
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Forced to brake to repair, Charlie Dalin (Apivia) conceded a lot of ground to Thomas Rettant (LinkedOut), again leader. Just behind, Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ) is on the lookout. Higher up, the hunters navigate on sight and, armed with their cameras, deliver images of this totally incredible moment.
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Such a long and laborious this descent of the South Atlantic! The position of the Saint Helena high pressure system completely blurs the path to reach the deep south.
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Over The Rainbow, Firefly and Cornelia: the finest classic and historical charter yachts available for this season
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Just over a fortnight after the lockdown ended, the sailors and their teams are now busy catching up on lost time. Many IMOCAs have been relaunched after their winter refits, which took longer than planned. There have been more and more measurement checks and trips to check out the changes made during the winter. Other sailors have to wait a while before heading back out to sea. We look at what has been happening at the end of the refit season.
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Between now and the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, which begins in Le Havre on Sunday 27th October, the IMOCA class has decided to share with you some portraits of the unusual, unlikely and surprising pairs that have come together for the double-handed transatlantic race. To start this series, we look at a pair […]
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This morning, Kévin Escoffier left Jean Le Cam’s boat and was successfully recovered by the Nivôse frigate of the French Navy which is heading for Reunion.
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The skipper of Apivia played fair. His little shift downwind of LinkedOut as close as possible to the small cold front allowed him to touch a little more air than his opponent and thus take the lead of the 9am standings this morning.
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Thinking about planning holidays for 2021? A Mediterranean sail charter is a fun and different way to explore a variety of hidden-gem locations.
Continue Reading ...Francis Joyon set off this morning on his attempt at the Mauritius Route record between Port Louis (Brittany) and Port Louis (Mauritius). At 0911hrs UTC on Saturday 19th October, the skipper of IDEC SPORT crossed the start line off the Citadel of Port Louis (Morbihan). Ahead of the boat, a complicated 8000-mile long solo voyage […]
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