For any first time anglophile visitor, landing in the heart of the ninth edition of the Route du Rhum La Banque might be overwhelming. Even for the old stagers who are on their four yearly odyssey to the ramparts of Saint Malo, this year’s edition is a truly intoxicating spectacle for its sheer scale, colour and level of activity.
Continue Reading ...08/2010 – This week in Cowes (UK), two of sailing’s youngest, most talented skippers – Jimmy Spithill and Ben Ainslie – square off in The 1851 Cup, a one-off match racing regatta between America’s Cup winner BMW ORACLE Racing and TEAMORIGIN of the U.K. Australian Jimmy Spithill, aged 30 last February, became the youngest skipper […]
Continue Reading ...03/2010 – The Jules Verne Trophy now belongs to ten men who have sailed around the globe at an average of 18.76 knots along the optimum course, beating the reference time set by Orange 2 in 2005 by 2 days 08 hours 35 minutes. Franck Cammas and his men crossed the finish line off the […]
Continue Reading ...11/2009 – 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 the first of the monohull fleet: theVPLP / Verdier IMOCA […]
Continue Reading ...09/2009 – l’Hydroptère: the fastest sailing boat on the planet 51.36 knots, the new absolute speed record over 500 meters (subject to ratification from the WSSRC). On friday Sept. the4th, l’Hydroptère established the new absolute sailing speed record over 500 meters in Hyères harbour (subject to ratification from the WSSRC). By a 28-knot west […]
Continue Reading ...02/2008 – The 20th anniversary Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show will be a celebratory event with numerous world launches and an exciting array of marine products on display. More than 400 exhibitor applications have been received for the Gold Coast event staged Thursday May 22 to Sunday May 25 since bookings opened in October. “We […]
Continue Reading ...03/2010 – In the two-month lead up to the 2010 Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show in May, event organisers believe the marine sector is showing boosted confidence in the economy. “We have close to 340 confirmed exhibitors with further bookings coming in daily,” said Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show general manager Barry Jenkins. This is […]
Continue Reading ...02/2010 – BMW ORACLE Racing Team’s revolutionary wing sail powered trimaran USA-17, designed by VPLP [read our article], convincingly won Race 2 off Valencia today to win the 33rd America’s Cup match outright. The American team, founded ten years ago by software mogul Larry Ellison, achieved its ultimate goal when they powered across the finish […]
Continue Reading ...11/2009 – 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 short test sail (on november the 10th) of the team’s latest technology on San Diego Bay. A wing of this scale has never been built for a boat. In terms of […]
Continue Reading ...09/2009 – After being put back a few days due to bad weather over the Western tip of Brittany, the skies seem to be clearing to enable the launch of the new maxi-trimaran Gitana 11. Next Monday 7th September, Yann Guichard and the Gitana Team’s shore crew will make the most of the evening’s rising […]
Continue Reading ...Monday 31st May 2021, the launch ceremony of the new RSY 38m EXP took place in the presence of the owners and their family, in full compliance with the COVID measures, which did not hinder the important operations of launching a new boat.
