11/2007 – Construction www.nauticnews.com rarely presents new models in the semi-rigid category, but has decided to make an exception for this impressive 50-foot model, which is so big it seems inappropriate to call it an inflatable. With this new design, the Italian manufacturer Sacs is targeting the luxury tender market. On deck The Sacs Indaco […]
Continue Reading ...20/11/2007 – After 17 days hours 37 minutes and 5 seconds of racing at a theoretical average speed of 10.6 knots, Michel Desjoyeaux et Emmanuel Le Borgne on their Imoca Foncia, crossed the finish line in the Transat Jacques Vabre at 16h 37’05” (CET) or in other words 12h 37’05” (local time) today, tuesday, 20th […]
Continue Reading ...11/2007 – The First 45, designed by Philippe Briand, which will be unveiled at its preview during the next Paris Boat Show, benefits from many innovations and clever ideas. A very well designed hull: The hull, innovative for maximum performance, takes rating constraints into account. As a result, the hull’s wide transom and gradually decreasing […]
Continue Reading ...After 10 days 38 minutes and 43 seconds of racing at a theoretical average speed of 18.03 knots, Franck Cammas and Stève Ravussin on Groupama 2 crossed the finish line in the Transat Jacques Vabre at 13h40’43″ (CET) or in other words 9h40’43″ (local time) today, Wednesday, 14th November. This was Franck Cammas’s third win […]
Continue Reading ...13/11/2007 – Groupama 2 should cross the finish line tomorrow morning, if doing such before 13:00 she will break the Transat Jacques Vabre’s record set in 2003 (11 days, 23 hours and 10 minutes) by Groupama 1 with the same crew of Franck Cammas and Steve Ravussin. The miles are unfolding quickly under the hulls […]
Continue Reading ...10/11/2007 – Apart from the Class 40, the fleet in this Transat Jacques Vabre is benefiting from a north east flow (trade winds) of 15 to 20 knots. The Orma and Imoca are now reaching beautiful seas and all is well aboard the boats, even though the polls that fall every four hours on their […]
Continue Reading ...19/11/2007 – The battle is raging for first place in the Imoca Class. Safran is fast, very fast, showing a better speed than Foncia over the last 24 hours and therefore chipping away the miles gap between them after overtaking Cheminées Poujoulat overnight. The situation onboard is demanding and the crews’ adrenaline is peaked. A […]
Continue Reading ...15/11/2007 – All of the Orma will be in Salvador de Bahia harbour by tomorrow (Sopra‘s arrival is forecasted at 2 p.m. French time). The Doldrums are now shaking up the Imoca fleet and putting more pressure on the already exhausted sailors: gales, lightning that hit close to the boats with a defeaning crash, and […]
Continue Reading ...11/2007 – It takes a certain kind of creative madness to want to design and construct a new Walkaround model these days, especially for a French designer, but that is exactly the challenge that Philippe Jouve set himself. Taking the look, quality and comfort of the design to heart, and determined to offer something new […]
Continue Reading ...11/11/2007 – Tomorrow, Groupama 2 (Orma) should pass under the 1000 miles to race before crossing the line in Bahia, Brazil. In comparison, after 7 days at sea, Ecover (Imoca) will still have 2 000 miles to sail as will Crèpes Whaou! (Class 50). Pakea Bizkaïa (Imoca) and Telecom Italia (Class 40) will be 2 […]
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.
