It has been another year full of emotions, discoveries, sailing, but above all joy, the joy of seeing more and more IMOCA sailors on the seas who share their extraordinary adventures with us. Relive the last twelve month…
•••After the record edition in September 2022, which saw nearly 30 IMOCA boats on the starting line, the Défi Azimut - Lorient Agglomeration is back for another edition in 2023. From September 19 to 24, the cream of the ski…
•••Gentoo Sailing Team Skipper James Harayda had a solid first solo race in Lorient at the 48HR Défi Azimut. James finished a creditable 19th in a highly competitive fleet containing many of the best solo sailors in the wo…
•••The Défi Azimut-Lorient Agglomération 48 Hours served up the perfect short test for the 2022 IMOCA fleet, as the boats heading for The Ocean Race, and the majority in solo configuration, took on a triangle course in the …
•••It’s easy to see why the international construction services company, Monnoyeur, decided to partner with the relatively unknown former Mini sailor Benjamin Ferré, and help him in his Vendée Globe campaign for 2024.
•••he 12th Défi Azimut is up and running. Tradition has it that in the largest offshore racing event in the Lorient basin, which this year gathers together a first-class line-up of 28 IMOCA monohulls, it is with a session o…
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There is a split in opinion that is playing out on the race course as the fleet races south...
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