Rookie kings for a day
As the leaders of the Vendée Arctique race start to escape a wide band of very light airs to the SW of Ireland, it is two of the IMOCA rookie skippers on older style non-foiling IMOCA boats who are holding the lead thank…
•••As the leaders of the Vendée Arctique race start to escape a wide band of very light airs to the SW of Ireland, it is two of the IMOCA rookie skippers on older style non-foiling IMOCA boats who are holding the lead thank…
•••A fast first night of the Vendée Arctique Les Sables d’Olonne has seen the skippers on the latest generation, fast foiling IMOCAs sustain average speeds of over 25 knots in ideal conditions as they charge westwards towar…
•••Tens of thousands of well wishers lined the mythical channel today in Les Sables d’Olonne …
•••The start of the 2nd edition of the Vendée Arctique - Les Sables d'Olonne, the 3,500 nauti…
•••Watch out for Louis Burton on his Sam Manuard-designed Bureau Vallée. That’s the word from…
•••What is the link between Guirec Soudée, Benjamin Ferré and Sébastien Marsset? All three ha…
•••11th Hour Racing Team has completed its first major fully-crewed ocean crossing. The new I…
•••n the sixth part of this series, IMOCA and The Ocean Race get the low-down on a crewed rou…
•••IMOCA boats in The Ocean Race is a big departure and a new adventure for the Class – some …
•••The APICIL Group skipper explains how he operates single-handedly to climb the mast of his…
•••In part five of this series, IMOCA and The Ocean Race shine a spotlight on the OBRs (On-Bo…
•••The new campaign builds on a winning French-German collaboration from The Ocean Race Europ…
•••Alain Leboeuf, President of SAEM Vendée and the Department of Vendée has just presented th…
•••Who to pick out in the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race? A fascinating early season school for n…
•••By leading the race from start to finish and continuously setting the pace, the skipper of…
•••After two days at sea in the Guyader Bermudes 1000 Race, the IMOCA fleet is now heading so…
•••Ideal weather conditions and great expectations from the IMOCA skippers for this first rac…
•••On Sunday 8 May, at 14:40 hours local time, in a slight delay to the schedule, the fleet c…
•••It’s time for the first race of the new IMOCA season and the IMOCA GLOBE SERIES championsh…
•••The interesting thing, when you talk to Kevin Escoffier about his new boat – due to be lau…
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