From 26 to 28 August, the members of Pôle France in Port-la-Forêt are getting together for the first of four training sessions to prepare for the upcoming Transat Jacques Vabre. For this p...
Less than a minute was the time separating the two frontrunners, MACIF and Maître CoQ, in this Rolex Fastnet Race. Hugo Boss completed the podium seven minutes later, tailed by Cheminées ...
Light airs are colouring the Irish Sea and in these conditions some gaps have opened up between the leaders and their pursuers. At the head of the fleet the battle is raging between MACIF and Maî...
This year’s Artemis Challenge witnessed the six IMOCA crews doing battle in very light airs. Indeed weather conditions even saw the organisers compelled to modify the course: as a replacement fo...
After every Vendée Globe, the skippers of the IMOCA class jump on the communication bandwagon despite the more relaxed marine activity, which enables them to get some well-earned rest. It takes...
There were four representatives from the IMOCA class at the race start in Bordeaux for this 2013 running of the Solitaire du Figaro, determined to bring to the fore their status as a former winner of
In a number of domains, this 7th edition of the Vendée Globe will have been synonymous with an avalanche of records: sporting ones primarily, as well as records for public and media infatuation.
Saturday night evening, on the main beach in Les Sables d’Olonne, François Gabart, the skipper of MACIF received his trophy from the President of the General Council, Bruno Retailleau.
This morning we heard the sad news of the death of the 36-year old British sailor and double Olympic medallist in 2008 and 2012, Andrew Simpson, during the capsize of the catamaran Artemis Racing, abo...
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