Stories about Transatlantic Race
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SolOceans: Bostik ready for Cherbourg to New York City
Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago by BYM Sailing News
On Sunday, July 6, Jean-Yves Furic, President of the Cherbourg Yacht Club, will send off the Veolia Oceans? one design Bostik for the Reconnaissance Transatlantic race. Bostik will enter her name on the historical course linking the Port of ... more »
Bostik ready for Reconnaissance Transatlantic race
Posted 1 day, 9 hours ago by Sail World UK
Alexia Barrier (FRA) will be at the helm of Bostik for the Reconnaissance Transatlantic race. more »
Bostik ready for Reconnaissance Transatlantic race
Posted 1 day, 12 hours ago by Sail World Australia
Alexia Barrier (FRA) will be at the helm of Bostik for the Reconnaissance Transatlantic race. more »
Quebec-Saint-Malo: Class 40s will be out in force
Posted 15 days, 9 hours ago by BYM Sailing News
The seventh Transat Quebec Saint-Malo, which will start on Sunday 20th July in front of the Quebec Yacht Club will see no fewer than 32 boats lining up for the start of this mythical crewed transatlantic race, which previously saw ... more »
Unlimited multihulls for the Route du Rhum
Posted 16 days, 10 hours ago by $$$ The Daily Sail $$$
Race organiser Pen Duick announce significant chanbe to the multihull division of their 2010 solo transatlantic race more »
Clipper Round the World Race crews prepare for ocean crossing to Cork, Ireland
Posted 20 days ago by BYM Sailing News
The Clipper crews are making final preparations today for their final ocean race of Clipper 07-08. They will set off from Sydney, Nova Scotia, tomorrow at 1300 local time (1800 GMT) for the transatlantic race to Cork, Ireland. The ... more »
Yann Elies and team Generali lead IMOCA Ocean Racing World Championship
Posted 29 days, 22 hours ago by BYM Sailing News
French sailor Yann Elies has taken the lead of the IMOCA ocean racing world championship after the first solo transatlantic race of the year : The Artemis Transat (yearly ranking is based on previous and current year’s results). Team ... more »
Playing with the boys...
Posted 1 month, 10 days ago by Sail Karma
Sam onboard Roxy© Sam Davies / Roxy[Source OC Events] This now leaves six IMOCA 60s, out of the 13 starters, to finish this gruelling solo transatlantic race, and leading this second pack is Samantha Davies on board Roxy. Samantha Davies represents Britain's first finisher in the race and is expected to arrive at midnight tonight. She will finish ahead of her fellow Briton and rival Dee Caffari on Aviva, who still has around 330 miles to the finish and expected to arrive at 1400 GMT tomorrow (Tuesday, 27th May). Davies has also managed to extend her lead over her closest rivals - Yannick Bestaven (Cervin ENR) and Arnaud Boissieres - by 70 miles: "The blond in front has given us the elbow," wrote Boissieres.
Sailing an older generation boat than the first four finishers in Boston, Sam understandably sounded in good form: "Feeling comfortable and nice to be in wind and on direct line to Boston - its quite relaxed. More importantly, is to get there in one piece without a whale or a fishing bouy wrapped around my keel and there seems to be a minefield of lobster pots and whales out here this morning!
"I'm hoping I'm going to arrive in daylight hours - around 2200 gmt [1800 local time] so hoping I'm going to be able to see because, for sure, at night it's harder. I guess the hardest thing is we're going to get about 30 knots of wind in the channel approaching Boston and it is directly upwind so we're going to have to tack all the way up the channel - that's going to be pretty hard physically, just taking the boat maybe several times."
Speaking of the fifth-place battle that has ensued these past few days, Sam said of her rivals: "They are great friends and also desperate to beat each other! They will be pushing all the way and perhaps taking some risks right up to the end." It's worth noting that the two old friends had finished first (Bestaven) and third (Boissieres) in the 2001 Mini Transat, after having carried out a shared campaign, notably building 2 new prototypes together.
Dee Caffari onboard Aviva, racing in her first solo race onboard her new 60-foot IMOCA boat, has around 300 miles to go and is finding the final phase of the race a frustration : "A great day sailing once the sun rose and revealed clear skies and breeze for Aviva. Then as if by the clock the breeze shut down and left me floating absolutely dead in the water. The only difference was this time is that it was under clear blue skies with a sun in it rather than fog. That was a relief as the air is so cold it was the warmest I had been for days. So yet again my plan to arrive in Boston is delayed once again." For Dee, getting to Boston may seem like an eternity, but the gain will be worth the pain for the girl who, like Samantha Davies, wants to race in the solo non-stop round the world Vendée Globe race this winter. It is critical for Dee to finish The Artemis Transat to put her Vendée Globe qualifier behind her. http://www.theartemistransat.comhttp://www.sailkarma.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss more »
Victory...
Posted 1 month, 10 days ago by Sail Karma
Loick Peyron (Gitana Eighty) wins the Artemis Transat, stepping into the history books as the only person to have ever won the transatlantic race on three occasions. Peyron 49, from Le Pouliguen, Brittany, France also set a new race record. For full information on the Race and programme of events, please visit the website http://www.theartemistransat.com
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Artemis Transat: Loick Peyron on Gitana 80 heading for a record third transatlantic solo victory
Posted 1 month, 13 days ago by BYM Sailing News
If Loick Peyron wins the Artemis Transat 2008 he will be the only sailor in history to have won this classic solo transatlantic race three times. He currently shares the record of two wins (1992 and 1996) with another ... more »
New British transatlantic race
Posted 1 month, 13 days ago by $$$ The Daily Sail $$$
Tony Lawson announces the Spice Race to Grenada more »
SEB JOSSE AND BT OPEN 60 ENJOY AN EXCITING 48 HOURS IN THE ARTEMIS TRANSAT
Posted 1 month, 22 days ago by Team Ellen Macarthur
On Sunday 11th May, French skipper Seb Josse took the start of the solo transatlantic race, The Artemis Transat alongside 12 other IMOCA Open 60 boats. ?The Artemis Transat race is no just a transatlantic race, it?s a very important race in a sailor?s life... more »
Crew-less Sailing Boats to cross Atlantic
Posted 1 month, 23 days ago by Sail World UK
This October, in a Transatlantic race, on the eight sailing boars taking part, there'll be nobody on board! more »
Crew-less Sailing Boats to cross Atlantic
Posted 1 month, 23 days ago by Sail World Australia
This October, in a Transatlantic race, on the eight sailing boars taking part, there'll be nobody on board more »
Alone With a Suspected Broken Rib
Posted 1 month, 23 days ago by Sail Search Blog
www.Sail-Search.com: At around 23h30 last night, as the Safran monohull was sailing under full mainsail, solent and with the automatic pilot in 22 knots of wind, a squall surprised Marc Guillemot causing the boat to accelerate away: "I was inside. The boat was on pilot and suddenly broached. The boat went over on her side with the mast in the water. I hung on to the pedestal. I very quickly shifted the keel and the boat came back up. I think I may have cracked or broken a rib," explained Marc to his shore team on a radio link-up. Marc added: "I have informed the race directors. On medical advice, I have taken a painkiller and put on some ointment. It feels better. It would really annoy me if I had to stop. I’m going to have a rest and then see if I can hoist some canvas. I’m currently sailing with one reef in the mainsail and under solent. I’m going to keep a close eye on my state of health and if I’m suffering too much and can no longer keep up, in conjunction with the team, we will take the necessary decision. Meanwhile, I’m staying in the race." Marc Guillemot is sailing in the Artemis Transat Transatlantic Race more »
Alone With a Suspected Broken Rib
Posted 1 month, 23 days ago by Sail Search RSA
www.Sail-Search.com: At around 23h30 last night, as the Safran monohull was sailing under full mainsail, solent and with the automatic pilot in 22 knots of wind, a squall surprised Marc Guillemot causing the boat to accelerate away: "I was inside. The boat was on pilot and suddenly broached. The boat went over on her side with the mast in the water. I hung on to the pedestal. I very quickly shifted the keel and the boat came back up. I think I may have cracked or broken a rib," explained Marc to his shore team on a radio link-up. Marc added: "I have informed the race directors. On medical advice, I have taken a painkiller and put on some ointment. It feels better. It would really annoy me if I had to stop. I’m going to have a rest and then see if I can hoist some canvas. I’m currently sailing with one reef in the mainsail and under solent. I’m going to keep a close eye on my state of health and if I’m suffering too much and can no longer keep up, in conjunction with the team, we will take the necessary decision. Meanwhile, I’m staying in the race." Marc Guillemot is sailing in the Artemis Transat Transatlantic Race more »
BT Extreme 40 sees off her stablemate: team photos available
Posted 1 month, 23 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The BT Extreme 40, one of nine entries in the 2008 iShares Cup, joined her BT Team Ellen stablemates at Plymouth last weekend for the start of Artemis Transat transatlantic race. The 40ft catamaran lined up alongside a smaller F18 catamaran, which Ellen MacArthur will sail in the Archipelago Raid endurance race. However both were dwarfed by the massive BT Open 60, which Seb Josse is currently sailing singlehanded across the North Atlantic. more »
BT Extreme 40 sees off her stablemate: team photos available
Posted 1 month, 23 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The BT Extreme 40, one of nine entries in the 2008 iShares Cup, joined her BT Team Ellen stablemates at Plymouth last weekend for the start of Artemis Transat transatlantic race. The 40ft catamaran lined up alongside a smaller F18 catamaran, which Ellen MacArthur will sail in the Archipelago Raid endurance race. However both were dwarfed by the massive BT Open 60, which Seb Josse is currently sailing singlehanded across the North Atlantic. more »
BT Extreme 40 sees off Team Ellen stablemate at Artemis Transat start
Posted 1 month, 24 days ago by BYM Sailing News
The BT Extreme 40, one of nine entries in the 2008 iShares Cup, joined her BT Team Ellen stablemates at Plymouth last weekend for the start of Artemis Transat transatlantic race. The 40ft catamaran lined up alongside a smaller ... more »
NEWS : BT Extreme 40 sees off her stablemate
Posted 1 month, 24 days ago by iShares Cup
The BT Extreme 40, one of nine entries in the 2008 iShares Cup, joined her BT Team Ellen stablemates at Plymouth last weekend for the start of Artemis Transat transatlantic race. more »
