16.11.2017 HUGO BOSS backs Alex Thomson Racing for Vendée Globe 2020 Today we’re pleased to announce that our long-term sponsor, HUGO BOSS, has extended its partnership with the team for a further four years, in a deal that will take us through to the end of 2021. HUGO BOSS has sponsored the team since 2003…
Lalou Roucayrol and Alex Pella, winners of the Transat Jacques Vabre in the Multi50 class ! FLASH Thursday 16 novembre 2017 On 16 November at 8.49 am (French time), Lalou Roucayrol and Alex Pella crossed the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) as winners in the Multi50 category….
15.11.2017 SSL Finals 2017 December 4th – 9th Nassau, Bahamas NEW FACES AND PLEASANT RETUR In just a little less than one month the fifth SSL Finals will start in Montagu Bay and this year we’ll have two Italian flags on the starting line. Alongside Diego Negri, who’s been to every SSL events so far,…
https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/ RACE 3 DAY 15: FAST DOWNWIND CONDITIONS REPLACED BY SHIFTING WINDS 15 NOVEMBER 2017 Day 15 of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race has seen mixed conditions for the Clipper Race fleet with fast downwind conditions being replaced by shifting winds and lighter airs for many teams. Sanya Serenity Coast remains in the…
14.11.2017 Anglo-Spanish duo retake lead as Doldrums fray nerves As with Sodebo Ultim’s victory yesterday, the Anglo-Spanish duo of Phil Sharp and Pablo Santurde on Imerys Clean Energy are also showing in the Class40 that you do not need the biggest budget or the latest boat to be the leader. With 60 per cent of…
14.11.2017 The 11th of November marked the tenth anniversary and start of the first edition of the double handed round the world race. The forthcoming 2018-2019 edition of the race has a renewed format. The presentation of the Barcelona World Race 2018-2019 will take place on the 28th of November at 11:30 am at the Fundació Navegació…
RACE 3 DAY 14: SPINNAKERS EMERGE AS WESTERLIES FILL IN 14 NOVEMBER 2017 The westerly winds that the Clipper Race fleet has been waiting for finally arrived for many of the teams as they pass the halfway mark of Race 3: The Dell Latitude Rugged Race to Fremantle, Australia. With under 2,400 nautical miles…
www.transatjacquesvabre.org 13.11.2017 Sodebo Ultim’ wins Transat Jacques Vabre in record time as Doldrums come alive Having match raced each other down the Atlantic after leaving Le Havre last Sunday, Thomas Colville and Jean-Luc Nélias struck a blow for experience by holding off Sébastien Josse and Thomas Rouxel on their newly-launched Maxi Edmond de Rothschild to…
www.volvooceanrace.com 13.11.2017 Jack Bouttell gets the full treatment from King Neptune as Dongfeng leads across the Equator Dongfeng, the red and white Volvo Ocean 65 skippered by Charles Caudrelier of France, today became the first of the seven boats in the Volvo Ocean Race to cross the Equator and head into the southern hemisphere. The…