The Transat
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The Artemis Transat
The Artemis Transat took end with the arriving and the 9th skipper in the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA division, few days after Loïck Peyron’s third win in Boston. This is the history of the 2008 edition. day after day.
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The Artemis Transat
At 07:11:27 local time (11:11:27 GMT), Italian solo sailor, Giovanni Soldini, crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat race in Marblehead, USA. On a crisp, clear early morning with a biting 18-20 knot north-westerly breeze, Soldini and his one year-old Proto Class40 Class40 #Class40 , Telecom Italia, completed the North Atlantic (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Thirty-three year old Samantha Davies has become the first Briton to finish The Artemis Transat 2008 solo race in Boston, USA. Samantha sailed her 60-foot monohull Roxy across the finish line at 23:00:51 GMT (19:00 local time) yesterday (26 May) in a time 15 days, 10 hours, 00 minutes and 51 seconds. For the last 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Greeted by race winner Loick Peyron, second-placed Armel Le Cléac’h and "clandestine passenger" Vincent Riou, who had been replaying the race while waiting for him, Yann Elies was radiant when his boat came to a stop alongside the Boston Harbor Hotel pontoon. Happy, but also relieved, the Breton skipper could finally let his joy out, (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Loick Peyron on board Gitany Eighty crossed the finish line of The Artemis Transat at 03:15:35 GMT on Saturday, 24th May (00:15:35 local time). His arrival in Boston, USA, marks an historic achievement for this legendary French sailor. He is now the only sailor in history to have won this race three times (1992/1996/2008), exceeding the (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Vincent Riou reported hitting a large sea mammal at 3:00 AM this morning, but his initial assessment was that the damage remained superficial... The skipper realised this afternoon that one of his keel pins was missing, and that the appendage was only held by the ram used to cant it. With an approaching storm, Vincent Riou has decided to (...)
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The Artemis Transat
Given today by Mike Golding, winner of the 2004 edition, aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Argyll, the start of The Artemis Transat was followed by 1,000 spectator boats. Heading off towards Eddystone - first race gate of the course - at 9 knots of boats speed Speed #speedsailing , the skippers fought a close battle as soon as the gun went (...)
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Vendée Globe
Today on the River Thames (London, UK), Seb Josse’s BT IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA 60 was officially launched after an extensive race refit. And it proved to be a sweet moment of success for Seb and his teammate Ellen MacArthur as the all-girl band, the Sugababes, joined the duo onboard the BT IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA 60 to sing one of their (...)
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OSTAR
The Faraday Mill OSTAR 2005 organised by the Royal Western Yacht Club, starts at Plymouth on Sunday 29 th May. Without doubt, the most exciting racing in this years solo transatlantic race will be amongst the forty-footers. OSTAR veterans Michel Kleinjans and Ronny Nollet, in their unrestricted Open 40’s, are up against three of (...)
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The Transat
OC Events, organisers of The Transat, can announce today that the the participation of the 50-foot class is confirmed. "It was a condition for the 50-foot class that a minimum of five entries be received for both the monohull and multihull divisions by the 31st January," said Mark Turner, CEO of OC Events. "We are now in a position to confirm (...)