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Electrically powered catamaran
Francois Gabart’s MerConcept to manage electric foiling tender project
2021 is beginning with a highly symbolic project becoming reality for MerConcept. François Gabart’s business Business #Business has just signed a contract to build its first pleasure craft. This is the first step in the diversification process they have opted for, with the aim of transferring technology from ocean racing to the (...) -
#TALM
Transat AG2R LA MONDIALE : Thierry Chabagny & Erwan Tabarly winners in Saint Barth
After completing a 3,800 nautical mile course from Concarneau in Brittany, but having travelled 4,932 miles through the water, the jubilant French pairing of Thierry Chabagny and Erwan Tabarly on board the Figaro Beneteau II one-design, Gedimat, took the honours. After 22 days, one hour and six minutes at sea, and sailing at an average speed (...) -
#Imoca
Transat Saint-Barth - Port la Forêt : Sébastien Josse takes line honours
On crossing the finish line off the Linuen Est mark, at the entrance of Port la Forêt harbour, this Wednesday 16 December, at 20hr 18mn 17s GMT, the skipper of IMOCA60 Edmond de Rothschild won the transatlantic race in style after dominating proceedings from beginning to end, only giving up the head of the race for the first six hours to SMA (...) -
#TourDuf
Tour du Finistère à la Voile : Geneviève Le Vaillant winner of the overall ranking
The Finistère Sail Tour draws to a close with its finest day yet! Indeed, it is in glorious sunshine that the fleet took the start of the final race of this 30th edition, a coastal course around the bay of Concarneau. The racers then made for Port-la-Forêt to attend the results ceremony that concludes this 30th Finistère Sail Tour in (...) -
La Torche PRO France 2014
Kai Lenny secures an impressive 4th Stand Up World Surfing Title in France
Coming into La Torche, Kai Lenny (Naish) was brimming with confidence as he prepared to defend his 2013 World and Event Titles at this climactic final rankings event of the 2014 season. Kai made quick work of his early heats, building momentum until he climaxed in the all important quarterfinals, where he posted a near perfect heat score total (...) -
La Torche Windsurf 2014
Ricardo Campello captures maiden victory in La Torche as title race is thrown wide open
La Torche only produced one day of wind over the nine days, but the one day of competition was one to remember as La Torche produced some of the best conditions of the year, for the wave sailors, with 20-30 knot winds and powerful, peeling, clean waves, providing the perfect platform for the world’s most radical sailors to throw (...) -
Stand Up World Tour
Nicole Pacelli becomes the first SUP Women’s World Champion
Nicole Pacelli becomes the sports first ever women’s World Stand Up Paddle Paddle #standuppaddle #paddleboard Surfing Champion after 4 dramatic events that traversed the globe and pitted the World’s best Women Surfers against each other in Hawaii, Brazil, California and (...) -
Stand Up World Tour
Kai Lenny takes La Torche Pro win & secures World Title
The La Torche Pro France presented by Naish and Twenty-Nine saw a spectacular finish for the Men’s division, with waves that more resembled Sunset Beach than what you would expect from this North West corner of France. In solid 8ft surf Surf #Surf , Kai Lenny (Naish) put on a clinic of high performance stand up paddle Paddle (...) -
Construction navale
CDK Technologies, the other winner of the Vendée Globe
François Gabart (Macif) and Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) aren’t just sharing the top two spots in the Vendée Globe. The two young skippers, aged 29 and 35 respectively, also have in common the fact that their monohulls were built in the same boatyard, CDK Technologies, in Port la Forêt and Lorient Lorient L’actualité (...) -
La Torche Pro France
Eric Terrien is victorious ahead of an international field
France’s Eric Terrien finds form here in NW France for the long distance component of the Stand Up World Series. Strategically biding his time through the first 2/3 of the race, Eric turned up the pace and took the lead ahead of a truly international field of athletes from 16 countries, competing right here in Brittany on the beautiful (...)
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