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IMOCA
Dominique Wavre : "the Class needs to continue evolving"
The decisions taken in the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA AGM have been taken with the aim of ensuring reliability of the boats, skipper safety and maintaining a competitive level within the older generation of boats. There was a noticeable and general consensus that these were the priorities facing the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA (...) -
Sport Management
Loïck Peyron signs with Oman sail
More than two weeks after he left the Gitana Team, the famous French skipper Loick Peyron has joined the Oman Sail Extreme 40 campaign for this summer’s iShares Cup Sailing Series.. -
Sponsoring
Ostar and Figaro circuit for Katie Miller
On the 27th of February, at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Katie Miller Yacht Racing unveiled the finance software company bluQube as their Title Sponsor. The partnership will oversee Katie’s entry as the youngest ever female competitor in the 2009 OSTAR single-handed Trans-Atlantic race, and her inauguration into the Figaro European (...) -
Gitana Team
Loïck Peyron quits baron de Rothschild’s team
The 2009 season marks a turning point for the Gitana Team. Indeed the start of the year accompanies the announcement of Loïck Peyron’s departure and the officialising of an innovative race programme, which is more in harmony with the director’s current wishes. Yann Guichard joins as skipper of the Extreme 40 ans the ORMA trimaran (...) -
Sailing team
The Oman Sail team buys MacArthur’s trimaran
Three years after Dame Ellen MacArthur sailed into the history books by breaking the world record Record #sailingrecord for a solo circumnavigation of the globe, her trimaran is back in action. She joins an Extreme 40 and a F18 in the Oman sailing team. -
Volvo Ocean Race
Ericsson 3 officially named in Barcelona
The Ericsson 3, the first of Ericsson’s two race yachts, has been given its name in an event that lit up the Barcelona night sky. The ceremony invited key guests from the telecom industry and sailing community to get on board the Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009, with 235 days to go before the racing yachts set sail round the (...) -
Sponsoring
Josse and Moloney for MacArthur’s BT Team Ellen
BT Team Ellen signs a 3-year sailing partnership, bringing together world-class sailors Ellen MacArthur (GBR), Sébastien Josse (FRA) and Nick Moloney (AUS) alongside other sailing talent dedicated to success on the water across a number of disciplines, including the IMOCA Imoca #IMOCA Ocean Racing World Championships and the Extreme 40 (...) -
Sponsoring
Fujifilm sponsors Alex Bennett in the Class 40
Fujifilm today announces the sponsorship of a Class 40 racing yacht skippered by International yachtsman Alex Bennett. The 40-foot boat will have its official naming at the 39th Southampton Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow on the 19th of September 2007 where it will be christened (...) -
Barcelona World Race
Spanish brewer to sponsor Catalan Guillermo Altadill
Estrella Damm, Spain’s most important brewer, has announced today that it will sponsor the first Spanish entry in the Barcelona World Race Barcelona World Race #barcelonaworldrace 2007,and they have chosen the Catalan Guillermo Altadill, one of the most respected and experienced professional sailors in the world, to skipper Estrella (...) -
World Sailing League
Cayard, Coutts and Lagos for a 70’ catamaran series
Sailing legends Russell Coutts and Paul Cayard have teamed up with internationally renowned Portuguese sports promoter, João Lagos, to create a new annual global sports series. The World Sailing League (WSL) will be held at premier sailing locations around the world with the series winner receiving a cheque for $2 (...)