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Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Team Alvimedica’s challenge for the 2014-15 edition announced in Istanbul
Seven years ago, a couple of young American sailing addicts met on the set of a Disney movie and dreamed of the day that they would launch a campaign in the world’s toughest offshore team test, the Volvo Ocean Race. Today that apparently long-shot ambition became a reality when Team Alvimedica’s challenge for the 2014-15 edition (...) -
Gitana Team
Route du Rhum 2014 and Vendée Globe 2016 for Sébastien Josse
The 2014 season promises to be equally thrilling with the major Route du Rhum Route du Rhum #RouteDuRhum meeting, whose fleet will set sail from Saint Malo on 2 November. Above all though it marks the start of a five-year campaign packed with surprises, which kicks off with the arrival of a new craft within the Gitana Team and Sébastien (...) -
Extreme Sailing Series
All 2013 teams return plus Olympic legend Sir Ben Ainslie and Volvo Ocean Race winner Franck Cammas
Extreme Sailing Series Extreme Sailing Series #extremesailing ™ organisers OC Sport, alongside Land Rover, one of two Series Main Partners, have today confirmed details of their most ambitious Series to date at the London Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow . The award-winning and ‘ISAF Special Event’ world tour will celebrate (...) -
SpeedDream
SpeedDream offshore prototype to be skippered by Vendée legend Mike Golding
SpeedDream, in conjunction with their technology partner, the Russian tech giant Yandex, announced that they will take the lessons learned from the SpeedDream27 prototype and apply them, along with other innovations, to a much larger offshore prototype. The boat, which will launch during 2014, will be skippered by Mike (...) -
35th America’s Cup
Franck Cammas : " I have gathered Michel Desjoyeaux and Olivier de Kersauson around me"
This Wednesday at the Nautic Paris Boat Show Boat Show #BoatShow , the most striking element of the day was unquestionably the presentation of the Team France project on the stand for the French Nautical Industries Federation, in the presence of Franck Cammas, Olivier de Kersauson and Michel (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Bekking and Brunel back for Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Dutch sailor Bouwe Bekking will return for a record Record #sailingrecord -equalling seventh bid for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, the world’s leading crewed offshore race, as skipper of a new campaign launched by Brunel on Tuesday in Amsterdam. -
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Team Dongfeng announced as Chinese entry in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
October 30, 2013 - A team from China backed by Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle and run by leading sailing experts OC Sport will race in the next edition of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2014-15. Team Dongfeng will have the interests of Chinese sailing at its core with a significant number of Chinese in the final race crew as well as its support team. (...) -
Volvo Ocean Race
Neal McDonald : " I hope to use my experience to ensure Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing wins this next race"
Highly decorated sailing veteran, British Olympian Neal McDonald, is to taking the helm as Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Performance Director in the team’s second bid for Volvo Ocean Race glory next year. Emirati star, 24-year-old Adil Khalid, has re-signed as an Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing crew member under the leadership of skipper Ian (...) -
America’s Cup
Artemis Racing launched AC72 at base in Alameda
Artemis Racing held a private team gathering this morning at its base in Alameda to christen the team’s second AC72 AC72 #AC72 . Syndicate founder Torbjörn Törnqvist attended the early morning ceremony along with 300 members of Artemis Racing, including family and friends. The team’s new yacht, christened Artemis Racing, looked (...) -
Tour de France à la Voile 2013
13 teams will be on the start line of the 36th edition of the Tour de France
The beginning of the M34 M34 #M34 season augured of the fights to come. Newcomers Franck Cammas and Thomas Coville skillfully faced their competitors. Veteran Daniel Souben was the only one to match Cammas, recent winner of the Volvo Ocean Race, and Thomas Coville, skipper of the Sodebo maxi-trimaran. 35 days before the Tour de France à la (...)