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Sailing News

The Atlantic schooner is sailing !

August 30, 2010

This summer, the Atlantic (the three masted replica of the 1905 Atlantic record holder with Charlie Barr) gently tugged her mooring lines, and today she is sailing ! She just left La Rochelle, and she will be cruising the Atlantic coast of France, Spain and Portugal, then the Balearics, the South coast of the Mediterranean, [...]

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The Tall Ships Races Antwerp – 10 to 13 July

July 12, 2010

The fifth edition of The Tall Ships Races started Saturday and drew 100,000 visitors in Antwerp. The city hopes to attract one million visitors until Tuesday, July 13, closing day of the event. The Tall Ships Races 2010 in Antwerp can accommodate 72 boats at sea, including 22 Class A which includes the larger boats. [...]

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MOD 70: THE STATE OF PLAY

June 21, 2010

by courtesy of Ocean Racing The idea of relaunching one-design ocean-racing multihulls is becoming reality.What is the current state of play with the MOD 70s, four months after the announcement by Foncia and Michel Desjoyeaux that they would be building one of these trimarans, which were supposed to fill the gap left by the famous [...]

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Ladycat: TRIUMPHAL !

June 13, 2010

They did it! Ladycat enters legend status with a win at the most mythical race around Lake Geneva.

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BOM ! (June 11th-13th)

June 12, 2010

BOM! It’s the abbreviation for the biggest race on inland waters in the world, and certainly one of the best moments of the summer: the Bol D’Or Mirabaud. This weekend more than 500 sailboats will be taking part in Europe’s largest lake regatta, the Bol d’Or Mirabaud. Again this year this event will showcase Lake [...]

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La Boudeuse sinks in an Ocean of debt

June 2, 2010

Paris, June 2nd 2010: Patrice Franceschi, the captain of “La Boudeuse”, announced today that the “Terre-Océan” mission ceases all operations immediately due to massive debt.

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JP54 – The UFO

May 26, 2010

…or “I had a dream”

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World Record Marseille to Carthage*

May 16, 2010
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The RACE – Interview with Bruno Peyron

April 12, 2010
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48 days 07 hours 44 minutes 52 seconds!

March 21, 2010

Ushant, France - The Jules Verne Trophy now belongs to ten men who have sailed around the globe at an average of 18.76 knots along the optimum course, beating the reference time set by Orange 2 in 2005 by 2 days 08 hours 35 minutes. Franck Cammas and his men crossed the finish line off the [...]

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