L'idée de la Transat B to B est née, il y a quatre ans, de manière à offrir aux futurs concurrents du Vendée Globe 2012, une course qualificative au retour de la Transat Jacques Vabre. La première course amenait donc la flotte de Salvador de Bahia à Port la Forêt
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The 2012 Vendée Globe officially launched at the Paris Boat Show
Bruno Retailleau, President of the Vendée Council, Louis Guédon, MP and Mayor of les Sables d’Olonne, Luc Talbourdet, President of the IMOCA class and Patricia Brochard, CEO of Sodebo officially launched the seventh Vendée Globe on Wednesday 8th November at the Nautic, the Paris Boat Show. After reminding everyone of
Route du Rhum La Banque Postale – 16th Novembre 2010
A long, and busy night in Pointe-Ã -Pitre saw more and more finishers completing the Route du Rhum La Banque Postale, and it is only set to get more hectic when the Class 40 fleet start arriving late Wednesday or Thursday depending on how cruel or kind the winds on the
Route du Rhum – Thomas Ruyant (Destination Dunkerque ) First in Class 40
Thomas Ruyant (Destination Dunkerque “It is starting to feel a little long now! And so I need to just find some patience. I am getting towards the finish but it is still slow. I have not got the spinnaker out yet. It will not be very fast. I am not
Route du Rhum La Banque Postale – A perfect start for a record fleet
Sunshine, light winds and gennaker reaching conditions: the perfect formula for the start for 2010 Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale. It was appropriate for the record fleet of 85 skippers who set off from Saint Malo this afternoon on the ninth edition of the Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale that