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Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race attracts VOR 70
The Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race is turning into a truly international event with confirmed entries from boats representing eight nations in the non-stop race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and sponsored by the specialist yacht and motorboat shipping company, Sevenstar....
Solidaire du Chocolat podium completed
During the fourth week of racing for La Solidaire du Chocolat fleet, the 15 remaining boats encountered volatile conditions as the Caribbean delivered a new dimension to the race. Squalls, tropical storms, dead calm and weather information that rarely reflected reality turned the final 1,500 miles t...
Tricky Caribbean conditions for the latest arrivals
Over the weekend, three Class40s in La Solidaire du Chocolat fleet passed through the mandatory race gate off St. Barts in the Leeward Islands and currently seven boats are racing through the Caribbean to Progreso on the northern tip of the Yucatán Peninsular in Mexico....
The north and southern packs begin to converge
Over the weekend, the more easterly boats in the northern group of the fleet tucked into the Trade Winds while the western pack have yet to taste the north-east breeze. Although the endless headwinds have ceased, the 12 days of slamming upwind left a legacy for Giovanni Soldini and Pietro d'Ali on T...
Ruyant first in Salvador
Thomas Ruyant on his proto France Faber No. 667, crossed the finish line of The Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6,50 at 9h18 minutes and 34 seconds - GMT - 11h18 minutes and 34 seconds - French time. He won the stage Funchal - Salvador de Bahia....
Waiting for the storm
For the 24 Class40's competing in La Solidaire du Chocolat, the first night at sea has been a period of calm, allowing the skippers an opportunity to prepare their boats for the oncoming front heading into the Bay of Biscay....
Rendez-vous in the archipelago!
The first reef of the second stage of The Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 is the Canary Islands. And if we only have look at the fleet and how it spreads in the north of the archipelago, we can understand the importance of choices made just after the buoy Funchal Naval Club buoy on Saturday aft...
D-2: On the protos side
The pressure rises slowly on the pontoons in the marina of Funchal... D-2 before the start of this large piece of sailing: 5 740 km on a prototype of 6.50 meters launched in 1991 (Ed., Sébastien Stéphant’s - Finot-Conq) for the oldest and 2009 for the most recent. ...
D-3 for the Series
3100 miles in the bows... 5 740 km to go before the lighthouse of Bara and the entrance to the Bay of All Saints in Salvador de Bahia. The Big One part of the race is for now. They all know it. And if the race aspect is important, now we must never forget that for some this is the adventure of a lif...
Production bats: in the line of sight!
There will be 49 series boats to leave for The Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6,50 on Sunday. With forty-nine sailors from eleven different nationalities, which transatlantic can claim to be as international? If the majority are French of course - 30 - the Italians come second with six citizens. Th...
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