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VPLP / Verdier launch new PRB
Thursday 11th March Vincent Riou and team PRB assembled at Port la Foret to launch the new IMOCA 60’ designed by VPLP / Verdier. ...
Coutdown to the Velux 5 OCeans
Only nine months remain until the start of the VELUX 5 OCEANS and the various pieces of the jigsaw continue to come together. All the ingredients are being put in place for the eighth edition of the classic singlehanded round the world race, which should create one of the most successful events in t...
Fourth entry confirmed for the Velux 5 Oceans
Clipper Ventures today confirmed Polish skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski as the fourth entry in the exciting new Eco 60 Class in the VELUX 5 OCEANS 2010-11. The experienced skipper, known as “Gutek”, joined Sir Robin Knox-Johnston and the Mayor of La Rochelle at the Nautic Boat Show in Paris to launch his...
Marc Guillemot, skipper of Safran, IMOCA Champion 2009
This Transat Jacques Vabre, which culminated in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, with the arrival of Sam Davies and Sydney Gavignet aboard Artemis II, saw victory go to the duo Mar c Guillemot - Charles Caudrelier (Safran), thus enabling Marc Guillemot to pocket the IMOCA World Champion 2009 title....
IMOCA ranking prior to the Transat Jacques Vabre
Thanks to his victory in the Istanbul Europa Race, Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) has closed his deficit on Armel le Cléac'h (Brit Air) still further in the provisional IMOCA 2009. The Transat Jacques Vabre, which saw fourteen pairs take the start line, will serve as Justice of the Peace as this 2008-20...
Race legend Brad Van Liew returns to the Velux 5 Oceans
Race organisers are pleased to announce that today, Brad Van Liew confirmed his entry in the VELUX 5 OCEANS 2010-11 race. Van Liew's new ocean racing campaign targets the popular and exciting Eco 60 Class, and constitutes the first United States entry in the race. The move represents a return to the...
Clipper Ventures publishes Eco 60 rules
Clipper Ventures today published the inaugural rules and regulations in relation to the Eco 60, a new class of offshore racing boats who will compete for the first time in the VELUX 5 OCEANS 2010-11. The rules, developed over the last 12 months by the Race Management and a dedicated team of experts,...
Christophe Bullens enters the Velux 5 Oceans
Belgian skipper confirmed as the second competitor in the promising Eco 60 Class. Offshore racer Christophe Bullens today confirmed that he will compete in the VELUX 5 OCEANS 2010-11. The Belgian skipper, an experienced yachtsman who sails over 10,000 miles per year, will attempt his first solo circ...
We prove the absents to be wrong
Michel Desjoyeaux has added another success to his record book. Onboard Foncia, he won both the last stage and the overall classification of the Istanbul Europa Race. He was full of praise for this event. He kind of promised that he'll be back in 2011 for the second edition....
Atlantic Rendez-vous
It has been quite a change of rhythm in this third and last leg of the Istanbul Europa Race. Having left Barcelona 48 hours ago, the six crews should be able to look forward to good breeze from now onwards, the occasional calms of the Mediterranean slipping into memory. As a parting gift, the Med is...
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