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Shorthanded Ocean Racing

Benoit Marie

Little Boat, Big Pond

Amateur sailor Benoit Marie surprises everyone, and himself, by arriving to port ahead of some of the world’s best Mini sailors in the Mini Transat.

Macif Sailboat

Tragedy Avoided?

A delayed start for the Transat Jacques Vabre allowed much of the fleet to reach the finish in Brazil in good shape, save for favorites Michel Desjoyeaux and Francois Gabart, who suffered a dismasting.

Chuan’s Class 40 Circumnavigation

Chinese skipper Guo Chuan completed a solo non-stop circumnavigation in a Class 40 and set a new world record of 137 days, 20 hours, 1 minute and 57 seconds on April 5. Here’s what he said after finishing: _It is difficult to describe my feeling at the moment. It is still like a dream, I feel like being in a dream. Sometimes during the journey, I do not know if I could go home. In Cape Horn, when I could not see anything in the wave, I felt it might be too far to go back. Several days ago in Ta

Alex THOMSON (GBR) on Hugo Boss

Third Time’s a Charm

After two failed attempts at the Vendée Globe, the Brit Alex Thomson takes third place in the solo nonstop ’round-the-world race. He’s the third ever British skipper to finish on the podium, and set a new non-stop ’round the world record for a solo British sailor.

Benoit Marie

Little Boat, Big Pond

Amateur sailor Benoit Marie surprises everyone, and himself, by arriving to port ahead of some of the world’s best Mini sailors in the Mini Transat.

Macif Sailboat

Tragedy Avoided?

A delayed start for the Transat Jacques Vabre allowed much of the fleet to reach the finish in Brazil in good shape, save for favorites Michel Desjoyeaux and Francois Gabart, who suffered a dismasting.

Chuan’s Class 40 Circumnavigation

Chinese skipper Guo Chuan completed a solo non-stop circumnavigation in a Class 40 and set a new world record of 137 days, 20 hours, 1 minute and 57 seconds on April 5. Here’s what he said after finishing: _It is difficult to describe my feeling at the moment. It is still like a dream, I feel like being in a dream. Sometimes during the journey, I do not know if I could go home. In Cape Horn, when I could not see anything in the wave, I felt it might be too far to go back. Several days ago in Ta

Alex THOMSON (GBR) on Hugo Boss

Third Time’s a Charm

After two failed attempts at the Vendée Globe, the Brit Alex Thomson takes third place in the solo nonstop ’round-the-world race. He’s the third ever British skipper to finish on the podium, and set a new non-stop ’round the world record for a solo British sailor.

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