Le Cleac’h Takes On Fastest Sailor Alive
Armel Le Cleac’h is poised to give Francis Joyon a run for his money.
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Armel Le Cleac’h is poised to give Francis Joyon a run for his money.
American Ryan Breymaier has his sights set on the Vendee Globe.
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.
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.
Bruce Gain takes a look at the controversy, and the threads of reason, in this year’s Mini Transat start.
The road to the Mini Transat hasn’t been easy for American Jeff MacFarlane, but that’s the way of the Mini.
Bruce Gain interviews Francis Joyon on his latest record-breaking run: across the Atlantic from New York to the Lizard.
With his hand crushed and boat smashed apart just five months before the start of the Mini Transat, American Jeffrey MacFarlane didn’t give up.
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
The French solo multihull master Francis Joyon is aiming to own the four biggest speed sailing records, which he calls, appropriately, the Grand Slam.
Guo Chan, of China, departed from Qingdao on Nov. 18 to circumnavigate the globe solo on a Class 40. Here are some photos from on board. Click here to visit Chan’s website.
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.
Armel Le Cleac’h is poised to give Francis Joyon a run for his money.
American Ryan Breymaier has his sights set on the Vendee Globe.
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.
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.
Bruce Gain takes a look at the controversy, and the threads of reason, in this year’s Mini Transat start.
The road to the Mini Transat hasn’t been easy for American Jeff MacFarlane, but that’s the way of the Mini.
Bruce Gain interviews Francis Joyon on his latest record-breaking run: across the Atlantic from New York to the Lizard.
With his hand crushed and boat smashed apart just five months before the start of the Mini Transat, American Jeffrey MacFarlane didn’t give up.
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
The French solo multihull master Francis Joyon is aiming to own the four biggest speed sailing records, which he calls, appropriately, the Grand Slam.
Guo Chan, of China, departed from Qingdao on Nov. 18 to circumnavigate the globe solo on a Class 40. Here are some photos from on board. Click here to visit Chan’s website.
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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