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Jules Verne Trophy : IDEC Sport down with the ice

— 4 December 2015

After being caught yesterday morning by the low-pressure system, which enabled them to get into the Southern Ocean at high speed, the IDEC SPORT maxi trimaran had to gybe, when the front went over and entered a patch of light winds offering low speeds, while they await stronger winds coming down from the north. Francis Joyon and his crew of five are diving down into the wilderness of the Southern Ocean attempting to slide under the South African high, accompanied by a ridge of high pressure, which is also moving eastwards.

Jules Verne Trophy : IDEC Sport approaching the indian ocean
— 3 December 2015

Expected to cross the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope on Saturday at breakfast time with just a short distance after that to pass Cape Agulhas at the southernmost tip of Africa, IDEC SPORT will bring the first Atlantic stage of the round the world voyage to an end, as they will be moving onto adventures in the Indian Ocean.
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Barcelona World Race : Brothers Bruno and Willy Garcia finish fifth on We Are Water
— 9 April 2015

Theirs was one of the most epic battles of the Barcelona World Race, exchanging places with One Planet One Ocean & Pharmaton throughout almost the entire 23,000-mile course.
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Barcelona World Race: Sting at the tip of the south’s tail
— 24 March 2011

Huddled in thermals, blearily rubbing his eyes with tiredness, Ludovic Aglaor, the co-skipper of Forum Maritim Catala today illustrated how rounding Cape Horn does not necessarily equate to hitting the home stretch in the Barcelona World Race…
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Barcelona World Race: Here Today, Horn Tomorrow!
— 2 March 2011

Cape Horn is the round the world racer’s ultimate milestone. It is the time that the bow is finally directed in a northerly direction, what feels like homewards.
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Barcelona World Race: Misfortunes, mishaps and Mapfre making miles
— 12 January 2011

The strong trade winds and high speeds south from the Canary islands have taken a toll on the Barcelona World Race fleet as Jean Le Cam and Bruno Dubois head for the Cape Verde islands this afternoon after losing the mast of their IMOCA Open 60 Président.
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Jules Verne Trophy: The whims of St. Helena
— 30 November 2015

After a favourable North Atlantic, the Southern Hemisphere is proving to be more complicated. That is however what Francis Joyon and his crew of five were expecting when they set out from Brest on this attempt to grab the outright round the world record, the Jules Verne Trophy. Their goal of getting to the Equator in record time in just over five days was achieved. Now they have to face the huge, sleepy St Helena high, which determines what happens in the South Atlantic.
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Transat Jacques Vabre : Breaking Away and Breaking Back
— 9 November 2013

Taking an option to get through a front in the early hours of this morning seems to have given the Vendée Globe winning duo Michel Desjoyeaux and François Gabart on MACIF the chance to extend their lead in the IMOCA Open 60 fleet on the Transat Jacques Vabre during the third afternoon of racing, since leaving Le Havre on Thursday.
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Barcelona World Race: The F Word
— 17 March 2011

Seventy five days of hard racing, the living might be relatively easy now but the small miles, and fractions of a miles are hard won for the Barcelona World Race’s ‘peloton’ trio: Renault Z.E Sailing Team, Neutrogena and Estrella Damm.
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Barcelona World Race: What’s Cooking for the Straits?
— 9 February 2011

As Virbrac Paprec 3 crossed the longitude of Cape Leeuwin this morning at around 1010hrs UTC, the leading French pair were moving at more modest speeds seeing their record lead ebbing again…
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Rosetti Superyachts launched its first pleasure yacht : RSY 38 EXP 3 June 2021
Monday 31st May 2021, the launch ceremony of the new RSY 38m EXP took place in the presence of the owners and their family, in full compliance with the COVID measures, which did not hinder the important operations of launching a new boat.

MarineMax acquires Cruisers Yachts 3 May 2021
Postponement of Voiles d’Antibes 2021 from June to September 27 February 2021
Benetti launched M/Y Sunrise, 9th unit of Mediterraneo 116 20 February 2021

Jules Verne Trophy : IDEC Sport down with the ice

Jules Verne Trophy : IDEC Sport approaching the indian ocean

Barcelona World Race : Brothers Bruno and Willy Garcia finish fifth on We Are Water

Barcelona World Race: Sting at the tip of the south’s tail

Barcelona World Race: Here Today, Horn Tomorrow!

Barcelona World Race: Misfortunes, mishaps and Mapfre making miles

Jules Verne Trophy: The whims of St. Helena

Transat Jacques Vabre : Breaking Away and Breaking Back

Barcelona World Race: The F Word

Barcelona World Race: What’s Cooking for the Straits?

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