Défi Azimut : an incredible finale
— 12 September 2020The utmost composure and an element of luck was required to take the win in this 48-hour Azimut.
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A highly competitive race that proved its worth as a test for the Vendée Globe
— 15 July 2020The Vendée-Arctique les Sables d’Olonne Race was designed by the IMOCA Class as a substitute for two cancelled transatlantic races. The hope was that it would give the Vendée Globe sailors some confidence and time on the water in a competitive setting, as they continue their preparations for the round-the-world course in a season that has been beset by the pandemic lockdown.
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Apivia wins the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre IMOCA
— 10 November 2019Charlie Dalin and Yann Eliès on their 60ft monohull, Apivia, have won the IMOCA class of the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre after crossing the line in the Bay of All Saints in Salvador de Bahia on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 00:23:00 (UTC ), 13 days 12 hours 8 […]
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TJV : IMOCA analysis : Charal setting the pace #4
— 5 November 2019It is patently obvious now to everyone that Charal is very fast and is setting an incredible pace at the front of the IMOCA fleet in the Transat Jacques Vabre.
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Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro : Cherry is top Brit on leg three; Macaire incurs penalty and Richomme still leads
— 5 July 2016After 410 miles of intense solo racing around the Brittany coast and on the Bay of Biscay, 37 Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro skippers crossed the Leg 3 finish line today in La Rochelle just minutes apart following nearly three days of racing.
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Transat Jacques Vabre : Favourites, Underdogs and Uncertainty
— 23 October 2015Look back to the pre-start period of the last edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre, the two handed Transatlantic race from Le Havre to Brazil two years ago, and there were clear favourites in most classes. But, as the sages constantly remind us, ocean racing is a mechanical sport which is entirely reliant on what the weather and sea conditions deliver. And so there may be pre-race race favourites but there is no such thing as a certainty.
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Refits come to an end: the IMOCA fleet gradually moving again and skippers rediscovering their boats
— 28 May 2020Just over a fortnight after the lockdown ended, the sailors and their teams are now busy catching up on lost time. Many IMOCAs have been relaunched after their winter refits, which took longer than planned. There have been more and more measurement checks and trips to check out the changes made during the winter. Other sailors have to wait a while before heading back out to sea. We look at what has been happening at the end of the refit season.
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TJV : Weather analysis (#5): the Doldrums change everything
— 7 November 2019Following on from our weather analysis of the IMOCAS racing in the Transat Jacques Vabre, Christian Dumard today looks at how the boats coped with the Doldrums, the area of instability, which as is so often the case, was kind to some and cruel to others.
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Route du café : Westerners feeling low before the high
— 1 November 2019Entering day six, the leading duos in the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre are now a third of the way through this 4,350-mile biennial double-handed race from Le Havre, France to Salvador de Bahia.
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Front runner Skipper Macif dismasted in The Transat AG2R La Mondiale
— 8 April 2016At 1100 BST French Figaro Skipper Macif, co-skippered by Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme, was unfortunately dismasted during the Transat AG2R La Mondiale while on route to the fleet’s only turning mark at La Palma. Battling it out in the top five with Adrian Hardy and Vincent Biarnes aboard AGIR Recourvrement and Thierry Chabagny and […]
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