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Why the Solitaire is a key element for future Vendee Globe success
Leg 2 finished under a dramatic skyline, with the Irish mountains looming under some incredible lenticular clouds and gusts of 40knts roaring down the valleys. What a brilliant last 24 hours, firstly sailing delicately around the high pressure ridge, tacking …
Fabien Delahaye wins on home waters and Conrad is the 2nd Brit to finish
At 13:14:36 on Tuesday 2nd of August, Fabien Delahaye crossed the finish line to win the first leg of La Solitaire du Figaro between Perros-Guirec and Caen in first place. The Normandy skipper sailing on Port Caen Ouistreham took just …
Fabien Delahaye (Port de Caen Ouistreham) wins 1st leg of La Solitaire
At 13:14:36 on Tuesday 2nd of August, Fabien Delahaye crossed the finish line of the first leg of La Solitaire du Figaro between Perros-Guirec and Caen in first place. The young skipper sailing on Port Caen Ouistreham took 2 days, …
Conrad finishes 10th in the Eric Bompard Cashmere Prologue race
A last opportunity to warm up ahead of the 42nd classic French “La Solitaire du Figaro” race was taken by the 47 solo sailors when they took part in the Eric Bompard Cashmere Prologue race in Perros Guirec yesterday evening. …
Next event… La Solitaire du Figaro
La Solitaire du Figaro, sponsored by Eric Bompard Cashmere is the “unofficial world championship of single-handed offshore racing”. It comprises a multi stage race of four legs encompassing the English Channel and Irish Sea covering nearly 1,695 nautical miles. Identical …
49 Skippers for La Solitaire
49 skippers have confirmed their entries for the 2011 Solitaire du Figaro. Making up the group of predominantly French sailors are six foreigners, four British, one Portuguese and one German, and of the 49 starters almost 20% of the fleet …
Results of La Transmanche 2011
Due to the heavy weather which was forecasted for today, the race committee made the decision to reduce the course from its normal 220m route from Aber Wrac’h aiming for the breakwater of Plymouth and back to Aber Wrac’h. With …
Conrad Latest Blog: Buffalo Girls come good!
I love the intensity of this Figaro fleet and the revised Transmanche Course was brilliant to focus on speed, manoeuvres and quick decision making. Whilst I finished 15 of the 21 starters, there were some good moments in this race …
Next event… La Transmanche en Double
This year, the 27th edition of theTransmanche en Double will start on 10th June. Each year since 1985, the Yacht Club des Abers has organised La Transmanche en Double, which sees the race fleet cross the English Channel twice. Traditionally, …
UK Figaro National Championship results after day 2 of racing
25.05.11 – On Day 2 of the UK National Championships, four inshore races were held on Weymouth Bay on next year’s Olympic courses, with a 1.2 mile beat that was shortened to 1 mile after the second race when the …
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