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1998 Route Du Rhum
The Route du Rhum is a single person transatlantic race the 1998 race was the 6th edition and had eight classes with 35 boats taking part. Results External links * Official YouTube Channel* References {{DEFAULTSORT:Route du Rhum 1998 Route du Rhum The Route du Rhum is a transatlantic single-handed yacht race, which takes place every four years in November. The course is between Saint Malo, Brittany, Metropolitan France and Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, overseas France Overseas Fran ... 1998 in sailing Route du Rhum IMOCA 60 competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORMA 60 RMO
Orma may refer to: * Orma people * Orma language * Orma, Pella, a village in the municipality Almopia, northern Greece * Orma Marble Palace, situated at Kothakulangara * Orma Film Festival * Orma, Tibet * Orma (film), ''Orma'' (film), directed by K. K. Rajeev * Ocean Racing Multihull Association * Orma, common name of the butterfly ''Mopala orma'' {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Joyon
Francis Joyon (born 28 May 1956) is a French professional sailboat racer and yachtsman. Joyon and his crew currently hold the Jules Verne Trophy for circumnavigation, on ''IDEC SPORT'' (40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds), nearly five days less than the previous reference time. He held the record for the fastest single-handed sailing circumnavigation from 2008 to 2016. Although previously well known as an offshore sailor, Joyon's real leap to international prominence came in February 2004 when the Breton became the fastest world solo yachtsman, setting a time of 72 days 22 hours and 54 minutes and 22 seconds, over 20 days faster than the previous record for a circumnavigation. During the record run he sailed more than at an average speed of on the '' IDEC''. ''IDEC'', formerly known as ''Sport Elec'', had previously taken 71 days to win the Jules Verne Trophy. Joyon took only an extra day on his own with a boat not designed for single-handed sailing, original (over 10 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphaël Dinelli
Raphaël Dinelli is a French professional offshore sailor born on 13 May 1968 in Floirac, Gironde. He unofficially took part in the 1996-1997 Vendee Globe where he was rescued by Pete Goss after his boat sank in the Indian Ocean and he was in a liferaft dropped by an Australian Air Force plane. He went on to sail with Goss in the 1997 edition of the two person transatlantic race Transat Jacques Vabre where they won their class. He then went on to compete in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ... editions of the Vendee Globe. In 2007, he founded the Ocean Vital Foundation, of which he is the director of research. Gallery File:Algimouss au départ du Vendée Globe 1996-1997.jpg, File:Dinelli-skipper.jpg, Departure of Vendée Globe 2008/200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 Sodebo
The IMOCA 60 The IMOCA ("Open 60"), is a 60ft development class monohull sailing yacht administered by the International Monohull Open Classes Association, International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). The class pinnacle event are single-handed sail ... class yacht SODEBO savourons la vie, 25 was designed by Finot-Conq and launched in October 1998, after being made by Kirié in France. The boat was lost in 2016 while on charter to Richard Tolkien when he abandoned ship. The wreckage was found near Porto Rico. Racing results References 1990s sailing yachts Sailing yachts designed by Finot-Conq Sailboat type designs by Groupe Finot Vendée Globe boats IMOCA 60 Sailboat types built in France {{Ship-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Birch
Mike Birch (1 November 1931 – 26 October 2022) was a Canadian navigator. Biography Birch began sailing later in his life, but gained notoriety in the 1976 OSTAR where he came in second on a 30' trimaran "The Third Turtle" beating the 236' "CLUB MEDITERRANEE". He continued his surprising success as a solo sailor in the inaugural Route du Rhum in 1978. His sailboat, the '' Olympus Photo'', a 12 meter trimaran, caught up with the larger ' of late in the race. Birch's victory at the Route du Rhum would be his only one on a monohull and begin the reign of the multihull, particularly following the death of Alain Colas. Birch continued a long career racing offshore, completing his final race at the Transat Jacques Vabre in 2007, where he finished in 16th place. Birch died in Brech Brech (; br, Brec'h, ) is a commune in the Morbihan department, region of Brittany, northwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Brec'h are called in French ''Brechois''. Breton language In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (born 8 June 1945 in Amiens) is a French sailor. He is best known for his achievements in single-handed sailing and set the current world-record for the westabout circumnavigation (he holds the overall record, i.e. although he sailed solo, nobody was faster on this route with a crewed boat). He also holds the record of sailing cape horn 12 times in competitions. He started sailing at the age of 17. In the Breton port city of Lorient he worked as a mathematics teacher. After 1989 he became a full-time sailor. Among sailors, he is also known by his initials ''VDH''. Achievements *1977 : 2nd of the Mini Transat *1979 : 2nd of the Mini Transat *1986 : 2nd of the BOC Challenge on ''Let's Go'' *1990 : 3rd of the Vendée Globe on ''3615 MET'' *1993 : 2nd of the Vendée Globe on ''Sofap Helvim'' *1993 : 4th of the Transat Jacques Vabre *1995 : 3rd of the BOC Challenge on ''Vendée Entreprises'' *1998 : 2nd of the Route du Rhum on ''Algimouss'' *2002 : Record cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 Helvim
The IMOCA 60 The IMOCA ("Open 60"), is a 60ft development class monohull sailing yacht administered by the International Monohull Open Classes Association, International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). The class pinnacle event are single-handed sail ... Class yacht Helvim was designed and built by Philippe Harlé and Alain Mortain the boat was constructed by CDK Technologies and was launched June 1991. Racing results References 1990s sailing yachts Sailboat types built by CDK Technologies Sailboat type designs by Philippe Harlé Sailboat type designs by Alain Mortain Vendée Globe yachts IMOCA 60 yachts {{Ship-type-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Coville
Thomas Coville (born 10 May 1968) is a French yacht racer. Coville was born in Rennes. He participated in significant offshore races and record attempts. In April 2012, he achieved 7 circumnavigations of the world, on mono or multihulls, single-handed or as sought-after helmsman. He held the around the world sailing record single-handed on the trimaran Sodebo Ultim in 49 days 3 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds, until his record was broken by François Gabart in 2017 on trimaran Macif. Race achievements * 2012 : Volvo Ocean Race, aboard ''Groupama 4'', with skipper Franck Cammas. * 2010 : 3rd of the Route du Rhum on trimaran ORMA ''Sodeb'O'' * 2006 : 3rd of the Route du Rhum on trimaran ORMA ''Sodeb'O''. * 2005 : Winner of the Oryx Quest on ''Doha 2006'' with skipper Brian Thompson. * 2004 : 2nd of The transat on trimaran ORMA ''Sodeb'O'' * 2001 : 6th of Vendée Globe 2000–2001 in 110 days and 7 hours * 1999 : Winner of the Transat Jacques Vabre, with Hervé Jan on mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 Aquitaine Innovations
The IMOCA 60 The IMOCA ("Open 60"), is a 60ft development class monohull sailing yacht administered by the International Monohull Open Classes Association, International Monohull Open Class Association (IMOCA). The class pinnacle event are single-handed sail ... class yacht Aquitaine Innovations, was designed by Finot-Conq, and launched in June 1996 after being made by its own build team under the name Aquitaine Composites with managed by Thierry Eluère based in France. Racing results Construction Hull Construction * Bottom of the hull totally monolithique * Preimpregnated carbon high temperature cured * Hull stringers are made out of pultruded carbon * Bulkhead are made of carbon cured in an autoclaves Other Features * Rotating wing-mast supported by two deck spreaders both reaching 6,48 m from the centreline (realized with Dassault and CTA, by Alucarbon) * Reduced foresail * Vectran shrouds * Stay of the genoa roller furler in carbon * Fixed keel with a carbon vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
