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Nicolas Lunven
Nicolas "Nico" Lunven (born 1982) is a French yachtsman. Personal life Biography Record of achievement References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunven, Nicolas 1974 births French sailors Living people Volvo Ocean Race sailors IMOCA 60 class sailors Volvo Ocean 65 class sailors French Vendee Globe sailors 2024 Vendee Globe sailors Vendée Globe finishers Single-handed circumnavigating sailors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vannes
Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti (Gaul), Veneti, a seafaring Celts, Celtic people who lived in the south-western part of Armorica in Gaul before the Ancient Rome, Roman invasions. The region seems to have been involved in a cross channel trade for thousands of years, probably using hide boats and perhaps Ferriby Boats. Wheat that apparently was grown in the Middle East was part of this trade. At about 150 BC the evidence of trade (such as Gallo-Belgic coins) with the Thames estuary area of Great Britain dramatically increased. Roman Era The Veneti were defeated by Julius Caesar's fleet in 56 BC in front of Locmariaquer; many of the Veneti were then either slaughtered or sold into slavery. The Romans settled a town called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transat New York Vendée
The Transat New York Vendée - Les Sables d'Olonne is a solo transatlantic race aboard IMOCA 60 monohulls. It is part of the IMOCA Globe Series circuit. The 3,100 nautical miles route starts in New York City and finishes in Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée Region, France. This transatlantic, organised by SAEM Vendée, the organising company of the Vendée Globe. It is the last qualifying race for the solo tour around the world, without stopover and without assistance. Its first edition in 2016 saw the victory of Frenchman Jérémie Beyou aboard ''Maître Coq''. A second edition will take place in May 2024. History The race was created in 2015. One of the objectives is the internationalization of this type of race and to offer a final major test before the start of the Vendée Globe. There was a race scheduled for 2020 that was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2016 race onboard reporters were allowed, as long as they did not participate in the race. Due to some disag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fastnet Race
The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organized by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France. The race is named after the Fastnet Rock off southern Ireland, which the race course rounds. Along with Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and the Newport-Bermuda Race, it is considered one of the classic big offshore races with each distance approximately , testing both inshore and offshore skills, boat and crew preparation and speed potential. From its inception, the Fastnet Race has proven highly influential in the growth of offshore racing and remains closely linked to advances in yacht design, sailing technique and safety equipment. The Fastnet Race has been sponsored by the Swiss watch manufacturing company Rolex since 2001. The Race prize is known as the Fastnet Challenge Cup. The race's main focus is on monohull handicap racing, which is presently conducted un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Le Cam
Jean Le Cam (born 27 April 1959 in Quimper, Finistère) is a French sailor. In 1981–82, he was a crewmember on Euromarché in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Le Cam was crewman with Éric Tabarly and Michel Desjoyeaux, and won the '' Solitaire du Figaro'' in 1994, 1996, and 1999. He later took an interest in multihull ships. He finished second in the Vendée Globe 2004-2005, arriving just a few hours after the winner Vincent Riou. On 6 January 2009, whilst competing in the 2008-2009 edition of the Vendée Globe, he went missing 200 miles from Cape Horn Cape Horn (, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which is Águila Islet), Cape Horn marks the nor .... Vincent Riou, the then skipper of PRB, rescued Jean Le Cam from his upturned IMOCA 60. Le Cam was trapped inside his upturned yacht for 16 hours during which tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beneteau Figaro 2
The Beneteau Figaro 2 or Beneteau Figaro II, officially designated as the Figaro Beneteau II, is a French sailboat that was designed by Marc Lombard as a one design, single-handed, off-shore racer for the Solitaire du Figaro race and first built in 2003. The boat and the race are named for the race's sponsor, the French newspaper Le Figaro. The boat replaced the Beneteau Figaro in the Solitaire du Figaro and was in turn replaced by the Beneteau Figaro 3 in 2016. Production The design was built by Beneteau in France, from 2003 to 2018 with 96 boats completed over the 15 year production run. Design The Figaro 2 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, carbon fibre and Airex foam. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of 20° swept spreaders and a carbon fibre mast with an aluminium boom with stainless steel rod standing rigging. The hull has a plumb stem, an open reverse transom, twin internally mounted spade-type rudders c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transat Ag2r
The La Transat Paprec formally known as the Transat AG2R and the La Transat en Double is a two-person transatlantic race which is held biannually in one design Beneteau Figaro boats. The present iteration being the Beneteau Figaro 3. The 2023 was the first edition to have a gender requirement. With a mixed gender crew required. Mixed sailing had come to the forefront as World Sailing as it helped increase female. Winners Editions 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 - La Transat en Double This was the first edition to use the new Beneteau Figaro 3 and was delayed by 12 months from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race was renamed to "Transat en Double - Concarneau - Saint-Barthélemy". 2023 - Transat Paprec From 2023, the Paprec recycling company becomes the main sponsor of the race, which officially takes its name. 2025 - Transat Paprec References External linksOfficial Web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 Safran 3
The IMOCA 60 class yacht Safran, FRA 25, was designed by Lauriot-Prévost and G. Verdier and launched in the 2015 after being built by CDK Technologies based in Lorient, France. Racing results Timeline Safran, FRA 25 - Morgan Lagravière IMOCA SAFRAN II 04.JPG Morgan Lagravière (2).jpg Safran II(1).jpg Maitre Coq IV, FRA 17 - Yannick Bestaven Maître Coq.jpg Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (47).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (58).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (61).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (1).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (3).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (4).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (5).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (6).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (8).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (10).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (11).JPG Le voilier de course Maître Coq IV (12).JPG References 2010s sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Guillaume Verdier Sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Escoffier
Kevin Escoffier is a French professional sailor born on 4 April 1980 in Saint-Malo, France and a resident of Lorient. He is an offshore sailor who has won the 2018 Volvo Ocean Race as a bowman onboard DongFeng and competed in the 2020–2021 Vendée Globe aboard PRB. In 2022-23, he initially skippered Holcim-PRB in The Ocean Race, before leaving the team amid a sexual misconduct probe. He is a member of the yacht club SN Baie St. Malo. Biography He studied Engineering for 3 years at EPF in Paris, 2 years at the École Polytechnique de Montréal and 8 months at the University of Maryland and now specializes in composite engineering. One of his first projects was being involved in the development of Multi 50 class "Crêpes Whaou! 2", which was built for his father Franck-Yves Escoffier, also an offshore sailor. This boat was launched in April 2005 and in November of that year Escoffier and his father won class in the Transat Jacques Vabre. We was involved in various IMOCA projects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 PRB 4
The IMOCA 60 class yacht PRB 4 was designed by Lauriot-Prévost and G. Verdier and launched in 2010 after being assembled by CDK Technologies based in Lorient, France.Newspaper clipping histoiredeshalfs.com The hull was moulded in those of Safran and manufactured at the Larros Shipyard in Gujan Mestras under the direction of Thierry Elluère. The deck will was made at CDK technologies in Port la Forêt. In Italy, near Milan, Refraschini manufacture the internal structure of the boat. The initial keel was made by AMPM, Mothe Achard. While sailing in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe with French skipper Kevin Escoffier, who reported issues with a valve at the starboard foil on the 22 November, it suddenly sank on the 30 November, 2000 kilometers south-west of Cape of Good Hope. At the time the skipper was in the third plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Davies (sailor)
Samantha "Sam" Davies (born 23 August 1974 in Portsmouth) is an English yachtswoman. Personal life Davies went to school at Portsmouth High School and received a degree in mechanical engineering from St John's College, Cambridge. She now lives in Kerlin ( Trégunc), Brittany, France. She has a son, Ruben, whom she shares with her ex-partner, fellow offshore sailor Romain Attanasio. Biography Samantha Davies came into the limelight with her 2008-2009 single-handed world circumnavigation in the Vendée Globe race, where she placed fourth. She was the third to cross the finish line, but owed a time allowance of 50 Hr to competitor Marc Guillemot, who crossed the line 48:40' after her. The time allowance was applied following both competitors' diversion to assist injured skipper Yann Eliès, but Marc Guillemot benefited from a larger handicap because of his forward position in the race. In 2009 she was awarded Yachtsman of the year by the yachting journalist association. Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMOCA 60 Foncia 2
Foncia 2 is a IMOCA 60 class offshore racing monohull sailing yacht launched in 2010. Construction and modifications The boat was designed by Guillaume Verdier, VPLP design (Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot-Prévost) with significant input also from Michel Desjoyeaux. It is an innovative hull, marked by a double chain and a bridge in "seagull wing", as well as bearing drifts. This sailboat is a second generation VPLP design. The boat was launched on a tight schedule, on 20 September 2010, just six months after the start of the project, at a cost of 3 million euros. The tight timescale was made possible by the collaboration build effort consisting of the Green Marine shipyards in Lymington GBR and JMV Industries in Cherbourg (FRA). Green Marine made the plug and the moulded the hull and JMV the made the deck. The boat was assembled at the CDK Technologies site in Port-la-Forêt led by Hubert Desjoyeaux who is the brother Michel Desjoyeaux. After several months of study, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transat Jacques Vabre
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Transat may refer to: * Transat A.T., Canadian tour and travel agency ** Air Transat, Canadian airline owned by Transat A.T. * Concept Composites MD03 Transat, French ultralight aircraft * "The Transat", also called the Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race See also * Transit (other) Transit may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Transit'' (1980 film), a 1980 Israeli film * ''Transit'' (1986 film), a Canadian short film * ''Transit'' (2005 film), a film produced by MTV and Staying-Alive about four people in countrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
