© Photo : Benoit Stichelbaut \ n.c. Hardy winner of the general classification Arriving second of the second leg between the Azores and Vendée a bit more than half an hour after the winner David Sineau, Adrien Hardy wins the first edition of the race Les Sables-Les Açores-Les Sables. The young skipper of Brossard has completed a very clever race and has remarkably sailed this 2340 way and back course. Adrien arrived at 10h 15’ 18’’UTC, only thirty seven minutes after the winner of the leg, David Sineau (Bretagne Lapins) in Les Sables d’Olonne. Thanks to this great performance, the skippe ...  samedi 26 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Sineau, winner in Les Sables d’Olonne Bretagne Lapins' skipper has crossed the finish line this Friday morning and thus win the second leg between Horta and Les Sables d’Olonne. Fourth in the Azores, David Sineau is sure to be on the podium of the general classification and can even hope to jump on the second place of the general classification cumulating both legs. In a dizzie weather, in a South-Westerly 5-8 knots breeze, wind that has clearly decreased arriving close to the Vendée coasts, the 2001 Magnen-Nivelt design arrived close to the finish li ...  samedi 26 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. The magnificent seven sailors Less than 200 miles from the arrival in Les Sables d’Olonne, it is impossible to say who will enter first in the harbour ! When the boats at the end of the fleet, have suffered more than 40 knots gusts, the leaders alternate no wind and breaths of air…. The result is that six prototypes and one production boat are in the position to win this second leg ! Who, among Isabelle Joschke, new leader, David Sineau, François Salabert, Andraz Mihelin, Peter Laureyssens, Adrien Hardy or Gerard Marin will we see first at the horizon, off the Barges, o ...  vendredi 25 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. The fourth postulate The shortest way to go from one point to another is the straight line : at least that is what we use to say on land… But at sea, between the starting and the finishing line, there are a lot of courses that happen to be longer but faster. It is tough to plan them, and easier to analyse after ! In this case, three courses meet at the same point for a suspense finish … In this « blurred system », there is almost no chance that the course a route planer had prepared is right after eight days of Ocean race, except if the datas are constantly updated. But th ...  jeudi 24 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. A turning in the curve For sure, this second leg of the race Les Sables-Les Açores-Les Sables is full of surprises. This Atlantic course is nothing like a simple walk and the moral of this first edition seems to be that it is necessary to have an initial strategy and adapt the tactics to the capricious weather. In the whole story of sailing, from the first Solo Oceanic Races in 1961 with the English Transat (Ostar), the last never ever has finished first ! However, it is what is happening between ...  mardi 22 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Hats off ! The Azores high pressure does not treat everybody the same way ! When the pack stuck in no wind, especially the production boats’ leaders, the first prototypes stride along the rhumb line, and the late burst up at full speed…. The new deal is amazing ! Nothing, or almost nothing. And when it comes, it comes from no where. And it stops again. And it comes back. Rien. A haunting melody that gets on the nerves more than uses the bodies. And ...  lundi 21 août 2006 Suite  Page : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Brèves : Fabienne Robin est arrivée Vol 774 pour Les Sables Bruno Simonnet et Marc Vertes sont arrivés Benoît Lenglet est arrivé Les trois mousquetaires Vidéos : Clip vidéo Remise des prix 28 août aux Sables Arrivée de Véronique Loisel aux Sables Arrivée de Pascal Chombart de Lauwe Téléchargement : ... Embarquez ... :  Vous souhaitez embarquer sur un bateau accompagnateur... RSS feeds Réalisation : Adonnante.com | Design : fabienne.est.une.indienne | Hébergement : BleuRoy.com