© Photo : Yvan Zedda \ 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  \ n.c. Atlantic mess The Azores high is definitively not helpful : it is just above the fleet ! And the boats just go where they can. Some hardly head West, others slowly move East and others just cannot do anything. More than 800 miles away from Les Sables d’Olonne after three days of race, the ranking are not really significant. Well, the same pack is still leading, but now the danger come from everywhere and cards are going to change hands, and it is not over ! When some solo sailors are doing 6 knots on the rhumb ...  dimanche 20 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Breakaway The race is on : upwind is following upwind ! But this time on one tack, rhumb line to Les Sables d’Olonne. Two distinct groups emerge from the lively exit of the Azores Archipelago : five production oats just in the stern of the leader Thomas Bonnier and eight prototypes leaded by Andraz Mihelin. The chasing is open … Once again, the leaders of the first leg are the scouts : eight prototypes and five production boats have broken away. The pack is already more than fifteen miles behind, even more. Karen L ...  samedi 19 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 :  Dossier de presse  Avis de course  Avenant n1  Avenant n2  Avenant n3  Avenant 4  Avenant 5  Inscriptions  Obligations et engagements Embarquez ... :  Vous souhaitez embarquer sur un bateau accompagnateur... RSS feeds Réalisation : Adonnante.com | Design : fabienne.est.une.indienne | Hébergement : BleuRoy.com