audrey, 8 november 2024 On 4 November, just 6 days before the start of the Vendée Globe, the IMOCA class gathered its partners in Les Sables d’Olonne to rethink and shape the future of women in ocean racing. It was an opportunity to talk to Claire Vayer, co-manager of sustainable…
Author: Céline Richer
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Arkea Ultim Challenge-Brest: what resources have been deployed to guarantee safety?
Between coordination, pathologies, unseaworthy zones and UFO detection, the theme of safety during the Arkea Ultim Challenge was explored by Guillaume Rottee, race director, Renaud Bañuls, founder of Share The Ocean, Laure Jacolot, race doctor, and Fredéric Renaudeau, president of the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique.
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Ultim Adagio: logbook of the race’s old sea dog
Skippered by Eric Péron, Adagio is the oldest of the six boats that set sail from Brest for the Arkea Ultim Challenge, the first round-the-world race dedicated to Ultims. With Xavier Guilbaud, naval architect at VPLP Design, who designed her, we retraced the history of this ship, which bears witness to the evolution of trimarans and their adaptation to today’s technological standards.
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Sailing Café, the monthly webinar for all those involved in sailing
Once a month, find here the replays and links to the podcasts in French of the “Sailing Cafés de la Bretagne Sailing Valley”. The webinars are in French.
Discover the know-how of the players in the Bretagne Sailing Valley. We’ll be talking about ocean racing, sailing propulsion, innovations, technical feedback from races, financing, transitions, international, etc.
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Arkea Ultim Challenge – Brest: how did the teams prepare for this first round-the-world voyage in an Ultim?
Guillaume, 03/06/2024 – Replays on the link below are in French How long before the start did the teams switch to solo round-the-world mode? How did they organize themselves before and during the race, so that the skippers could tackle this first round-the-world race in the Ultim class? SVR-Lazartigue’s Antoine…
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Grain de Sail: roaster, chocolat maker, pioneer of modern wind ship and a company committed to CSR
When brothers Jacques and Olivier Barreau embarked on their new project in 2010, it was with the clearly stated aim of reviving carbon-free shipping. Barely ten years later, their dream became a reality with the first transatlantic crossing of their cargo sailboat Grain de Sail I. To see it through, they developed a unique business model. After opening a coffee roasting plant and a chocolate factory in Morlaix, and developing a business selling exceptional French organic wines in New York, Grain de Sail also became a shipowner and freight forwarder. As their second ship, Grain de Sail II, also prepares to sail to the American coast, the Morlaix-based company has adopted an inspiring eco-responsible approach, combining quality, a taste for adventure and sustainable development in all its actions.