• Sam Davies

    545.3 mile day singlehanded through the Southern Ocean

    by  • 10 December 2012 • Acciona 100% EcoPowered, Akena Verandas, alessandro di benedetto, Alex Thomson, Armel Le Cleach, Arnaud Boissieres, Banque Populaire, Bernard Stamm, Bertrand de Broc, Bureau Vallee, Cheminees Poujoulat, Dominique Wavre, ENERGA, Francois Gabart, Gamesa, Groupe Bel, Hugo Boss, IMOCA 60, Initiatives-coeur, Javier Sanso, Jean le Cam, jean pierre dick, Jean-Marie Liot, Jérémie Beyou, Kito de Pavant, Louis Burton, macif, Maitre Coq, Marc Guillemot, Mike Golding, Mirabaud, Offshore, Open 60s, PRB, Safran, Sam Davies, Savéol, SInglehanded, Synerciel, Tanguy de LaMotte, team plastique, Vendee Globe, Vincent Riou, Virbac-Paprec 3, Votre Nom autour du Monde avec EDM Projets, Zbigniew Gutkowski

    MACIF skipper François Gabart continued his incredible display of record setting in the middle of the Indian Ocean today. read more

    Vendee Globe: MACIF demolishes 500 mile/day barrier

    by  • 10 December 2012 • Acciona 100% EcoPowered, Akena Verandas, alessandro di benedetto, Alex Thomson, Armel Le Cleach, Arnaud Boissieres, Banque Populaire, Bernard Stamm, Bertrand de Broc, Bureau Vallee, Cheminees Poujoulat, Dominique Wavre, ENERGA, Francois Gabart, Gamesa, Groupe Bel, Hugo Boss, IMOCA 60, Initiatives-coeur, Javier Sanso, Jean le Cam, jean pierre dick, Jérémie Beyou, Kito de Pavant, Louis Burton, macif, Maitre Coq, Marc Guillemot, Mike Golding, Mirabaud, Offshore, Open 60s, PRB, Safran, Sam Davies, Savéol, SInglehanded, Synerciel, Tanguy de LaMotte, team plastique, Vendee Globe, Vincent Riou, Virbac-Paprec 3, Votre Nom autour du Monde avec EDM Projets, Zbigniew Gutkowski

    The Vendee Globe frontrunners are currently charging east at warp speed, ahead of a front bound for the 'Amsterdam' ice gate.read more

    Vendee Globe: Three way fight for first

    by  • 2 December 2012 • Acciona 100% EcoPowered, Akena Verandas, alessandro di benedetto, Alex Thomson, Armel Le Cleach, Arnaud Boissieres, Banque Populaire, Bernard Stamm, Bertrand de Broc, Bureau Vallee, Cheminees Poujoulat, Dominique Wavre, ENERGA, Francois Gabart, Gamesa, Groupe Bel, Hugo Boss, IMOCA 60, Initiatives-coeur, Javier Sanso, Jean le Cam, jean pierre dick, Jérémie Beyou, Kito de Pavant, Louis Burton, macif, Maitre Coq, Marc Guillemot, Mike Golding, Mirabaud, Offshore, Open 60s, PRB, Safran, Sam Davies, Savéol, SInglehanded, Synerciel, Tanguy de LaMotte, team plastique, Transat Jacques Vabre, Vendee Globe, Vincent Riou, Virbac-Paprec 3, Votre Nom autour du Monde avec EDM Projets, Zbigniew Gutkowski

    Three weeks and one day into the Vendee Globe and impressively over the last 24 hours we have had three changes of leader.read more

    Vendee Globe: First in, first out of the Doldrums

    by  • 20 November 2012 • Acciona 100% EcoPowered, Akena Verandas, alessandro di benedetto, Alex Thomson, Armel Le Cleach, Arnaud Boissieres, Banque Populaire, Bernard Stamm, Bertrand de Broc, Bureau Vallee, Cheminees Poujoulat, Dominique Wavre, ENERGA, Francois Gabart, Gamesa, Groupe Bel, Hugo Boss, IMOCA 60, Initiatives-coeur, Javier Sanso, Jean le Cam, jean pierre dick, Jérémie Beyou, Kito de Pavant, Louis Burton, macif, Maitre Coq, Marc Guillemot, Mike Golding, Mirabaud, Offshore, Open 60s, PRB, Safran, Sam Davies, Savéol, SInglehanded, Synerciel, Tanguy de LaMotte, team plastique, Vendee Globe, Vincent Riou, Virbac-Paprec 3, Votre Nom autour du Monde avec EDM Projets, Zbigniew Gutkowski

    Over the last 24 hours, the leaders in the Vendee Globe have been tackling the Doldrums, their boat speed having plummeted as the solo skippers deal with squalls and lulls for which the ITCZ is renread more

    Vendee Globe: Gybing south

    by  • 17 November 2012 • Acciona 100% EcoPowered, Akena Verandas, alessandro di benedetto, Alex Thomson, Armel Le Cleach, Arnaud Boissieres, Banque Populaire, Bernard Stamm, Bertrand de Broc, Bureau Vallee, Cheminees Poujoulat, Dominique Wavre, ENERGA, Francois Gabart, Gamesa, Groupe Bel, Hugo Boss, IMOCA 60, Initiatives-coeur, Javier Sanso, Jean le Cam, jean pierre dick, Jérémie Beyou, Kito de Pavant, Louis Burton, macif, Maitre Coq, Marc Guillemot, Mike Golding, Mirabaud, Offshore, Open 60s, PRB, Safran, Sam Davies, Savéol, SInglehanded, Synerciel, Tanguy de LaMotte, team plastique, Vendee Globe, Vincent Riou, Virbac-Paprec 3, Votre Nom autour du Monde avec EDM Projets, Zbigniew Gutkowski

    Yesterday the frontrunners in the Vendee Globe, in near unison, gybed south on to port and since then the leaders, with Armel le Cleac'h on Banque Populaire still out in front, have been gread more