Rapid pitstops
1815 miles now separates the MOD 70 leaders and the Class 40 tailenders in the Transat Jacques Vabre, but the good news is that after the heinous conditions of the last few weeks in northern Europeread more
More boats set to stop
While five different boats in the Transat Jacques Vabre revealed over the course of today (Monday) that they will make technical pit stops, the race...
Safran pulls into the lead
As expected with a transatlantic race that sets off from northern Europe at the beginning of winter, the Transat Jacques Vabre has seen a number of...
MACIF damages rudder and diverts
Francois Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux, leaders of the IMOCA 60 fleet in the Transat Jacques Vabre are putting into Peniche, 87 km northwest of Lisbon, Portugal...
Transat Jacques Vabre: Portuguese Pit Stop for IMOCA leaders
Leaders of the IMOCA fleet in the Transat Jacques Vabre race MACIF, sailed by Vendée Globe winners François Gabart and Michel Desjoyeaux, were making a...
Class40s underway again
The 26 Class40s are in the process of returning to the Transat Jacques Vabre race course, setting sail from Roscoff on the north Brittany coast...
Maitre Jacques sustains damage
Big conditions on the Bay of Biscay have taken their toll with Loïc Fequet and Loïc Escoffier's Multi 50 Maitre Jacques sustaining damage to the...
Gale in the Bay of Biscay
A day and a half into the Transat Jacques Vabre, the Class40 fleet remains safely berthed in Roscoff on the north coast of Brittany, where Sébastien...
GDF Suez first into Roscoff
Leading the Transat Jacques Vabre Class 40 fleet in to their weather stop at Bloscon, Roscoff Sébastien Rogues and Fabien Delahaye on GDF Suez crossed...
Easy first night
After a first night racing in conditions which proved to be slightly better than expected, the MOD70s are closing on Ushant with the bulk of...
Transat Jacques Vabre starts
With Class 40 having their weather stop and the MOD 70’s likely to be quick enough to avoid the worst of the weather in the...
Away at last
The 11th Transat Jacques Vabre started under grey, drizzling skies in light winds at 1200 UTC off Le Havre’s Saint Adresse beach.read more
Transat Jacques Vabre preview
The Transat Jacques Vabre is 20 years old this year, having started out as the Route du Café when it ran from Le Havre to...
Nominations
ISAF and Rolex have announced the Nominees for the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2013.read more
MACIF tri
Francois Gabart's sponsor MACIF, with whom the young French skipper won the Vendee Globe earlier this year (and with whom we won this year's read...
Day out on MACIF
Having sailed around the Isle of Wight in the Artemis Challenge on board the winning MOD70 Foncia last year, we again hung on to Michel...
IMOCA 60 top two separated by less than a minute
Lurking amid the Rolex Fastnet Race’s big monohulls finishers that arrived into Plymouth this morning, the closest finish was between the top IMOCA 60s.read more
France dominates the non-IRC classes
With events such as the Vendee Globe and Route du Rhum, as well as being the hotbed of IMOCA 60, Class 40 and Figaro racing,...
Honours for Gitana 11 and MACIF
The seventh running of the Artemis Challenge at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week boasted its best ever line-up of offshore racing superstars including François Gabart,...
Artemis Challenge line-up
Some of the biggest names in offshore ocean racing are gearing up to take on the Isle of Wight in the 2013 Artemis Challenge at...