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Nice to see this little blast from the past at the #gunwharfquays #hugoboss store! Still going strong 💪🏻⛵️👌🏻 . . . . . . #imoca #imoca60 @alex_thomson_racing #velociwrap #vinylhullwrap #hullwrap #marinebranding #portsmouth #velociwrapuk #sailing #sailracing #vendeeglobe (at Gunwharf Quays) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs-XAJgBfjG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ke94uobwxohj
.Die Retour à la Base geht auf die Zielgerade: Das Solorennen über den Atlantik fordert die Imoca-Asse, auch Boris Herrmann auf Malizia..Mehr lesen? 👇👇👇
.Orkantief Ciaran hat die Flotten des Transat Jacques Vabre in der Nacht auf Donnerstag in den Häfen von Lorient und Le Havre erwischt..Mehr lesen? 👇👇👇
Domenica scorsa finalmente è partita The Ocean Race, l’affascinante regata oceanica a tappe in equipaggio che, forse, ha perso un pò di smalto. Infatti leggendo i numerosi comunicati stampa trionfalistici dell’evento, viene qualche perplessità sul rinnovato format che prevede la presenza anche degli Imoca 60. Barche eccezionali ma che siamo abituati a vedere nel giro […]
Finalmente il giro è completo. E’ stato infatti presentato nei giorni scorsi l’intero percorso della prossima edizione di The Ocean Race. Dal Mediterraneo al Mediterraneo. Infatti si parte a ottobre 2021 da Alicante in Spagna e si arriva a Genova nell’estate 2022. Sarà un evento strepitoso che vedrà coinvolti i VO65 in equipaggio e i …
Paul Meilhat claimed victory
On Sunday, November 4, 2018 a fleet of 123 boats, grouped in 6 categories – Class 40, RhumMono, Imoca, RhumMulti, Multi50 and Ultime – over a line of 5km, distributed in 4 segments departed from Saint Malo, a port city in Brittany in the northwest of France, direction Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe, for the 40thanniversary edition of the legendary solo transatlantic Route du Rhum.
Departure at Saint Malo for the Route de Rhum @RoaminDruenne
Competitors in the Route de Rhum 2018 @Alexis Courcoux
Victory went to French navigator Paul Meilhat after 12 days at sea, following British sailor Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) who was first of the IMOCAs (18m mono-hull) to arrive in Guadeloupe, Friday morning, but who incurred a penalty of 24 hours for having used his engine after going aground about 60 miles from the finish.
The last British to win the Route du Rhum in the IMOCA class was Dame Ellen MacArthur back in 2002.
Mission accomplished for Boris Herrmann on Malizia II
After 13 days 3 hours 47 minutes and 30 seconds of racing Boris Herrmann, skipper of Malizia II-Yacht Club of Monaco, crossed the finish line of the Route du Rhum –Destination Guadeloupe race, on Saturday, November 17, 2018, covering 4,437 miles at an average speed of 14.5 knots. The famous race is organized every four years.
“I was aiming to be in the top 5,”said Boris Herrmann when departing Le Havre on November 4, and the mission was accomplished for the experienced skipper and his foiling mono-hull Malizia II, who came 5th in the IMOCA class out of 20 entrants. It was an incredible performance for the 37-year-old who was competing in his first solo transatlantic crossing and who even managed to lead the fleet for 24 hours. His next goal will be Vendee Globe 2020!
For YCM Vice-President Pierre Casiraghi who set up and supervises the Malizia II project, there was immense pride as this was the first time his team entered this mythical race.
Pierre Casiraghi and Boris Hermann on board Malizia II@mesi_HD
Boris Herrmann on board IMOCA MALIZIA II training before departure Route du Rhum 2018@Jean-Marie LIOT
Boris Hermann and Malizia II at departure from Saint Malo, November 4, 2018@B. Gergaud
Boris Herrmann on board IMOCA MALIZIA II, training before departure for Route du Rhum @ Jean-Marie LIOT
Boris Herrmann_5e Route du Rhum_BD@Stan Thuret
Alexia Barrier on board 4myplanet2 still in the running
Among the 123 boats in six categories on the start on Sunday November 4, 2018, there were 20 in the high-performance IMOCA class where we find boats that have already notched up prizes in the Vendée Globe, Barcelona Race and Transat Jacques Vabre. Some have foils, others not, and all are helmed by seasoned racers who have their sights set on the next Vendée Globe, “Sailing’s Everest”. But the sea and weather decided that few would arrive in Guadeloupe, and during the first week teams along the coast of Brittany and Portugal were to be found, some seeking shelter, others badly damaged. Saturday evening, five of them have arrived, ten are still in the race, a few of them are still sailing on the other side of the Atlantic and will arrive a long time after the party’s over. But they will have done it. They will have fulfilled their commitment and can start to dream of other races.
One of those sailors still on the race is Alexia Barrier, one of the three women competing in this year’s Route de Rhum in the IMOCA category on board the oldest boat in the fleet, the legendary Pingouin, a Lombard designed boat from 1998 renamed 4myplanet2. Alexia is gradually getting closer to her childhood dream, the Vendee Globe 2020.
Alexia Barrier at Saint Malo for the departure of the Route de Rhum 2018 @NicolasMeyerUNCL(2)
4myplanet @NicolasMeyerUNCL(1)
Alexia Barrier on board 4myplanet 2, Route de Rhum 2018 @Alexis Courcoux(2)
When Alexia qualified for the Route de Rhum she said:“The Route du Rhum will be something new for me, but also for the boat, as strangely, she has set off six times around the world (including four times in the Vendée Globe), but she has never taken part in the Route du Rhum. It’s going to be hard to keep up with the other competitors. I’ll be looking for other ways to work and giving it my all in any case, as I am a very competitive person. I’m lucky to be able to compete in this race, which is also a great opportunity to practice as we look forward to the 2020 Vendée Globe, which is the ultimate challenge for me.”
To help her reach her dreams, Alexia is supported by a group of loyal sponsors, among which is the Mairie de Monaco and the Association Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises de Monaco (AFCEM) where she is an active member. Vamos Alexia!
Today’s Quote
“The important thing in life is not to triumph, but the struggle, the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” Pierre de Coubertin
Yacht Club of Monaco Boris Hermann on board Malizia II finished 5thon his first Route de Rhum solo Paul Meilhat claimed victory On Sunday, November 4, 2018 a fleet of 123 boats, grouped in 6 categories – Class 40, RhumMono, Imoca, RhumMulti, Multi50 and Ultime – over a line of 5km, distributed in 4 segments departed from Saint Malo, a port city in Brittany in the northwest of France, direction Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe, for the 40thanniversary edition of the legendary solo transatlantic…
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Making history one regatta at a time
The Yacht Club of Monaco welcomed representatives of IMOCA class, race Management and skippers, on February 27, 2018, to unveil the preliminary program for the new Monaco Globe Series, from June 1-8, 2018, a qualifier test for the famous Vendee Globe 2020. The YCM, under the presidency of HSH Prince Albert II, continues to ramp up its competitive sailing program with the organization for the first time in its history of an IMOCA 60 mono-hulls stage on the circuit.
Pierre Casiraghi and Boris Herrmann on board Malizia 2017@Mesi
PCFCY_2000@Carlo Borlenghi-17
From Left to Right – Boris Herrmann, Pierre Casiraghi, Paul Meilhat and Alexia Barrier@mesi
From June 1-8, a dozen teams will gather in the Principality for the first time to take the start of a double-hander offshore race, without scale and without assistance, on a course that embraces some of the most emblematic landmarks in the western Mediterranean. Pierre Casiraghi, YCM Vice-President commented: “The arrival last year of Malizia II, the Yacht Club de Monaco’s offshore flagship, is part of our Club’s sailing policy, the ambition being to encourage our young sailors to dream and think about new vocations. Following our participation with Boris Herrmann last year in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2017, then the Transat Jacques Vabre, we were keen to host these 60’ mono-hulls for the first time in Monaco. We want to offer them a course that showcases the beauty of the Mediterranean and its enormous potential for sailing.”
The competition will cover 1,300 nautical miles, during four days and three nights of racing. Scheduled to depart from Monaco on June 3, the fleet races will sail down Corsica’s west coast, then will go through the Strait of Bonifacio, heading to the Aeolian Islands, where they tack in front of Stromboli and head for Palermo in Sicily. The fleet then sets course for the Balearic Islands before returning to Monaco. This challenging first stage departing from Monaco, marks the start of the new IMOCA 2018-2020 championship, renamed the Globe Series, with a system of points and weightings over a four-year period. The goal for sailors is to rack-up a maximum number of points to qualify for the bigger offshore races, with the Vendée Globe as the Holy Grail.
Skipper Alexia Barrier brings feminine touch to legendary race
Experienced female skipper Alexia Barrier,a business entrepreneur in the Principality and who counts with the support of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, will participate with a teammate in the Monaco Globe Series, as the first race to gather points to qualify for the next Vendee Globe qualification. Alexia declared with enthusiasm: “I am so happy that my story in Vendee Globe starts in Monaco.”
Alexia Barrier @Claudia Albuquerque
Alexia Barrier @Stan Cast
Alexia will depart for the Vendee Globe in 2020 on board a monohull she renamed 4myplanet, that has a prestigious history and knows the route very well; it is the IMOCA of Romain Attanasio that finished 15th in the Vendee Globe 2016/17, also winner of the Fastnet Race with Catherine Chabaud, then the Velux 5 Oceans with American skipper Brad Van Lieu, that finished 10th in the VG 2012 and 8th of the TJV 2013.
Monaco Globe Series Provisional Program
Friday June 1, 2018
Exhibition day for teams and their sponsors
Runs and courses in Monaco Bay
Globe Series Opening Ceremony
Saturday June 2, 2018
Gala Dinner
Exhibition day
Runs and courses in Monaco Bay
Sunday June 3, 2018
Start of 1,300 nautical mile race
Friday June 8, 2018
Prize-giving ceremony
IMOCA 60
These 18.28m (60 ft); draft: 4.5m Mast: 29m max, mono-hulls made their entrance onto the race scene in 1986 at the BOC Challenge and are among the fastest modern racing hulls. Made of composite materials, they are designed to be as light as possible for speed, yet sturdy enough to defy oceanic weather conditions.
The Monegasque boat Malizia II, former Gitana 16 that belonged to Sébastien Josse, is a newcomer to the YCM fleet and embodies the new generation of its kind, considered one of the best mono-hulls competing in the last Vendée Globe. Fitted with a standardized keel and mast, the hull’s voluminous bow improves performance, not forgetting foils in place of the straight dagger board of previous IMOCAs.
While the class may have decided to constrain its ratings for safety reasons, IMOCA boats have continued to embrace innovations. Fixed keels became canting, hulls are more powerful (with more volume in front) and of course foils have made an appearance. These “Dali moustaches” take the weight of the hull and reduce hydrodynamic drag allowing the boat to go faster on certain points of sailing.
Today’s Quote
“A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yacht Club of Monaco will launch in June new IMOCA 60 race qualifier for Vendee Globe 2020 Making history one regatta at a time The Yacht Club of Monaco welcomed representatives of IMOCA class, race Management and skippers, on February 27, 2018, to unveil the preliminary program for the new Monaco Globe Series, from…
