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Puig Women's America's Cup, racing begins on October 5, 2024
After the men's America's Cup, where the challenger final is currently taking place, with Ineos 3 points ahead of Luna Rossa, the youngsters - won by the Italians of Luna Rossa - the 37 America's Cup opens its doors to women on October 5.
Maxime Sorel loses his sponsors
After the Vendée Globe 2024, Maxime Sorel will find himself without his sponsors, who have been with him since 2019. The département of Mayenne, along with V and B and Monbana, have decided to end their partnership with the sailor.
Med Max Occitanie, the first arrivals
For the first edition of this new race, created by Kito de Pavant and reserved for Ocean Fifty and Class40 boats, the line-up was well-stocked. Almost all the Ocean Fifty boats - 9 out of 10 - and around 15 Class40s left Le Grau du Roi Port-Camargue in a light mistral wind on Sunday September 29. On October 3, after 4 days of racing between Port-Camargue and Saïdia in Morocco, victory in the Ocean Fifty class came down to a knife-edge fight. Primonial, skippered by Sébastien Rogues and Jean-Baptiste Gellée, beat runner-up Koesio, skippered by Erwan Le Roux and Pablo Santurde del Arco, which finished 1h 23min 08s behind. Viabilis completed the podium, 4h29'48 behind the winner. The winners crossed the finish line at 7:15pm Moroccan time, i.e. 8:15pm French time, completing the course in 4 days, 7h4 d15'39.
In Class40, Achille Nebout and Gildas Mahé (Amarris) crossed the finish line this October 4th at 6h22'07 UTC after 4 days, 19h 22 min and 7 seconds. Tyrolit (Matteo Sericano âeuros Lucas Rosetti) at 36'21 from the first and Centrakor (Mikael Mergui âeuros Corentin Douguet) at 47'54 from the first complete the podium.
Armel le Cléac'h wins the Finistère Atlantique race
The start of the second edition of the Finistère Atlantique was given on September 28, 2024 from Concarneau. The race program included a cavalcade to Antibes for the 5 Ultims entered, which began in less than 5 knots of wind. On Sunday 29th, SVR-Lazartigue suffered mainsail damage and diverted to Cascais for repairs. On Tuesday October 1st, while the fleet was still led by the Maxi Banque Populaire XI, which had rounded Gibraltar a short time earlier, SVR-Lazartigue suffered further damage, breaking the furler on J2. At the head of the fleet, Maxi Banque Populaire XI and Maxi Edmond de Rothschild were desperately seeking new wind along the Spanish coast. In the end, the trimaran led by Armel le Cléac'h crossed the Mediterranean finish line on Wednesday October 2 at 20 hours 24 minutes and 8 seconds, after 4 days 7 hours 24 minutes and 8 seconds at sea at an average speed of 21.13 knots, covering 2184 miles. A fine victory for Armel and his 6 crew - Sébastien Josse, Morgan Lagravière, Corentin Horeau, Pierre-Emmanuel Hérissé, Quentin Ponroy and Clément Duraffourg - who had taken the lead of the fleet on Sunday. The Maxi Edmond de Rothschild came in second at 23:25, a podium completed by Sodebo Ultim 3 on Thursday October 3 at 7:28 minutes and 12 seconds.
European Windsurfing Championship - iQFOil
From October 06 to 11, 2024, just 2 months after the Paris Olympic Games, windsurfers are back on the competition trail in Cagliari, Sardinia, to compete in the European Foil Windsurfing Championship (iQFOiL) 2024. The young French sailors are eagerly awaited, with real medal chances for both men and women.
Two French crews on the podium at the 2024 Ocean Racing World Championship
After more than 27 hours of particularly intense racing, in a wide variety of conditions, my first duos in the running for the Mixed Doubles Ocean Racing World Championship arrived this Tuesday, October 1, for a breathtaking finale. In Lorient, Scotland's Maggie Adamson and Cal Finlayson won the race ahead of France's Elodie Bonafous and Basile Bourgnon, with a lead of just one minute at the end of the 151-mile course in Southern Brittany. After a great start, the French duo saw their lead melt away this morning in the light airs off Les Glénans and in the final miles of the course. The second French duo, Charlotte Yven and Loïs Berrehar, took 3rd place e final place (after jury) at the end of a tricky final stage.
A new IMOCA for Thomas Ruyant and a crewed round-the-world race
The TR Racing ocean racing team and its skipper Thomas Ruyant will take part in The Ocean Race Europe in 2025, followed by The Ocean Race 2027. While the first race will take place aboard his current IMOCA, a new boat is currently being designed for launch in 2026.
DMG Mori Sailing Team launches construction of new IMOCA boat
With just over a month to go before the start of the Vendée Globe, the DMG Mori Sailing Team, led by skipper Kojiro Shiraishi, has just announced the construction of a new IMOCA boat scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of 2026. The boat, designed by Guillaume Verdier, will be built by Multiplast and will be used primarily for The Ocean Race 2027, before the Vendée Globe 2028
End of the 2024 Engie Kite Tour season
After four stages in Fréjus, Lorient, Larmor-Plage and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, the final stage of the Engie Kite Tour took place in La Grande-Motte. The winners were Paul Labordère and Zoé Boutang in Kitefoil, Samuel Michaille and Aude Ournac in Twin-Tip (TT), Alex Caizergues in directional board and Robert Maréchal and Margot Berenger in Wingfoil.
