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 French solo skipper Armel Tripon yesterday won the Multi50 class in the 2018 Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe

An operation is under way to rescue Lalou Roucayrol, the French skipper who capsized 1,000 nautical miles east of Guadeloupe

Solar-powered propulsion and household, pure silence due to electric propulsion, Silent 79 is designed in and out by Marco Casali of Too Design

In the closest finish since it was first staged in 1978, the French ocean racing veteran Francis Joyon won the 40th anniversary Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race from Saint Malo to Pointe-À-Pitre early this morning. 

Francois Gabart on MACIF has seen his lead over Francis Joyon disappear completely as the two French skippers have crept around the west side of Basse-Terre island in windless conditions in the final miles of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe

French sailing superstar, François Gabart has less than 800 nautical miles to go to the finish in the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe

The two leading Multi50s in the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe solo transatlantic race are set to make technical pit stops

Way down south, more than 1,800 nautical miles southwest of Saint Malo, François Gabart continues to blaze a trail to Guadeloupe chased by Francis Joyon

The skippers in the solo transatlantic Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe are beginning to experience wide variations in weather conditions

The Route du Rhum–Destination Guadeloupe has turned into something of a match race across the Atlantic between the leading boats in the ULTIME class

The most serious incident of an action-packed 24 hours, as the fleet continued west and south out of the Bay of Biscay into the Atlantic proper

The French superstar sailor Armel Le Cléac’h has capsized in his maxi trimaran, Banque Populaire IX, in the most serious incident yet to hit the Route du Rhum

Thomas Coville suffered structural problems to his Sodebo Ultim’ in one of its forward beams, forcing him to head to La Coruna to assess damage

The leader of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, Sébastien Josse, has sustained serious damage to his starboard bow

The trimarans of the Ultime class will take off from St Malo in the direction of Point-à-Pitre, at fabulous speeds probably never achieved before, Sunday at 2 pm

In three days, at exactly 13:00 GMT, the Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe fleet will set sail from offshore Saint Malo

In five days, time, the 11th Route du Rhum will set sail. Here, the flying giants are making their grand entrance onto the solo stage. How does it work? 

From October 17th till 20th the award-winning 40 Open Sunreef Power was exhibited at the Abu Dhabi International Boat Show, the first edition of the event

The technical team will deliver the Macif trimaran from Port-la-Forêt to St Malo

6 Ultimes, the most spectacular and famous boats in the fleet, will race each other across the 3,542-mile Atlantic course

As predicted, the 50th anniversary Rolex Middle Sea Race exploded into life overnight

The 50th anniversary Rolex Middle Sea Race is underway.By 17:00 CEST, the majority of the fleet was hard on the wind heading for Capo Passero

As six of the world’s fastest multihulls prepare to rampage across the Atlantic in the 40th anniversary staging of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe

Artemis Technologies is now using green technologies to manufacture a 45-metre autonomous sailing vessel that will change the face of the maritime industry

SailGP yesterday set out to redefine sailing with the launch of its new global racing league: five grand prix events featuring six national teams

The two America’s Cup teams did not have it all their own way as racing got underway today for the GC32 Racing Tour fleet on the Bay of Palma

The third of the 2018 GC32 Racing Tour’s five events begins tomorrow on the Bay of Palma

Today, the MACIF trimaran left Keroman Technologies after a seven-month refit designed to further optimise the performance of this reference Ultime multihull

Experience paid dividend on a day which delivered turbulent conditions to challenge both the sailors and the race committee

Marstrand: a program of racing to wet the appetite of any sailing fan all added to what was a spectacular Quarter Final Stage, worthy of a Finals performance