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aux touristes Les gestionnaires du port ont également fait le choix de rassembler tous les vieux gréements du côté du musée maritime, quelle que soit leur taille. Pour La Rochelle, c'est l'occasion de montrer son patrimoine navigant aux touristes. À quelques mètres de là, derrière l'aquarium, le bassin des chalutiers accueille quant à lui les yachts, les gros navires en escale comme L'Hermione ou Le Belem, les bateaux de courses au large, des départs de compétition comme la Mini-Transat, ainsi que des livraisons de bateaux neufs ou sortis de réparation. Les petites unités et le...

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Rolex Fastnet Race: The largest, most diverse offshore yacht race by far by James Boyd / RORC 20 May 06:37 UTC 8 August 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race - When it comes to offshore races there is no greater show on earth © Rolex / Kurt Arrigo With 450+ yachts entered in this year's 49th edition of the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial flagship event has consolidated its position as the biggest offshore yacht race in the world. The 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race sets sail from the Solent on 8th August, back to its original position of the Sunday following...

Catherine Chabaud - Vendée Globe © Vendée Globe Back In 1997 Catherine Chabaud became the first female sailor to complete the Vendée Globe, taking sixth place and in so doing becoming the first woman to race solo non stop around the world without assistance. And for the last 20 years she has worked tirelessly, campaigning to protect ocean health and highlight the fragility and importance or our marine ecosystems. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She lives with her partner Jean Marie close to the centre of Angers, (to the east of Nantes in NW F...

What was the state of the equipment when you got involved in the single-handed sailing scene? The beginning of the story for my ATN spinnaker sleeve was when i got involved with the second BOC. I happend to sail to Newport where the race was going to start from with Bruno Peyron with his big catamaran. There were many French people in Newport working on the BOC boats. Half of the fleet was french of course, offshore sailing was dominated by the French. It's there that I discovered that all the spinnaker sleves that even the top skippers had didn't work at all. Not even the ones made by Doyle,...