Volvo Ocean Race: Great new videos: Puma breaks back; Dragon breaks boom; Russia Chinese gybes
BYM Sailing News
- 45 minutes ago
Those are some of the latest videos that have been added to the Volvo Ocean Race section of the BYM News Gallery. You can watch them and more, and see lots of images, at the link below. The stories ...
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Kiteboarding: Class Association responds to ISAF clarification
BYM Sailing News
- 2 hours ago
We have encountered a lot of confusion about the ratification of the 50.26 knots run by Sebastien Cattelan earlier this year in Luderitz, Namibia and the upcoming claim for 50.57 knots by Alexandre Caizergues. WSSRC newsletter number 165 ...
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Vendee Globe Race: Roland Jourdain not very comfortable on Veolia Environnement
BYM Sailing News
- 2 hours ago
Thanks to his westerly route, Roland Jourdain has kept up with the head of the group, and showed an 80-mile gain on the leaders in the ranking. As he left the Doldrums and seeing an end to last ...
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Vendee Globe: Michel Desjoyeaux & Foncia now gunning for Marc Guillemot on Safran
BYM Sailing News
- 2 hours ago
Last Friday and 647 miles behind the leader, Michel Desjoyeaux was positioned in 16th place; this Friday 21st November he is 273 miles behind leader Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty). 374 miles devoured in 7 days – that is over ...
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Vendee Globe: Pace at least 2 days off Jean Le Cam record run to Equator
BYM Sailing News
- 2 hours ago
Moving progressively into trade winds sailing, Loïck Peyron on Gitana Eighty maintains an increasingly solid looking lead of 20 miles from Seb Josse, (BT). Order stays the same in top five all today, Peyron, Josse, Riou, Dick, Le Cléach. ...
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Vendee Globe: Dee Caffari admits to going for short term gain over long term strategy
BYM Sailing News
- 3 hours ago
This week has been tough for Dee as she and Aviva have battled to keep up with the leading pack in their second week of racing in the Vendée Globe. After the heady few days up with the front ...
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International 470 Class Association elects new Management Committee
BYM Sailing News
- 3 hours ago
The International 470 Class Association has elected it's new Management Committee and President for a new 4 year's mandate. Stanislav KASSAROV (BUL) was elected as new President, taking over the Class' hammer from Alberto Predieri from Italy, who stepped ...
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Vendee Globe: Ecover 3 sandwiched between Delta Dore and Veolia Environnment
BYM Sailing News
- 3 hours ago
ECOVER 3 had been sandwiched on either side by DELTA DORE in the east and VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT in the west for the past 24 hours. Just 10 miles separate the seventh to tenth placed boats. Even though Mike Golding ...
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Vendee Globe: Brian Thompson sleeps through alarm on board Bahrain Team Pindar
BYM Sailing News
- 3 hours ago
It looks like I am through in the SE trades now, without seeing any squalls or light airs. Wind is SE 12-15 knots, it feels like the Tradewinds though not quite the small puffy cumulus clouds that will be ...
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Vendee Globe: Across the equator in a few hours for Sebastien Josse
BYM Sailing News
- 3 hours ago
To Seb's relief the passage through the Doldrums has been relatively pain-free and it was clear from this morning's Vendée Globe positions that the leading pack were through the worst of the 'calms' and into the stable South-Easterly Trade ...
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