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Website is here: ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE - Brest 24H to reach Spain... 12 days apparently to reach the Cap Horn... 30 to go to the Cap of Good Hope... this is just crazy... Wonder how many of them will make it with their boat in good condition...

Hi all, So, my son is now reaching an age where I would like him to get a better understanding of sailing before we go on our next cruise. He is still fairly young (8yo). I remember, a long time ago, when I took my compétent crew course, that the trainer used a bathroom analogy to explain...

Yep saw that, and there is a conversion scale on the bottom left. The notes on the right seem to indicate that all heights are in feet, and they provide also the tides... So I think I am all good to provide a description with some google satellite images and normal pictures from tourists. I...

This is just great. I didn't expect that level of information and almost immediately. Thank you very much guys; Really appreciated.

B.... H.... ! I have been trying to find such a map for weeks now, and couldn't find anything that detailed! Thank you so much, that is very helpful, and what I had in mind. I owe you one!

Hi folks, Long shot here, but I have been writing a fiction (no, not my posts in the Brexit section of the forum :) ) for quite some time now, and I am reaching the end of my story. This is loosely based on Libertalia, and I wanted to get some extra information on the bay of Diego Suarez. I am...

Alex has an issue on his boat. Let’s wait to hear more from him and the team, but doesn’t sound good...

And I stand corrected. "On a interdiction de routage, c’est-à-dire indiquer la route à suivre en fonction des conditions météo", raconte Gilles Avril. Il est le directeur technique du bateau d’Alan Roura (La Fabrique), For some kind of reasons I was pretty sure they were having these types of...

Pretty sure the weather and routing is discussed with their teams mainland if I remember correctly previous VG races.

Not even sure if it's because they think it will assist foiling, I have the impression that they can not sail as close to the wind as the older boats. SO they need to keep it as much as possible on a reach and tack quite often... SO they are much faster but have to sail a greater distance for...

He definitely deserves it.

- Getting (finally) my ticket to show off - will have to find a new job and take the exam while in between jobs: working on it. Planning on resigning in the next 2-3 months, if Brexit is not compromising everything in the workplace. - Buying a boat: errr.... other priorities conflicting with...

They are fast, I give you that. Wondering about the position of Armel... might struggle a bit later on with his course...

And just to say that la Solitaire le Figaro started yesterday... a few weeks of good sailing to be expected to be sure. This 50th edition is particularly interesting due to the fact that there is a new model of Figaro being used, and also the previous achievements and rankings of some of the...

So I guess Gabart to win it on the Ultim... And Alex on the Imoca (that would be well deserved).