On a dark St. Patrick’s Day morning—some 15 miles from the Lorient, France, finish line for the Globe40 doublehanded round-the-world race—Joe Harris sat down at the bumpy navigation station of his ...
For sailing fans visiting from ­outside France, the Route du Rhum is a cultural shock, barely to be believed even once seen. It is France’s oldest singlehanded race, first held in 1978, and run every ...
An adventurer is preparing to set sail on a solo trip around the world. James Ketchell, from Basingstoke in Hampshire, will be setting off on his third circumnavigation challenge aboard his class 40 ...
Canadian composites inspection and engineering firm UTComp (Cambridge, Ontario) has achieved its first mechanical integrity inspection of a Class 40 racing sailboat ahead of the Globe40 ...
Fibers, fabrics, epoxy resins and adhesives from Sicomin (Châteauneuf les Martigues, France) have been used by Grand Largue Composites (GLC, Mondeville, France) to construct what is said to be the ...