Maxi Spindrift 2 MOVING ON January 29, 2018 Spindrift 2 finally arrived back home to La Trinite-sur-Mer at the weekend having spent the past two weeks in Brest following her dismasting on January 15th.
Maxi Spindrift 2 JULES VERNE TROPHY START: MONDAY January 15, 2018 Yann Guichard and his crew arrived in Brest last night to start the Jules Verne Trophy. Despite a good though not ideal weather window, after two...
Maxi Spindrift 2 SPINDRIFT 2 DISMASTS ON WAY TO START OF... January 15, 2018 At about 1600h (CET) today, Monday 15 January 2018, Spindrift 2 was sailing just off Point St Matthieu and Camaret in Brittany on her way to the start line of the Jules Verne Trophy, when she...
Maxi Spindrift 2 Spindrift dismasts on way to starting... January 15, 2018 As the giant trimaran made its way to the Créac'h lighthouse (Isle of Ouessant) for a second attempt at the Jules Verne Trophy, Spindrift 2 dismasted at about 1615h today (Monday 15 January 2018), south of Pointe Saint-Mathieu in a strong 30 knot westerly breeze and rough seas.
Maxi Spindrift 2 Spindrift racing returns to port January 8, 2018 Yann Guichard has made the decision to return to Brest following analysis of this evening's weather files. The weather window, which mobilised Yann Guichard and his eleven crew to leave...
Maxi Spindrift 2 CODE GREEN, DEPARTURE IMMINENT FOR... January 4, 2018 After a long stand-by, in the main due to a very active North Atlantic, Spindrift racing is planning to start their Jules Verne Trophy attempt late tonight (Monday). The crew has all now...
Maxi Spindrift 2 SPINDRIFT IMMERSION EXHIBITION SPACE TO... December 1, 2017 Since the start of November, Spindrift racing has been on standby waiting for the right weather window to start the Jules Verne Trophy, the crewed non-stop, round the world record that...
Maxi Spindrift 2 SPINDRIFT 2: BE PART OF OUR WORLD TOUR November 9, 2017 The entire Spindrift racing team, both sailors and shore crew, are on the alert! We are ready to go. The crew and our maxi-trimaran, Spindrift 2, are waiting for a...
Maxi Spindrift 2 Spindrift racing confirms crew and... October 26, 2017 On 6 November 2017 Spindrift racing, the France-based sailing team will be starting the stand-by period for its second attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy, the iconic non-stop round the world...
Maxi Spindrift 2 A VICTORY AND A RECORD FOR SPINDRIFT 2... July 20, 2016 Spindrift 2 arrived in St Malo this evening (Tuesday) having crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a just over 6 days at an average speed of just over 22 knots in the ninth edition of the Transat...
Maxi Spindrift 2 FLASH INFO : SPINDRIFT RACING WINS THE... July 19, 2016 Overall winner of the race and with a new record in hand, Yann Guichard, Dona Bertarelli and their Spindrift racing team crossed the finish line of the Transat Quebec-Saint Malo on Tuesday 19 July at 23 hours 17 minutes 41 seconds (local time)...
Maxi Spindrift 2 TQSM - LOGBOOK - DAY 6 July 19, 2016 Ireland welcomed us with bright sunshine and a pod of dolphins accompanied by a flock of hundreds of birds overhead. Having sailed on a single tack from Canada, we tacked for the first time...
Maxi Spindrift 2 TQSM - LOGBOOK - DAY 5 July 18, 2016 The fog has followed us all the way across the Atlantic - at times it seemed that the sun was not far away, but it is a false hope and the mist does not ever go and we are enveloped by a decidedly woolly and wet landscape...
Maxi Spindrift 2 TQSM - LOGBOOK - DAY 4 July 17, 2016 Last night we left the St Lawrence seaway and sailed along the Newfoundland coast. At the extreme east of Canada, the area of Newfoundland has the air of an abandoned country: hostile vegetation, barren land and a harsh climate…
