Maxi Spindrift 2 8000 MILES OF TRAINING September 27, 2018 Earlier this week Spindrift 2 returned to La Trinité-sur-mer in Brittany, France. Five days earlier, the maxi trimaran left the dock in Newport, Rhode Island to set sail for her home port, completing her second transatlantic training in as many months.
Maxi Spindrift 2 3000 mile training sail for Spindrift 2 June 15, 2018 With the Mirabaud Bol d'Or now behind them and their Maxi Trimaran ready for competition, the Spindrift racing team is back in training mode, and Yann Guichard and his crew have today set off to complete a transatlantic passage between two world sailing hubs - La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany and Newport Rhode Island, USA.
Maxi Spindrift 2 First dip of the year June 1, 2018 After a winter in refit, the maxi trimaran Spindrift 2 was put back on the water earlier this week, Monday, May 28th.
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 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...
