Maxi Spindrift 2 Enforced stop in Fremantle February 7, 2019 Shortly after arriving into Fremantle on Wednesday morning (French time) the skipper of Spindrift 2, Yann Guichard, spoke about the circumstances that led to the team’s retirement from their Jules Verne Trophy record attempt, when the boat’s starboard rudder stock broke between the two bearings.
Maxi Spindrift 2 Flash Info - Damage to rudder February 1, 2019 At 1606h UTC Yann Guichard, skipper of Spindrift 2, contacted his technical team ashore to report damage to the starboard rudder. Spindrift racing is challenging for the Jules Verne Trophy. It...
Maxi Spindrift 2 Spindrift 2 forced to abandon record... February 1, 2019 At 1900h UTC Yann Guichard, the skipper of Spindrift 2, contacted his technical team ashore to report damage to the structure of the starboard rudder. Spindrift racing is challenging for the...
Maxi Spindrift 2 THE FIRST CAPE January 29, 2019 Après douze jours 14 heures 58 minutes, Spindrift 2 a franchi ce mardi à 2h40 UTC (3h40 heure française) la longitude du cap des Aiguilles, passant de l’Atlantique à l’océan Indien. Avec toujours une marge d’avance sur le record autour du monde de Francis Joyon et son équipage : 6 heures 43 minutes.
Maxi Spindrift 2 Equator Record! January 21, 2019 On Monday 21 January at 07h45 UTC, Spindrift 2 broke her own record by just over an hour, by crossing the Equator in 4 days 19 hours 57 minutes. This also gave the black and gold team an advantage of more than 23 hours (180 miles) over the current holders of the Trophy Jules Verne, IDEC Sport. This is the first challenge in the team’s quest to beat the round the world record.
Maxi Spindrift 2 SPINDRIFT 2 MAKES WAY TO START LINE January 16, 2019 À 8h30 heure ce mercredi 16 janvier, le trimaran géant noir et or a quitté le quai de la marina du Château à Brest afin de rallier la ligne de départ définie à Ouessant, devant le phare de Créac’h. Les douze hommes de Spindrift 2 comptent trois heures pour rejoindre la ligne et devraient partir vers midi, au moment où le front attendu doit passer sur Ouessant avec un bon flux de Nord-Ouest.
Maxi Spindrift 2 START AT 11h 47min 27sec UTC January 16, 2019 Yann Guichard and his crew started their world tour at Ushant today, Wednesday, January 16 at 11h 47min 27sec UTC. To win the Jules Verne Trophy they have to recross the line by February 26 at 11h 16m 57sec UTC to break the record, held since 2017 by Francis Joyon and his crew, of 40 days 23h 30m 30s.
Maxi Spindrift 2 New Attempt On Jules Verne Trophy... January 14, 2019 After two and a half months of stand-by, Spindrift 2 is preparing to leave for a new attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy. The crewed round the world sailing record has been held since 2017...
Maxi Spindrift 2 Atlantic ‘door’ closed December 3, 2018 Yann Guichard and the crew of Spindrift 2 have been waiting since the 5 November for a favourable weather window to start the Jules Verne Trophy. Despite November being windy and the Atlantic experiencing a series of lows, the conditions have not been favourable enough for the team to reach the Equator in good time.
Maxi Spindrift 2 SPINDRIFT 2 MOVES STANDBY FORWARD October 26, 2018 November was originally planned as the month for Spindrift racing to complete their inshore racing season and then move to standby mode for the team’s attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy. ...
Team Mont Blanc: the prelude to the Jules... October 18, 2018 A few weeks before the start of the Jules Verne Trophy stand-by, the Spindrift racing team found themselves isolated at an altitude of several thousand meters, taking on one final...
Team Fete de la Science events held at... October 10, 2018 How do we use the sport of sailing to explain science to school children? That was exactly the question addressed by Spindrift for Schools earlier this week, when Spindrift racing opened the doors of its sailing base in Saint Philibert, Brittany to school children as part of the Fete de la Science, a national event organised by the French Ministry for Education.
M32 SPINDRIFT RACING AT THE FOOT OF THE... October 7, 2018 Patience has been the main watchword at the third WMRT event, which took place in Lisbon this week. The organisers have had to manage light and erratic winds, as well as the strong currents of the River Tagus, making it challenging to lay a good race course across more or less all five days of scheduled racing.
M32 A second place and through to the... October 4, 2018 The wind made the competitors wait on the opening day of the third event in the World Match Racing Tour in Portugal. With the wind deciding to stay at the mouth of the river Tagus and not come up river towards the planned racing area, the organisers were forced to split the qualifying fleet racing over two days, rather than the customary one.
