Topic: Les Sables d'Olonne

Non-Stop RTW Voyage in Smallest Boat Ever is Now Complete

Boats.com - 578 days ago
Just a few hours ago that crazy Italian guy, Alessandro di Benedetto, arrived safely in Les Sables d'Olonne, France, thus completing his solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world. The fact that he was dismasted and has been sailing with a jury-rigged ...

Beach 'creamers' to pamper French tourists

AFP Global Edition - 622 days ago
Perched in a beach hut on the Atlantic shore and paid to dole out suntan lotion and the odd body rub, two French students on Tuesday clinched what was billed as the ultimate summer job.More than 700 young hopefuls flocked to ...

Caffari enters record books, finishes sixth in Vendee

AFP Global Edition - 1099 days ago
Dee Cafari sailed into the record books here Monday by becoming the first woman to circumnavigate the globe single-handed in both directions.The British yachtswoman, at the helm of Aviva, arrived at the French port of Les Sables d'Olonne after 99 ...

Desjoyeaux wins Vendee Globe in record 84 days

AFP Global Edition - 1114 days ago
Frenchman Michel Desjoyeaux, won the Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race after crossing the finish line at the French port of Les Sables d'Olonne on Sunday afternoon in a record time of 84 days.The previous best time of 87 days, 10 ...

Desjoyeaux wins Vendee yacht race in record time

AFP Global Edition - 1114 days ago
Frenchman Michel Desjoyeaux won the Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race after crossing the finish line at the French port of Les Sables d'Olonne on Sunday afternoon in a record time of 84 days.The previous best time of 87 days, 10 ...

Rudderless Dick forced out of Vendee Globe

AFP Global Edition - 1146 days ago
Former race leader Jean-Pierre Dick was forced to retire from the challenging Vendee Globe round-the-world yachting race on Wednesday after his rudder was damaged beyond repair.Dick, who led the race on four occasions with the last time being on December 10 ...

Around the world in about 100 days

guardian.co.uk - 1197 days ago
pound;120,000 this year, each time it has been run since 1989 but seasoned observers believe a Briton may go one better than Ellen MacArthur, who became a world sporting hero when she came second in the Vend& One of the ...