IMOCA RACE REPORT #9 I Retour à La Base - Day 9
12/9/23
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The first IMOCA boats are expected in Lorient tomorrow afternoon! In the meantime, Justine Mettraux and Julien Villion, just back from the Transat Jacques Vabre, debriefed us on what was happening at sea.
Teams info
12.05The next round of IMOCA skippers arriving at The Transat CIC…07.05Britain’s Sam Davies (Initiatives-Coeur) completes an international podium on The Transat CIC!…An exhausted but delighted Sam Davies sailed her Initiatives Coeur across the finish line of the Transat CIC at 20:11:37hrs local time NYC (00:11:37 hrs UTC) to take a well earned third place on the legendary solo race across the North Atlantic.…07.05Yoann Richomme (IMOCA Paprec Arkéa) wins the 15th edition of The Transat CIC (before the jury)!…At the end of a breathtaking final and a hard-fought battle with Boris Hermann (Malizia-Seaexplorer), Yoann Richomme has won this latest edition of The Transat CIC. Eight years after the Armel Le Cléac'h - Vincent Riou duel, it was the skipper of the IMOCA Paprec Arkéa who came out on top in this incredible mano-a-mano.…06.05Paul Meilhat puts words on the frustration of having had to put his race on hold…On Friday, May 3rd, while Paul Meilhat was sailing in third position in The Transat CIC, his IMOCA collided with an unidentified floating object (UFO). An event not without consequences, which damaged the foil and the port-side well of his IMOCA Biotherm, forcing the skipper to slow down. After three days of silence, he finally speaks out about this ordeal.…04.05Boris Herrmann deploys weather buoy in the North Atlantic in The Transat CIC…Boris Herrmann, skipper of Team Malizia, deployed a weather buoy yesterday while closely racing in The Transat CIC solo challenge to New York. The scientific instrument will drift with the Ocean currents and measure data crucial for weather forecasting predictions and climate change monitoring.…02.05Technical stopover for L'Occitane en Provence…
News
5.9.24
Clarisse Crémer: “I felt all the energy of my team to get me back on the water as soon as possible”
After a week of uncertainty following the discovery of major damage on her boat during The Transat CIC race onboard the IMOCA L'Occitane en Provence, Clarisse Crémer hopes to soon be able to continue her race towards New…
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5.7.24
Yoann Richomme: Pinching himself after victory in The Transat CIC
Many of the IMOCA skippers in The Transat CIC have been dreaming about completing the race and gliding past the Statue of Liberty after the finish, and earlier today race winner Yoann Richomme did exactly that.
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