Offshore

Mini Transat leg 2 report

The second leg of the Mini Transat started on 31st October, just over a month after I finished the first leg, in order to wait for a good weather window.

Podium position for Enda O'Coineen

In an exceptional performance, Ireland’s Enda O’Coineen aboard his IMOCA 60 Currency House Kilcullen completed the podium in the IMOCA Ocean Masters Transat St Barth-Port la Fo

IMOCA and UNESCO strike deal

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC UNESCO) and IMOCA Ocean Masters World Championship team up to gather climate change data in the remotest parts of the globe, particular

Edmond de Rothschild blasts home

Sébastien Josse on Edmond de Rothschild arrived home first in the IMOCA Ocean Masters Transat St Barth-Port la Forêt this evening.

Paul Meilhat successfully airlifted to hospital

The terrible twins, two intense mid-Atlantic depressions, continue to make their impression on the IMOCA Ocean Masters Transat St Barth-Port la Forêt boats as the bulk of the fleet approaches

SMA skipper to be medivaced

Late morning this Monday 14 December, Paul Meilhat was seriously injured during a manoeuvre while racing aboard his IMOCA 60 SMA in the

Battered by gales

They may have gently eased into the IMOCA Ocean Masters Transat St Barth-Port la Forêt, wafted along by balmy trade winds after leaving the Caribbean just over a week ago, but now competitors

New York to Les Sables d'Olonne

Setting sail from the ‘Big Apple’, bound for what was the cradle of the IMOCA Class, the port of Les Sables d’Olonne, one could hardly ask for more in terms of symbolism.

Catching the Port la Foret express

Since making their ‘big gybe north’ on Tuesday night, the race leaders in the 3370 mile IMOCA Ocean Masters Transat St Barth-Port la Forêt yesterday managed to key into stronger w