Tag: sailing
This sailing ship powered by sunlight takes off into space
NASA is launching a new kind of sail into space. It moves forward using the energy of sunlight to navigate without a motor and therefore (almost) without the need for…
The Breton Grain de Sail is gaining momentum in sailing freight with its new cargo ship
The ship “Grain de Sail II” docked in New York (AFP/ANGELA WEISS) The new cargo ship from the young Morlaix company Grain de Sail made its first loaded transatlantic crossing…
the new Breton sailing freighter made its first transatlantic crossing between Saint-Malo and New York
The sailing cargo ship “Grain de Sail II” in New York Harbor, April 12, 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP The new cargo ship from the young Morlaix company Grain de…
The suspension of skipper Kevin Escoffier, accused of sexual violence, canceled by the French Sailing Federation
French skipper Kevin Escoffier, November 3, 2022 in Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Villaine). SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS / AFP The French Sailing Federation (FFV) had fifteen days to make a decision. It took half as…
Catana Group: strong ambitions in sailing
By Alexandra Saintpierre Published on 03/10/2024 at 3:55 p.m. Photo credit © Catana Group (Boursier.com) — The…
Opera offers you $10,000 for a week of sailing on a desert island!
Vincent Mannessier January 24, 2024 at 5:47 p.m. 2 $10,000 for a one-on-one week with Opera © Shutterstock While the world of tech dismissed with all his might in recent…
Sailing: major damage for Tom Laperche, in difficulty in the South Atlantic
Europe 1 with AFP / Photo credit: LOIC VENANCE / AFP 7:05 p.m., January 18, 2024 After colliding with an unidentified object in the South Atlantic, Tom Laperche’s maxi-trimaran, launched…
“A shock” for the DSV: Head sailing coach leaves ship shortly before the Olympics
“A shock” for the DSV Sailing head coach disembarks shortly before the Olympics December 5th, 2023, 6:33 p.m Germany’s top sailors are starting the new year without their head coach.…
Cac 40: Before the inflation figures in the United States for October, the CAC 40 is sailing by sight
(BFM Bourse) – The Paris Stock Exchange is moving cautiously on the cusp of the publication of American inflation figures for October, this Tuesday afternoon. The CAC 40 oscillates around…
“Canopée”, the first sailing cargo ship in the world inaugurated in Bordeaux
The 121-meter-long “Canopée” cargo ship, built to transport elements of the Ariane 6 rocket equipped with four wind propulsion masts, in Bordeaux on October 4, 2023 (AFP/Philippe LOPEZ) The first…
kyiv defies Moscow by sailing a cargo ship in the Black Sea
A cargo ship off the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine using the new Black Sea shipping lanes on August 16, 2023. STRINGER / AFP “Ukraine has just taken an…
World Cup at Lake Achensee – Sailing Club Mattsee on course for overall victory
The German Sailing League made a guest appearance at Lake Achensee last weekend. The conditions at the races were very autumnal, which was not an easy task for the participants.…