News

03/12

Message from Benjamin FERRÉ - Monnoyeur - Duo For a Job :

At full speed with the salty taste of the complete Breton egg and cheese! Maybe it's a way of motiva…

03/12

News from Conrad Colman - Mail Boxes Etc: Day 1

It was a crazy, crazy night when the sun went down the show got going. We were meant to have 22 knot…

03/12

Sunday’s weather update, record speeds possible Monday/Tuesday?

As expected the Retour à La Base fleet leaders are still making northwards, passing through the anti…

02/12

Jean Le Cam arrived in Martinique

Jean Le Cam arrived in Martinique today Saturday and will immediately get ready to start the Retour …

02/12

‘The holiday is over’…contemplating the big downwind

‘The holiday is over’ warned Kiwi Conrad Colman this morning, contemplating how hard the next week i…

02/12

Cooling down on the road north

As they climb north temperatures are dropping for the fleet leaders of the Retour à La Base who toda…

01/12

Touch and turn, Le Turquais’ pit stop worthy of a Formula 1 team!

Less than 10 hours after finishing the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre in Fort-de-France, T…

01/12

Charal stepping on the gas. Resilient Le Turquais stops one Transat and hours later starts another

After just over 24 hours of racing since leaving Fort-de-France, Jéremie Beyou is proving his well o…

01/12

Making fast miles north

Sailing both high and fast Jéremie Beyou (Charal) has built a useful cushion of some 11 miles at the…

01/12

News from CONRAD COLMAN - MAIL BOXES ETC : Day 1

“What a start, I am pretty happy with the way it went and the way I played the shifts and managed my…

01/12

News from DAMIEN SEGUIN - APICIL : Day 1

The start of the Retour à La Base was a good few hours ago. Currently, we are passing the prohibited…

01/12

News from Isabelle Joschke - MACSF : Day 1

“t’s a very pleasant first night, under the stars and the moonlight. The sea is quite manageable and…

30/11

Two hours technical stopover in Fort-de-France for Sébastien Marsset (Foussier – Mon Courtier Energie)

Suffering from an on board energy problem, Sébastien Marsset (Foussier - Mon Courtier Energie) cross…

30/11

Burton making the pace as Retour à La Base starts from Martinique

After a relatively benign, light winds start out of the Bay of Fort de France, Louis Burton (Bureau …

30/11

Five hour penalty for early starter Fabrice Amédéo (Nexans – Arts & Fenêtres)

For having jumped the starting line of Retour à La Base by a few seconds, the skipper of Nexans - Ar…

30/11

Off and racing!

Good start out of Fort-de-France in light conditions with the fleet in close contact. - The fleet of…

30/11

Retour à La Base: Go Time!

It is Go Time!. The 3,500 miles Retour à La Base race from Martinique to Lorient starts midday local…

29/11

Sam Goodchild, after third on the Transat Jacques Vabre, his first solo IMOCA race is a race of discovery

When he starts the Retour à La Base solo race back to France on Thursday lunchtime, for Britain’s Sa…

29/11

Meteo, what’s in store for the Retour à La Base fleet?

The 3,500 miles Retour à La Base race from Martinique to Lorient La Base looks set to start in relat…

29/11

Retour à La Base: The big IMOCA test of 2024

The 3,500 nautical miles solo IMOCA race, the Retour à La Base, from Martinique back to the famous e…

29/11

How to follow the Retour à La Base?

HOW TO FOLLOW THE RETOUR À LA BASE ? In Martinique : From land :Start line in the bay of Fort-de-Fra…

28/11

Pip Hare: “It is looking classic, head north, find depression put your foot down….”

Pip Hare is one of those racers who is probably happiest when she is at sea, at one with her IMOCA M…