HYSTORY OF "HALFS":
Derniéres infos et photos reçues, janvier 2020
Last pictures and updates received, January
2020,
2019, Rich
Wilson (Concurent du Vendée Globe 2016) a créé
le Collegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit avec 10 Figaros 2: "As
Vendée Globe approaches (I have hotel reservations for the start but
no boat nor entry!), I thought you might be interested in our next project.
We have formed the Collegiate Offshore Sailing Circuit, Inc. (see www.cosc-usa.org
) with the goal to expand the pool of offshore capable mariners in the USA
by bringing true offshore sailing to college sailing teams (which typically
only sail dinghies). When in France around my two Vendee Globes (2008-9 &
2016-7) we were amazed about how much offshore sailing, racing, cruising there
was. We also noticed that the fundamental building block boat for the great
French ocean sailors, the Figaro 2, was transitioning to the Figaro 3. Thus
we imagined raising money in the US to buy and ship a group of these boats
to the US for deployment to colleges in the USA. We visited the Maritime/Service
Academies, plus a half dozen private colleges, and received great encouragement.
We took that to potential donors and have raised the funds to buy 10 Figaro
2s and bring them here. 6 are now deployed to colleges; we expect the other
4 to be deployed in the spring."
Voici la liste des 10 Figaros 2: 7 Anne,
19 Vicitan, 27 Raga,
43 Abu, 45 John
& Dorothy, 50 Monin,
56 Redshift, 66 Williwaw,
83 Benita, 96 Spirit,
Picture
from www.cosc-usa.org
website,
Mi janvier, reçu de Hervé, "Vu à st Martin sur plage de Cul de Sac le 21 décembre. L'épave est là depuis Irma. Immatriculé à Pointe à Pitre. C’est plus gros qu’un first 30, donc plutôt un 3/4 Tonner. Le rail de fargue est en Alu comme sur les bateaux de série", quelqu'un reconnait le bateau?
A Vendre - For Sale : les Pogo 1 301 et 307, le Golden Shamrock "Dragon Vert", ...,
Vendu - Sold: les minis 121, 346, 836, le OT "Daiquiri III", 10 Figaro 2 aux USA (voir ci-dessus), le Volvo 70 ex "Telefonica", le Volvo 65 ex "Abu Dhabi", le Class 40 ex "V&B" renommé "Kite", ...,
Et comme souvent, des articles et/ou photos de vieilles revues
ont été rajoutées sur la page des bateaux concernés,
et/ou des pages créées comme pour:
And as often, articles and/or photos of old magazines
have been added on the page of the boats concerned ,
and/or pages created with as for:
Monocoques des années 1978-80: "Fernande"
et "Salamandre",
TQT: X 3/4 Ton "RacerX",
DB1 "Puma",
HT: les 2 australiens "Kamehameha" et "Lawless",
le Golden Shamrock "Antares III",
le Feeling 850 Spécial "Bleu
Cerise",
QT: Manzanita "April
Ann" et "Zeta",
le Farr 727 inconnu "Farr
North",
1974, One Tonner Tina "Variag",
récit de sa course Sydney Hobart de décembre 1973, "Neptune
Nautisme",
1974, "33 Export",
récit de sa troisiéme étape de la Whitbread Race, "Les
Cahiers du Yachting",
1980, le récit d'Yves Le Cornec suite à son naufrage avec l'ancien
"Olympus Photo" vainqueur
de la Route du Rhum 1978, "Neptune Nautisme",
1980, "Comment Moxie a
gagné l'OSTAR", "Neptune Nautisme",
Archives photos de la revue "Bateaux",
- Transat AG2R 2004,
- Route
des Phares 1998, GP
de Vendée 1998, Multis 60'
16 Juillet 2019, Cowes, photo reçue de Pierre, un repére de quarters!
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