09 May 2019 Guyader Grand-Prix The new season will be off to a kick-start as usual with the Guyader Grand-Prix, held in the magnificent Bay of Douarnenez on the east coast of Brittany. Initiatives-Coeur will be making its first ...
14 Mar 2019 Sam settled on the winner of the Route du Rhum While the monohull with its giant hearts is warm and safe in the Lorient shipyard, dressing its wounds [after delamination of the bottom of the hull during the Route du Rhum on route to Guadeloupe] ...
14 Mar 2019 Initiatives-Coeur winter refit During the 2018 winter refit, the Initiatives-Coeur team made 4 major upgrades to the boat: 1/ A change in the position of the ballast tanks (by adding or removing seawater to control the boat’s ...
16 Oct 2018 Défit Azimut The 8th edition of the Défi Azimut will be held from 21st to 23rd September 2018 departing Lorient Every year, the Défit Azimut is the final showdown among the main IMOCA competitors in the ocean ...
16 Oct 2018 Défi Azimut: Start of the race Today, Friday 21st September, is the day that the 15 competitors in the 8th Défi Azimut will leave the starting line at 5 pm in Lorient for a 24-hour solo race. Based on the expected weather conditions, ...
16 Oct 2018 Sam 2nd of the Défi Azimut Superb performance by Sam who finished in second position just 7 minutes behind Vincent Riou, and ahead of Yann Eliès and Paul Meilhat. We were a bit worried that the PRB’s latest generation foils ...
