Stroll between Le Conquet and Roscoff on the Brittany West coast battered by storm Imogen.
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Feb 16
Feb 16
Storm Imogen
Iroise Sea, Brittany, France 48º32’35″N 04º45'07″W
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Nov 14
Nov 14
Fondation Louis Vuitton
Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France 48º52’35″N 2º15’48″E
Frank Gehry has designed a building that, through its strength and singularity, represents the first artistic step on the part of the Fondation Louis Vuitton. This large vessel covered in twelve glass sails, set on a water garden created for the occasion, blends into the natural environment, amidst the wood and the garden, playing with light and mirror effects.
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Dec 11
Dec 11
Costa Rica
9°44'60"N 82°49'52"W
PARADISE #11
The first European explorer to encounter Costa Rica was the Great Navigator himself, Christopher Columbus. The day was September 18, 1502, and Columbus was making his fourth and final voyage to the New World. As he was setting anchor off shore, a crowd of local Carib Indians paddled out in canoes and greeted his crew warmly. Later, the golden bands that the region’s inhabitants wore in their noses and ears would inspire the Spaniard Gil Gonzalez Davila to name the country Costa Rica, or Rich Coast.
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May 11
May 11
CClass Patient Lady VI
Saint Pierre Quiberon, Brittany, France 47º30’62″N 3º07’74″W
Restoration of the 26 year old C Class Catamaran Patient Lady VI under the auspice of Benjamin Muyl, Herve Penformis, Axel de Beaufort and Sam Thomas at the Ecole Nationale de Voile, Saint Pierre Quiberon.
Patient Lady VI was “given” to Benjamin Muy from Fred Eaton for 1 symbolic dollar, it ‘s actually the only C Class in continental Europe (Invictus is in the UK)
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Aug 10
Aug 10
Little America’s Cup
Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America 41º30’86″N 71º20’51″W
The International C Class Catamaran Championships (IC4) hosted at New York Yacht Club in Newport, RI from August 22-28, 2010. The IC4 is the successor to the Little America’s Cup as the championship event for the C class catamarans.
Racing begins with an up-to-12 race series of fleet racing to determine the seeding for the match racing. The top two seeds will have a first to five point match race series to determine the winner of the International C Class Catamaran Championship [note that unlike the AC, the Defender does not get an automatic place in the finals]. The course is a 6 mile windward-leeward, with one mile legs and up to four races each day. The course area will be weather dependent, but either north of the Newport Bridge or off Beavertail. Boats will launch off the beach at Harbour Court and store their wing sails in a duo-purpose hospitality tent.
Canaan CAN 009 Fred Eaton Magnus Clarke
Aethon USA 002 Steve Clark Oliver Moore
Invictus GBR 001 Paul Larsen Helena Darvelid
Patient Lady VI FRA 002 Antoine Koch Jérémie Lagarrigue
Alpha CAN 004 Glenn Ashby Jimmy Spithill
Orion CAN 002 Dan Cunningham Rob Paterson
