Yves Parlier is a French sailor. He is very well known in the offshore sailing world and generally in France, where he was elected France’s top sports personality in 2002. Nicknamed “The extra-terrestrial” for his amazing exploits and capabilities.Yves Parlier is in the same mould as Eric Tabarly, a visionary skipper who plays an active role in the development of top level sailing. He is behind many new and effective solutions in fields as varied as naval architecture, the use of composite materials or the perfecting of systems to aid navigation. In 2014 he launched Beyond the Sea to develop ways of using very large kites for marine propulsion. The aim, of course, is to save energy.
Posts tagged ocean
Aug 17
Charlie Capelle – Acapella
La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan, Brittany, France 47º26’50″N 03º11'52″W
Acapella, the sister ship of Mike Birch famous Olympus, built by Walter Green in 1980 and skippered by Charlie Capelle, preparing to take part in “La Route du Rhum” 2018.
Jun 17
The Queen Mary 2 passing Groix Island
Kerroch, Morbihan, Brittany, France 47º40’10″N 03º31'02″W
The Queen Mary 2 passing Groix Island, on her way to Saint Nazaire for the start of the centennial Transat “The Bridge 2017″, a historic transatlantic race between her and a fleet of giant trimarans.
Apr 17
NORTHERN BRITTANY WITH PIERRE LE COQ
Northern Brittany
A road trip in Northern Brittany with Pierre Le Coq, crowned RSX World Champions in Oman in 2015 and won the Bronze medal for France at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men’s RS:X One Design Windsurfing Class.
Photo assignment for Pierre Le Coq. http://www.pierrelecoq.fr
Mar 17
Winter Surf
Le Loch, Morbihan, Brittany, France 47º45’16″N 03º30'53″W
The regularity and beauty of the waves at Le Loch beach have made this a hot spot for surfers.