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The Artemis Transat started |
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
At 1300 GMT on 11th May, thousands of virtual skippers, sailing the LiveSkipper IMOCA 60, joined the worlds top solo sailors on the start line of the 13th running of the Artemis Transat. With light winds from the north, the boats crossed the start line with the Spinnakers flying and made stately progress south to the first mark at Eddystone Lighthouse. From there they will turn west towards the Lizzard Point, then the open ocean. Weather forecasts for the coming two weeks and the addition of the Ice Gate by the Race Directors, which has added a further 230 miles to the shortest course after ice was reported unseasonably far south, suggest that the crossing will take around 11 - 12 days to complete.
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The Artemis Transat registrations begin |
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Wednesday, 30 April 2008 |
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LiveSkipper is proud to announce the opening of registration for The Artemis Transat.
LiveSkipper members can register here to be a part of this race. New skippers have to join the LiveSkipper community first.
The start is at 1300 GMT (1400 BST, 1500 CET) on 11th of May 2008. Join the leading LiveSkippers as they challenge the world's best solo sailors in the oldest and toughest single-handed Ocean Race.
One man, one boat. The ocean!
Here are the race instructions.
You can also download a offline version (needs Acrobat Reader).
Here is a tool which will help you to choose your path: the IMOCA 60 polar v.5 download.
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