For 38 days, it had all been plain sailing for Thomas Coville, a French yacht racer, and his six-man crew. Their 105ft trimaran, “Sodebo Ultim 3”, was in the lead after rounding South America and ...

The 245-mile fourth offshore leg of the 2013 Tour de France a la Voile, from Deauville to Brest, reached its conclusion. The fleet departed Deauville on Tuesday morning and headed to Barfleur before a ...

A handout picture released by Sodebo sailing team on December 25, 2016 shows French skipper Thomas Coville holding a poster reading " 49 days 3 hours 7 minutes and 38 seconds" as he crossed the finish ...