Transat Jacques Vabre / Giancarlo Pedote back to cross the ocean onboard FenetréA Prysmian

Giancarlo Pedote back to cross the ocean onboard FenêtréA-Prysmian Multi50 alongside Erwan Le Roux, in the longest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean: the Transat Jacques Vabre. After a season that saw them winners of Grand Prix Guyader, Armen Race, the Grand Prix Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the trophy Prince de Bretagne Sud Goëlo, Giancarlo Pedote and Erwan Le Roux will depart Sunday 25 October at 13.30 for the Transat Jacques Vabre, classic double transatlantic from Le Havre, in Normandy, to Itajai in Brazil.

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Giancarlo Pedote and Prysmian win Les Sables - Les Açores - Les Sables !

"I think in this race the most dangerous opponent for me, will be myself. Sometimes one can be tempted to push too far the boat and a break can come in a moment. I'll Try to be wise and to do things without too much pressure, without finding a rhythm exaggerated." This is the statement issued by Giancarlo Pedote before the depart of the second leg of Les Sables - Les Açores - Les Sables, a race that ended with the victory of Nicolas Boidevezi and the second place of Giancarlo Pedote.

Credit : Ch.Breschi/SAS2014

Giancarlo Pedote wins the Mini en Mai race, winning his third race of the year on three disputed !

Three over Three: Giancarlo Pedote wins the Mini en Mai, the third race of the circuit Mini 6.50 in which it participates aboard his prototype Prysmian ITA 747 , leading to head the entire race. An uncertain weather and a not defined path have marked the start of this new regatta organized by the Société Nautique de La Trinité- sur- Mer, which kicked off Tuesday, May 20th at 14:08 in the Bay of Quiberon, in a regime of winds 12-14 knots from the W-SW .

Skippers left the harbor holding a weather report and 6 possible endings paths, designed by the race director Yves Le Blévec to meet the forecast uncertainty . In order to observe the evolution until the last of the conditions , the race director set out only an initial part of the path (16 mn in the Bay of Quiberon and 90 passing by the islands Glenan to Belle-Ile ) in order to choose later , according to forecasts, the final leg , which was communicated to the skipper on their way to Belle- Ile.

#select650 / Giancarlo Pedote at the depart of the Pornichet Select (ITW & Video)

Tomorrow will start at 13.00 the Pornichet Select 6.50, first solo Atlantic race in 2014, a regatta valid for the Championnat de France "Promotion" de Course au Large en Solitaire.

Credit : Ch Breschi / LBSM2014

Vendée Globe 2016 and a new Mini 6.50 campaign for Giancarlo Pedote and Prysmian

Following the results of 2013, crowned by the recent award as Italian Sailor of the Year, Giancarlo decided in 2014 to engage in two projects simultaneously : the search for one or more co - sponsors that could allow him to take part in the Vendée Globe 2016 and a new Mini 6.50 campaign .

Credit : J Vapillon / Mini Transat

#MiniTransat / Pedote first at the Canary Island. The second part of the regatta bigins

At 5:14 this morning, Giancarlo passed first the "gate" situated off Poto Calero (Arracife, Canary Islands), the mandatory passage point before the route to Pointe- a-Pitre.

The second, Bertrand Delesne (Teamwork), passed the same point 4 hours later (exactly at 9.15 french time), followed after 30 minutes by Benoit Marie (benoitmatie.com).

This point in the Canary Islands practically coincides with that which was originally intended to be the finish line of the first leg of the Mini Transat before the union of the leg Sada - Arracife and the second leg (Arracife -Pointe -à- Pitre).