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Night sailing for the O'pen BIC

The spotlight was on the O'pen BIC earlier this month when a very well-known TV weekly French (...)
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BIC Sport at the Paris Boat Show, December 2011

Hall 1 Stand E89 Come and meet the BIC Sport team at the Paris Boat Show, 4th to 11th December 2011. (...)
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World O'pen Cup 2012, the dates are set!

We are pleased to confirm that the 2012 World O'pen Cup will be held at Miami Beach, Florida, (...)
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O’Pen BIC North American Championships

The Buffalo Canoe Club were gracious hosts for the O'Pen BIC North American Championships. The (...)
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A great end to the most beautiful World Cup !

For this third and final day of competition, the first heat is launched as soon as the winds shows (...)
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Second day in Ascona

For the second day of this great championship, the organisers decide to run a variant of the (...)
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World O'pen Cup in Ascona. Let's go !

With no less than 140 riders from 10 countries on the starting blocks, this 4th World O'pen Cup is (...)
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Australian Open BIC Cup record turnout

72 sailors, 68 O’pen BIC’s sailing, great weather, great company and wind. It (...)
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World O'pen Cup 2011, we're all set!

The dates and the location for this year's World O'pen Cup have now been established and we are (...)
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Brice, the flying frenchie

9.00am, the tradewind is already blowing and showing 12 knots on the anemometer. Three "square" (...)
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World O’pen Cup 2010 is go !

After a wonderful and festive opening ceremony at the Trois Ilets Golf Course, the 2010 World O'pen (...)
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Thomas Cunich wins Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy

Junior sailors competed in the lagoon just off the Dubai International Marine Club today as Louis (...)
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French One Design Fleet Championships

The first ever French Junior Championships on One Design boats were held at Moisson Lavacourt, west (...)
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Giulio Bellitti winner of the Maddalena Race

The final of the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy took place on 5th June 2010 at La Maddalena, Sardinia, (...)
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Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy Maddalena : round 1

20 racers, gathered from all over Sardinia, were present in Maddalena on the weekend of 22/23 May to (...)
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BMW Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill on the O'pen BIC:

During the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy, BMW Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill - who first sailed in the (...)
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Jack Simpson wins the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy in Auckland

Fourteen-year-old Jack Simpson has only ever said "hello" to his heroes on board Emirates Team New (...)
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The next two Louis Vuitton Junior Trophies, March (Auckland) & June (Sardinia) 2010

Following the success last November of the Junior Trophy at the Louis Vuitton Cup in Nice (FR), two (...)
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Robin Follin wins the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy - France, November 2009

Our 20 young sailors from the south of France who had qualified themselves for the finals, were (...)
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Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy: 20 finalists for WE 21/22 Nov. 09

Our 40 young sailors are now down to 20 finalists, ready to give their best at this week-end's (...)
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Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy : warm up

The Louis Vuitton Cup Junior Trophy is underway! Wednesday 11th November was the start of training (...)
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The O'pen Bic races alongside the Louis Vuitton Trophy; November 2009

The prestigious Louis Vuitton Trophy Nice Côte d'Azur commencing Saturday 7th November is the (...)
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Hertel World O'pen Cup : Dutch score at home

All the ingredients were in the mix for this 2009 World Cup that will live long in people's memories (...)
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New Zealand Herald Junior Pacific Series

A ticket to ride - Chris Steele from the Wakatere Sailing Club owns a new boat today after winning (...)
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O'pen BIC also racing at the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series! February 2009

04 February 2009. The Louis Vuitton Pacific Series, currently being held in Auckland, New Zealand, (...)
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ISAF International Status for the O'pen Bic November 2008

The O'pen BIC Class has achieved ISAF International Status following the 2008 ISAF Annual Conference (...)
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Pacific O'pen Cup November 08

The inaugural Pacific O'pen Cup was held on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th November 2008. Run by the (...)
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Etoile du Design 2009 awarded to the O'pen Bic

The annual awards ceremony for the Observeur du Design was held recently on 23rd October 2008, (...)
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Eur'Open Cup Italy August 2008

The Euro'pen Cup 2008, held on the picturesque waters of the Lac d'Iseo in the North of Italy, was (...)
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Swiss O'pen Cup-Very light winds!

15 June 2008. The first Swiss O'pen Cup was held at the Ecole de Voile La Serbache, on Lake (...)
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Italian O'pen Cup-final stages finish in the heat!

June 2008 : With hot temperatures and sun, summer had definitely arrived in Italy for the 3rd and (...)
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World O'pen Cup : Energized sailing for 65 O'pen Bic riders - July 2008

The O'pen World Cup was a great success! Organised by BIC Sport and the French Sailing Federation (...)
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Lots of fun at U.S. O'pen Cup, August 2008!

Excellent weather and a range of conditions from light to moderate blessed the junior sailors (...)
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UK O'pen Cup takes Scotland by storm!

27 June 2008 The second edition of the UK O'pen Cup took place in Scotland this year on the lovely (...)
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Pimaco Challenge 2008, Brazil

Fabio Melchert wins the final round and Denis Tassone is sent to the World O'pen Cup! 14-15 June (...)
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O'pen Bic now Energized!

BIC Sport is pleased to confirm that from this summer '08 onwards, all new Open BIC boats will start (...)
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North Sails to build the O'pen Bic Class Sails

January 10, 2008, Milford, CT - North Sails and the O'pen BIC Class Association announced today that (...)
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Bateau Bleu prize for O'pen Bic, December 2007

The prize of the Bateau Bleu was awarded to the O'pen Bic during a ceremony held at the 47th Paris (...)
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Jack Simpson wins the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy in Auckland

Fourteen-year-old Jack Simpson has only ever said "hello" to his heroes on board Emirates Team New Zealand, but on Sunday 21st March he became part of their crew - having earned the 18th man spot for winning the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy in Auckland's Viaduct Harbour on Saturday last.
Jack is from the Wakatere Boating Club. It is the second year in a row that a sailor from the club on Auckland's North Shore has won the overall title of the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy - last year, Optimist world champion Chris Steele was the inaugural winner.

The regatta, sponsored by the New Zealand Herald, began a week ago with the 40 best under-15 sailors from Auckland's yacht clubs; the fleet was whittled down to the top 20 for the final day of six races in the zippy O'pen Bic boats on Saturday 20th March.

Jack, a fourth former at Rosmini College, won two of the six races. Second place went to 11-year-old Nick Egnot-Johnson, the son of former America's Cup helmswoman Leslie Egnot, who drove America3 in the 1995 America's Cup defender series. Charlotte Moss, from the Murrays Bay sailing club, was the first girl, finishing 6th overall in the 20-strong fleet.

Jack sailed in the junior regatta last year, but did not make the final cut. This year, his third year of sailing and with a year in the open Optimist class, he felt a lot more comfortable in the Bic.

"It's a really interesting boat. I like it a lot better than an Optimist, because it's faster and it doesn't have a flat bow," he said.

Jack was excited about sailing as 18th man for ETNZ in one of their final Louis Vuitton Trophy races. "I've only ever said hello to them before," he said.

The ETNZ crew watched in awe as the future stars sailed the swift little boats with clear mylar sails on the triangle course inside the Viaduct Harbour.
Jack, Nick and Charlotte all received trophies and a Bic surfboard as part of their prize.

Final ranking: click on "download file"

Next Louis Vuitton Junior Trophies will take place in Italy/Sardinia (22 may - 5 june), in Dubaï (13 - 28 november) and in Hong Kong (9 - 23 january)