FIRST DAYS

The first days of Transat Jacques Vabre race have been great but challenging for the duo Huusela Ferguson. Quite strong wind 1st night. Then Ari’s 57th birthday. Mikey had arranged a nice cake – candles and everything! Skippers are enjoying the ride but Ariel2 mainsail is not. It got damaged the 1st night and...

GOOD WEATHER WINDOW FOR SUNDAY START

Finnish-Irish Imoca duo Ari Huusela – Mikey Ferguson are starting the world famous Transat Jacques Vabre this Sunday. Start day conditions look good. The race village has been open for a week now and the skippers are eager to start racing. The start line is just outside the harbour of Le Havre and the...

KAHVIKISA STARTTAA HYVIIN OLOSUHTEISIIN

TIEDOTE Ari Huusela on jälleen starttaamassa vaativaan purjehduskilpailuun Atlantin yli. Tällä kertaa yhdessä irlantilaisen Mikey Fergusonin kanssa. Lähtöpäivän olosuhteet näyttävät harvinaisen hyviltä. Valtameripurjehdusmaailman kuuluisimpiin kisoihin lukeutuva Transat Jacques Vabre purjehditaan kaksin vanhaa kahvireittiä Ranskasta Brasiliaan. Kisakylä starttipaikassa Le Havressa on ollut auki jo viikon ja satatuhatpäinen yleisö on käynyt aistimassa sen tunnelmaa. Starttilaukaus pamahtaa...

HUUSELA & FERGUSON, 1 WEEK TILL TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE START

PRESS RELEASE 20.10.2019 Ari Huusela (Finland) and Mikey Ferguson (Ireland) are ready to race Transat Jacques Vabre non-stop from France to Brazil. This is the first double-handed ocean race for them together. Transat Jacques Vabre is one of the most followed ocean races of the world. It’s sailed along a 4 400 NM old...

ARIEL2 ON HER WAY TO GOSPORT

Delivery sail from Finland to UK started around midday today. On board we are ARIEL2 Transat Jacques Vabre Co-skipper Mikey Ferguson and our key team player Turo Nummi. Foggy sea and little wind for the first 3 hours. Did some sightseeing in our beautiful archipelago before heading more South and offshore. Tonight downwind and...

BYE BYE SUMMER

Summer is over and for ARIEL2 it is time to leave Helsinki and the Baltic Sea. Transat Jacques Vabre Co-Skipper Mikey Ferguson is flying to Helsinki today and the delivery sailing to Gosport is expected to begin asap. It was beginning of June ARIEL2 arrived in Finland. Right after the 2000NM IMOCA Globe Series...

EMOTIONAL ARRIVING IN SAINT-MALO

Arrived in Saint-Malo this beautiful October morning. Was an incredible feeling to enter the harbor. Beautiful sun rice and magical old city. Good memories from the 2014 Route du Rhum race are so strong still. Felt touched. Timo Caravitis and Michael Ferguson and the life raft.   The delivery from Gosport was almost in...