http://www.vendeeglobe.org/ Yann Eliès's infos fr-FR Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:44:37 +0200 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9162/messages-for-the-skippers.html <p>Visitors to this website, who have signed up for the special service in &laquo; The Locker &raquo; have been able to send messages to the skippers. Tens of thousands of messages have been received from around the world. In terms of popularity the rankings are rather different from the race rankings. ... 2009-02-10 15:40:18 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/9162/messages-for-the-skippers.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7870/yann-back-in-brittany.html <p>Yann Eli&egrave;s flew into Paris early this morning with his family on a flight from Perth. He then took an internal flight to Lannion in NW France accompanied by a doctor and nurse. He will thus be back in Brittany with his friends and family to see in the New Year, although it will be in a ... 2008-12-31 13:34:48 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7870/yann-back-in-brittany.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7492/yann-elies-taken-off-the-frigate-this-morning.html <p>The skipper of Generali was taken off the Australian frigate, HMAS Arunta this morning, a day and a half after the intervention of the rescue team, 700 miles south-east of Cape Leeuwin. Yann Eli&egrave;s was taken to hospital immediately for a thorough examination. You can watch the boat arriving ... 2008-12-22 15:21:43 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7492/yann-elies-taken-off-the-frigate-this-morning.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/7472/hammer-still-down-halfway-and-elies-arrives-in-australia.html <p>But after 42 days at sea, and 12 retirements, the battle at the front of the fleet is still as white-hot as ever.<br /> <br /> Overnight, race leader Michel Desjoyeaux passed the tip of New Zealand&rsquo;s south island and now has just three gates &mdash; New Zealand, West and East Pacific &mdash; ... 2008-12-22 08:04:16 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/7472/hammer-still-down-halfway-and-elies-arrives-in-australia.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7434/australian-navy-video-now-online.html <p>You can now watch online the successful rescue operation that was carried out by the Australian Navy yesterday.&nbsp; In a short clip filmed by the rescue team, we can see how Yann Eli&egrave;s was taken off his boat.&nbsp; To watch the video, just click <a href="http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/media/videos/"><strong>here</strong></a>. ... 2008-12-21 12:46:17 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7434/australian-navy-video-now-online.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7417/confirmation-from-yann-s-medical-officer.html <p><em>&quot;Yann was very pleased to see us. He was in his bunk. A diagnosis confirmed a fractured left femur. An examination also revealed several broken ribs. Everything else appeared to be normal.&nbsp;&nbsp; After his transfer he was able to eat and drink. His left leg is now in traction. He is ... 2008-12-20 19:47:52 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7417/confirmation-from-yann-s-medical-officer.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7399/yann-in-good-spirits.html <p><em>&quot;He does have a broken femur, that&rsquo;s clear. He&rsquo;s probably got some broken ribs and he has probably got some other injuries which the doctor and his team are assessing. At the moment we&rsquo;re heading north to provide him with more care ashore. He&rsquo;s in good spirits though ... 2008-12-20 15:24:52 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7399/yann-in-good-spirits.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/7388/elies-rescue-successful.html <p>The Arunta reached Generali, around 850 miles south-south-east of Perth this morning, and at around 0940h (GMT)&nbsp;a RIB&nbsp;came alongside Generali. Two personnel were immediately dispatched on board the yacht to assess Yann Elies&rsquo; condition, while the Arunta remained around 200 metres ... 2008-12-20 12:34:12 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/7388/elies-rescue-successful.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7204/yann-wants-revenge.html <p><em>&quot;The adventure has turned into a hand to hand fight over the past few days. The Indian, the Apache, the Mohican is a brave warrior. And we're the poor cowboys, who under-estimated the wild natural instincts of this ocean. We racers with our brand new silver dream machines, are no longer ... 2008-12-16 09:50:11 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/7204/yann-wants-revenge.html http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6576/thrills-and-spills-in-the-forties.html <p>Discover what it is like to plough through the southern seas by watching the latest video sent back by Yann Eli&egrave;s on G&eacute;n&eacute;rali. Wet, noisy and thrills guaranteed...&nbsp; Just click <a href="http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/media/videos/"><strong>here</strong></a> to view this short ... 2008-12-03 14:22:33 http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/6576/thrills-and-spills-in-the-forties.html