We've completed another stage of the journey. This last month has been another intense one for the entire team. The stability testing of the boat, the preparation for the Azimut race, and the race itself required a lot of work. After the Rolex Fastnet Race, there was...
A few days following the competition, memories are still vivid, yet they have settled sufficiently to allow us to extract insights and summarize the experiences. The primary objective of this race was to put the boat to the test and ensure that everything is back in...
The sailboat of Szabolcs Weöres, which is preparing for the Vendée Globe, has been aptly given the name New Europe. The christening ceremony took place in Les Sables d'Olonne, from where the solo circumnavigation race will start next year. The boat was traditionally...
After two big disappointments, having to retire within the first 24 hours of early season IMOCA races, Hungary’s Szabolcs ‘Szabi’ Weöres got his Vendée Globe campaign back on a good footing today, when he crossed the finish line of the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination...
You may have noticed that every boat and every skipper have strengths and weaknesses. And when we compare their speed in a race, we consider a large number of factors. Not every participant has the financial and technical potential to win a race like the Route du...
In every offshore solo race, the first 24 hours are the most stressful for any skipper. The excitement and adrenaline of the start, the large number of navigational hazards close to shore, the need to monitor the positions of competitors, commercial and fishing...
Although he has never even been to a Vendée Globe start before, nor indeed the start of any of the big French solo or double handed ocean races, 49 year old Hungarian rookie Szabolcs Weores is fitting right in and enjoying the build-up to next Sunday’s start of the...
One is Belgian and the other Hungarian. Denis Van Weynbergh (Laboratoires de Biarritz) and Szabolcs Weöres, nicknamed "Szabi" (SZABI Racing) saw their unexpected friendship grow during the Vendée Arctique. After retiring from the race, the two skippers carried out...
As a rookie dreaming big, the first IMOCA races for Hungarian sailor Szabi Weeores were a disappointment. Even holding minimal expectations because he was late in being able to purchase his boat, formerly Ari Huusela’s ‘Stark IMOCA’, and therefore missed the chance to...