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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 documentary came to the famous Breton port of La Trinité sur Mer, on the south coast of Brittany, France. A whole (...) Read the article	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. We are showing what's new in 2012 in each of our ranges: SUP, Kayak, Windsurf, Surf, O'pen BIC sailing dinghy and (...) Read the article
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, USA 1-3 November 2012. This promises to be a great event with a beautiful location, sun and wind virtually (...) Read the article	O’Pen BIC North American Championships The Buffalo Canoe Club were gracious hosts for the O'Pen BIC North American Championships. The B.C.C. has a rich tradition of accomplished sailors, hosting major international events, and have wholeheartedly (...) Read the article
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 itself at the end of the morning. Two heats of Speed Slalom are run in an energising 12 - 15 knots. There's some (...) Read the article	Second day in Ascona For the second day of this great championship, the organisers decide to run a variant of the previous day's course, including a series of triangles followed by a square. The wind, which had been blowing betwen 5 and (...) Read the article
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 the biggest held to date. The competitors were welcomed at the top class facilities at the Ascona Yacht Club "as (...) Read the article	Australian Open BIC Cup record turnout 72 sailors, 68 O’pen BIC’s sailing, great weather, great company and wind. It couldn’t really have been better. What a way to spend Easter! 'SA in pyjamas. Sophie NIMMES & Rhiannon (...) Read the article
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 pleased to announce that this international event will take place in Ascona, Switzerland, between 28th and 31st July (...) Read the article	Brice, the flying frenchie 9.00am, the tradewind is already blowing and showing 12 knots on the anemometer. Three "square" course races are about to be run. From the very first leg, Breton sailor Brice Iriex from la Trinite, shows exceptional (...) Read the article
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 Cup, the biggest event of the year on the O'pen BIC calendar, is now underway! While strong snow storms in Europe (...) Read the article	Thomas Cunich wins Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy Junior sailors competed in the lagoon just off the Dubai International Marine Club today as Louis Vuitton Trophy sailors and their Arab counterparts joined to race 60-foot dhows further offshore.The juniors raced in (...) Read the article
French One Design Fleet Championships The first ever French Junior Championships on One Design boats were held at Moisson Lavacourt, west of Paris, from Sunday 18th to Friday 23rd July. The idea of this new type of regatta is to reduce the amount of (...) Read the article	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, organised by the yacht clubs Lega Navale, Club Nautico of La Maddalena and Club Nautico of Porto Retondo. The (...) Read the article
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 contest the first qualifying round of the Italian leg of the Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy. Three regattas were run (...) Read the article	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 America's Cup as a teenager - was among the senior sailors encouraging the kids. He said: 'We appreciate all the (...) Read the article
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 (...) Read the article	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 more similar events are being organised during the forthcoming Louis Vuitton Trophy races. The first one will be (...) Read the article
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 eager to get going on Saturday 21st November in the Baie des Anges, Nice. Winds were slight, everyone doing their best (...) Read the article	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 finals in Nice's Baie des Anges, south of France. There was great excitement to be alongside the Class America crews. (...) Read the article
Louis Vuitton Junior Trophy : warm up The Louis Vuitton Cup Junior Trophy is underway! Wednesday 11th November was the start of training for 40 young sailors from the South of France (Alpes Maritimes & Var) who gathered on the site of the Class (...) Read the article	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 backdrop for a series of regatta where the 40 best young sailors of the region will compete in Nice's famous Baie (...) Read the article
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 : a superb stretch of water, a fantastic welcome from the host club at Medemblik and ideal sailing conditions. (...) Read the article	New Zealand Herald Junior Pacific Series A ticket to ride - Chris Steele from the Wakatere Sailing Club owns a new boat today after winning an O'Pen Bic dinghy in the NZ Herald Junior Pacific Series. Sixteen-year-old Chris Steele has Emirates Team New (...) Read the article
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, is not only a competition for the world's match racing elite as Auckland's finest junior sailing talent are also (...) Read the article	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 that took place in Madrid in early November 2008. This new status recognises the vitality of the young O'pen (...) Read the article
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 South Province sailing school and Diabolo Funboard, the event took place under ideal conditions with winds ranging (...) Read the article	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, in Paris. We are pleased to announce that Bic Sport and Vitali Designs were awarded the Etoile du Design 2009 for (...) Read the article
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 the last major event of the European O'pen BIC season. A great turnout of 47 competitors, 33 boys and 14 girls, (...) Read the article	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 Gruyère, Switzerland. The Ecole de Voile La Serbache was one of the first clubs to equip itself with the O'pen BICs (...) Read the article
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 4th stages of the Italian O'pen Cup held during the month of June at the Compagnia della Vela de Silvi Marina and the (...) Read the article	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 (FFV), with support from major telecomms company, Orange, and the Conseil General du Morbihan, it welcomed 65 (...) Read the article
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 attending the U.S. O'pen Cup, hosted by New Bedford Community Boating Center. The Juniors enjoyed conventional buoy (...) Read the article	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 Loch Ken at the Galloway Activity Centre. Approximately 45 junior sailors aged 11 years or older, and from six local (...) Read the article
Pimaco Challenge 2008, Brazil Fabio Melchert wins the final round and Denis Tassone is sent to the World O'pen Cup! 14-15 June 2008 After six months of knock-out trials with the best youth sailors from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, (...) Read the article	O'pen Bic now Energized! BIC Sport is pleased to confirm that from this summer '08 onwards, all new Open BIC boats will start to be delivered with Ronstan cunninghams, pulleys and the new Orbit 55 series ratchet block. Ronstan is an (...) Read the article
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 North Sails has been selected to build the sails for the O'pen BIC. The O'pen BIC, which received official class (...) Read the article	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 Boat Show, on 1st December 2007. This prize is awarded by the Fédération des Industries Nautiques in (...) Read the article

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