• From the West Indies, the first edition of les Voiles de St Barth.
• From France, the first stage of the World Match Racing Tour, the French Match Race was held in Marseille.
• In La Trinité, 430 teams competed in the 32nd Spi Ouest-France-Bouygues Telecom.
• Meanwhile, Marseille welcomed 150 IRC boats for the 45th edition of the International Mediterranean Nautical Week.
• From Australia, the Maxi trimaran Majan left Fremantle for the fourth leg of the Indian Ocean 5 Capes Race.
• From America, a new oceanic test is underway to establish the first sailing record between New York and Barcelona.
• Puma announced that it will participate in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12.
DesTopNews is a weekly sailing update program released each Wednesday. It is hosted by Sebastien Destremau in French and English and translated into German by Tim Kroger and in Portuguese by Joao Casanova
