{"id":8908,"date":"2025-05-26T13:52:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/?p=8908"},"modified":"2025-05-26T13:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:52:31","slug":"aina-bauza-and-axelle-pillain-kick-off-their-offshore-season-with-sights-set-on-the-transat-cafe-lor-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/aina-bauza-and-axelle-pillain-kick-off-their-offshore-season-with-sights-set-on-the-transat-cafe-lor-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Aina Bauza and Axelle Pillain kick off their offshore season with sights set on the Transat Caf\u00e9 L&#8217;Or 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"528\">Sailor Aina Bauza and her French co-skipper Axelle Pillain have begun their training and racing season in Class40, with their sights set on the prestigious Transat Caf\u00e9 L&#8217;Or 2025. This ambitious project has been made possible thanks to the <strong data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"377\">Cap Pour Elles 2025<\/strong> grant, which has allowed them to secure the support of <strong data-start=\"433\" data-end=\"442\">Engie<\/strong> and cover 35% of the budget needed to launch the campaign aboard the <strong data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"527\">Grand Rhino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"627\">The duo\u2019s racing calendar includes some of the most demanding events on the ocean racing circuit:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"1211\">\n<li data-start=\"629\" data-end=\"815\">\n<p data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"815\">Next week, they will debut in the <strong data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"679\">ArMen Race<\/strong>, a coastal regatta of approximately 300 nautical miles that rounds the Ar Men lighthouse, passing by Belle-\u00cele and the island of Yeu.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"1044\">\n<p data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"1044\">They will also take part in the legendary <strong data-start=\"860\" data-end=\"882\">Rolex Fastnet Race<\/strong>, held on July 26. In its centenary edition, this iconic 695-nautical-mile race will start in Cowes (Isle of Wight) and finish in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1211\">\n<p data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1211\">To complete their preparation circuit, in September they will compete in the <strong data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1141\">Race Malouine<\/strong>, a coastal race that is part of the French offshore sailing calendar.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1596\">Bauza and Pillain will spend many hours sailing together to fully prepare for their biggest challenge yet: the <strong data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1350\">Transat Caf\u00e9 L&#8217;Or 2025<\/strong>, a double-handed transatlantic race departing from <strong data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1414\">Le Havre<\/strong> on October 26 and finishing in <strong data-start=\"1446\" data-end=\"1464\">Fort-de-France<\/strong>, Martinique. This race, heir to the <strong data-start=\"1501\" data-end=\"1526\">Transat Jacques Vabre<\/strong>, is one of the most prestigious events on the international calendar.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1598\" data-end=\"1963\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">While they train, prepare the boat and compete, they are still looking for a <strong data-start=\"1675\" data-end=\"1691\">main sponsor<\/strong> to help complete the budget necessary to face this demanding season with confidence. Their project not only represents a high-level sporting challenge but also serves as a powerful example of <strong data-start=\"1884\" data-end=\"1915\">international collaboration<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1942\">female empowerment<\/strong> in offshore sailing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sailor Aina Bauza and her French co-skipper Axelle Pillain have  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8911,"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8908\/revisions\/8911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ainabauza.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}