As is often said, the best race sponsor is the good weather. And what a weather on this 2013 edition! The sun's rays have reflected on the sails of the magnificent race boats during the four-day of festivities in the “Penn Sardin” city. A perfect weather, well almost, as it did not count on the whims of our good old Aeolus. Indeed, participants will have suffered from a lack of wind and therefore couldn’t fully exploit their boats potential on Sunday and Monday events.
On land, the crowed came to enjoy the weather, the entertainment in the race village and the show on Rosmeur’s quay.
For four days, ocean racing boat, M34, Dragon, Kitesurf, Pen Duick, etc. met on this beautiful bay, between coastal races and speed runs. An amazing group of sailors, gathering the best in each category.
Class40 have fought until the end to find a winner. Sébastien Rogues and crew, onboard GDF SUEZ Mach40 (130), win after 8 races sailed. Once again the Nb 107 is a surprise. This time with a new name "Solidaires En Peloton" and new skippers Victorien Erussard / Thibaut Vauchel-Camus and crew, who climbed onto the second step of the podium despite their limited experience in this category. Sailors to be watch out for the rest of the season! Bruno Jourdren, faithful of the event, completes the podium with his crew onboard last generation Tyker40, Norma Concept Lepal, alias Lord Jiminy (119). Eärwen (88), who had never before left the podium in this event, remains in the top half of which is placed in the fourth of this edition. We can congratulate the rest of the crew, who have been able to come and play spoilsport in front of the fleet, as is the case Picoty Group (85) and Deltacalor (105). Or congratulate the perseverance of South African Phesheya Racing (23) and the friendly crew of Antoine Michel onboard SETTI Ltd (57).
The Grand Prix for offshore boats ended yesterday (May 6, 2013) by the prize giving ceremony in Treboul, Douarnenez. This 13th edition Just finished, we already look forward to returning next year.
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No time to rest for 3 of the 8 teams present in Douarnenez! Eärwen (88), GDF SUEZ (130) and Solidaires En Peloton (107) will participate from Thursday to Saturday on a fully crewed crew race from La Trinité sur Mer: the Armen Race. This event, part of the promotional calendar, will bring together a small fleet of 9 Class40 among the 120 teams and more. The 360 milles along the French Atlantic facade is a qualifier for the Rolex Fastnet Race to be held in August.
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