120 boats entered the RORC Morgan Cup on Saturday 9 of June (a 125 nm route between Cowes and Guernesey). Among them, 3 Class40.
This challenging race started at the end of the afternoon and required stratedy from the start to negotiate the complex tidal streams and shifting winds of the Solent before a very quick crossing channel to finally arrive in Guernesey.
Campagne de France (H. Mabire/M. Merron) arrived first after 18h 17m et 47s and more than one hour before the second Palanad II (#43), skipped by Antoine Magré. Christophe Coatnoan (Partouche #113) crossed the finish line after19h 38m 59s.