Class 40 : Normandy channel Race 2022
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DickDastardly
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Rupert on Eora looking well competitive. Excellent to see.
bushsailor
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Eora doing a great job.
Now 6th right up with the front pack.
Hopefully they might also encourage more class 40s to come to Australia
Now 6th right up with the front pack.
Hopefully they might also encourage more class 40s to come to Australia
I believe at least two European class40 teams are looking pretty seriously at the Melbourne - Osaka race..!
DickDastardly
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By Rupert's own admission the boat is a bit of a dog upwind, especially in slop, and there's a lot of that in Australia so Classe 40s might not be a great option around here - unless of course they form a critical mass that can race amongst themselves and avoid competing with old TP52s on IRC
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The route has been changed due to weather (6 metres high waves in particular) , no more fastnet :
https://voilesetvoiliers.ouest-france.fr/course-au-large/normandy-channel-race/vagues-de-6-metres-parcours-modifie-sur-la-normandy-channel-race-douguet-et-richomme-en-tete-853ba2c2-d5a7-11ec-a6d1-1e5168d3f4b6
https://voilesetvoiliers.ouest-france.fr/course-au-large/normandy-channel-race/vagues-de-6-metres-parcours-modifie-sur-la-normandy-channel-race-douguet-et-richomme-en-tete-853ba2c2-d5a7-11ec-a6d1-1e5168d3f4b6
Did a bit of trainspotting on the fleet.
Here they are in number order. Redman and CreitMutuel are midway down the fleet in age. Mach 40s seem to be the only older design still racing in any numbers. Even the RC3s are disappearing. It will be interesting to compare this fleet with the RdR boats.
BOAT'S NAME RACE
SAIL NUMBER
DESIGN
ARCHITECTE
SHIPYARD
SKIPPER
NATIONALITY
GROUPE SNEF
FRA 178
POGO S4
GUILLAUME VERDIER
STRUCTURES
Xavier MACAIRE
FRA
QUEGUINER - INNOVEO
FRA 176
LIFT V2
MARC LOMBARD
V1D2
Corentin DOUGUET
FRA
INTER INVEST
FRA 175
MAX 40
DAVID RAISON
JPS PRODUCTION
Matthieu PERRAUT
FRA
VIRANGA
FRA 173
POGO S4
GUILLAUME VERDIER
STRUCTURES
Emmanuel HAMEZ
FRA
SOGESTRAN-SEAFRIGO
FRA 172
POGO S4
GUILLAUME VERDIER
STRUCTURES
Cédric CHATEAU
FRA
INFLUENCE
FRA 171
CLAK 40
VPLP
MULTIPLAST
Andrea FORNARO
ITA
LA BOULANGÈRE BIO
FRA 170
MAX 40
DAVID RAISON
JPS PRODUCTION
Amélie GRASSI
FRA
EORA
AUS 169
LIFT V2
MARC LOMBARD
INNOVATION COMPOSITES
Rupert HENRY
AUS
EDIGO-UNIVERRE
FRA 168
CAPE RACING SCOW 40
ETIENNE BERTRAND
CAPE RACING YACHTS
Yves COURBON
FRA
HAPPYVORE
FRA 167
CLAK 40
VPLP
MULTIPLAST
Nicolas D'ESTAIS
FRA
CROSSCALL
FRA 166
LIFT 2
MARC LOMBARD
GRAND LARGE COMPOSITE - V1D2
Aurélien DUCROZ
FRA
EDENRED
FRA 165
MACH 40.4
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Emmanuel LE ROCH
FRA
SERENIS CONSULTING
FRA 163
POGO S4
GUILLAUME VERDIER
STRUCTURES
Jean GALFIONE
FRA
PROJECT RESCUE OCEAN
FRA 162
MAX 40
DAVID RAISON
JPS PRODUCTION
Axel TRÉHIN
FRA
REDMAN
FRA 161
MACH 40.4
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Antoine CARPENTIER
FRA
CRÉDIT MUTUEL
FRA 158
MAX 40
DAVID RAISON
JPS PRODUCTION
Ian LIPINSKI
FRA
RANDSTAD-AUSY
FRA 155
MACH 40.3
SAM MANURD
JPS PRODUCTION
Clara FORTIN
FRA
POLKA DOT
USA 154
AKILARIA RC3
MARC LOMBARD
HACO
Alexander MEHRAN
USA
NESTENN - ENTREPRENEURS POUR LA PLANÈTE
FRA 153
MACH 40.3
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Jules BONNIER
FRA
BLEU BLANC
FRA 149
CAPE 40 5G
OWEN CLARKE DESIGN
CAPE RACING YACHTS
Hervé THOMAS
FRA
LEGALLAIS
FRA 145
MACH 40.3
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Pierre CASENAVE-PERE
FRA
KITE
USA 144
MACH 40.3
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Greg LEONARD
USA
SENSATION CLASS40
FRA 140
SABROSA 40 MK2
SABROSA RAIN
SABROSA COMPETITION
Marc LEPESQUEUX
FRA
TQUILA
GBR 137
MACH 40
SAM MANURD
JPS PRODUCTION
James MC HUGH
GBR
VOGUE AVEC UN CROHN
FRA 135
POGO 40 S3
FINOT-CONQ
STRUCTURES
Pierre-Louis ATTWELL
FRA
PRISME
FRA131
AKILARIA RC3
MARC LOMBARD
HAKO
Ryan BARKEY
CAN
ACI
CRO 130
MACH 40
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Ivica KOSTELIC
CRO
NAVIGUONS CONTRE LE DIABETE
FRA 124
AKILARIA RC3
MARC LOMBARD
MC TEC
Anatole FACON
FRA
DOPAMINE SAILING TEAM
FRA 104
MACH 40
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Florian GUEGUEN
FRA
FUJI ZEROchallenge
FIN 38
CC40
OWEN CLARKE DESIGN
COMPOSITE CREATIONS
ARI KÄNSÄKOSKI
FIN
Here they are in number order. Redman and CreitMutuel are midway down the fleet in age. Mach 40s seem to be the only older design still racing in any numbers. Even the RC3s are disappearing. It will be interesting to compare this fleet with the RdR boats.
BOAT'S NAME RACE
SAIL NUMBER
DESIGN
ARCHITECTE
SHIPYARD
SKIPPER
NATIONALITY
GROUPE SNEF
FRA 178
POGO S4
GUILLAUME VERDIER
STRUCTURES
Xavier MACAIRE
FRA
QUEGUINER - INNOVEO
FRA 176
LIFT V2
MARC LOMBARD
V1D2
Corentin DOUGUET
FRA
INTER INVEST
FRA 175
MAX 40
DAVID RAISON
JPS PRODUCTION
Matthieu PERRAUT
FRA
VIRANGA
FRA 173
POGO S4
GUILLAUME VERDIER
STRUCTURES
Emmanuel HAMEZ
FRA
SOGESTRAN-SEAFRIGO
FRA 172
POGO S4
GUILLAUME VERDIER
STRUCTURES
Cédric CHATEAU
FRA
INFLUENCE
FRA 171
CLAK 40
VPLP
MULTIPLAST
Andrea FORNARO
ITA
LA BOULANGÈRE BIO
FRA 170
MAX 40
DAVID RAISON
JPS PRODUCTION
Amélie GRASSI
FRA
EORA
AUS 169
LIFT V2
MARC LOMBARD
INNOVATION COMPOSITES
Rupert HENRY
AUS
EDIGO-UNIVERRE
FRA 168
CAPE RACING SCOW 40
ETIENNE BERTRAND
CAPE RACING YACHTS
Yves COURBON
FRA
HAPPYVORE
FRA 167
CLAK 40
VPLP
MULTIPLAST
Nicolas D'ESTAIS
FRA
CROSSCALL
FRA 166
LIFT 2
MARC LOMBARD
GRAND LARGE COMPOSITE - V1D2
Aurélien DUCROZ
FRA
EDENRED
FRA 165
MACH 40.4
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Emmanuel LE ROCH
FRA
SERENIS CONSULTING
FRA 163
POGO S4
GUILLAUME VERDIER
STRUCTURES
Jean GALFIONE
FRA
PROJECT RESCUE OCEAN
FRA 162
MAX 40
DAVID RAISON
JPS PRODUCTION
Axel TRÉHIN
FRA
REDMAN
FRA 161
MACH 40.4
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Antoine CARPENTIER
FRA
CRÉDIT MUTUEL
FRA 158
MAX 40
DAVID RAISON
JPS PRODUCTION
Ian LIPINSKI
FRA
RANDSTAD-AUSY
FRA 155
MACH 40.3
SAM MANURD
JPS PRODUCTION
Clara FORTIN
FRA
POLKA DOT
USA 154
AKILARIA RC3
MARC LOMBARD
HACO
Alexander MEHRAN
USA
NESTENN - ENTREPRENEURS POUR LA PLANÈTE
FRA 153
MACH 40.3
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Jules BONNIER
FRA
BLEU BLANC
FRA 149
CAPE 40 5G
OWEN CLARKE DESIGN
CAPE RACING YACHTS
Hervé THOMAS
FRA
LEGALLAIS
FRA 145
MACH 40.3
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Pierre CASENAVE-PERE
FRA
KITE
USA 144
MACH 40.3
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Greg LEONARD
USA
SENSATION CLASS40
FRA 140
SABROSA 40 MK2
SABROSA RAIN
SABROSA COMPETITION
Marc LEPESQUEUX
FRA
TQUILA
GBR 137
MACH 40
SAM MANURD
JPS PRODUCTION
James MC HUGH
GBR
VOGUE AVEC UN CROHN
FRA 135
POGO 40 S3
FINOT-CONQ
STRUCTURES
Pierre-Louis ATTWELL
FRA
PRISME
FRA131
AKILARIA RC3
MARC LOMBARD
HAKO
Ryan BARKEY
CAN
ACI
CRO 130
MACH 40
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Ivica KOSTELIC
CRO
NAVIGUONS CONTRE LE DIABETE
FRA 124
AKILARIA RC3
MARC LOMBARD
MC TEC
Anatole FACON
FRA
DOPAMINE SAILING TEAM
FRA 104
MACH 40
SAM MANUARD
JPS PRODUCTION
Florian GUEGUEN
FRA
FUJI ZEROchallenge
FIN 38
CC40
OWEN CLARKE DESIGN
COMPOSITE CREATIONS
ARI KÄNSÄKOSKI
FIN
pbenett
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Win for Credit Mutuel. Interesting win for a couple coming from mini 6.50 (Lipinski/Beccaria) ove a couple of "Figaristes" (Douguet/Richomme). Beccaria definitely a top ocean racer, always finishing top three in any race, on any boat (mini, Class 40, Figaro)
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I doubt that very much. The UK is fucked along with any thoughts of winning anything, there have been's. Look at how the French win then get back to me. Dinghy sail and make your way through the ranks to get where you want to. People who haven't dinghy sailed it shows in the results.
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Crédit Mutuel, Inter Invest and Quéguiner-Innoveo, the leading trio of the Normandy Channel Race, choose the Grand Russel channel
A good part of the fleet for the 13th edition of the CIC Normandy Channel Race has now passed the Guernsey course mark. When crossing the Channel Islands, only three short miles separated the four leaders. If the leading trio, Crédit Mutuel, Inter Invest and Quéguiner-Innoveo passed through the Grand Russel channel (between the islands of Herm and Sterk), thus taking advantage of the still favorable current, Project Rescue Ocean, anticipating a bypass of Cape de la Hague against the current, took the channel of the Petit Russel (between Guernsey and Herm) to try a strategic option off the Cotentin. Axel Tréhin and his co-skipper Frédéric Denis bet on the fact that the leading trio would come up against the current off the western tip of the Cotentin, reputed to be among the strongest in Europe (6 knots at mid-tide).
In order to be less affected by the current at Cap de la Hague, the skippers on board Crédit Mutuel, Inter Invest and Quéguiner-Innoveo are working to get as close to the coast as possible. So much so that the cross Jobourg, so surprised to see offshore racing sailboats pass where usually only local fishermen venture there, warned the race management of the proximity of the boats with the stones. In the next few hours, the leading trio will continue to sail along the coast via the bay of Cherbourg until the current reverses scheduled for 8 p.m. in Barfleur, before plunging south-east towards Ouistreham, for the last fifty miles in a very light forecast wind, which will keep the public on their toes to find out who will be crowned winner of this CIC Normandy Channel Race 2022 with an ever more uncertain scenario.
The pursuers, spread out between Paimpol and Guernsey, are still sailing on sight in light airs, chaining maneuvers on board, as Pierre Casenave-Péré testifies from the Class40 Legallais: " When I said that we had the fangs before the race, I hadn't planned to literally draw with our traces of sharp teeth... 28 gybes since passing Portsall, we're pretty well established now with Fabien ”. Enough to put the nerves of the competitors, already very tired from four intense days of navigation, to the test in this last final sprint.
Even if it is always difficult to come up with a precise ETA (estimated time of arrival) before passing Barfleur, the latest estimates communicated by the meteorologist and the race management give the arrival of the first competitor on the wet line a few miles off Ouistreham in the middle of the night, around 2-3am.
A good part of the fleet for the 13th edition of the CIC Normandy Channel Race has now passed the Guernsey course mark. When crossing the Channel Islands, only three short miles separated the four leaders. If the leading trio, Crédit Mutuel, Inter Invest and Quéguiner-Innoveo passed through the Grand Russel channel (between the islands of Herm and Sterk), thus taking advantage of the still favorable current, Project Rescue Ocean, anticipating a bypass of Cape de la Hague against the current, took the channel of the Petit Russel (between Guernsey and Herm) to try a strategic option off the Cotentin. Axel Tréhin and his co-skipper Frédéric Denis bet on the fact that the leading trio would come up against the current off the western tip of the Cotentin, reputed to be among the strongest in Europe (6 knots at mid-tide).
Credit: Ch Breschi
In order to be less affected by the current at Cap de la Hague, the skippers on board Crédit Mutuel, Inter Invest and Quéguiner-Innoveo are working to get as close to the coast as possible. So much so that the cross Jobourg, so surprised to see offshore racing sailboats pass where usually only local fishermen venture there, warned the race management of the proximity of the boats with the stones. In the next few hours, the leading trio will continue to sail along the coast via the bay of Cherbourg until the current reverses scheduled for 8 p.m. in Barfleur, before plunging south-east towards Ouistreham, for the last fifty miles in a very light forecast wind, which will keep the public on their toes to find out who will be crowned winner of this CIC Normandy Channel Race 2022 with an ever more uncertain scenario.
The pursuers, spread out between Paimpol and Guernsey, are still sailing on sight in light airs, chaining maneuvers on board, as Pierre Casenave-Péré testifies from the Class40 Legallais: " When I said that we had the fangs before the race, I hadn't planned to literally draw with our traces of sharp teeth... 28 gybes since passing Portsall, we're pretty well established now with Fabien ”. Enough to put the nerves of the competitors, already very tired from four intense days of navigation, to the test in this last final sprint.
Even if it is always difficult to come up with a precise ETA (estimated time of arrival) before passing Barfleur, the latest estimates communicated by the meteorologist and the race management give the arrival of the first competitor on the wet line a few miles off Ouistreham in the middle of the night, around 2-3am.
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