21 August 2012
MOD70 European Tour musters in Kiel, Germany
from 28th August.
The MOD70 European Tour fleet of five MOD70 multihulls will
muster in Kiel, Germany on Tuesday 28th August, making ready for
five weeks and almost 5000 miles of racing around the European
indexland coast, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, finishing
in Genoa on October 2nd.
The inaugural tour event encompasses challenging offshore races
linking Kiel in Germany, Dùn Laoghaire – Dublin Bay, to Cascais
by Lisbon in Portugal to Marseille in France to a finish in
Genoa, Italy.&xnbsp; The race starts from Kiel on Sunday 2nd September
The five offshore stages will encounter a full range of weather
and sea conditions, from strong contrary winds and big seas off
the North of Scotland to the very light, unpredictable winds of
the Mediterranean.
Aboard the five MOD70's will be some of the best, fastest
offshore multihull sailors in the world. Yann Guichard's
Spindrift racing has already won the KRYS OCEAN RACE across the
Atlantic and includes Atlantic and round the world record
holders such as Pascal Bidégorry and recent winner of the
Solitaire du Figaro Yann Eliés. Michel Desjoyeaux, skipper of
FONCIA has won the Vendée Globe solo round the world race.
Class and circuit co-founder Stève Ravussin of Switzerland will
be joined by Volvo Ocean Race winning skipper Franck Cammas and
Thomas Coville on Race for Water.
Sidney' Gavignet's Musandam-Oman Sail will again have Britain's
fastest round the world sailor Brian Thompson on board. The
Omani team will be joined by German ace Michi Mueller for the
inshore city races.&xnbsp; Sébastien Josse can rely on the cohesion
and performance of his well trained team on board Groupe Edmond
de Rothschild. At each city stop the five identical MOD70's, all
equally matched 70 foot high speed offshore racing multihulls,
will compete in a series of short, fast races closer to shore
City Races and Speed Matches.
The MOD70 European Tour is the second event of the Multi One
Championship, following on from July's inaugural KRYS OCEAN RACE
which saw the MOD70's race the Atlantic from New York to Brest,
France at remarkable speeds. The first three boats finished
within less than two hours after traversing the Atlantic in
under than five days with the winning boat making more than 711
miles in one 24 hours period.
The high speed MOD70 class of trimarans are a new innovation for
sailing. They have already proven to be the fastest offshore
sailing one design class in the world. Each MOD70 is completely
identical, built from the same moulds, so that success&xnbsp; –
inshore and offshore – reflects the skills of the sailing crew
and not any technological advantage.
Crew Lists :
Race For Water : Stève Ravussin (SUI), Yvan Ravussin (SUI),
Franck Cammas (FRA), Thomas Coville (FRA), François Morvan (FRA)
, Loïc Forestier (SUI), Tanguy Cariou (FRA), Nicolas Heintz (FRA)
, Gurvan Bontemps (FRA), Benoît Lequin (FRA)
FONCIA : Michel Desjoyeaux (FRA), Antoine Carraz (FRA), Thierry
Chabagny (FRA), Charles Caudrelier (FRA), Emmanuel Leborgne (FRA
), Xavier Revil (FRA), Sébastien Col (FRA), Alban Rosselin (FRA),
Nicolas Texier (FRA), Julien Falxa (FRA)
Groupe Edmond de Rothschild : Sébastien Josse (FRA), David
Boileau (FRA), Florent Chastel (FRA), Cyril Dardashti (FRA),
Olivier Douillard (FRA), Christophe Espagnon (FRA), Antoine Koch
(FRA), Thomas Rouxel (FRA)
Spindrift racing : Yann Guichard (FRA), Léo Lucet (FRA), Pascal
Bidégorry (FRA), Jacques Guichard (FRA), Jean-Baptiste
Levaillant (FRA),Yann Eliès (FRA), Kevin Escoffier (FRA), Devan
Le Bihan (FRA)
Musandam-Oman Sail : Sidney Gavignet (FRA), Fahad Al Hasni (OMA)
Moshin Al Busaidi (OMA) Khamis Al Amburi (OMA) Brian Thompson
(GBR) Jean-François Cuzon (FRA) Thomas Le Breton (FRA) Michi
Mueller (GER)
Offshore legs :
1 / 188 miles - Kiel to Dùn Laoghaire (Dublin)
Starts 2nd September finishes 5th September
2 / 1215 miles - Dùn Laoghaire (Dublin) to Cascais.
Starts 9th September finishes 12th September.
3/ 558 miles - Around Portugal Race 17th-18th September.
4/ 1071 miles - Cascais to Marseille
Starts 20th September finishes 23rd September
5/ 672 miles - Marseille to Genoa
Starts 30th September finishes 2nd October.
[http://www.mod70-europeantour.com]
28/08 : Deadline MOD70s arrival to Kiel
30/08 : Media Day
31/08 : Betfair City Races and/or Speed Match
1/09 : Betfair City Races and/or Speed Match
2/09 : Start Leg 1 Kiel- Dùn Laoghaire (Dublin)
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