11 June 2011
D-35 Geneve-Rolle-Geneve_
_Geneva, Switzerland_
Great day for Artemis Racing today on Lake Geneva. With Torbjorn Tornqvist
at the helm, we finished second in the 28 mile "offshore" race known as the
"Geneve-Rolle-Geneve". 300 boats participated in the classic which has taken
place for more than 60 years. The starting line was 1 mile long and divided
into three parts to spread the fleet.
There was less than 2 knots of wind at the start and the fleet made slow
progress during the first hour. Foncia, with Michele Desjoyeaux at the helm,
took the lead early and never relinquished it. Lady Cat of Donna Bertarelli
was up at the front for the first half of the race along with Julius.
But it was the run back to Geneva that proved to be decisive. Yvan Ravussin,
headsail trimmer onboard Artemis Racing, called for sticking close to the
western shore on the return and this prove to be a winning move. Yvan has
lived and raced his whole life on Lake Geneva and knows the winds as well as
anyone. Yvan is also the world speed record holder for sailing as part of
the Banque Popular crew that set the record of 908 miles in 24 hours a few
years ago while setting the transatlantic record at 3 days 15 hours.
On the run back, the wind built to 11 knots and we were hitting 21 knots of
boat speed. Torbjorn's was not able to hide his grin and that was before we
passed 8 boats to finish second! Today's race had a 1.5 factor which is
nice.
Tomorrow and Monday, racing continues in front of Geneva with windward
leeward courses, up to four races per day.
For complete results go to [1]www.vulcaintrophy.com
Links:
1. http://www.vulcaintrophy.com
Paul
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