A whole day of fiery challenges of all kinds A France (12m JI) Club 55 Cup! Kismet triumphs over the Centenaires Les Voiles Bleues: the birth of an environmental initiative
A whole day of fiery challenges of all kinds A France (12m JI) Club 55 Cup! Kismet triumphs over the Centenaires Les Voiles Bleues: the birth of an environmental initiative
Crazy and sometimes improbable challenges From 1pm onwards, the Portalet saw a good dozen duels between two, three or six boats, in the wake of the protagonists of the Club 55 Cup and the Trophée des Centenaires, homogeneous challenges such as the one between the magnificent Bermudian yawls Skylark (Stephens 1937), Manitou (Stephens 1937) and Blitzen (Sparksman&Stephens 1938), or the one pitting the large yachts Cambria (Fife 1929), Halloween (Fife 1926) and Mariella (Mylne 1938) against each other, or more improbable ones, such as the clash of styles between the Houari Alcyon (Scotto/Vaton 2013) and the 10 MJ Marge (Anker 1936). The Moderns were also part of this fine mix of groups, when the Grand Soleil 50 MadIV, one of the tenors of IRC B (North Sails Trophy), challenged Bernina X, a brilliant X41 entered in IRC D (Suzuki Trophy).