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Centrakor marks another victory in its young but already brilliant record. A very good performance for this high-flying team which had already won the first stage between Marseille and Barcelona, despite the relentless pressure from HBF – Reforest’Action which gave them no respite. Blue007 in IRC and Yelkouan in Osiris won their categories after a very fine and very competitive offshore race.-
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: the Med in doubles before the Rum Mikal Mergui’s size and talent are matched only by his simplicity and his kindness. At 1.90m and 41 years old, the sailor from Hyrois, much appreciated in the community, has in his pocket a wealth of prize lists which range from the French Match Race team to the 52 Super Series via campaigns in theAmerica’s Cup
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. In 2022, he is making a real shift towards ocean racing with the aim of participating in the Rum Route
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. Back to basics perhaps for this former Minister who started sailing at the age of 4 and did his first transatlantic race with his parents. “The start of this second stage of the Duo Max reminded me of the time when I was doing the Tour de France by Sailing” recalls with pleasure the sailor with 13 participations including 2 victories as an amateur and as a pro “It was super nice . We left the quay at night and sailed all day close to the rocks to protect ourselves from the current and look for the small site effects at each point, avoiding the sandbanks. We turned when the crabs put on the helmets! » For the Duo Max, it is Richard Robini – known as Tintin – with whom he shares this fine first place. “It was an opportunity to continue discovering the boat which was launched later than expected. Double-handed, we see a lot more things because we’re 110% driving the boat, whereas in solo we’re more than 80%. That is to say that the big reaching tacks in the breeze between Menorca and Barcelona in the first leg, and from Cape Creus towards Marseilles in the second, were analyzed as closely as possible by the two sailors. Note that no less than five of the Class40
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who took part in the Duo Max as part of the Mediterranean Trophée will meet at the start of Le Rhum on 6 November.
IRC and OSIRIS: popular courses
One of the characteristics of the Duo Max is to offer amateur crews the opportunity to practice double-handed offshore racing. If the reduced participation in OSIRIS this year led the organizers of the CNTL-Marseille to simplify the outward journey of the “original” Duo Max, which was done without the Roses step, all the participants of the Duo Max + agree to recognize the interest of the course. Whether in the first 350 nautical mile leg between Marseille and Barcelona rounding the island of Menorca, or in the second 190 mile leg from Barcelona to Marseille, the different meteorological zones crossed open up the Game
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permanently, with managed transitions, possibilities of options and strategic crossing points such as Menorca or Cap Creus. “We made good use of the westerly tramontana flow in the first leg,” explains Dominique d’Andrimont, who won on Blue007 in IRC with Michel Sastre, and has fond memories of passing Menorca and the descent to Barcelona “On the second round, we had a very good start. The rest was a little more complicated with a lot of contrary current and the wind which was not as expected, but it all ended in style with a finish in Marseille which went better than expected: they “opened the lock” and we arrived with wind! “.
Philippe de Saignes and Antoine Servajean on the J11s Yelkouan won hands down the first leg run between breeze and no-wind zones, and won in OSIRIS despite damage to the mainsail on the second “This boat has a particularity: even with 3 knots of wind, if we don’t make a mistake that we trim the sails correctly, we always manage to make it move forward. »
Duo Max+ Class40 overall after 2 races
- 1) Center Choir, Michael Mergui, Richard Robini
- 2) HBF Reforest’Action, Kito de Pavant, Brice Decrisenoy
- 3) Everial, Stanislas Thuret, Fabio Muzzolini
- 6 registered
Duo Max+ General IRC after 2 races
- 1) Blue007, Dominique d’Andrimont, Michel Sastre
- 2) Hathor 5, Paul Van Gaver, Patrick Van Gaver
- 3) Jeanne, Pierre-Henri Duffaud, Karine Arpin-Pont
- 10 registered
Duo Max “original” OSIRIS general after 2 races
- 1) Yelkouan, Philippe de Saignes, Antoine Servajean
- 2) Mage Energie – Demosthenes, Pierre Benard, Donatien Brand
- 3) Magic Freeman, Pierre Sarasso, Maturin Schiano (DNS)
- 3 registered
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