LA GENERALI MEDITERRANEE
14-28 JUNE 2003
RACE 10+11 : TWO INSHORE RACES
DISTANCE : RACE 9 APPROX 17 MILES / RACE 10 APPROX
6 MILES CONDITIONS : Race 9 12-16 knots increasing
to 23 knots in race 10
SKANDIA
FINISHES INSIDE THE TOP TWENTY TODAY
IN
BRIEF:
*
Davies fourth and fifth placed rookie in today's
two inshore races off Porquerolles... SKANDIA
finished in 19th place and 20th holding on to
25th position in the overall standings: "You
could say things are improving with an 18th, 19th
and 20th in my last few races...if I can keep
in the twenties then this would be fantastic.
I could still climb one or two further places
in the overall standings and that's what I would
really like to do now..."
*
Eric Drouglazet had a major upset today losing
his spinnaker over the side at the first leeward
mark in the second race... As the other skippers
swerved around him and the 40-foot of sail training
behind his boat, Drouglazet was forced to cut
his halyard putting him out of the race.
*
Gildas Morvan posts two wins to re-take the overall
lead from Erwan Tabarly...only three points separate
these two skippers. Twenty points behind is Armel
Le Cleac'h (Crealine) in third, two points ahead
of last year's winner Jérémie Beyou.
Still everything to play for in the final four
races but if Morvan and Tabarly sail consistently
they look almost impossible to beat.
*
Tabarly has not finished out of the top 10 in
all the races so far and Morvan was in a similar
position up until his disappointing 16th place
of yesterday... To be at the top you have to keep
in the top 10...
*
Tomorrow the forecast is for a breezy day on the
water...25+ knots for the two inshore races starting
at 11h00. Saturday's forecast is predicting light
winds...
SAM
ON TODAY'S RACE:
"We
had 12 knots of breeze to start with in the first
race that quickly accelerated to 16. The fleet
were sent off again around the island of Porquerolles
in the same direction as yesterday then across
to a smaller island. On the reach back to the
finish I could see a major wind shift ahead so
I managed to sail round a load of people but perhaps
lost three places on the beat to the finish as
I am still having problems with the auto pilot
upwind.
"The
wind had built up to 23 knots for the second race,
shorter windward/leeward race and it seemed to
catch a few people out as there were a few dramas
going on out there! It's so full on all the time
dealing with everything on your own but you know
if you are having a bad time there is probably
someone else who is having a worse time!
"The
up side is I feel like I am improving all the
time and finishing 18th, 19th and 20th in these
inshore races is really good. If I can keep in
the twenties in the remaining races then this
would be fantastic for us. I could still climb
one or two further places in the overall standings
and that's what I would really like to do now
- it will be my focus out on the water.
"There
are only 7 points seperating the top four rookies
and you could see a real battle developing there."
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RESULTS
- RACE 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11 - 26 JUNE:
(Skipper/boat name/race result/overall position/total
points)
NB: double points scored for offshore legs
Gildas Morvan / CERCLE VERT / 3-3-2-4-8-2-7-1-16-1-1
/ 1st overall (52 points) Erwan Tabarly / THALES
/ 8-8-3-2-6-1-1-4-9-4-3 / 2nd overall (55 points)
Armel Le Cleac'h / CREALINE / 1-1-11-6-1-4-2-5-10-15-4
/ 3rd overall (75 points) Jérémie
Beyou / DELTA DORE / 2-5-8-3-3-8-3-10-8-2-5 /
4th overall (77 points) Laurent Pellecuer / AON
/ 17-2-6-7-15-3-8-2-2-10-9 / 5th overall (90 points)
Eric Drouglazet / DAVID OLIVER / 4-4-1-1-2-15-4-16-1-3-dnf
/ 6th overall (100 points) Gilles Chiorri / METEO
CONSULT GROUPE / 14-9-9-9-9-5-5-18-3-6-11 / 7th
overall (112 points) Charles Caudrelier Benac
/ BOSTIK FINDLEY / 11-18-18-5-5-6-6-8-4-7-13 /
8th overall (124 points) Yann Elies / GROUPE GENERALI
ASSURANCES / 5-7-22-8-4-14-10-6-12-5-2 / 9th overall
(131 points) Gwenael Riou / ESPOIR CEDIT AGRICOLE
/ 9-12-4-16-10-19-19-9-19-9-6 / 10th overall (159
points) Samantha Davies* / SKANDIA / 20-27-30-23-24-13-27-23-18-19-20
/ 25th overall (286 points)
* Newcomer to event or in French "Bizuth"
ie rookie
ROOKIE
STANDINGS:
Christopher Pratt / CAFE MALONGO (207 points)
Franck-Yves Escoffier / CREPES WHAOU! (208 points)
Christophe Artaud / PETITS-PETONS (211 points)
Marc Emig / IN EXTREMIS (214 points)
Yves Le Blevec / REVE DE GRAND - ACTUAL INTERIM
(233 points) Samantha Davies / SKANDIA (286 points)
Christophe Bouvet / SOR TMC (318 points) Stéphane
Sevaux / PLUS PHARMACIE (345 points) Corrado Agusta
/ SECTOR SPORT WATCHES (354 points) Eric Pilat
/ ALTAVENTURE/SNSM (363 points) Sander Bakker
/ STERN GROEP (375 points)
For further information on La Générali
Médierranée please visit http://www.generalimed.com
Course:
Thursday 26 June-Inshore race-Porquerolles-Start
11h00
Friday 27 June-Inshore race-Porquerolles-Start
11h00
Saturday 28 June-Inshore race-Porquerolles-Start
11h00
For further information on La Générali
Médierranée please visit http://www.generalimed.com
