När det brallar rejält vill man inte köra runt Bretagne med massa Mumm 30. Därför har man nu bestämt sig för att det blir en etapp med lastbil för Tour de France a la Voile.
For the first time ever, the boats of the Tour de France Sailing Race will have to travel on trolleys towards Lorient. The stop in Perros-Guirec Cotes d’Armor had to be cancelled due to hazardous weather conditions.
This decision was taken by the race committee, race direction and the organization so as to be able to start the races on Thursday morning in Lorient, as initially planned.
Jean Coadou, president of the race committee, announced at noon during the skippers’ briefing his decision not to start any race during the forthcoming days. Any other decision would have compromised the rest of the race, because of hard weather conditions expected for crossing the channel du Four. “The near gale warning doesn’t allow us to start a race tonight”, such was the first point of the briefing. As far as the rest is concerned, things are getting a little more complicated: “Meteo Consult forecasts a very slight improvement during the next 24 hours; the wind should be blowing around 15 knots tomorrow in the afternoon”.
The offshore leg towards Perros-Guirec Cotes d’Armor could have been sailed, but the boats would then have most likely been stuck another few days. “The competitors couldn’t have reasonably sailed past the Raz de Sein windward with winds above 25 knots. This is why we took this decision to put the boats on their trolleys, and to drive them to Lorient. Like this, we could start as of Thursday morning in Lorient, according to the initial schedule”.
The organisers of the Tour de France Sailing Race had to do this difficult choice for the first time in a thirty years time. In order not to do a disservice to the competitors, the organisation will pay for the crane that is to put the boats onto their trolleys. The race direction also wants to ensure the respect of equity during this exceptional operation: “it goes without saying that it is forbidden to make any amendment aimed at improving the performance of the boat during the transit”, says deputy-race director Jean-Michel Gandon.
Och Telefonica Black testar segel i Alicante. Ser det inte ut som en konventionell genua? Körde man det förra gången eller var det fockar + code 0? Foto: Maria Muina/Equipo Telefonica
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Det märks ju på alla X-seglare att någonting är på gång. Nästa vecka drar jippot igång i Köpenhamn (kanske skall man göra sig ett ärende dit) och det ser ju onekligen spännande ut? Nåt smaskigt skvaller? Nån som vill tippa den prestigefyllda X-41-klassen?
Family Class A @ Skovshoved
IMX-38 Vild Kalas DEN 93 Henrik Carlsen Denmark
X-312 Disco Volante GER 3914 Heiner Schmahl Germany
X-332 Trixie SWE 182 Anders Ekholm Sweden
X-34 Expresso SWE 25 Patrik Jenemark Sweden
X-34 xsupero GER 6017 Peter Gillen Germany
X-34 Skaarungen NOR Hans Skaar Norway
X-362 Emma SWE 64 Jan Sundberg Sweden
X-362 Sport Pryde DEN 231 Torben Kornum Denmark
X-37 Xanadu SWE 83 Anders Fredholm Sweden
X-37 Xalsa DEN 90 Knud Erik Hansen Denmark
X-37 QiXi SWE 65 Jonas Dyberg Sweden
X-40 Auf Schexbier GER Christoph Barth Germany
X-40 Pacific XL 30 Peter Højsgaard Denmark
X-43 Meetingpoint-X NOR 11195 Anders Stenberg Norway
X-43 Beluga II NOR 12562 Egil Haaland Norway
X-442 Pia-X 999 Jochen Bovenkamp Germany
X-46 XXXXX-L DEN 33 Birger Hansen Denmark
X-46 Prima SWE 40 Johan Delin Sweden
X-46 Rikitin SWE 33 Mikael Bäckström Sweden
X-482 Barcarès SWE 10593 Anders Berggren Sweden
X-50 Xscape TBA Andrew Boller Australia
X-50 Free Wind SWE 47 Lars Björkroth Sweden
X-562 Tina DEN 1256 Michael M. Andersen Germany
Xc 45 DEN X-Yachts Denmark
Sport Class B @ Skovshoved
X-302 Najaden DEN 9 Niels Sørensen Denmark
X-332 Havgassen DEN 92 Henrik Pedersen Denmark
X-332 Chinook GER 4732 Johann Friedrichsen Germany
X-332 Calypso DEN 324 Bo Kristensen Denmark
X-332 Xotic NOR 9899 Aasmund Drolsum Norway
X-332 Axile SWE 383 Harald Axling Sweden
X-332 Sport Wiklunds SWE 334 Mats Victorin Sweden
X-332 Sport Varuna Xpress GER 5223 Kai Haupthoff Germany
X-34 Extase NOR12575 Sundklakk / Kamfjord Norge
X-34 Chivas GER-6090 Marita Rohde Germany
X-34 Temptation X SWE 10915 Tommy Björkqvist Sweden
X-34 Ella GER 5934 Ralf Brüsse Germany
X-362 Sport Sexbomb NOR 9362 Per Jone Bakker Norway
X-362 Sport Perfect Excuse SWE 4766 Stefan Peterson Sweden
X-37 Hansen DEN 68 Jan Kildegaard Hansen Denmark
X-37 CGMer GER Leu, Oliver Germany
X-37 Mio DEN 125 Ingolf Nordal Denmark
X-37 Monkey Business DEN 91 Ruben Knudsen Denmark
X-37 Matrisen 103 Robert Szabo Sweden
X-382 Chamsiin SWE 92961 Jan & Peter Dahlsten Sweden
Sport Class C @ Tuborg
IMX-40 BlueS SWE 80 Hans Johansson Sweden
IMX-40 Pralex DEN 73 Mads Barner-Christensen Denmark
IMX-40 Sixty4 GER 5100 Gundlach, Alv Germany
IMX-40 Mandalay DEN 437 William Friis-Møller Denmark
X-40 CejuliX DEN 105 Bo Bøje Pedersen Denmark
X-40 Huppes X GER 5773 Ulrich HUber Germany
X-40 Bonita NOR 11400 Knut G Heje Norway
X-40 X²box DEN 88 Henrik Jørgensen Denmark
X-40 Xantippe DEN 122 Niels Ebbesen Denmark
X-40 Sirena DEN Peter Buhl Denmark
X-40 Xellent DEN 72 Bo Detlefsen Denmark
X-40 Breezin NOR 12510 Morten Gaarud Norway
X-40 Nethanja IV NOR 12528 Christian Ferner Norway
X-412 maXim GER 4882 Marcel Marron Germany
X-412 Lillefix NOR 9280 Morten Sola Norway
X-43 Joy VI DEN 63 Niels Hede-Nielsen Danmark
X-43 Stony V DEN 201 Steen Toftebjerg Denmark
X-43 Galaxy LAT 430 Alexandrs Krjaceks Latvia
X-43 Glory Days NOR 12043 Pål Stiansen Norway
X-442 Serendipity NED 7061 Koene Talsma Netherlands
X-442 Santana DEN 122 Ebbe Elmer Denmark
X-442 Explorer DEN 51 Peter M. Hansen Denmark
X-46 Exana NOR 10947 Per Anton Hansen Norway
X-46 Xpense den 42 Thomas Kiær Denmark
X-482 Germann X GER 4720 Hans-Jürgen Jesse Germany
X-50 Rebel MLT 5050 Jost Merten Malta
X-50 Eye2eye DEN 24 Thor Bendixen Denmark
X-55 Onyx NOR 12055 Thor Johan Furuholmen Norway
X-35 Class @ Skovshoved
X-35 YXI SWE 139 Mats Skällenäs Sweden
X-35 Laura X FIN 44 Pekka Töytäri Finland
X-35 maniXen SWE 47 Hans Granhed Sweden
X-35 Celox GER 5735 Sven Anderßen Germany
X-35 Callisto Den 7 Torben Nielsen Danmark
X-35 X.O FIN 175 Teemu Kekkonen Finland
X-35 Team Elleville NOR 22 Erik Brantzeg Norway
X-35 Ellida 3,5 NOR 154 Rune Lande Norway
X-35 Xen ESP-8471 Jose Luis Maldonado Dasit Spain
X-35 Subway/Epsilon FIN 105 Erkki Lempiäinen Finland
X-35 MinX NOR Sissel Krag Norway
X-35 Wild Thing SWE137 Lars Sörqvist Sweden
X-35 The Untouchables BEL-1102 Coen Wohrmann Belgium
X-35 AVT-People.com DEN 87 Kristian Groth Denmark
X-35 RoXanna FIN 143 Kimmo Vähätalo Finland
X-35 Viatempo DEN 179 Jan Madsen Denmark
X-41 Class @ Tuborg
X-41 Cedo Nulli BEL 2008 Serge Goossens Belgium
X-41 WB ITA 4100 Gianclaudio Bassetti Italy
X-41 Lexington NOR 9 Føyen / Clason Norway
X-41 CRO Arimpex Croatia
X-41 Oxygen SWE 44 Martha Arnell Sweden
X-41 Fanatix IRL 10041 Conor Fanning Ireland
X-41 Extasy GER 5801 Thomas Brügge Germany
X-41 Galatea GER Schlüter Pharma Logistics Germany
X-41 DEN 17 Finn Krogh Rants Denmark
X-41 Team Gran Seil NOR 37 Gran Seil AS/ CAPS AS Norway
X-41 Orient Xpress HKG 2108 Rick and Inge Strompf Hong Kong
X-41 X-Pletive USA Dan Paracchini USA
X-41 Xeffekt NOR 50 Thomas Oksmo Norway
X-41 Sideracordis ITA Pier Vettor Grimani Italia
X-41 König&Xie. GER 41 König & Cie Betriebssportgruppe Germany
X-41 X BEL 4110 X-Yachts Belgium Belgium
X-41 Nicole 4 FIN 45 Riku Nissilä Finland
X-41 Team Bergen NOR 999 Sverre Valeur Norway
X-41 Item Power Sport ESP0041 Platinum Sailing SL Spain
X-41 Raffi.ca ITA 16029 Pasquale Orofino Italia
X-41 V1NO 41 SLO Miha Kusar Slovenia
X-41 Beast 3 NOR 40 Hans Holst Norway
X-41 PBS NOR 10 X-Yachts Norge as Norway
X-41 Forte EST 475 MTÜ Uljaste Purjetajate Ordu Estonia
X-41 Bering EST 463 X-41 Purjetamisklubi Estonia
X-41 Xpo 1 NOR 38 Xpo Group AS Norway
X-41 Aquaracer NOR 39 Halvard Hedemark Norway
X-41 Tazkeena FRA Nicholas Wrigley France
X-41 DEN-60 DEN 60 Per Asmussen Denmark
X-41 ITA Piergiorgio Ravaioni Italy
X-41 Laiva NED 7886 Mr. H.W. Zwart Netherlands
X-41 Swimmingcool SUI 49 Eugen Munz Switzerland
Idag startar VM för J/80 i Kiel. 64 båtar på plats och från Sverige har vi följande ekipage. Lycka till!
SWE 196 Happypancake Johannes Bergh KSSS
SWE 236 Hunden Tom Whitmore KSSS
SWE 243 Rocad Racing Ingemar Sundstedt KSSS
SWE 386 Dynamant Anders Rosenberg KSSS
SWE 513 LeeStrom Mattias Jonsson-Mathias Steininger KSSS
SWE 615 Lilla Blas Tomas Movin-Peter Ohlsen SIBK
SWE 623 Tyra Magnus Tyreman KSSS
64 teams from 12 countries will be competing this coming week at the Tutima 2008 J/80 World Championship in Kiel, Germany. Never before have so many countries been represented at this pinnacle J/80 event, now in its 8th year. Kieler Yacht Club and the German J/80 Class Association look forward to welcoming competitors to Kiel for the week long event. Several of the top teams from last year’s worlds will be in attendance including Ignacio Camino (Spain), Uli Muenker (Germany), Kevin Sproul (UK) and Patrick Bot (France). Regatta news and results will be posted here during the week.
