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Photo: Guilain GRENIER
Alinghi had a better performance leading to the 1st mark (upwind) but the reach was too much for A5, USA 17 flew over 30knots in 8knots of wind.
After so much talk, the best ‘legal team’ also was the best on the Water.
Hats off to Russell Coutts, Spithill , Larry Ellison and the whole team.
More pics and info later.
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I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16