C-Class Championships 2013 @Falmouth: Images by Nicolas Felix
All images by Nicolas Felix / Challenge France
“Our team Challenge France is currently competing the the International C-Class Catamaran Championship on Patient Lady VI with Gurvan Bontemps (Helmsman) and Gwénolé Gahinet (Crew).
On the water Hydros Team swap their daggers upside-down, with the L tip above the deck, to reduce drag in calm conditions. It was a total disaster for both teams, as Mischa missed the start by some minutes (And the chance to meet Cammas in the Final Match), and performance didn´t improved.
This idea has been already implemented by Dario Valenza on his latest Paradox A-Cat Rudders. More info with Darío later on this.
Cammas continued to dominate the fleet althgough they gave away a bullet on ligth weather to Canaan, and Groupama will race the final Match against Hydros Besson-Lagarrigue. This event will provide excellent data for those in A-Class wanting to fully open the rules.
Results at https://www.restronguetsc.org/results/2013/c-class/ICC%20Challenge%20Results.html“
Live Stream by Sailing Anarchy at https://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-world-s-most-advanced-sailing-catamarans
Event Website https://theflyingboats.com/
Vimeo Channel with Interview https://vimeo.com/cclasscats
Rank | No. | Boat name | Sailno | Helm name | Crew name | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Total | Nett |
1st | 7 | Groupama C | FRA7 | Franck Cammas | Louis Viat | Groupama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (2) | 1 | 1 | 1 | (3) | 12 | 7 |
2nd | 1 | Flyer | SUI1 | Billy Besson | Jeremie Lagarrigue | Hydros Lombard Odier | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | (4) | (dnf) | 4 | 35 | 19 |
3rd | 10 | Fill Your Hands | CAN10 | Fred Eaton | Magnus Clarke | Fred Eaton | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | (5) | 5 | 3 | (7) | 38 | 26 |
4th | 104 | Cogito | USA104 | Lars Guck | Max Kramers | Project Cogito | (dnc) | (dnc) | dnc | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 32 |
5th | 11 | Above Archmedus | SUI11 | Mischa Heemskerk | Bastiaan Tentij | Hydros Lombard Odier | 3 | (dnf) | (dnc) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | dnf | raf | 59 | 35 |
6th | 2 | Patient Lady VI | FRA2 | Gurvan Bentemps | Gwenole Gahinet | Challenge France | (6) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | (dnf) | 5 | 6 | 56 | 38 |
7th | 8 | Alpha | ESP8 | Luke Patience | Sito Aviles | Sentient Blue | 5 | 4 | 5 | (dnf) | 7 | 7 | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | 76 | 52 |
8th | 105 | Aethon | USA105 | Steve Clark | Oliver Moore | Project Cogito | (dnc) | (dnf) | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 6 | 4 | 8 | 90 | 66 |
9th | 9 | Canaan | CAN9 | Billy Gooderham | Chritian Pavey | Fred Eaton | (dnf) | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 1 | 97 | 73 |
10th | 38 | Invictus | GBR38 | Tom Phipps | Cedric Bader | Team Invictus | (dnc) | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnf | dnf | 5 | 101 | 77 |
11th | 25 | Wild Horse | POR25 | Diago Cayola | Nuno Balieto | Team Cascais | (dnc) | (dnc) | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | dnc | 108 | 84 |