C-Class Little Cup @Falmouth: Images by Alex Udin
Alex Udin along with Martin Fischer were the brains behind the Flying Phantom, the second attempt from Martin to make a production racing flying boat. That project was featured here in CSN since its conception. Seeing now all that hard work has helped Franck Cammas & Groupama to make an impressive debut at Falmouth must be a great feeling for both.
Groupama C current foils were tested at large on the Flying Phantom platform by Groupama. Yesterday Cammas just destroyed the fleet in 20 knots, foiling upwind with ease, even better than Oracle we can say comparing budgets. But the biggest surprise was how good Groupama started the first day with a 5-6knot breeze, the optimized flying foils didn´t hurt that much in the calm. Still much to go in this Cup, and Hydros seems to be faster than Groupama, but a more complex rigging and setup are holding them back due to handlign at the end of the day.
Fischer said yesterday Groupama went for a more conservative approach than Hydros, to provide the crew less thing to worry about on dynamic trim relegating some optimized final speed, that concept is paying off , lets see how this incredible interesting event ends. All Images Alex Udin / Sail Innovation.
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Hello,
I have to comment on the article above:
1/ Alex was not involved in the design of Groupama-C. He provided the Phantom as a test platform – which was extremely valuable for the whole project – but he was at no stage involved in the design. Alex expressed that very clearly, but it seems that he got misunderstood.
2/ The brains / people behind Groupama-C are numerous. People involved were Guillaume Verdier, Benjamin Muyl, Denis Glehen, the whole "bureau d'etude" de Groupama, headed by Loic Dorez, the Groupama rigging team headed by Olivier Manguy, the Groupama build team, headed by Pierre Tessier and myself. Then there is Stephan Guilbaud who is the general manager of the team who plays a crucial role and last but not least Franck Cammas, who has been taking a very active role in the design process and who – in the end – takes all the final decisions!!
I hope I have not forgotten anybody, if so please let me know!!
cheers
Martin Fischer
Hi Martin , Please Read the article again, nowhere it says that.
I took care on the words: "… Seeing now all that hard work has —helped— Franck Cammas & Groupama to make an impressive debut at Falmouth must be a great feeling for both.
Groupama C current foils were tested at large on the —- Flying Phantom platform by Groupama—-"
"Helped" and "tested by Groupama"
Check your mail for some additional q&a beyond designers. Cheers.