Delta Lloyd 2014: Billy Besson-Marie Riou 1st (Again..)
Images: Sander van der Borch & Guilain Grenier. – Yet another win for the current number one Nacra 17 crew, Billy and Marie are one step above the fleet. Besson is also showing since his ‘double’ crown in 2013 (F18 & Nacra 17 Worlds) he is the Nr 1 helm in the small racing cats. AC Teams should take notice.
On the French spot fight for Rio Cammas-deTurckeheim ended 9pts behind. Bundock-Curtis for a third consecutive 3rd.
Another super talented French crew is grabbing finally the pace of the Nacra 17, former Olympic sailor Ingrid Petit Jean and 2x F18 WC Olivier Backes with a good top 5 after some events with so so results. Top ten below. Full Results at results.deltalloydregatta.org
P | Cty | Sail | Crew | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | MR | Points | |
1 | FRA | FRA1 | BESSON Billy | RIOU Marie | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | -22 | 10 | 2 | 44 |
2 | FRA | FRA077 | CAMMAS Franck | de TURCKHEIM Sophie | 6 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | -19 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 53 |
3 | AUS | AUS064 | BUNDOCK Darren | CURTIS Nina | 7 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 3 | -19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 64 |
4 | GBR | GBR2 | SAXTON Benjamin | DIAMOND Hannah | 8 | -25 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 77 |
5 | FRA | FRA199 | PETITJEAN BACKES Ingrid | BACKES Olivier | 4 | 2 | 26 | -30 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 83 |
6 | AUS | AUS133 | WATERHOUSE Jason | DARMANIN Lisa | 14 | -20 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 89 |
7 | SUI | SUI041 | BUHLER Matias | BRUGGER Nathalie | (OCS) | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 93 |
8 | GBR | GBR058 | WILSON Pippa | GIMSON John | 13 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | -18 | 18 | 95 |
9 | NED | NED213 | GROENVELD Renee | KROL Steven | 1 | 14 | 8 | -22 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 101 |
10 | FRA | FRA078 | LAUGIER Flora | BEDLLET Valentin | 15 | 7 | 9 | -25 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 109 |