Long Distance @Lac de Joux 2016
Photo: Swiss Flying Phantom Series swissfpseries.ch/662-bol-dor-lac-de-joux/
Last weeks I received a mail asking if an A was a good Long Distance racing machine. I replies that in my view it has a limited range in calm downwind (no spi) or high winds where an F18 or even the Flying Phantom / Nacra F20s can handle plenty of breeze and waves.
Vallée de Joux cnvj.ch with really good result for an up & downwind course for the G7 against other double handed foiling or bigger cats. Still the Flying Phantom remains more versatile for a Long Distance, but it seems if you can race in a Lake in Switzerland or any other rather reasonabke wind range then you might have a good chance to put your A-Cat to a test.
Long distance race in Switzerland.
“At the start we could not yet fly with the Scheurer G7 A-cats but as the wind picked up a little, we could close the gap to the other flying boats. But amazing how well the A performed in the end.
Lac de Joux is a little lake in the Alps ( Map)
Conditions were light to medium.
Top 5 Multi Real Time
2. Nacra 20 Carbon (C-boards) 2:23:50
3. Flying Phantom 2:25:00
4. A-Cat Scheurer G7 2:25:23
Top ten Multi Corrected – Full Results Multi here
Pos | Sail | Crew | Boat | Class | Handicap | Real Time | Corrected Time | |
1 | 1 | CAVIEZEL | Sandro | Scheurer | A | 0.981 | 02:25:23 | 2:28:11:94 |
2 | 11 | WALLMER | Sascha | Scheurer | A | 0.981 | 02:28:14 | 2:31:06:25 |
3 | 51 | MINARDI Jean-Richard | LABERENNE Guillaume | Nacra | Infusion | 1 | 02:37:46 | 2:37:46:00 |
4 | 108 | DUFOUR Emmanuel | CHIOVINI Stéphane | Ventilo | Pulso 20 | 0.963 | 02:32:45 | 2:38:37:13 |
5 | 902 | VAUCHER Michel | FROIDEVAUX Thierry | Ventilo | Pulso 20 | 0.961 | 02:32:30 | 2:38:41:33 |
6 | 190 | VEZ | Laurent | Flyer | A | 0.989 | 02:36:58 | 2:38:42:75 |
7 | 21 | BARBARIN Bruno | SCHMIDT Cédric | Flying | Phantom | 0.89 | 02:22:54 | 2:40:33:70 |
8 | 1702 | KERR Aurore | POTTIER Arthur | Nacra | F16 | 1.035 | 02:47:12 | 2:41:32:75 |
9 | 5SUI | SCHNEITER Alex | JONSSON Kristoffer | Flying | Phantom | 0.89 | 02:25:00 | 2:42:55:28 |
10 | 223 | BEGUELIN Laurent | MOTTIER Frédéric | Tornado | 0.944 | 02:34:12 | 2:43:20:84 |