Transat Jacques Vabre preview: Charal IMOCA60 wins Defi Azimut
The Charal IMOCA60 has won the Rolex Fasnet this year and now prevailed at the 2019 Defi Azimut, a 48hs challenge. Main goal for the Charal Voile Team will be the Transat Jacques Vabre. commencing in 29 days. Jérémie Beyou & Christopher Pratt will be targeting another trophy the Bull. Video: Charal Voile Media: www.charal.fr/page-voile/accueil/
Although the IMOCA 60s have gone extreme width too on their foils to mimic the Multihull RM what I like vs the new AC75 is that these weapons race offshore and can handle almost anything you throw at them.
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