French F18 Nats 2023: Demesmaeker & Tas 1st

20 boats for this 2023 French Formula 18 National Championships held within Semaine de La Rochelle 2023. Photos Olivier Lophez / Semainer de La Rochelle. Nacra 15 and penty of kid cat racing too at La Rochelle, info later on this week.

Pretty tight points after nine races to define the podium with Patrick Demesmaeker & Gilles Tas with yet another title in European soil, the Belgian crew won followed by the flying Swedes, Jacob & Oscar Lundqvist. These were excelling past seasons with a older Goodall C2 showing they were on a performance trail. We need to confirm which platform they use in this regatta.

Update via Lars Linder: Jacob & Oscar sailing a brand new Goodall Akurra.

Third overall and first French crew for Cedric Bader & Yves Peters (Nacra Evo)

Top Ten results below, complete list here:

Pos	Helm	Crew	Tot	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
1	DEMESMAEKER Patrick	TAS Gilles	22	1	9	1	6	2	2	2	4	4
2	LUNDQVIST Jacob	LUNDQVIST Oscar	23	3	1	4	1	1	4	3	7	6
3	BADER CEDRIC	PETERS YVES	24	7	6	5	2	6	1	1	2	1
4	VAN DAM Hans	VAN DAM Marius	30	8	3	2	3	5	10	6	1	2
5	DARY EMERIC	DARY FELIX	30	4	2	3	ocs	3	3	7	5	3
6	KARLSSON Fredrik	ROSENGREN Rasmus	42	6	5	dpi	7	4	6	4	3	7
7	BOC-HO ARTHUR	LEFEVRE LAETITIA	49	5	4	9	4	8	5	8	6	10
8	OTTOU AURELIEN		53	9	7	7	5	11	7	5	8	5
9	MELAINE GHISLAIN	VERGY MATTEO	77	13	dnf	10	10	10	8	9	9	8
10	GUSTAFSON Fredrik	SCHREIJ Leonard	82	10	8	8	8	9	dpi	14	11	14