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:

PosHelmCrewTotR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
 DEMESMAEKER Patrick  TAS Gilles 22  19162224 4 
 LUNDQVIST Jacob  LUNDQVIST Oscar 23  31411437 6 
 BADER CEDRIC  PETERS YVES 24  76526112 1 
 VAN DAM Hans  VAN DAM Marius 30  832351061 2 
 DARY EMERIC  DARY FELIX 30  423 ocs3375 3 
 KARLSSON Fredrik  ROSENGREN Rasmus 42  65 dpi74643 7 
 BOC-HO ARTHUR  LEFEVRE LAETITIA 49  54948586 10 
 OTTOU AURELIEN 53  977511758 5 
 MELAINE GHISLAIN  VERGY MATTEO 77  13 dnf101010899 8 
10  GUSTAFSON Fredrik  SCHREIJ Leonard 82  108889 dpi1411 14