150328 Interligue 1 (420) MARSEILLAN (5 albums 427 pictures)

150329 Marseillan IL before: saturday swimming party (64 pict.)

Marseillan is a wonderfull place to eat oysters and any other food in the delicious restaurant along the "chanel"; but this is also one of the windiest place in France.

Carly will always remember this saturday morning when she was unloading her 420 from the roof of the minibus: A crazy gust sent the hull a few meters away and the boat landed...on her ! Fortunately she could leave the hospital in the evening but no way to participate to the regatta .

150329 Marseillan IL race 1 (118 pict.)

Anyway more than 30 crews including swiss crews wait along the "etang de THAU" until courageous commity try a start .

The race stop quickly near the windward marker as more than 8 crews were already swimming along their boats trying to extract the mast from the mud.

Bilou's windmeter showed a gust at 41 knots...Really time to go home !

Despite very bad forecast for sunday,  commity could launch 4 races as wind decrease.

Thanks to the warm welcome of the CV MARSEILLAN  and this generous wind delivery !

150329 Marseillan IL race 2 (82 pict.)

Overall: Impressive swiss crew

Maxime BACHELIN/Philippe PITTET won the 4 races, 2nd Jim VINCENT/Victor MAS (SRA), 3rd Lara GRANIER/Marina LEFORT (SRA).

About Ladies

, Lara and Marina finished first in front of Jessie KAMPMAN/Anael PONTHIEU (SRA) and Ema RIERA/Lea PERNET (CNV AIX LES BAINS)

150329 Marseillan IL Race3 (82 pict.)

150329 Marseillan IL race3+4 (81 pict.)

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