| Corsair 28AC wins Noumea-Port Vila Regatta! |
The Sailing Yacht Club of Noumea (New Caledonia) organizes a Regatta from Noumea to Port Vila (Vanuatu) every two years. The direct line distance is 327 nautical miles. This year the race was held on Saturday, September 5 with winds at over twenty knots on the nose. There were 22 boats, catamarans and regattas monohulls . We were the only trimaran and the smallest of all boats.
We took a very bad start. A few miles before the Woodin Canal (30 miles after the start line) we were the last which was when I realized we had a very bad helmsman! With my favourite team member we then relayed to the finishing line, moving up on the other boats, one by one. It was very exciting!
 We were on close hauled with the apparent wind between 20 and 28 knots in rough seas with waves of 2 to 3 meters, without reef in the sails. We made some peaks at nearly 18 knots. This is the first time I dared push Stay Flat Stay Cool at this point. There was an entire organization that could help us if necessary. Never did I feel insecure. Our C28AC was fine in short waves although we were completely soaked. Other vessels, however, were not so lucky with some experiencing damage to daggerboards, shrouds and rudders.
In Port Vila, everyone spoke about the "small trimaran"! We arrived first in corrected time.
After this race, my favourite team member confirmed with me that they will buy a C28CR that I have to deliver early January 2010 in Guadeloupe.
A few weeks earlier I took part in a race with another team which has also now planned to buy a C31CR!
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