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Flavio Marazzi dominates and wins GC 32 Marseille One Design regatta
lundi 15 septembre 2014 –
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It was a very intense week that not only delivered volatile conditions but also plenty of racing, fun and spectacle. Unfortunately, for technical reasons, one of the boats entered could not compete. This left just three teams competing, each a force to be reckoned with. Aside from ASST, there were two new entries, in fact : GDF Suez (the power group chose two-times America’s Cupper Sebastien Col as skipper) and Magic Marine Marine Marine nationale (skippered by Dutch yachtsman Mischa Heemskerk). The other “veteran” team, SPAX Solutions, however, had to remain ashore.
A total of 17 races were held over 4 days – 4 every day except for Day 3 when 5 took place. While Magic Marine Marine Marine nationale never quite got into the competition because of fairly predictable teething problems with their boat, Col and his crew quickly settled in with their GC32 GC32 #GC32 , delivering performances almost on a par with Armin Strom. Nonetheless, Marazzi and his crew ultimately dominated the finish-lines, particularly towards the end when the races counted most. In fact, the Swiss team’s maturity eventually saw them pull away from their nearest rival by a whole 8 points.
“The conditions were very varied, interesting and real over the four days,” explained the Bernese skipper. “Two days with a Mistral of up to 18 knots, then two much lighter days with a shiftier sea breeze. It was a very satisfying week and certainly exhilarating to win the first GC32 GC32 #GC32 regatta. We can’t wait to do it again next year with many more boats in the mix and regattas on the calendar. We are delighted to see the class growing and we hope the plan for at least 8 teams and 5 regattas in Europe comes to fruition. Upwards of that would be even better !”
“This week we really excelled at the starts. We learned a lot too and we saw that we have to improve on certain aspects of our teamwork. But we are still very pleased we were so tight and quick to realise we had to win as many races as possible.”
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