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Vulcain Trophy 2014
Faster and faster
It may have been designed 11 years ago and since they both share common values like
it has covered a lot of water since, but the cata- determination, precision, emotion and excel-
maran Decision 35 is still the Formula 1 racing lence. Alinghi won the Grand Prix Les
class in Lake Leman’s sailing regatta Ambassadeurs in 2014, a fierce competition
which will go down in the race’s history due
Le The first meeting of the season saw the gathe- to the strong wind conditions which made it
ring of the Decision 35 class at La Nautique for a real challenge for the teams. The Grand Prix
the Grand Prix Les Ambassadeurs. Assembled races continued until Mirabaud’s Bol d’Or
here were the very best sailors, sporting team which was won this year in 5 hours and 38
colours and ready to do battle from the decks minutes by Ladycat powered by Spindrift
of their impressive 35 ft multi-hulled boats. As Racing. Realstone and Alinghi made it onto
always, this was an exceptional, spectacular the podium of this 76th competition while
event combining high- tech engineering with Mobimo, the winner of the D35 class in 2013,
top sports prowess. made 4th place.
Les Ambassadeurs, a famous name in the
world of watches and jewellery, is a natural At the end of this first half of the Vulcain
partner for the championships of the D35 class Trophy, Alinghi, Realstone and Ladycat powe-
red by Spindrift Racing climbed on to the
interim Vulcain Trophy podium in the gene-
ral class, but the second part of the season,
which begins at the end of the summer, pro-
mises some more great sights and sensations.
Natacha Borri
www.vulcaintrophy.com
www.vulcain-watches.ch
6 et 7 septembre 2014
GP Grange & Cie - Yacht Club de Genève
19 au 21 septembre 2014
GP SNG - Société Nautique de Genève
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