Bundock and Ashby win

The Olympians took victory for the third consecutive year at Eurocat in Carnac

Two rounds were raced in Carnac yesterday morning at Eurocat. The day bought with it two new wins for the Australian duo who won the Eurocat event hands down for the third year running. Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby won five out of the six rounds raced last weekend. To top it all, they also won the Houat – Hoëdic Raid today. The only crew to threaten the boys from Oz was the French Pro Team, Jean-Christophe Mourniac and Franck Citeau, taking first place in a round on Saturday, relegating Bundock and Ashby to second in that round.

"The level of the competition in Carnac gets tougher every year. There was a tough fight on each round. This morning was the only time when we led from start to finish, after having been first to round the first race mark. The Eurocat is one of the biggest get-togethers of performance catamarans in the world. For all that the level in Australia is high, you never see more than 100 boats racing. Here there were more than 400. It will be a great pleasure to come back next year," Commented Bundock.

"We broke a spinnaker halyard on Friday and capsized this morning when a cleat failed to open. But all in all, we sailed fast, particularly yesterday when we finished second in the raid. Hobie Tigers are the same world wide whether you sail as an amateur or professional. And the level is getting better all the time. You can play around with sail shape and tweak one or two points here and there and the there’s the amount of training you can fit in which can also make a difference. We worked well through the and Kinou and I can put up a good fight. The Australians are not far off which bodes well for the F18 World Championship in July," said second placed Franck Citeau.

After their solid Tornado performance last week at the Semaine Olympique Française in Hyères, Bundock (Silver medallist at the Sydney Games and four times World Tornado Champion) literally sailed through this 20th Eurocat competition. With Glenn (three times world Class A champion), they will be seeing each other once again ten days from now on Hobie Tigers at the ISAF World Championships in Austria. Then they will be joining the Pro Team for the legendary Round Texel race in Holland. This incredible event draws a total of 800 boats onto the same starting line for a one day race round the island of Texel. The full Nissan Hobie Cat Pro Team will be there as the third team, the Spanish crew of Echavarri and Paz, newcomers to the F18 class and currently world number one in the Tornado class, will be joining the French and Australians for the first time this season.