Open 7.50 and Dragon extravaganza

Jacques Vapillon's images from the Trophy Petit Navire

The Grand Prix Petit Navire took place in Douarnanez over the course of last weekend with an unusual assortment of classes ranging from the Groupe Finot designed Open 7.50s with their unstayed wingmasts (to read more about them - click here), to Dragons to Optimists and kitesurfers.

10 races were held for the Oopen 7.50s after which the results were:

1 Atchoum (Nicolas Groleau)
2 Vog (Sylvain Pellissier)
3 Jaouen Aquaculture (Erwan Lebec)
4 Zigzag (Florence Raillard)
5 Toutankarbon (Laurent Brelivet)
6 Walker Bay (Fred Duthil)
7 Leatherman (Daniel Le Mene)
8 Open your eyes (Daniel Poisson)
9 Ferrum (Jean-Pierre Gérard)
10 Guyader, esprit de la mer (Jean-Michel Viant)
11 L’enchanteur (Emmanuel Nisin) ; 12 Coyotte (Bruno Troublé)

In the Dragon it was Tommy Muller's Sinewave that won the Trophée Banque Federal overall prize follwed by Louis Urvois's Ar Youleg in second, with former Orange crewmember Sebastien Audigane sailing on board, and Cees Nater's Gloggy Joss third.
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