Final regatta

The 2005 Challenge Ferrier Lullin to be decided this weekend

The final event in the Challenge Ferrier Lullin, the annual championship for the Decision 35 catamarans on the Swiss lakes, takes place over this coming weekend.

The Grand Prix Beau-Rivage Palace will see Nicolas Grange's Okalys (with Loick Peyron on board) fighting to maintain her lead ahead of Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi, with Cadence and Ferrier Lullin fighting for third place.

This will be decided on Saturday. On Sunday stars of the sailing world will take to the Decision 35s for a series of short races. Skippers involved include: Pascal Bidégorry, Klabbe Nylöf, Michel Desjoyeaux, Karine Fauconnier, Peter Holmberg, Bernard Stamm, Dominique Wavre and Bruno Peyron. After each race, the skippers will exchange boats and crews.

Challenge Ferrier Lullin results (with one regatta to go):

Pos	Boat	Sail no	Open Multi-coques	GP Chopard	GE- Rolle- GE	Bol d'Or	Trans Majestic	Joran	Open La Réserve	Open de Versoix	Tot
1	Okalys	SUI 2	10	15	8	10	3	8	8	6	65
2	Alinghi	SUI 1	4	7.5	10	5	10	3	10	10	56.5
3	Cadence	SUI 6	3	9	4	6	8	10	4	8	49
4	Ferrier Lullin	SUI 3	5	12	6	8	5	4	5	5	46
5	AXIOM	SUI 7	6	3	2	0	6	5	6	3	31
6	Banque Gonet & Cie	SUI 8	8	1.5	3	0	4	6	3	4	29.5
7	Zen too	SUI 4	0	6	5	4	2	2	2	0	21
8	ASDS	SUI 5	0	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5