Rainbow knocked off top spot

As Route des Iles Mumm 30 experience a shortened course in offshore

The long leg of the Mumm 30 class' Courses des Iles race from Calvi to Marseilles was cut short this morning due to several conditions brought about by strong Mistral winds. After a miserable night sailing on port tack upwind into 25 knots westerlies the offshore race was instead finished in the Porquerolles islands.

Leader of this highly scoring leg was Dimitri Deruelle on board Marseilles-Cape Sport, who has now taken over the lead from German Bent Deitrich's team on Rainbow that includes Brits such as Andy Green and Miranda Merron. After several impeccible coastal races the offshore race didn't quite go according to plan for the Raindow team who arrived in the Porquerolles in seventh place, knocking them off the top spot overall.

Three boats retired from the leg - two with gear failure. However Diarmuid Foley's Irish team on Mammy were caught red handed sailing into a French militarized zone and were obliged to retire as well.

There is still a long way to go - racing does not conclude in Marseilles until Saturday afternoon.

Results of sixth race Calvi-Porquerolles:
1.Deruelle-Iehl
2.Emig
3.Becquemie
4.Pahun
5.Rouault
6.Chevalier
7.Dietrich
8.Cuvilly
9.Lagravière-Pellegrino
10.D'Ortoli-Ferrat
11.Patou
12.Nabart.



Overall results after six races:
1.Deruelle-Iehl (Marseille-Cap Sport) 12 points
2.Dietrich (ALL,Rainbow) 20 pts
3.Pahun (Région-Île-de-France) 25 pts
4.Rouault-Béranger, 1er Jeunes (Acticom) 31 pts
5.Emig (SCAC-Méditerranée-Total) 37 pts
6.Becquemie, 2ème Jeunes (Hyères-Toulon-Provence Méditerranée) 42 pts
7.Chevalier (Ville de Bandol-Casino de Bandol) 48 pts
8.Svilarich, 3ème Jeunes (Côtes d'Armor) 52 pts
9.Lagravière-Pellegrino (Saint-Paul-Île de la Réunion) 57 pts
10.Foley (IRL,Mammy) 58 pts
11.D'Oroli-Ferrat (YCPR) 64 pts
12.Cuvilly (ENSC-Les Castors) 70 pts
13ex. Nabart (Ville d'Ajaccio-Corse du Sud) et Cantegrel (Aquitaine-Jeunes) 84 pts; 15.Patou (Dunkerque-Défi Jean-Bart) 88 pts.