French Coupe Nationale at SN Sablais: Bulletin
14
Nov 2011
This is the big French national championships, this year being held at Sports Nautiques Sablais. It got underway on Monday with the Challenge Maguet – a team racing competition - Results attached.
This is the big French national championships, this year being held at Sports Nautiques Sablais. It got underway on Monday with the Challenge Maguet – a team racing competition - Results attached.
Today (Tuesday) racing for the main championships (the French 470s are there too!) was due to get underway with a fleet of 115 competitors. This event has been growing in international interest for several years, and this year there are also 2 NED, 2 IRL, 1 GER, 20 GBR, 3 BEL competitors. But racing on the first day had to be cancelled due to the 28 knot winds and huge waves. They hope to get underway with 4 races tomorrow, starting at 10.00.
Oh well, Les Sables d’Olonne, on the C