(Lorient, France)- Concurrent with the J/80s sailing one of their French
J/80 Season Series, the offshore boats were racing one of their
premiere fall regattas on the offshore French sailing circuit- The
Groupama IRC Atlantique Regatta. Sailing in IRC 1 were a range of J's
including Jean Marie Patier's J/122 ILE DE FRANCE, Yves Lanier's J/120
LES QUATRE VENTS BREST (a.k.a. the "four winds of Brest"), Stephane
Blanchard's recently launched J/111 LE JOUET and Alain Rouaults' veteran
offshore team on the J/133 JIVARO just back from the Rolex Fastnet
Race.
After a series of races that saw all forms of weather thrown at them, it
was Patier's J/122 ILE DE FRANCE that managed to capture a fourth place
in fleet with a 5-7-3-9-1 score. Just two points behind them was
Lanier's J/120 LES QUATRE VENTS BREST with an 8-4-4-6-5. In one of
their first tune-up regattas of the season, Blanchard's J/111 LE JOUET
managed 9th overall. For
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