France Reveals Its Hand for it's RORC Commodore's Cup Team. As
battle lines are being drawn up with the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup
due to start on Sunday 22nd July, so France has been the final nation to
reveal its team line-up. Over the course of this spring and summer
French contenders have been undergoing their own intense trials to
determine the final three boat team, under the watchful eye of a
Selection Committee comprising Henry Bacchini, Vice President of the
Federation Française de Voile, Marc de Saint Denis, President of the
UNCL, and Jean-Michel Carpentier, UNCL Vice President and chair of the
Racing Committee.The three boats chosen are the J/122 NUTMEG IV sailed by François Lognone and Beelzebuth 3, the Grand Soleil 40 and Eleuthera, the Grand Soleil 44R. The French trials took place over a much longer series of regattas than the British ones, including Spi Ouest France, the Course des Trois Iles, Obelix Trophy, Grand Prix IRC Manche Ouest, Cervantes Trophy, Grand Prix du Crouesty along with Normandy Sailing Week. The result is the cream of the French IRC will be heading for the Solent in the last week in July to compete against the six other international three boat teams. As a last warm-up prior to the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup, all three boats in the French team will be competing in the Cowes-Dinard-St Malo race over the weekend of 13-15th July. For more RORC Commodores' Cup sailing information
