(La Rochelle, France)- Originally created by 3 students from the
French Business School EDHEC in 1968, the EDHEC Sailing Cup is now
organized by 50 students and has become the leading student sporting
event in Europe. Older than the Vendée Globe or the Volvo Ocean Race,
the EDHEC Sailing Cup has always been a leader in top-level student
regattas. This year, the largest student regatta in the world held its
47th edition in the harbor of La Rochelle, France, on the French
Atlantic coast, from April 24 to May 2, 2015. As the leading student
sporting event in Europe, it had over 3,000 participants coming from
more than 160 schools and universities from 23 countries.Since its creation, the organization has been trying to promote sailing beyond the limits of the yachting world: the Land Trophy, the Sand Trophy, and the Air Trophy, have been created to enable our sailor participants’ friends to join them in this adventure. 180 boats are sailing, including a huge fleet of J/80s.
The
thirty-one schools from across Europe managed to sail six races over
the course of three days. In the end, it was the ENSM LE HAVRE team
skippered by Corentin Bornet that sailed an extremely consistent series,
posting all finishes in the top seven (6-1-7-1-4-3) to win the series.
Pushing hard and winning the last race was TEAM VOILE CENTRALES NANTES
skippered by Lazio Horvath, taking the silver for their hard-earned
efforts. Third place went to the HEC CEGEREAL SOPRA STERIA team led by
Pierre Rhimbault. Rounding out the top five were IESEG VOILE I with
helm Eric Brezellec in fourth and in fifth was ICAM VOILE BANQUE
POPULAIRE 100% with Zenon Peneau steering. Watch the EDHEC Sailing video summary here! For more EDHEC Sailing Cup information
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