(Bénodet, France)- Created in 1971 by Dominique le Page and Erwan
Quéméré, the Obelix Trophy that took place from August 25th to 27th has
become over the years an essential rendezvous for all those who sail
during the summer in France.The event takes place every year and brings together J/80s and over 100 other sailboats on the Bénodet Lake. The Obelix Trophy, also counts for the overall season championship, the J/80 Coupe de France.
This year’s event enjoyed the most beautiful sailing conditions in a wonderful place!
Reveling in the conditions was Damien Fortini’s crew on J-GANTESQUE from CN Lorient. His crew consisted of Stephane Brouillet, Anne Le Gouguec, Julien Le Granvalet, and Nathan Meric-Pons- a mostly Lorient-based crew. However, their record of 2-1-5-1 for 9 pts meant they had to win on a tie-breaker, based on number of 1sts, over Anne Phelipon’s NAVIGATLANTIQUE crew from Societe Regate Rochelaises that had a 1-3-2-3 tally. Anne’s crew consisted of Bertrand Nun, Thomas Haddouche, and Loig Leon.
Rounding the top three for the regatta was Xavier Tinel’s team from CN Lorient on JEROBOAM MARINE LORIENT (Christophe Audic, Christophe Dreyer and Julien Bregegere). Their record of 3-5-1-2 for 11 pts meant they were just two points off the pace! For more J/80 Obelix Trophy sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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