Vulcain Trophy 2014 - Realteam wins Grand Prix SAP

by Realteam Sailing on 22 Sep 2014 Realteam stepped onto the Vulcain Trophy podium for the third consecutive year over the weekend after winning the final event of the season on Saturday.

Geneva – The Swiss team, led by Jerome Clerc, closed the 2014 Decision 35 season in style this weekend, winning the Société Nautique de Genève’s Grand Prix SAP and finishing second overall in the Decision 35 Vulcain Trophy season championship, making this a podium finish for the third year in a row.

The Decision 35 fleet enjoyed good conditions off the Société Nautique de Genève for the final five races of the season over the weekend. Realteam’s result rewarded the work the team has put in throughout the year: 'This was the one to win,' skipper Jerome Clerc said about the weekend’s competition. 'The team really deserved a win after the tricky season that we have had on this circuit. We worked well this week and it paid off! We know we can do better than we have in the last few Grand Prix events. The team has really gelled together well and we were able to show what we can do.'

Consistency has been the name of the game for Realstone this season and four podium finishes in eight Grand Prix put them in second place overall in the season championship. 'We managed to finish on a high,' said Jerome. 'Over the last three years we have got more and more consistent and are still very much in the game. The objective this year was to win, we didn’t quite get there, but we will come back even stronger next year with the same goal!'

The Grand Prix SAP marked the end of the Decision 35 season for Realteam. The crew, supported by Realstone and TeamWork, travel to Nice, France, next for the penultimate round of the Extreme Sailing Series (Act 7) from 2-5 October.

Grand Prix SAP – Results
1. Realstone 1 2 (7) 1 3, Total 7
2. Veltigroup 3 1 2 (5) 5, Total 11
3. Zen Too 6 4 1 (8) 1, Total 12
4. Ladycat Powered by Spindrift Racing 2 3 4 3 (9), Total 12
5. Racing Django (9) 5 5 2 4, Total 16
6. Okalys 5 (8) 6 4 2, Total 17
7. Mobimo 4 6 3 (7) 7, Total 20
8. Oryx (10) 9 9 6 6, Total 30
9. Team Tilt 7 7 8 (9) 8, Total 30
10. Ylliam - Comptoir Immobilier 8 19 (11) 11 11, Total 40

Vulcain Trophy 2014 – Results
1. Alinghi 1 5 1 1 3 1 1 11, Total 24
2. Realstone 4 2 2 4 2 5 6 1, Total 26
3. Ladycat Powered by Spindrift Racing 2 3 6 6 1 4 2 4, Total 28
4. Zen Too 6 4 5 5 5 3 5 3, Total 36
5. Mobimo 3 6 3 2 4 2 9 7, Total 36
6. Team Tilt 5 1 4 3 6 6 8 9, Total 42
7. Veltigroup 8 7 7 7 10 7 3 2, Total 51
8. Okalys 7 9 8 8 7 10 4 6, Total 59
9. Racing Django 11 10 9 10 8 9 7 5, Total 69
10. Oryx 9 8 10 9 9 8 11 8, Total 72
11. Ylliam Comptoir Immobilier 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 10, Total 85

Realstone crew – Grand Prix SAP
Jerome Clerc – helmsman
Arnaud Psarofaghis – mainsail trimmer
Cedric Schmidt – trimmer
Nils Palmieri – floater
Denis Girardet – tactics
Thierry Wasem – bowman
Tanguy Leglatin – Event website