Foiling yacht now favorite to win Bol d’or on Lake Geneva
by Juerg Knauffman on 8 Jun 2009
The flying monohull Mirabaud LX on her way to winning the classic Genève-Rolle-Genève - one of the Switzerland’s most important regattas Juerg Kaufmann go4image.com
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Thomas Jundt, Antoine Ravonel and Eric Gobet have won their first major regatta on board their spectacular hydrofoils 18'footer Mirabaud LX, winning the 32 Miles return-course between Geneva and the town of Rolle in 3 hours 43minutes.
Jo Richards and his crew onboard Full Pelt finished two minutes late. Oyster - the fabulous Seb Schmidt prototype - completed the podium lineup 15 minutes later.
Mirabaud LX has smashed the previous record, held until now by a Psaros 40 in a time of 3hrs 55 mins.
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