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Transat Jacques Vabre Day 24 update: Croatian and Japanese Class 40 boats cross finish line

by TJV Media 30 Nov 2021 07:41 PST 30 November 2021
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The dream of completing the Transat Jacques Vabre race has become a reality for Olympic skier Ivica Kostelic and Japanese sailor Masa Suzuki.

Former world champion skier Ivica Kostelic and his French co-skipper Calliste Antoine crossed the finish line in 17th place out of 45 starters having put in a consistently strong performance despite sailing an older boat.

Croatia Full of Life was built in 2013 and lacks the go-faster scow-bow of the later designs, nevertheless the pair stuck to the leading pack for the whole race.

Ivica Kostelic: "The race was very long. But for me it was probably one of my best races, the best I have ever done. We never expected to be so high in the rankings, in the fleet for so long. For me, the goal was to finish in the top twenty. We achieved it! It means we always exceeded our limits and that's something I try to do consistently, no matter what type of boat."

The Croatian/French pair reached third place at Cape Verde but admitted, at the time, that they would struggle to hold that position against the newer boats. This realistic approach helped them enjoy the race.

Calliste Antoine: "It was great to share a transatlantic race with a champion like Ivica. It was very hard at times because we were just on the edge in terms of food, but we did it! We pushed the boat 100%, we have no regrets. We hung in there always pushing hard."

Japan's Masa Suzuki and French co-skipper Anne Beaugé sailed their boat Milai across the finish line in 18th place, 3 hours 30 minutes behind Croatia Full of Life.

The light winds that defined the race and dogged many of the newer boats, were actually an advantage for Milai, "There was little wind and this was good for our boat. We are super happy and content, we had good communication on the boat. It's a good experience for me" said Suzuki.

His Lorient-based team-mate and photographer says the race was an amazing experience, "A wonderful race, we didn't have strong wind, but our boat didn't lose too much distance on the others. We had a great time. Life on board was great, Masa and I speak English and we had a lot of fun. The moments that I remember are the sunsets, which gave us magnificent colours, and the sailing along Portugal. Tactically we had a lot of fun and it was very interesting."

Rankings November 30 at 04:00 pm

Ocean Fifty (All boats have arrived in Fort-de-France)
1. Primonial
2. Koesio
3. Leyton

Ultime (All boats have arrived in Fort-de-France)
1. Maxi Edmond de Rothschild
2. SVR - Lazartigue
3. Banque Populaire XI

IMOCA
19. Les Laboratoires de Biarritz - No Limit 4 us - Distance to destination 317,15 milles
20. EBAC - Distance to destination 498,25 milles

Class40
23. Fullsave - Distance to destination 65,82 milles
24. Everial - Distance to destination 90,12 milles
25. Vogue avec un Crohn - Distance to destination 90,98 milles

Virtual Regatta
Class40 - 1. Baptiste_Rep - PVe
Ocean Fifty - 1. Ferarepa C
IMOCA - 1. Vingilot_esST
Ultime - 1. PassTaga-BSP

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