Hi
The Defi Wind event is over and the results were
interesting. Pierre Mortefon won very
convincingly showing exactly how fast he is and also how well his equipment is
working. Antoine Albeau came in fourth. To be fair, he crashed out in the last race trying
to avoid another sailor and broke his mast.
Even so, no-one had a hope of touching Pierre.
The scary thing is that Pierre’s sister was
the first lady home ahead of Delphine Cousin, Lena Erdil and Karin Jaggi. The Mortefon family must possess a windsurfing
gene of some sort.
What I like about this race is that it is 40km long. Where normal slalom racing requires
competitors to nail the start and every gybe in a 4 minute heat, this race is
all about maximizing speed over distance across varying water conditions. Antoine, in addition to being one of the
fastest racers, is so skilled at nailing
his starts, timing and positioning his gybes and choosing the right tack
consistently that he is virtually unbeatable on the circuit but allow the other
guys to stretch their legs in a flat-out blast and things even out a bit.
Antoine Questel came in third on Ga sails and Diony
Guadagnino was fifth on AHD and Hot Sails Maui.
I always think of AHD slalom boards as being especially easy to sail and
the fact that a wave guy can achieve such a stellar result would seem to bear
this out. Nicholas Warembourg came in
second on Patrik/Loft and presumably using his own brand of very cool fins.
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Pierre saying goodbye at the gybe mark |
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Pierre and Nicolas with Antoin Questel and (I think) Finian behind |
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Finian with Avanti sail, new NoveNove Board (and a bit more girth) |
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Pierre and Nicolas at the mark. |
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Nicolas and Antoine Questel at speed |
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Dunkie followed by Diony. Antoine, Nicolas and interestingly a dude on a Severne wave sail! WTF? Shows what soft kit can do in wild conditions |
Talk to you soon
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