Rolex Fastnet Race 2013

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Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard, co-skippers of Spindrift 2, a VPLP 131 Trimaran racing in the Multihull Division, crossed the finish line of the 2013 Rolex Fastnet Race at the Plymouth Breakwater at 02.53.58 BST on Tuesday 13th August after an elapsed time of 38hr 53m 58s.
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Spindrift 2 first to cross the finish line in the Rolex Fastnet Race (from Spindrift racing)
Spindrift racing crossed the finish line at 02.53 local time in the 45th edition of Rolex Fastnet Race. It was a fiercly fought battle at close quarters right down to the wire against Spindrift 2's main rival, the maxi Trimaran Banque Populaire VII.

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...........The 605 nm course, starting in Cowes, rounding the Fastnet rock and finishing in Plymouth Sound, was completed in 38 hours 53 minutes and 58 seconds.
.....Yann Guichard, co-skipper of the Maxi Spindrift 2 "The decisive moment of the race was here at the finish. We were in close contact throughout the race with Banque Populaire VII
........No less than 330 boats remain on the course this evening
......The crew on the maxi Spindrift 2 for the Rolex Fastnet: Dona Bertarelli – Skipper, Yann Guichard – Skipper, Xavier Revil, Erwan Tabarly, Antoine Carraz, Christophe Espagnon, Nicolas Texier, Jean Baptiste le Vaillant, Thierry Douillard, Sébastien Marsset, Thomas Rouxel, François Morvan, Simone Gaeta, Erwan Israel.
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...........In theory the bigger boat should be faster, but Guichard says that in the 18-19 knot winds they have, the smaller Banque Populaire benefits from being lighter. "We are too heavy, so it is really close. We gybed first and she gybed just to windward, so it is like a match race - it is definitely not over yet."
Now she's cracked off, Spindrift 2 is making 35-36 knots of boat speed with an ETA into Plymouth of 02:30 BST tomorrow morning. Sadly as there has been less reaching this year, this will be substantially outside of her 32 hour 48 minute race record which this boat set two years ago.

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"We just went round the Fastnet – it was nice and sunny with about 20 knots of breeze and now things have speeded up. We are doing about 26 knots but the big trimarans ahead are up to 33 knots.(Oman Sail's flagship MOD70)