tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650892749453264232024-03-21T22:30:14.939+00:00SEBASTIEN COLSebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-14396306808248951342014-09-04T08:21:00.001+01:002014-09-04T08:22:52.621+01:00Sebastien Col back on the GC32 circuit for Marseille One Design's first edition<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">04 September 2014, Marseille, France – Seb Col is back
on the GC32 circuit on the occasion of the Marseille One Design’s first
edition, where he will sail on GDF SUEZ along with skipper Sebastien Rogues,
after Seb Col broke GC32’s speed record reaching 37,9 knots in Lake Garda last
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Col’s foiling season continues in September, after having taken part to several
events in GC32 and competing at the highest level in Moth earlier this summer.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">After
a short break following the Moth World Championships where he finished 28</span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">
overall and first French, Seb Col went back to top monohull racing on Magic
Carpet 3 in Porto Cervo for the Maxi Worlds. But just before that, he spent a
few days in La Baule to train as part of Sebastien Rogues’ crew on GC32 GDF
SUEZ, in order to prepare for the <i>Marseille One Design </i>event with a crew
formed of multihull specialists, which will take place next week from September
8-14.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">Sebastien
is really happy to go back racing in Marseille, since he’s a member of <i>Yachting
Club de la Pointe Rouge</i>, one of Marseille’s most famous yacht clubs. Seb is
also training on the Moth at the “Pole Voile Marseille”, thanks to the support
of the French Sailing Federation.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Col explains: “Sebastien Rogues offered me to join his team for the first GC32
event he’s taking part to, and which is a great opportunity for him to develop
and to improve his multihull skills. The GC32 is a very attractive boat, which
has met a lot of success since it was launched. So Seb Rogues gathered a team
of foiling boats’ experts around him, including Gurvan Bontemps and Benjamin
Amiot, who are Flying Phantom’s specialists. Bertrand Castelnerac, who sails
regularly with Seb Rogues, will be the 5</span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">th</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> team member. So all in all a very good crew
with lots of capabilities, but with no experience of competition on a GC32 yet.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">My
role since we started to prepare this event was to share a maximum of my
experience with them, and to guide them in terms of tuning the boat and for the
manoeuvers. And during the competition, I will be the mainsail trimmer and
calling tactics, which is important and interesting for me since it is on that
kind of job that I project myself in the future on bigger events, including the
America’s Cup.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">I
spent a lot of time at helm during the two America’s Cup campaigns I took part
to, but I have been in a tactician role most of the time and on many regattas
those past years, and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. So it’s not
really a new challenge, but adapting all this experience to foiling multihulls
is really interesting. I’ve already called tactics on big multihulls with good
results with Sebastien Josse and Michel Desjoyeaux on their respective MOD70,
and I really liked it. So going to foiling multihulls is again another
dimension. I sail on Moths and I’ve already helmed a GC32, and it is really
important for a tactician to know how the boats work, in order to be on the
same page with the helmsman, especially for the one who makes the tactical
decisions. And I would really like to move forward in that direction since my
match racer’s past experience allows me to sail under a lot of pressure from my
competitors, to achieve a good decision making process in the most intense and
highly heart beating moments and to be able to react in front of the opponent,
and that’s what I enjoy the most.”</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Col will also take the opportunity to train on his Moth while he will be in
Marseille, even if he will not be able to take part to both competitions on the
Moth and GC32 at the same time:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">“I’m
really happy to sail again on the GC32 since it’s a very good boat with a crew
with no equivalent for now, and it’s been well developed. It’s new and really
interesting” says Seb.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">“I
will also sail a bit on the Moth this week in order to train a few hours every
day, since it is important for me to continue to develop my experience with
always more sailing hours in order to prepare myself for the next Moth World
Championships, which will already take place in January 2015 in Sorrento,
Australia.”</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">With
Gurit supporting him since the beginning of his foiling season, Seb Col is
proud to be part of the Gurit family since he became one of their ambassadors.
Seb continues to benefit from Gurit’s 30 years’ experience working alongside
the world’s leading designers and boat builders, combining a unique technical
approach, integrating structural design, materials science and advanced process
engineering, enabling Gurit to offer the most comprehensive composite solution
in the marketplace. Indeed, the well-known composite materials specialist has a
dedicated marine projects department that now supplies the full spectrum of
marine projects worldwide.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Gotham-Book; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Gotham-Book;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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training will start this week-end for GDF SUEZ team, and racing will take place
from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 September from 11:00 to 17:00, with a minimum of
6 races scheduled per day and lasting 20 to 25 minutes in Marseille’s Southern
harbor area, also known as one of the best race zones in France, with the
Corniche waterfront offering a stunning natural view point for spectators.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I finally got a redress, since the accident was not my fault at all of course... Redress will be based on the average points of the qualifying series.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">A second race was launched, was well positioned (5th at the first mark), but it was abandoned due to the lack of wind...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">So only one race done for my "blue" group, which means an early start tomorrow. Probably 4 races if the wind cooperates.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Just finished to replace the trampoline. Need a rest.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Tomorrow the Worlds really start for me !</span></span><br />
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Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-56376792408834265672014-07-16T22:18:00.005+01:002014-07-16T22:20:39.152+01:00Moth UK Nationals / Day 1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">21 out of 93 participants after 2 races in the Moth UK Nationals. Li</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">ght to medium wind, strong tide, challenging place!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> I broke a few things, but I'm very happy with how today went, I also have a new sail which clearly makes a difference. Good starts but need to work downwind in choppy waters. To be continued tomorrow!</span></span><br />
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July 2014, Hayling Island, UK – After having started his summer schedule
with the Moth Italian National Championships in Lake Garda last week, Seb Col
has taken part to the first Foiling Week event, mixing different types of
foiling engines, including the Foiling Week Moth Invitational, all being part
of an extensive and successful training session for Seb to prepare for the Moth
Worlds in particular. The Worlds will actually be taking place right after the
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Hayling Island, UK. Besides training and racing on the Moth, Seb Col sailed
again on a GC32 in Lake Garda, where he actually broke the speed record of the
boat reaching 37,9 knots!</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></div>
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getting ready for the UK National Championships in Hayling Island, July 16-17<sup>th</sup>,
where he’s training on the competition’s race course today. The UK Nationals
will be followed right after by the Moth World Championships, July 19-25<sup>th</sup>,
still in Hayling Island, UK. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;">The International Moth World Championships at Hayling
Island Sailing Club (Hampshire, UK) have attracted 130 competitors from 18
nations, with sailing stars from the Olympics and America’s Cup all converging
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the two last weeks and what he has achieved during The Foiling Week in
particular: “I now know that I took the best decision going to Lake Garda and
taking part to the Moth Italian Nationals: this was all about sailing, testing
different configurations and tuning of the boat, generating more experience by
spending hours on the race course, finding out about the right speeds upwind
and downwind, and above all learning from the bests. I achieved some great
starts, but need to work on the speed to reach the same level as the other sailors
who have been sailing those incredible flying machines for a while. I have observed
them a lot, and also improved a lot obviously thanks to that during the past
week. But I know I need to continue to work, it’s no secret. I also need to
work on my foils and their profiling; everybody does, this is key besides
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This was really a great
call to go to Lake Garda in order to prepare the Worlds. I know where I stand
now, which is amongst the top 20 in the Italian Nationals. I know I have a good
speed downwind, but also that I need to work to improve it upwind. I clearly
see the “before” and the “after” Lake Garda. I also see my improvement margin,
which is really encouraging and that motivates me a lot. The World champions
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Italian Nationals, but I carried on sailing a lot after the official races in
order to train. So I was a bit tired after the end of the event I must admit,
but now I recovered and I’m ready to go again, starting with some training
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important to me is that it confirmed that sailing and competing in the Moth
class to develop my foiling skills was a perfect choice. I know exactly where I
am going, which was not totally the case before that event. So I can only
repeat that this is all very positive, also in the feedback I got from sailors
like Josh McKnight, Chris Rast or Stefano Rizzi, who are amongst the best
competitors sailing within the Moth class. They have been really supportive and
we did a lot of sharing. We will actually train together this week and exchange
boats, which will be very good since there is a lot of “feeling” with the Moths
and the way you can sail them at their best. It will be good to see how the
other boats work, which ones are fast and why. I know I can do better and I
will, I just need to be a bit patient, and to remember that I said 2014 was a
“learning year”, and obviously it could not happen in just one week!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sailors on site, a privilege that came on top after the Italian Nationals were
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session, with some good starts in front of the fleet, and he improved his speed
upwind thanks to the modifications he did on his foils and his rig by then,
with Seb adding again: “it is really nice to feel so much progress after this
week, even if there is still much work ahead of me, and it is great to be able
to count on Gurit to support me in this project.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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experience working alongside the world’s leading designers and boat builders,
combining a unique technical approach, integrating structural design, materials
science and advanced process engineering, enabling Gurit to offer the most
comprehensive composite solution in the marketplace. Indeed, the well-known
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French sailing magazine on July 10<sup>th</sup>, where he was at helm for
specific manoeuvres and speed tests. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Josh McKnight, (2012 World Champion), Chris Rast (Swiss Champion), and Benoit
Marie (winner of the Mini Transat), and besides this was really great for him to
sail the GC32 with those experienced sailors especially, the highlight was
definitely that with 25-30 knots of wind, Seb Col and his crew broke the speed
record for the GC32 and reached 37,9 knots! A great performance looking at
Seb’s projects for 2015 and to possibly enter the circuit with his own team.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Great Foiling Week event and lots of training and racing on the Moth and GC32.<br />
On my way to Hayling Island, UK for the Moth Nationals and the Worlds now!Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-23421059127620881652014-07-11T10:47:00.000+01:002014-07-11T10:48:35.904+01:00Few more pictures from GC32's speed record day from... on board!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-6338195363668574282014-07-10T12:11:00.001+01:002014-07-10T12:14:58.386+01:00Breaking the GC32 speed record during The Foiling Week: check!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">Here is the report of another pretty busy day in the office at The Foiling Week in Malcesine yesterday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">The day started at 8:OOam with 3 hours sailing on the GC32 to complete a test session with a famous French sailing magazine, that we had started the day before (more to come on that soon).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">I chose a crew of experienced Moth sailors with Josh McKnight, (2012 World Champion), Chris Rast (Swiss Champion), and Benoit Marie (winner of the Mini Transat), and I have to say this was really great to sail the GC32 with those guys.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">The highlight is that with 25-30 knots of wind, we broke the speed record for the GC32 and reached 37,9 knots!!! Fantastic!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">Then I took part to the Moth Invitational with the 10 best Moth sailors on site in the afternoon.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">With 10-20 knots of wind, I took it for a great training session: I took some good starts and improved my speed upwind thanks to the modifications I made on the foils and the rig. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">Really nice to feel so much progress after this week, even if there is still a lot work waiting for me.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">I ended up that fabulous day with the trial of a small foiling catamaran: the S9! and some interviews on shore.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Gotham;">No need to say more looking at those great pictures ©Sander van der Borch</span><br />
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<br />Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-32264985434287851102014-07-04T22:12:00.000+01:002014-07-05T14:58:58.212+01:00Tough first day at the Moth Italian Championships<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">First day was good at the Moth Italian Championships: 3 races and constant progress, step by step. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">It is tough, but really good to feel you improve one race after the other! Also really good to discuss with so many experienced sailors in the class!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">As we say in French, "it starts from there"! And there is a lot of work coming up.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'm very motivated, and when I feel the wind is picking up like it was the case this afternoon on Lake Garda, I can feel the speed going up, with the boat flying over the water, and it is truly a fantastic engine.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I have to improve technically on the manoeuvres, especially upwind and for the tacks. But physically I'm feeling great, all the physical preparation programme I have is really important in the process, and it is critical to sail a Moth no matter what the conditions are.</span></span><br />
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Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-56137758865544931882014-07-04T10:56:00.000+01:002014-07-04T11:02:04.628+01:00Sebastien Col gears up for a busy summer on foiling boats with Gurit as new partner<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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2014, Torbole, Italy - Sebastien Col starts his summer of sailing on
foiling boats with the Moth Italian National Championships kicking off today as
part of The Foiling Week in Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy.</span></strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The talented skipper who was at the helm of the French
Challenger for the 32nd America's Cup in Valencia in 2007, runner-up of the
World Match Racing Tour in 2008 and number 1 of the ISAF Match Racing World
Ranking in 2008 and 2009, is taking a new step up in his career, with the
ultimate goal to come back on the America's Cup now organised on foiling boats
since the successful 34th edition that took place in San Francisco in 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Gurit will support Sebastien Col from now on as
official sponsor: the composite materials, engineering and solution experts <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=765089274945326423" name="_GoBack"></a>have been involved in many top marine projects worldwide and
have chosen Sebastien Col to be their new ambassador on land and on the race
courses where he will compete in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Moth Italian National
Championships are taking place July 4-6<sup>th</sup> in Torbole, Lake Garda,
Italy, and they are the first stage on Seb Col’s summer schedule on foiling
boats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">After having sailed many
years at the highest level as a helmsman on the World Match Racing Tour, the
America’s Cup and many prestigious top level racing circuits such as the RC44
and the TP52 circuits, “Seb Col,” who is best known as a tough worker and the
most international French sailor of his level and generation, is taking a new
turn in his career with the challenge to sail as much as possible on every type
of foiling boats in order to develop his skills. His goal is to prepare himself
the most accurate way in order to go back to the America’s Cup with a view to
join a team and to offer his expertise in match racing tactics with the new
foiling approach, his experience of the America’s Cup, but also his experienced
support in coordinating the relationships between sailors, designers and engineers,
based on high technology projects coordination he’s had the opportunity to
manage in full or partly lately.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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project and what he has done since the 32<sup>nd</sup> America’s Cup in 2007: “After
Valencia in 2007, we have carried on working with the French team ALL4ONE,
sailing the Louis Vuitton Trophies and the Audi MedCup in TP52, but many
changes occurred and the America’s Cup switched to a new format on multihulls,
and the project stopped. I had already realized in 2010 that I wanted to
complete my America’s Cup and match racing experience by some multihull sailing.
So I started to sail where you could actually get the best experience you can
hope for: sailing offshore on big multihulls. I joined Michel Desjoyeaux and Foncia’s
MOD70 project in 2012, did two transatlantic races and one European Tour,
learning a lot with all the miles we did about the manoeuvres, the driving and
the trimming and tuning of such spectacular engines. Thanks to my good results,
I then had the chance to join team Edmond de Rothschild’s MOD70 Gitana in 2013,
we won all our races, and I found myself definitely addicted to multihull
sailing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I was doing other
interesting projects on top level monohulls at the same time, and I still do,
but I realized that the America’s Cup had always been what I really wanted to
go back to. When I watched the 34<sup>th</sup> America’s Cup regattas on
foiling AC72, and the outcome with Oracle Team USA’s win, everything became
crystal clear about what the future would be made of. Besides, having always
had a strong interest in technology since I studied composite materials and
worked in my father’s boatyard while I started to compete in match racing, I
can easily say that the technology side of the America’s Cup has always
attracted me, probably as much as the sailing side. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So I decided to go full
speed into what the America’s Cup has become: match racing on foiling boats,
combining all the strong and proven skills that I have, but being very
realistic with the fact that I have a lot of work in front of me. My motivation
is huge, and I think the Moth in particular will help me make fast progress on
foilers, even if I will need to spend a huge amount of hours on the water. It
is actually what I already do during all my spare time when I’m not working on
the 100ft Wally I’ve been with for four years now (Magic Carpet 3), where high
technology, long term project coordination and management such as on the
America’s Cup are my main focuses: an other key asset that I have been able to develop
on strong bases thanks to Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Moth is the perfect
tool for me. It is accessible when starting from scratch, and the French
Sailing Federation has helped me a lot by providing me the boat. Also the
learning curve factor is very important. Last but not least, it is about
getting in touch with a completely new network of specialists too. All in all,
the whole project is about starting a new adventure the right way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a building phase, as I call it. I don’t have results targets, which would be
unrealistic at this stage, and I will need to step back especially with this
first Moth regatta, since my priority is to learn as much as possible. Besides,
I also need to test as many boats as I can to get a maximum of information, in
order to build the second phase for 2015 from there with my own project,
possibly a GC32, which should also help me to achieve the goal to join an
America’s Cup team at some point. I will of course continue to sail with the
Moth next year as well. The dream project would be to have a third type of
boat, but we are not there yet, since we need to fund the project first. My
strength stands in the fact that I like to understand projects 100% and with a
360° view, which also makes sense for sponsors who work the same way for
obvious reasons: they need to keep control to achieve their goals the best
possible way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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come, but I’m very excited about it and eager to give all that I have to succeed,
and I hope that some other sponsors will see their interest in taking up the
challenge with me and Gurit.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In order to support him in
his new challenge, Gurit has decided to join Sebastien Col in his quest as
Official Sponsor. Gurit has over 30 years’ experience working alongside the
world’s leading designers and boat builders, combining a unique technical
approach, integrating structural design, materials science and advanced process
engineering, enabling Gurit to offer the most comprehensive composite solution
in the marketplace. Indeed, the well-known composite materials specialist has a
dedicated marine projects department that </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">now supplies
the full spectrum of marine projects worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">Gurit has chosen to support Seb Col within the top racing world, where
their composite materials are key to the high technology designed boats we can
find on all the race courses around the world, including the G32’s and America’s
Cup. Philip Aikenhead, Gurit’s Regional Sales Manager for the UK, comments: “</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;">High end composite material
technology has an established path of filtering into mainstream marine
construction. For this reason Gurit is very focused on developing materials
that perform at the highest level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Boats flying on foils is not new but flying on Carbon fibre foils is,
this is where our partnership with Sebastian will help us identify real life
race course loads and wear of our material. With the next generation of foilers
on the drawing board we strive to make our materials the choice for serious
race winning contenders. All the team at Gurit wish Seb Bonne Chance in the
regattas</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;">”.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Helv;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Their trust is a proof that taking up that challenge together will allow to
show how much the collaboration between what’s going on on the water and
technology, and especially composite materials behind the boats, are success
key factors. I’ve for sure become a sailor addicted to foiling lately, but I’ve
also been working on the development of new projects that involve design and
composite materials, which is something that has become significant in my
professional evolution after observing and analyzing the big jump forward that
the sailing world has achieved since the 34<sup>th</sup> America’s Cup. Having
a partner such as Gurit will make a big difference in the close future.”</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Italian National Championships, Seb Col will move not too far along the shore
of Lake Garda to Malcesine, since he’s been granted a wild card for a very
special event: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Foiling Week Moth
Invitational</b>, taking place for the very first time of the history of The
Foiling Week on July 8th. </span><span class="Carpredefinitoparagrafo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: IT;">Eight of the best mothies in the world are
invited to fight in an innovative short course, very fast and tactical: <b>Ben
Paton</b> (GBR), <b>Rob Gough</b> (AUS), <b>Josh Mcknight</b> (AUS), <b>Stefano
Rizzi</b> (ITA), <b>Andrew McDougall</b> (AUS), <b>Chris Rast</b> (SUI), <b>Anthony
Kotoun</b> (ISV), <b>Tom Offer</b> (GBR), and they will be joined by two wild
cards: <b>Carlo De Paoli</b> (ITA) and <b>Seb Col</b> (FRA). </span></span><span class="Carpredefinitoparagrafo1"><span style="font-family: Cambria; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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session as skipper with a crew this time on a GC32 with a famous French sailing
magazine on July 9<sup>th</sup>, still on Lake Garda, another foiling boat that
he has been able to get to know better during their successful launch event on
Lake Traunsee in Austria, where Seb was one of the lucky invited skippers last
month and finished 1<sup>st</sup> of his group.</span><span lang="IT"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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regards to his Moth programme will be the UK National Championships taking
place in Hayling Island July 16-17<sup>th</sup>, followed right after by the
Moth World Championships July 19-25<sup>th</sup>, still in Hayling Island, UK.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Col is one of the only French sailors who has been racing on most of all
international top level sailing circuits, where the sailing experience and the
mastering of match racing but also of all other sailing disciplines are
compulsory to win (America’s Cup, World Match Racing Tour, Audi MedCup/TP52,
RC44, IMOCA 60’, Wally, MOD70, A-class, Moth, GC32, to name a few). His
ultimate goal is to go back to the America’s Cup in order to bring all his
skills and professionalism to a competing team, but also to set up his own
project on a foiling multihull circuit in 2015. His participation at the
highest level on the Moth circuit is crucial for his foiling preparation and
expertise development, as he can sail against the best mothies in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do believe a lot more in determination than in aggressiveness. In the sailing
duel, the ratio is not physical as in boxing. We see our competitors through
their boats. Determination makes it possible to get the best from each sailor.
The human relationship is capital in sailing.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 20.0pt;">Delivering the future of composite solutions<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wattwil/Switzerland, (SIX Swiss Exchange: GUR) are specialised in the
development and manufacture of advanced composite materials, tooling systems,
structural engineering solutions, and select finished parts. The comprehensive
product range comprises epoxy and phenolic prepregs, SPRINT™, Gurit® structural
cores (Corecell™, PVC, G-PET™ and Balsaflex™), epoxy Ampreg and PRIME™
laminating systems, Spabond adhesives, and other related products. Gurit is
uniquely positioned to serve global growth markets, and has production sites
and offices in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Hungary, the UK, Spain, Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, the USA, Ecuador, Brazil, India and China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Demain samedi c'est le grand départ pour Newport avec FONCIA, 10 jours contre le courant et pour une bonne partie au près. Un bon galop d'essai pour la Krys Ocean Race.<br />
Depuis le retour de la Transat Jacques Vabre, nous avons beaucoup navigué en stages et aussi en compétitions. Les confrontations avec Gitana, Spindrift et Oman nous ont permis de progresser rapidement et avec 2 victoires et une seconde place sur les 3 épreuves d'avant saison, on peut dire qu'on a bien travaillé.<br />
Il n'en reste que Gitana est l'équipe favorite, ils vont vite, manoeuvrent bien...<br />
Notre escale à Newport sera aussi l'occasion de voir l'équipe Française sur les América's Cup séries.<br />
Avant de fermer ce billet, un grand BRAVO à toute l'équipe de Groupama pour cette belle victoire (qui va en appeler d'autres) sur la Volvo Ocean Race !!!<br />
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RV à Brest vers le 13 juillet.<br />
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Bon allez, dernière nuit dans un bon lit...<br />
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<br /></div>Sebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10236501146993875618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-73513982200952222172011-11-19T22:44:00.008+00:002011-11-22T09:00:05.627+00:00CONTRAT REMPLI!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:TrebuchetMS, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, serif;"><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline- vertical-align: baseline; font: inherit; color:initial;"><strong style="line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#ffffff;">François Gabart et Sébastien Col ont franchi la ligne d’arrivée de la 10ème Transat Jacques Vabre à Puerto Limon (Costa Rica) à 00h50 heure locale (soit 7h50 heure française). Ils terminent ainsi en 4ème position d’une transat « inaugurale », conforme à leurs attentes car riche d’enseignements.</span></strong></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; font: inherit; line-height: 16px; "><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMw7yyUNAsleg10SOkUAp11p41B8ZOyRiMxRy8tYxZB9awivW4wAA4TCfmLZ-XFG-3R4m0QN0iHL2Z1uDM80ylTDOMyUHHUsct9ZDjsd4-UWu6n-5S9XbqLW052vZaP2bn-A6AL_JryVe_/s320/111119tjv_1jml8272.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677588957090742018" /></p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ffffff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:78%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px; font-family:TrebuchetMS, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, serif;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px; font-family:TrebuchetMS, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, serif;">rédits photos : Windreport' /</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px; font-family:TrebuchetMS, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, serif;font-size:78%;"> Macif</span></span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:TrebuchetMS, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 11px;color:#ffffff;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ffffff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:TrebuchetMS, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, serif;"><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; font: inherit; line-height: 16px; "></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">La route du café n’a pas failli à sa réputation de transat au goût toujours aussi corsé. Pour leur deuxième participation, François Gabart et Sébastien en savent quelque chose ! A leur arrivée dans la nuit costaricienne, les traits sont tirés, les marins fatigués... mais les sourires clairement affichés sur les visages des deux complices qui terminent avec la satisfaction d’avoir fait une belle transat.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">En prenant le départ à bord d’un bateau flambant neuf, François et Sébastien avaient un objectif : celui de finir la course et de saisir les opportunités si elles se présentaient… Le contrat est donc rempli avec une très belle 4ème place à l’arrivée et une première partie de course aux avant-postes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">La course ne leur aura pas pour autant accordé beaucoup de répit, sollicitant autant les organismes que le matériel. La ligne franchie, les stigmates du bateau témoignent des avaries du bord : un balcon avant plié, un hauban partiellement endommagé mais surtout, pour le sprint final, une panne totale d’énergie pendant cinq jours, particulièrement frustrante, leur empêchant de se battre à 100% contre leur plus virulent adversaire, Banque Populaire. Mais les regrets ne sont pas le genre de la maison ! MACIF est amarré à Puerto Limon et c’est une récompense amplement méritée pour un duo qui n’aura eu de cesse d’animer la course. La démonstration, s’il en fallait une, que le bateau est « bien né » confirme par la même occasion son joli potentiel.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">ITW à l’arrivée de François Gabart et Sébastien Col</span></b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Etes-vous satisfaits de votre quatrième place ?</span></b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">François Gabart :</span></b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"> <i>« La seule bonne place, c’est la première et on aurait aimé être sur le podium, mais on est tout de même très contents d’être là. Avant le départ de la course, on savait qu’on avait un super bateau mais pas encore fiabilisé et on ne connaissait pas encore son potentiel. En tout cas, dans les conditions difficiles, on a fait un choix stratégique au niveau des Açores de passer plutôt dans l’Atlantique Sud, là où les conditions étaient plus clémentes pour ne pas rencontrer des vents et une mer trop forte.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Cela n’a pas été le choix de Virbac-Paprec 3 par exemple, mais Jean-Pierre connaissait parfaitement son bateau après un tour du monde et un retour de Nouvelle-Zélande. Ils étaient en mesure de décider d’aller dans le gros temps. On ne regrette absolument pas notre choix de route. Il ne faut pas oublier que deux bateaux se sont arrêtés ! »</span></i><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Pouvez-vous faire un état des lieux du bateau après 16 jours de mer ?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">FG :</span></b><i><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"> « On a eu quelques soucis, essentiellement des petites bricoles souvent sans importance mais qui mises bout à bout commencent à faire beaucoup ! Un peu avant le passage de la République Dominicaine, c’était le black-out complet et depuis environ cinq jours, nous n’avons plus du tout d’énergie à bord. Nous avons utilisé notre petit GPS portable qui nous a permis de savoir à peu près où nous allions et à quelle vitesse… c’était les seules infos que nous avions ! Juste avant qu’on perde tout, j’avais noté à l’intérieur du bateau au marqueur les waypoints des îles que nous allions croiser. Et depuis cinq jours, Nous sommes dans le noir ! Ce n’était vraiment pas simple, surtout pour la belle bataille pour la troisième place. »<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><i><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Sébastien Col : </span></b><i><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">« On est rentré dans le vif du sujet assez tôt et ensuite, on a enlevé les cirés seulement deux jours pour les remettre jusqu’à trois jours de l’arrivée. C’était très humide tout le temps (…) mais on était dans le match ! On ne voulait pas lâcher le morceau. C’est vrai qu’avec le problème d’énergie, c’était difficile car on n’avait pas de météo, pas de classement… C’était aussi difficile, nerveusement et physiquement, que ce soit pour prendre les choix techniques, les choix de voiles… ou faire 20 minutes de quillage à la main, les manœuvres tout seul quand l’autre barre… »<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Quel est votre bilan après la première course du programme MACIF 60 ?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">FG : </span></b><i><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">« Le gros point positif, c’est que c’est un super bateau. Même si on a bien tiré dessus, on ne l’a pas encore poussé à fond. C’était notre choix stratégique de garder un petit cran de sécurité. Cette première course était importante car elle nous a permis de naviguer longtemps sur le bateau dans à peu près toutes les conditions de vent. On est contents et satisfaits. Et surtout, on a vraiment beaucoup appris. Moi en tant que skipper pour une première avec un nouveau bateau, c’était déjà vraiment fort. Pour la transat retour en solitaire (la B to B – départ le 5 décembre ndlr), je vais y aller petit à petit car, finalement à bien y réfléchir, ce sera ma première navigation en solo sur un bateau ! Je vais apprendre ! L’objectif final reste le Vendée Globe ! »<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Les chronos de Macif 60</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Heure d’arrivée : 7h 50min 12s / heure française (soit 00h 50min 12s à Puerto Limon).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Temps de course : 16 jours 16 heures 50 minutes et 12 secondes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';">Vitesse moyenne sur le parcours théorique : 11,80 nœuds.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style=" ;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p></p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:TrebuchetMS, 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Tahoma, Arial, serif;font-size:78%;">Source : Windreport'</span></span></div></div></div>Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-45127263068917524432011-10-30T23:27:00.004+00:002011-10-30T23:48:07.287+00:00PROLOGUE TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE : AMBIANCE POUR LES FANS DU TEAM MACIF EN IMAGES...<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzE31h7aee7ISZW71IAdmG3BOvYluScj7Z7l-KVqyrLva1uw9fh-Ptxy3Uv_XmvAK4rkM3rcgYnLRYit7SMkw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-76642509147487817642011-10-29T20:40:00.002+01:002011-11-03T09:56:21.625+00:00INTERVIEW AVEC SEBASTIEN COL A LA VEILLE DU DEPART DE LA TRANSAT JACQUES VABRERencontre et impressions en vidéo avec Seb Col à la veille du départ de la Transat Jacques Vabre.<div><br /><div>(NDLR : Le départ a été reporté au mercredi 2 novembre, les conditions ayant été jugées vraiment trop musclées par le comité de course, qui a décidé de jouer la carte de la sécurité pour les concurrents.</div><div>Ce n'est que partie remise...</div><div>Les équipes sont néanmoins sorties en mer aujourd'hui pour le "prologue", régate d'exhibition au large du Havre pour le public qui s'était déplacé spécialement pour l'occasion!)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyuhdxIjSFq11W6dmtb0cWl_tBSLB7cRbJ0XAKep26ALsOx3LNXtHWbldNmTMjzpKwqxwXG_RHwe0UDqyoCtw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-61024874237768590212011-10-25T00:07:00.006+01:002011-10-25T00:30:34.467+01:00A quelques jours du départ de la 10e Transat Jacques Vabre...<div style="text-align: left;">Bientôt le départ pour la Transat Jacques Vabre entre Le Havre et le Costa Rica pour Seb Col et François Gabart, à bord du monocoque 60 pieds Macif. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Le départ sera donné dimanche prochain, le 30 octobre, à 13H02 !</div><div>Pour le moment c'est l'heure des derniers préparatifs, interview avec Sébastien pour le blog juste avant son départ samedi 29 octobre !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Quelques liens utiles pour suivre Seb et François pendant la Transat Jacques Vabre :</div><div><br /></div><div>http://www.transat-jacques-vabre.com/</div><div>http://www.francois-gabart.com/</div><div>http://www.macifcourseaularge.com/macif-60</div><div><br /></div><div><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5D9nt5Qdat1r9azzt4VTdl22BI834iHlmp9iD4b0biFaIe7lH7XEaQESsGcSP7KGbiH18a80x6rIrcHOf_VbB4GnfNiqS8GRNFknDuyT32qADezcGRu3GzyjrYOyb-lEpS8d800e_k5IV/s320/seb%2526francoisnav2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667204050090904082" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#ffffff;">Crédits photos : <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; ">A. Courcoux / MACIF</span></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgo9wS5MSZAnUCgODZhhYoUQTYo3tWO_i4hfnYbkWMbtg-jrLPZTF2eQ4mf9R9Jpu2_3CNY-m6oRutVPAT0I4j1Yb7JOVyRK8M7wTAdpNDEaKkCHo7bmOR4a6FDqNnFjzWTQAwYzYXlK1q/s320/seb%2526francoisnav.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667203919433239122" /></div>Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765089274945326423.post-35374752245576870692011-09-05T15:16:00.003+01:002011-09-05T15:37:06.495+01:00LA QUALIFICATION POUR LA TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE EN POCHE!Ca y est, "ça c'est fait", (si l'on s'autorise à s'exprimer ainsi...) :<div>François Gabart et Seb Col ont validé la semaine dernière l'étape de leur qualification en vue de la Transat Jacques Vabre, une bonne chose de faite!<div>Entre une semaine d'Audi MedCup à Cartagena, et une compétition en Wally à Porto Cervo à bord de Magic Carpet, Seb Col a en effet pu caser dans son programme chargé cette étape importante et obligatoire en vue de la Transat Jacques Vabre, dont le départ sera donné le 30 octobre prochain du Havre.</div><div>Obligatoire, car tous les duos doivent en passer par là afin de valider leur inscription pour la Transat Jacques Vabre,</div><div>Et Importante, car cela fait partie du programme de préparation des deux navigateurs, afin qu'ils puissent s'adapter au mieux à ce qui les attend.</div><div>
<br /></div><div><b>Seb Col commente :</b> <i>"Nous avons réalisé un parcours de 600 miles au départ de Port-La-Forêt, et nous avons pas mal poussé le bateau. On a d'ailleurs fait un bord de 300 miles au près pour revenir du phare du Fastnet aux Glénans. Le bateau a bien tapé car nous avons navigué dans 25 noeuds de vent et une mer assez formée. Nous n'avons rien cassé, le bateau est donc bien né. De plus nous avons un peu navigué au départ avec PRB avec qui nous avons pu faire des comparaisons de performance, et ce que nous avons observé est très prometteur. Nous sommes donc plutôt contents, car nous connaissons mieux le bateau. En tous cas moi je suis moins anxieux après cette navigation maintenant. J'ai surtout besoin de me caler sur le rythme "course au large" (vs François qui s'endort tout de suite...), ce qui veut dire s'habituer aux mouvements du bateau, à ses bruits. Cela m'a donc permis de bien identifier ce sur quoi je dois travailler. J'en ai d'ailleurs profité pour demander conseil à François (sur la gestion du sommeil, l'alimentation), afin de revenir au niveau où j'étais il y a 4 ans lors de ma première Transat Jacques Vabre."</i></div></div><div>
<br /></div><div>Mais avant cela, Seb Col sera de nouveau en compétition sur l'Audi MedCup à Barcelona la semaine prochaine, avec son team Audi Sailing Team powered by ALL4ONE, du 12 au 17 septembre.</div>Sebastien Colhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169996478202512943noreply@blogger.com