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SeaSailSurfer of the month

SeaSailSurfer of November 2009 : Tanguy de Lamotte

Winner of the Solidaire du Chocolat

mercredi 2 décembre 2009Christophe Guigueno

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Tanguy de Lamotte belongs to those who believed in Class40 Class40 #Class40 from the beginning. He is rewarded for his efforts since he won, with Adrien Hardy, the first edition of the Solidaire du Chocolat Solidaire du Chocolat #solidaireduchocolat .

SeaSailSurfer of October : Thomas Ruyant

Winner of the 2009 Transat 650

Thomas Ruyant, 3rd of leg 1 of the 2009 Transat 650 has won the second leg from Funchal to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, to be the winner overall of the solo transatlantic in the prototype division. He is the SeaSailSurfer of the month !

The 28 yo skipper from Dunkerque, in the north of France, was entering for the second time in the famous "Mini-Transat Mini-Transat #MiniTransat ". 23rd two years ago, he was helming since 2008 the Finot-Conq design built for Isabelle Joschke (winner of leg 1 two years ago).

Ruynat built his win in the doldrums when he took a clear advantage over his main opponents. Then he run toward Brazil finishing 6 hours ahead of Bertrand Delesne, winner of leg one from who he was3 hours late.

Next year, Thomas Ruyant should be entering the professional Figro-Bénéteau circuit. He will join the past mini skippers such as past winner Armel Tripon, and competitors of the 2007 edition, Isabelle Joschke and Adrien Hardy.

SeaSailSurf barometer of september 2009

Up
;-) ;-) ;-) Francisco Lobato Portuguese skipper won the Mini in the serie division.
;-) ;-) Finot-Conq The yech designers are back with a double win in prototype and serie divisions.
;-) Sébastien Cattelan The kitesurfer mad fast runs before the Luderitz Speed Challenge.
Down
:-( Bertrand Delesne Winner of leg one, the Briton did not impeach Ruyant to wn the Mini.
:-( :-( Alinghi New York court has invalidated Ras al-Kaimah.
:-( :-( :-( Jérémy Florès the french surfer do not finishes the world surfing tour due to an injury.


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