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SeaSailSurfer of the year

Francisco Lobato "SeaSailSurfer of 2009"!

Portugese sailor again winner • RAK receives the "paperboard surf"

Saturday 2 January 2010Christophe Guigueno

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For the second year, Portugese skipper Francisco Lobato is the SeaSailSurfer of the year. French 20’ cat offshore sailors Lequin and Moreau did thier best from their website but Lobato’ suporters were the best to promote the vote and they made their favorite skipper win the SeaSailSurf of 2009 title.

SeaSailSurfer 2009
LOBATO Francisco 53% (1265)
Moreau & Lequin 33% (785)
DESJOYEAUX Michel 3% (73)
Lunven Nicolas 3% (72)
Guillemot & Caudrelier 1% (35)
THEBAULT Alain 1% (35)
Ruyant Thomas 1% (34)
Grael Torben 1% (20)
De Lamotte & Hardy 1% (19)
Bidegorry Pascal 1% (13)
Lux, Geyer-Barneix & Manciet 0% (11)
Morvan Gildas 0% (9)
Flores Jeremie 0% (5)
Hoyau Patrick 0% (3)
Delpero Antoine 0% (1)
Votes expérimés 2380

- Bidégorry Pascal - North Altantic and 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records record Record #sailingrecord holder
- De Lamotte & Hardy : winners of the Solidaire du Chocolat Solidaire du Chocolat #solidaireduchocolat
- Delpero Antoine - longboard Longboard #Longboard ISA world champ
- Desjoyeaux Michel - winner of the Vendée Globe
- Florès Jérémie - surf Surf #Surf ISA winner
- Grael Torben - BRA - winner of the Volvo Ocean Race
- Guillemot & Caudrelier - winners of the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015
- Hoyau Patrick - winner of the Bouvet Rame Guyane
- Lobato Francisco - POR - winner of the Transat 650 (serie)
- Lunven Nicolas - winner of the Solitaire du Figaro Solitaire du Figaro #LaSolitaire
- Lux, Geyer-Barneix & Manciet, North Atlantic crossers on a paddle Paddle #standuppaddle #paddleboard board
- Moreau & Lequin - New York - Lorient Lorient L’actualité du port de Lorient et de sa région. aboard a 20’ cat
- Morvan Gildas - winner of the Transat The Transat #thetransat #ostar BPE
- Ruyant Thomas - winner of the Transat 650 (proto)
- Thébault Alain - absolute record Record #sailingrecord over 500 m on the Hydroptère

Previous winners
- 2008: Francisco Lobato
- 2007 : Benoît Lequin & Pierre-Yves Moreau
- 2006 : Jean-Pierre Nicol
- 2005 : Francis Joyon et Peter Laureyssens (ex-aequo)
- 2004 : Francis Joyon
- 2003 : Bernard Stamm
- 2002 : Bernard Stamm
- 2001 : Yannick Bestaven

2009 Papaerboard Surf Surf #Surf for RAK

The Paperboard surf this year goes to Ras Al Kaimah as the city was not able to organise the America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup . Second is Jean Le Cam for his two capsizes in the Vendée Globe (60’ monohull) and at the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre Transat Jacques Vabre #TJV2015 ’50’ multihull).

Surf de carton 2009
Ras Al Kaimah 33% (41)
Le Cam Jean 23% (28)
Cleris Herve 12% (15)
Le Blevec Yves 11% (14)
Bekking Bouwe 10% (12)
Josse Seb 6% (7)
Jourdain Roland 2% (3)
Larsen Paul 2% (3)
Votes expérimés 123

List
- Bekking Bouwe : grounded in Marstrand
- Cléris Hervé : crash of the 50’ multi Prince de Bretagne
- Josse Seb : 2 roofs broken aboard BT
- Jourdain Roland : keel lost in the Vendée Globe
- Larsen Paul : looping in Namibia
- Le Blévec Yves : capsize with his new Multi50 Actual
- Le Cam Jean : capsizes in the Vendée Globe and Transat Jacques Vabre
- Ras Al Kaimah: no America’s Cup America's Cup #AmericasCup there

Previous holder
- 2008: Ernesto Bertarelli |



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