Monday, March 24, 2008

Spi Ouest-France



© Yvan Zedda
[Team Groupama] With just a glance at the general ranking for the Open 7.50 one design series, one can fully comprehend this remark from Franck Cammas. Coming second overall, the skipper of Groupama and his crew congratulated Loïck Peyron and the Gitana team for their fine victory in a Spi Ouest France, which was marked by the small number of races contended due to a far from welcoming weather situation.
At the end of the event, it's always the same thing : you look into why points were lost. For this thirtieth edition of the Spi Ouest France, the crew of Groupama set out with a slight handicap, through having hardly sailed together before the start of the first race. As Franck says: "You can have the top sailors in the world on the same boat but they still have to sail together so as they can get to know each other". http://www.cammas-groupama.com/