This is what winners look like: “Campagne de France” crossing the finish line in front of St. Malo
The places under the pirate fortress in the harbor of St. Malo fill with the boats that the Tansat Quebec – St. Malo have finished. The winner of the Open50 trimarans, a boat with the impossible name "FenêtréCardinal 3" was there in little more than nine days. “Campagne de France”, the fastest Class40 yacht with the experienced crew of the successful defending champions Halvard Mabire, MirandMerron and Christian Bouroullec took 11 days and 17 hours.
Second look like this: "Mare" crossed the finish line despite many problems in the place of honor
Immediately behind, only 13 miles behind, then “Mare” with the crew of Jörg Riecher, Ryan Breymaier, Sam Manuard and Rémi Aubrun, who took second place in the class despite a broken bowsprit and multiple torn spins. In 3rd place then Sébastien Rogues with “Eole Generation Gdf Suez”.
A fourth can also be fun. The crew of "Geodis" probably doesn't grieve about the missed podium
On the very good 10th place yesterday in the early morning hours "Red" also lined up, with the Hamburg skipper Mathias Müller from Blumencron and YACHT employee Andreas Lindlahr. "'Red‘ crossed the finish line in tenth place this morning at 5.54 am in St. Malo after sailing 3400 miles, "wrote Lindlahr. “The crew is blown, happy, exhausted and hungry”! You can look after them with pleasure. The amateur crew delivered a great performance in this high-class field in very demanding conditions and can rightly be satisfied. Even if the GoPro camera has a new home with the fish.
Also at the finish line, in twelfth place, is “Sevenstar Yachttransport” with the French skipper Jean-Edouard Criquioche and the German AnnMariRenken. That also meant winning the “classics”, those boats that were built in 2006 and 2007.