Nice!!!! that's a double for JPK: JPK sailed by JPK :-). The boat is the all new JPK 10.80 sailed by his builder JPK (Jean Pierre Kelbert and Hervé Perroud). They had all the way a huge fight with the also new Sun Fast 3600 (with a top crew) and managed to overtake them on the last night arriving 14 minutes earlier. Solo the first one is a A35 and on compensated time a JPK 10.10 is probably the winner.
The third in real time was another JPK 10.80. As usual JPK made the best overall performance, this time with JPK, the MAN, coming first on one of his boats.
Some images of this very interesting Transat for amateurs with more than 40 years of age, a favorite race of mine ;-)
Départ de St Nazaire por overlapprod
Arrivée 1er 204 3D DÉVELOPPEURS IMMOBILIER por overlapprod
Don't know if you noticed that there is an Eric Bompard competing in the solo class in the 2014/2015 Transquadra Race. But it turns out that it is not the same Eric Bompard whose cashmere company is the name sponsor of the La Solitaire du Figaro. Still, a very interesting coincidence. Regardless, the not-as-famous Mr. Bompard is apparently a good sailor, as he finished second in the group starting from Barcelona, in his Maxi 10.50 "Boulinou". Surprised he was not able to get sponsorship from his more famous namesake, or at least some free cashmere jumpers. :)
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