By the time you read this, there’ll be less than 130 days to the start of the 2017 Cup in Bermuda. To whet your appetite and kick-start your desire to check out exceptional pictures, here is the report from the Lanveoc base of the latest trial sails in December 2016 from on board the AC45 Turbo Test catamaran. A unique and amazing experience!
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Published on 07/02/2017
By
Philippe Echelle
Issue:
152
Published:
Mar.
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Apr.
2017
French participation in the America’s Cup
Baron Marcel Bich mounted four challenges (1970, 1974, 1977 and 1980), which were self-funded, but unsuccessful. Marc Pajot undertook three campaigns (1987, 1992 and 1995), but didn’t get beyond the semi-finals; Stéphane Kandler entered the arena too late to figure honorably in the 2007 edition. Next, Loïck and Bruno Peyron tried to fire up some French enthusiasm for a challenge, but without success. Finally, in 2015 at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris, Franck Cammas, Olivier de Kersauson and Michel Desjoyaux unveiled their…
