Sonntag, 18. Juni 2017

The Race

The translemanique en solitaire is a regatta for single handed monohulls. The course went, until the upcoming edition, from Geneva to Lutry and back. It attracts around 100 sailors, local ones from surrounding Geneva and also international ones.



For the first time ever this year the race-commitee has decided to lengthen the course. The new course will go all the way to le Bouveret and back, which makes it to something like the length of the Bol d'or.


If you draw a direct line from the start to Le Bouveret and back, the total distance would be a minimum of 70 nautical miles or almost 130 kilometers. Given that it is almost never possible to sail the most direct way under sail and that the wind is more favourable on the swiss side, the actual distance to sail is way longer.
They race has now a similar character to the Bol d'or, with the difference that it is sailed singlehanded.
Making this race longer will certainly make it also more difficult to finish. The haute lac, the area from Lausanne towards the Valais is well known for its difficult wind conditions and will add to the challanges the race already provides.

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