Glen Foster wins the European championship 97 & Coupe du Yacht Club de France
Twenty-threee boats started in the European championship held end of August in Le Crouesty (Britanny- France). Five races were raced with light to medium winds. The crew of My Shout (Foster-Cowell- Rosenberg) took control of the championship during the last race on friday when he gained his third win over the Swiss Loomba'go steered by the swiss Jean-Claude Vuithier of Neuchatel. Three boats had carbon mast: My Shout, Marie-Françoise & Topas and there was no evidence of a greater speed compared to those with an aluminium mast. Salamander GBR 38 broke his mast below the spreaders minutes before starting the last race, it was the only severe casualty of this week. The welcome and the organisation of the Yacht Club Crouesty-Arzon was as usual excellent. It was Glen Foster's first European championship in the 5.5 class and he is looking very much forward to meeting the competitors again but this time for the World championship in Key Biscayne next November 97.
Overall result after five races
1 /USA 97 My Shout G. Foster, 8.0; 2/SUI190 Loomba'Go JC Vuithier, 11.7; 3/SUI194 Marie- Frangoise XJ. Menzi, 22.7; 4/SUI 199 Ali-Baba, B. Marazzi, 32.7; 5/FIN 42 Addam-Addam, J. Gullichsen, 40.7; 6/GBR 39 Candida 3, P. Shanks, 42.0; 7/FRA 45 La Fayette, C. Hauvette, 42.4; 8/SUI177, Tapas, J. Frei, 49.7; 9/SU1189 The Sting, JL. Leveque, 50.0; 10/BAH 17, John B Once Again, J. Rumsey, 56.7; 11 /SU1168 Magellan, A. Johnson, 63.7; 12/GBR 38 Salamander, J. Janson, 64.7; 13/SUI192 Artemis XR. Junker, 65.0; 14/SU1182 Skylla, A. Bernheim, 65.0; 15/SU1180 Rana, F. Bibus, 67.0; 16/NED 16 Maitresse, H. Nadorp, 73.0; 17/SU1189 Pungin, HP. Schmid, 79.0; 18/K 44 Warrior, P. Souben, 94.0; 19/FRA 43 Black Pearl, D. Gregory, 94.0; 20/SU1200 Joker 8, T. Sprecher, 96.0; 21/K 37 Claudia, A. Chaudoye, 100.0; 22/FRA 48 Penn-Kaled, JM. De Poulpiquet, 100.0; 23/SUI 176 Alfredo, JP .Banzet, 107.0 (more in french: http://www.sail-online. fr/)
Coupe du Yacht Club de France
Glen Foster on board his famous My Shout made no faults by winning la Coupe with 0 pts in four regatta held from the 22 to 24th of August just before the European championship.
Overall result after four races
1/USA 97 My Shout G. Foster, 0.0; 2/GBR 38 Salamander, J. Janson, 18.7; 3/SU1189 Pungin, HP. Schmid, 21.4; 4/SU1180 Rana, F. Bibus, 22.7; 5/FRA 43 Black Pearl, D. Gregory, 27.7; 6/FRA La Fayette, C. Hauvette, 40.0; 7/FRA 48 Penn-Kaled, JM. De Poulpiquet, 41.7; 8/NED 16 Maitresse, H. Nadorp, 42.0; 9/SUI 200 Joker 8, T. Sprecher, 42.0; 10/SU1177 Topas, J. Frei, 46.0; 11 /K 37 Claudia, A. Chaudoye, 47.0.
Author: Ambroise Johnson