1993 - La Trinité sur Mer (Brittany, France)
INSEAD
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Overall Winners: The Cranfield team captained by Chris Preston (also an INSEAD MBA)
Organisers: Daniel Roche , Marc & Brigitte Le Borgne, Thierry Jouve, Benoit Declerck, Didier Bienfait
Boats: JOD 35 - ATR
Sailing Programme:
Friday : light wind, 1st race to Crouesty, 2nd race to Vannes with the stream.
Saturday : long race around isle of Houat
Sunday : light wind, Olympic triangle in Baie de Quiberon
Supervision : SNT, Société Nautique de La-Trinité-sur-Mer
race manager : Jean-Paul Valléguant
Chairman of the Jury : Jean Le Corvec
Again, the Alumni Business Cup is home to some great sailors and Chris Preston, a former winner of the Round the Island race, had to get the best out of his Cranfield crew to win this regatta one boat length ahead of an agressive armada.
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Shore Events:
Dinner in the antique cloister of the Ecole de Musique de Vannes
Hilarious Optimist paddling race in the "pool" near the yacht club.
Stories:
Skipper's meeting on Friday morning under the music kiosk of Vannes Marina.
The unpredictable whirlpools created by the tide in golfe du Morbihan.
The Jod 35, a very exciting new (in 1993) racing yacht.
The paddling race quickly turning into chaos as participants discovered that making the competitors capsize was more fun that paddling for a less than certain victory.