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29.08.2025
Tolles, sympathisches Team !
“This one was so hard – the first full leg in the Mediterranean,” said a weary looking Meilhat after stepping ashore. “It was 100 per cent Mediterranean [conditions] – the wind was really tricky and it was so hot and warm during the first 36 hours. Then we had this conflict with the cold front, so really warm wind from the east on one side and then really cold wind from the west on the other side.
“Big thunderstorms everywhere, so the wind was not really predictable – sometimes we were two knots, sometimes we were 30 knots. We were in front so it was really hard to manage that with the fleet coming back every time.”
The fight for first
Meilhat said the fierce fight with Holcim – PRB had made the leg all the more exhausting for the Biotherm sailors who were never able to relax under the Swiss team’s constant pressure.
“It was a fantastic battle with Holcim – PRB from the start,” Meilhat said. “Through the scoring gate and over all the leg we were neck-and-neck. It was not easy. After this leg we are really tired because we did a lot of changes of sails and manoeuvres and we steered the boat a lot because the wind was changing all the time. We know we have just two days to get some sleep to try to come back to the race quickly.
09:20 – Biotherm gewinnt vor Holcim, Allagrande Mapei, Paprec Arkea und Malizia, wobei die beiden Letztgenannten das Ziel noch nicht erreicht haben. Gratulation an die drei Erstgenannten !
„Malizia ist da, wo sie hingehört, abgeschlagen auf Platz 4.“ schrieb ich am 21.08.25. Falsch lag ich damit keineswegs. Ursache der unbefriedigenden Performance der Malizia kann auch die Zusammensetzung der Crew gewesen sein. Hat Boris vielleicht sogar zu Beginn der Etappe einen langen Schlag gesegelt, um den beiden Damen an Bord die vielen Kreuzschläge zu ersparen, die von den Konkurrenten gesegelt wurden. Oder erhoffte er lediglich eine Winddrehung zu seinen Gunsten ?
01:33 – Biotherm hat den Wegepunkt vor Korsika’s Nordspitze bereits passiert. Es folgen Allagrande Mapei, Holcim, Paprec Arkea und Malizia, die erneut nicht überzeugen kann. Boris steuerte einen zu südlichen Kurs und verfehlte daher die Wendemarke mit einem zu grossen Abstand.