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Winning the land yachting section of the Raid Bleu Normandie was the Fat Face racing team of Hugh, Mischa and Bastian!

The last weekend was racing in Carnac on the coast of Brittany in France. 300 catamarans were involved in both fleet and long distance racing from 11 different countries. For the new Nacra Infusion F18 racing team consisting of Hugh Styles and Ryan Crawford, it was their first international regatta.

Racing was tight as usual and we had a great regatta improving with each race. The highlight was our winning race 8 of the nine race series. The other was the speed we managed to get out of the Infusion in the long distance race in the light winds.

Since Carnac the Nacra race team has been training preparing for this seasons events. We had a great camp in Carnac with three days good sailing before travelling to Normandie for the Raid Bleu long distance race.

The Raid Bleu is a new event in the cat racing calendar. The event involved 20 – 45 km coastal races based from Omaha beach the location of the D-Day landing near to Caen. This was a departure from our normal style of short course windward leeward racing. The long legs of the course allowed us to refine our trimming and steering coordination, like a glorified training session. We finished 6th overall and manged to fly the Fat Face flag up and down the Normandie coast.

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