Guillermo
09-25-2007, 12:45 AM
FIRST WOMAN EVER
(September 24, 2007) French female sailor Isabelle Joschke has won the first
leg of the Transat 6,50 Charente Maritime Bahia (Mini Tranast) that started
last Tuesday. Sailing her brand-new Finot-designed prototype Degrémont
Synergie, Joschke sailed a tactically perfect race from La Rochelle to
Funchal, Madeira managing to hold off her closest rival Sam Manuard on
Sitting Bull - another brand-new boat this year - and crossed the line at
0211 Monday morning. And sailed 1,100 miles in 5 days, 15 hours, 33 minutes
in 30 seconds.
Joschke has been racing Open 6,50s for four seasons and competed in the 2005
event aboard the boat formerly sailed by British sailor Sam Davies. In this
race she finished a creditable 15th overall. Now, two years on she's leading
the event's biggest ever fleet and could become the first women to ever win
the event. -- Yachting World, complete story:
http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20070824095626ywnews.html
(September 24, 2007) French female sailor Isabelle Joschke has won the first
leg of the Transat 6,50 Charente Maritime Bahia (Mini Tranast) that started
last Tuesday. Sailing her brand-new Finot-designed prototype Degrémont
Synergie, Joschke sailed a tactically perfect race from La Rochelle to
Funchal, Madeira managing to hold off her closest rival Sam Manuard on
Sitting Bull - another brand-new boat this year - and crossed the line at
0211 Monday morning. And sailed 1,100 miles in 5 days, 15 hours, 33 minutes
in 30 seconds.
Joschke has been racing Open 6,50s for four seasons and competed in the 2005
event aboard the boat formerly sailed by British sailor Sam Davies. In this
race she finished a creditable 15th overall. Now, two years on she's leading
the event's biggest ever fleet and could become the first women to ever win
the event. -- Yachting World, complete story:
http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20070824095626ywnews.html