Rolex Fastnet Race 2023 / Elodie Jane Mettraux First Female To Finish The Rolex Fastnet Race
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Mettraux, of the famous Swiss pro sailing family (her sister Justine is currently holding sixth place in the IMOCA class as skipper of Teamwork) has now joined The Famous Project, an all-female campaign for the Jules Verne Trophy (fully crewed non-stop around the world record) which will also take place on an Ultim.
So this was good training. “I’ve learned that the manoeuvres take time – you really have to think before you do anything because, in the end, it is a big boat. It was good to see how they were managing during the rough sea state last night and running everything. That was good learning that I’ll have for the future.”
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#RolexFastnetRace #RORCracing #ULTIM #Rolex #Fastnet
Mettraux, of the famous Swiss pro sailing family (her sister Justine is currently holding sixth place in the IMOCA class as skipper of Teamwork) has now joined The Famous Project, an all-female campaign for the Jules Verne Trophy (fully crewed non-stop around the world record) which will also take place on an Ultim.
So this was good training. “I’ve learned that the manoeuvres take time – you really have to think before you do anything because, in the end, it is a big boat. It was good to see how they were managing during the rough sea state last night and running everything. That was good learning that I’ll have for the future.”
Full story: https://bit.ly/3Kd2Y0Z
#RolexFastnetRace #RORCracing #ULTIM #Rolex #Fastnet
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 I feel really lucky to be here.
00:09 It was amazing to discover these kind of boats
00:12 with those amazing sailors.
00:15 And I'm really happy.
00:18 There are a lot of things, and I think
00:20 it's great that we get this opportunity at some point,
00:24 because it's the only way we can get more and more confidence,
00:28 more knowledge, and more skills to race on other boats.
00:32 It's all-- the maneuvers, takes time, stuff like that.
00:36 And you have to really think before you do anything,
00:38 because in the end, it's just a big boat.
00:42 And also, it was good to see how they were managing
00:45 during the rough sea state we had yesterday night,
00:49 to see how they were managing the boat
00:51 and how they were running everything.
00:54 That's, I think, good learning that we'll have for the future.
00:57 [APPLAUSE]
00:59 Yeah, I was trimming the sails and grinding a lot.
01:02 Yeah.
01:03 [LAUGHS]
01:03 A lot of grinding.
01:04 Did you have to go outside ever?
01:06 Yeah, to drop sails or hoist sails.
01:08 Yeah, I was outside.
01:09 But during the night, in the rough sea state,
01:12 we didn't move so much.
01:14 We had the J3 and one reef in the main.
01:17 Only one reef?
01:17 Yeah.
01:18 Yeah.
01:18 Amazing.
01:19 In 40 knots?
01:20 Yeah.
01:21 You know when you get to the limits.
01:24 And so it was not scary at all, just moving a lot.
01:29 And yeah, the boat is impressive sometimes.
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