Photo © Juerg Kaufmann
This weekend I hade the chance to sail the Bol d’or regatta on one of the extreme 40Catamaran and shooting some pictures. We left the harbor at 7.30 in the morning and by 20.00 we where back in the Club in Geneva. The speed of these boats is simply amazing, all build in carbon, it’s really close to the flying feeling. Compared to the local D35 the extreme40 are a bit heavier with a smaller sail surface, and they are not sailing a code zero kite what the D35 do and therefore a bit faster in low wind.The design concept is simpler as the D35 and therefore transportable. Next weekend the Extreme40 will sail the round the island race in Cows and then heading down to Marseille, maybe I will make it to Marseille right after the tour de France a la voile and see these carbon speed weapons in offshore action.
