Light winds on the GC32 Villasimius Cup’s final day may not have provided the same top speed foiling action of the previous three days, but there was high drama across the leaderboard during today’s three races with first place changing twice and third place swapping. Out on the bay off Marina di Villasimius, the 5-7 knot wind started off in the east-southeast before veering south-southeast for the last two races made for particularly tricky racing.

Franck Cammas’ NORAUTO powered by Team France started today with a four point lead over Realteam, but this advantage evaporated when they finished sixth in the first race, as their Swiss lake racing specialist opponents won, reading the conditions with uncanny precision.

NORAUTO recovered a point in the next race, finishing second, leaving the two teams tied going into the final race. In this, Cammas explained: “We tried to push them in the start. We did better out on the right – that was good as we were ahead at the first tack. Realteam is very fast in these conditions, so it was good to stay in front.”

Cammas did his utmost to keep his GC32’s transoms pointed at Swiss bows, as his crew did ‘the wild thing’ – hiking to leeward. He finished in front, NORAUTO claiming its third GC32 Racing Tour event win of the 2018 season.

“I am happy to be in front, but it is never easy – in fact it is harder and harder compared with Lagos where we had more of a margin,” said Cammas.

_{Source: GC32RacingTour.com}

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