Volvo Ocean Race Stop-Over in Lorient
It was no coincidence that we have done holidays in Brittany and have been in Lorient from June, 28th to 30th...The reason was the Stop-Over of the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) and a big sailing fan.
Here is a SELECTION of the sailing pictures (originally we had more than 1000 thanks to Frédéric ;)
First sight of the boats:
driving along the coast towards Lorient we had a first (bad) sight of the boats
In-Port Race:
fortunately we were on this three-mast boat to see the In-Port race - much closer :)
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| the pirate with the unpronounceable name - I really shouldn't have booked the tickets on my last name... |
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| and the french sailor capture the ship ! |
leaving port
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| Groupama - the french (Fred's favorite) team |
at sea
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| MY favorite boat |
the race
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| the start |
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| spinnaker ("spin-echo") sail |
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| Groupama chasing Puma |
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| happy Fred |
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| dance around the buoy I |
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| dance around the buoy II |
sailing back
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| amazing that this big 3-mast ship really moves... |
another old-fashioned sailing boat
back to port
Groupama - the winning team
In the end it turned out that the french team was even the overall winner of the VOR.
Nevertheless, i was still sharing for the red CAAAAAAMPER! boat...
Last day in Lorient
"Frankie" - the french skipper - photos:
(Frankie: 89 pics out of 1000 vs. Judith: 91...)
as a tribute to the photographer i will put one picture here...
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| Franck Cammas leaving for the last leg towards Galway |
