The 2011 Tour de France a la Voile might be lightly populated and it might take us all a long time before we get over our nostalgic love for days of the huge Mumm 30 fleets, but the big guns are ready to play in the new M34 and Christophe Launay was with Frank Cammas and his Groupama’s Sailing Team for some light air training in preparation for the huge Breton gathering at Spi Ouest.
Words: Alan Block
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Mar 11
Mar 11
49er
Marseille, France 43º15’29″N 5º22'07″E
Christophe Launay shows off more of the inventive lighting we see so much of from him, this time shooting the top French Olympic 29er team of Manu Dyen and Stephane Christidis during the final week of winter training camp in Marseilles. And this time, Christophe gives us poetry to go along with it!
Words: Alan Block
A sense of achievement at mastering skills,
A sense of joy and exhilaration at the beauty of nature,
The stimulus and adrenalin rush in moments of speed,
The satisfaction of redefining performance boundaries,
And, above all, a sense of fun.
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Nov 09
Nov 09
Moth Mach 2
Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia 33º51’06″S 151º15’59″E
Scott Babbage in a training session on his Moth Mach 2 in Sydney Harbour, Single-handed sailing dinghy with hydro-foils.
McConaghy Boats understand strong, light and fast and in no time at all McConaghy partnered with McDougall and began to build the next generation of foiling moths. Drawing upon the two names McDougall / McConaghy and acknowledging the name of the 2nd moth ever built by founder John McConaghy, they formed Mach 2 Boats Pty Ltd.
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Apr 09
Apr 09
470 Page/Belcher
Sydney Heads, New South Whales, Australia 33º49’73″S 151º17’26″E
Training session for the succulently talented crew of Malcolm Page 5 times 470 World Champion and gold medallist at the Olympic Games
in China and it’s new helmsman Mathew Belcher, behind the scene it was Victor Kovalenko the super coach for the Australian Sailing Team. Who like to say:
“Get your dream, trust yourself and follow your dream.”
Motivation, motivation…
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Jan 09
Jan 09
Ben Ainslie
Adelaide, Southern Australia, Australia 34º48’42″S 138º28’67″E
Onboard Ben Ainslie Finn during a photoshot for JP Morgan, in Adelaide, Southern Australia, Australia.
Charles Benedict “Ben” Ainslie, CBE (born 5 February 1977 in Macclesfield) is an English sailor and three-times Olympic gold medalist.
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Jan 09
Jan 09
Etchell Triad – The Dream Team
Adelaide, Southern Australia, Australia 34º45’45″S 138º26’47″E
The Dream Team, John Bertrand, Ben Ainslie, Andrew Palfrey onboard Triad during the last training session before the Etchells Australian Championship 2009 In Adelaide, Southern Australia, Australia.
