Legallais Sailing Team 2021


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THE LEGALLAIS SAILING TEAM: 5TH IN THE CLASS40 CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2021

2021 season awards

CIC Normandy Channel Race

May 2021

Departure from Caen

Distance : 1,000 nm

Classement : 8th

Durée : 4 days, 23 hours, 345 minutes and 50 seconds

Les Sables Horta

June 2021

Departure from Sables d’Olonne

Distance : 2,540 nm

Classement : 6th

Durée : 14 days, 11 hours, 54 minutes and 18 seconds

Rolex Fastnet Race

August 2021

Departure from Cherbourg

Distance : 695 nm

Classement : 10th

Durée : 3 days, 11 hours, 25 minutes and 16 seconds

Transat Jacques Vabre

November 2022

Departure from Le Havre

Distance : 4,500 nm

Classement : 8th

Durée : 22 days, 4 hours, 17 minutes and 22 seconds

THE TEAM

CASENAVE-PÉRÉ Pierre

Skipper

Born in Caen, Pierre made his first tacks in the Barneville-Carteret harbour, facing the Channel Islands. He was educated in Caen, Paris, and then London, and continued his higher education at Columbia University on the other side of the Atlantic. In 2019, he took a gap year to train, qualify and participate in the Mini Transat. This solo transatlantic race allowed him to discover the job of skipper and confirm his passion for the open sea.

He holds a Master’s degree in Operations Research and is interested in data analysis and decision making.

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BLOCH Kévin

Co-skipper

Originally from Grenoble, Kevin started competitive sailing at the age of 10 and honed his skills at the Aix les Bains club. In search of a more intensive sailing programme, he enrolled on a course combining sport with academic studies and took part in several international 420 competitions in high school. He then joined ENSTA Bretagne, where he sailed on a variety of craft while completing an engineer course with a hydrodynamics major.

Fascinated by the call of the open sea, Kevin also took part in the 2019 Mini Transat, before being selected by “Team Vendée Formation” as skipper for the 2020 Figaro season. He finished first in the rookie ranking of the legendary “Solitaire du Figaro” race

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RIPA DI MEANA Vittoria

Technical preparer

Attracted to ocean racing since childhood, Vittoria studied naval architecture in La Spezia, in her native Italy. She even designed a Class40 for her thesis. With her diploma in hand, she moved to Lorient, the “Mecca of the open sea”, to join this world she was so keenly interested in. She thus trained to prepare for the Mini 6.50 race and was in particular behind the success of her partner Ambrogio Beccaria, who dominated the 2018-2019 racing circuit through an infallible boat.

Vittoria then joined the Crédit Mutuel Class40 team, where she is continuing to apply her theoretical and practical knowledge.

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THE BOAT

The Class40 rule emerged in the early 2000s with the aim of filling the gap between the Minis (6.50m boats) and the IMOCAs (18m). The idea was to create a racing machine that was seaworthy enough to cross the Atlantic safely.

It has now become a breeding ground for talent in ocean racing and allows both fine racers and aspiring round-the-world racers to gain solid maritime experience.

The Class40 No. 145 is a Mach 40.3 launched in 2015. As the second boat in the series dominating the races in 2016-2019, it combined performance and reliability. This attractive profile has already allowed him to cross the Atlantic 6 times.

Technical specifications

Overall length: 12.19 m
Midship beam: 4.5 m
Draught: 3 m
Displacement: 4,500 kg
Construction: Glass/Epoxy

PHOTO GALLERIES

Transat Jacques Vabre – 2021

Rolex Fasnet Race – 2021

Les Sables Horta – 2021

CIC Normandy Channel Race – 2021

Launching into the water – 2021

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