Foiling yacht now favorite to win Bol d'or on Lake Geneva.

9:42 PM Sun 7 Jun 2009 GMT

'The flying monohull Mirabaud LX on her way to winning the classic Gen?ve-Rolle-Gen?ve - one of the Switzerland’s most important regattas' &copy Juerg Kaufmann www.go4image.com Click Here to view large photo

Thomas Jundt, Antoine Ravonel and Eric Gobet have won their first major regatta on board their spectacular hydrofoils 18'footer Mirabaud LX, winning the 32 Miles return-course between Geneva and the town of Rolle in 3 hours 43minutes.

Jo Richards and his crew onboard Full Pelt finished two minutes late. Oyster - the fabulous Seb Schmidt prototype - completed the podium lineup 15 minutes later.

Mirabaud LX has smashed the previous record, held until now by a Psaros 40 in a time of 3hrs 55 mins.

For more images of Mirabaud LXsee go4image.com

The flying monohull Mirabaud LX on her way to winning the classic Gen?ve-Rolle-Gen?ve - one of the Switzerland’s most important regattas - &copy Juerg Kaufmann www.go4image.com Click Here to view large photo

by Juerg Knauffman

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