Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez - Worth the wait

9:10 PM Wed 29 Sep 2010 GMT

'Grand Epoque fleet at the Start line - Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez' &copy Rolex/Carlo Borlenghi

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. Another day in Saint-Tropez that required patience from competitors and the race committee alike. At the scheduled 11am start time for the Modern fleet, the breeze was unsettled and would take a delay of nearly two hours to get racing underway. The Moderns and Wally classes finally found breeze further offshore where they eventually started. In the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, there was not a breath of wind to start, then at 1pm someone hit the wind switch and an easterly breeze filled in. The 'grand epoque' big boat class that included Thendara, Altair, Elena, Sunshine, Milena, ...

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