Flying Phantom Trophee at Yacht Club de Geneve - Preview
by Alex Udin 4 Jun 2015 22:10 BST
5-7 June 2015
At the end of the week from June 5th to the 7th, the Flying Phantom fleet will gather on Lake Geneva for two events: The Phantom Trophee by the Yacht Club de Geneve and the Geneva-Rolle-Geneva. These 3 days of the Flying Phantom Series Geneva 2015 will provide the perfect mix for the participants with 2 days of One Design racing and a long distance race.
A year ago the Flying Phantom sailed for the first time on Lake Geneva competing in the Geneva Rolle Geneva and round Lake Geneva. Following the same race course and starting line as the other boats competing in the Bol d'Or Mirabaud, they achieved an unofficial time of 6 hours and 21 minutes.
The Phantom Trophy, is the first foiling sport catamaran event ever organized on Lake Geneva. Organized by the Yacht Club de Geneve, the races will take place in front of the Yacht Club at "La Tour Carree" in Cologny. Depending on the weather conditions, the courses will be laid out to offer a reaching start with a clearing mark in the middle, a leeward gate, a windward gate and a reaching finish after rounding the clearing buoy.
On Saturday, the Flying Phantom fleet will also take part in the 51st edition of the Geneva Rolle Geneva, which is one of the classics and most popular long distance races on Lake Geneva. 250 multihulls and monohulls are expected to line up, including D35s, M2s...
Around 8 Flying Phantoms are planning to take part in this event, with Team Tilt Sailing - SUI, Team Momentys - FRA, Team Neuhann - GER, Phantom Sailing Team - FRA among them.
Flying Phantom Series Geneva 2015 program:
- Friday June 5th
- 14h00 Flying Phantom One Design Races
- 18h00 Geneva Rolle Geneva prologue
- Saturday June 6th
- 13h00 Geneva Rolle Geneva start
- Sunday June 7th
- 10h00 Flying Phantom One Design Races
- 18h45 Prize Ceremony
Phantom Trophy with the Yacht Club de Geneve: www.ycg.ch/trophee-phantom-du-ycg
Geneva Rolle Geneva long distance race: www.ycg.ch/geneve-rolle-geneve
Flying Phantom Series Geneva 2015 event page www.facebook.com/events/997181843626055
In addition to these events, the Flying Phantom fleet will also compete at the Societe Nautique de Geneve Tuesday regatta on the 9th and during the week training sessions will be arranged with Flying Phantom customers, as well as introductory sessions to enable people to discover these boats.
Flying Phantom OD: Specification
Design team: Martin Fischer
Development team: Alex Udin, Franck Cammas and Groupama sailing team
Lenght: 5.52m / 18ft
Width: 3.00m
Weight: 155kg
Mast: 9.6m / Tapered / Pre preg Carbon cured in autoclave
Appendages: T-foil rudders +L-shape foiling dagger boards - Pre preg Carbon cured in autoclave
Hulls: Pre preg Carbon, Nomex sandwich
Main sail: SAIL INNOVATION VXM Black Technora membrane / 18sqm with mast
Jib: SAIL INNOVATION VXM Black Technora membrane / 5.5sqm
Gennaker: SAIL INNOVATION R Polyester / 24sqm