Crozon Morgat PWA World Cup
The opening day of the Crozon Morgat PWA World Cup proved to be a quiet affair with light winds and small waves meaning the sailors were released for the day shortly after 1:30pm. Earlier on the men’s and women’s fleets registered for the upcoming competition, whilst a few of the sailors also squeezed in a surf before the skippers meeting, which was postponed until 1 o’clock, to give them a chance to get in the water.
Earlier in the day we caught up with a few of the sailors to see what they have been up to since the last event in Sylt.
Antoine Martin (JP / NeilPryde / MFC): “I went home to Guadeloupe for a week after Sylt and it was really nice. It’s the first time I’ve been home since May and I got in the water 4 times — Surfing and sailing twice. I arrived here yesterday and it was just a little bit different to Guadeloupe… going from surfing in just boardshorts to a full 5/4mm wetsuit.”
Alice Arutkin (Fanatic / North): “This is my first time here, we live about 7 hours away, so we arrived yesterday. I’ve already been surfing which was sick!”
Marcilio Browne (Goya Windsurfing / MFC): “I’ve been here for the last week and sailed twice. Once in bolt onshore and then the other day when it was cross-off and enough for 5.0 but it was only about knee to waist high. Apart from that I’ve been doing a lot of surfing, which has been great.”
Alessio Stillrich (Fanatic / North): “After Sylt I went to relax a bit at home, but I haven’t been sailing. Up to now it’s been a pretty poor autumn.”
Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North / MFC): “I’ve just come back from a great trip in Mauritius for the Fanatic and North dealer meeting — together with Klaas [Voget] — it’s a really fun wave over there and we had a good swell whilst we were there. The good thing is that there’s only a 2 hour time difference between here and Mauritius, so there’s no jet lag issues.”
Plage de l’aber and Plage de Goulien are the two beach options for the contest — both of which are a short ten minute drive from the sailors village. On current forecasts it looks as though Plage de Goulien is the most likely option, but as always the forecast can easily change.
The best chance to run the contest currently looks like being on either Sunday or Monday with event organiser Christop Boutet being confident that it will be windy enough, however, the slight concern is with the size of the swell. The sailors will meet again at 9am tomorrow morning for the skippers’ meeting with the first possible start at 10am. You’ll be able to follow everything as it via the PWA live stream and live ticker @ www.pwaworldtour.com.