MARIE TABARLY (FRA)|
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Other teams had setbacks, none more so than Italy’s Translated 9, the team frequently leading in IRC but twice succumbing to failures that caused unsustainable ‘ingress of water’, also known as sinking. Marie Tabarly has worked so hard for this, her campaign run completely in the image of her father, never taking the easy option, racing a huge, heavy 50-year-old rolly-polly Maxi, recruiting and patiently training up a new young crew and then winning the damn thing. Marvellous!
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| Why they won |
| For those worried about the
gender balance in sailing do not
be discouraged. Our last two
winners smashed through every
previous voting record, so the
love is there… ‘As a crew on
Translated 9, Marie has been a
fierce competitor on the sea
and a lovely person on land!’ –
Ezgim Mistikoglu; ‘Marie carries
the Tabarly name with honour,
he who made us all dream back
when we were young’ – Gerard
Moneron; ’Marie is easily the
greatest woman in the world!!’
– Patrick Guilbert. |
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