The formidable dinghy wins the Bol de Vermeil Challenge for good, thanks to its third monohull victory in five years.
Winner of the monohull rankings, and eleventh in the scratch rankings, the boat skippered by Zsolt Király and his fifteen crew won the Bol de Vermeil for good.
Already a winner in 2019 and 2021, Raffica suffered a lot in the first part of the course, even sailing in the depths of the ranking until the exit from the small lake.
With its fifteen crew members acting as mobile ballast, the dinghy finally found its cruising rhythm on the big lake, catching up with its rivals one after the other to cross the Bouveret barge in 18th place, second monohull behind Philippe De Weck’s Luthi 1090.
The return journey, on the other hand, was breathtaking, with Raffica definitively taking the lead in the monohull rankings and having the luxury of overtaking several TF35s, including Realteam for Léman Hope and Alinghi Red Bull Racing.
Raffica finally crossed the finish line at 1h38’15”, in eleventh place overall. His skipper, Zsolt Király, joins Ernesto Bertarelli, Louis Noverraz, Daniel Stampfli and Yves Detrey in the very closed club of sailors who have won the Bol d’Or six times.
