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VM Materiaux (Open 50)
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Banks Sails in Vendee Globe Race
As competitors in the Vendee Globe head towards
the finish it was very pleasing to see the complimentary comments
in the France column of March's Seahorse magazine from Patrice Carpentier.
He is racing the Thompson-designed Open 50 (ex-Aqua Corum) which has
been renamed VM Materiaux for the race. Talking about flying his Banks
Asymmetric spinnaker in the Southern Ocean he writes
"To begin with I was playing in the south mostly under genoa, because
when you sail in these latitudes you are cautious. But if I wanted
to stay with Voila.fr I had to bring more sail and the spinnaker came
back on deck.... I used it longer than in the Trade Winds. I set it
when the wind dropped under 19/20 and I dropped it when it exceeded
25kt. I wanted to be cautious because the brave white Bruce Banks
balloon is my only fractional spinnaker. About 30 drops sine Les Sables
d'Olonne and 20 gybes, the old Monsieur Banks remains immaculate."
Banks Sails - whether it's racing in the Southern Ocean or a Sunday
afternoon cruise we won't let you down.
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