Delta Lloyd 2014: Billy Besson-Marie Riou 1st (Again..)

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Images: Sander van der Borch & Guilain Grenier. – Yet another win for the current number one Nacra 17 crew, Billy and Marie are one step above the fleet. Besson is also showing since his ‘double’ crown in 2013 (F18 & Nacra 17 Worlds) he is the Nr 1 helm in the small racing cats. AC Teams should take notice.
On the French spot fight for Rio Cammas-deTurckeheim ended 9pts behind. Bundock-Curtis for a third consecutive 3rd.
Another super talented French crew is grabbing finally the pace of the Nacra 17, former Olympic sailor Ingrid Petit Jean and 2x F18 WC Olivier Backes with a good top 5 after some events with so so results. Top ten below. Full Results at results.deltalloydregatta.org

P Cty Sail Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 MR Points
1  FRA FRA1 BESSON Billy RIOU Marie 3 3 7 3 9 4 3 -22 10 2 44
2  FRA FRA077 CAMMAS Franck de TURCKHEIM Sophie 6 6 3 10 1 1 -19 16 2 8 53
3  AUS AUS064 BUNDOCK Darren CURTIS Nina 7 15 1 5 3 -19 16 1 4 12 64
4  GBR GBR2 SAXTON Benjamin DIAMOND Hannah 8 -25 18 1 4 7 5 4 20 10 77
5  FRA FRA199 PETITJEAN BACKES Ingrid BACKES Olivier 4 2 26 -30 6 10 20 8 3 4 83
6  AUS AUS133 WATERHOUSE Jason DARMANIN Lisa 14 -20 11 2 16 9 8 10 5 14 89
7  SUI SUI041 BUHLER Matias BRUGGER Nathalie (OCS) 4 14 11 12 11 21 6 8 6 93
8  GBR GBR058 WILSON Pippa GIMSON John 13 8 13 12 10 16 2 3 -18 18 95
9  NED NED213 GROENVELD Renee KROL Steven 1 14 8 -22 7 14 10 14 17 16 101
10  FRA FRA078 LAUGIER Flora BEDLLET Valentin 15 7 9 -25 25 3 11 18 1 20 109