October 29th

As the night race took place last night, please note that today’s rounds will be delayed by an hour.

Further information to come soon on the blog, check again later or have a look at the gallery where we still upload pictures.

Thanks again to "groupe contraste" for their pictures

Update 10.42am : the boats have just left the harbour. One English teammate injured lightly his hand but he is planning to join his crew back on the sea in spite of his pain ! The start signal is expected for 11.30am. The crews are going to run three ‘Banana’-style races in the Bay of Quiberon. The weather forecast is good : we are expecting more wind for the next days.

Update 1pm : here are the provisional results for the first round :

1. Portugal – UTL- Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
2. Ireland – Cork Institute of Technology
3. Italy – Centro Universitario Sportivo Milano
4. USA – U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Team
5. England – Great Britain Solent University
6. France – IUT/IST/UBS de Vannes – Groupe Atlantic
7. Switzerland – Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
8. France – X-Course Au Large, Ecole Polytechnique
9. Japan – Kobe University
10. Scotland – Aberdeen University Sailing Club
11. Norway – Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Norway

The start of the second round is clean : no OCS ! Stay connected to have further updates.

Update 3.23pm : as the start signal of the third round has just been given, here are the results (provisional of course !) of the second round :

1. Switzerland – Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2. Italy – Centro Universitario Sportivo Milano
3. Ireland – Cork Institute of Technology
4. Scotland – Aberdeen University Sailing Club
5. Norway – Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Norway
6. Portugal – UTL- Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
7. England – Great Britain Solent University
8. France – X-Course Au Large, Ecole Polytechnique
9. France – IUT/IST/UBS de Vannes – Groupe Atlantic
10. USA – U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Team
11. Japan – Kobe University

For the first time, the defender reaches the first place !

Update 5.52pm: the third round is now over. Five teams have taken a false start, and have not turned back to cross the line again, and have therefore been disqualified -but the jury is still debating, so nothing is definitive.

Here are the provisional results of the third round:

1. Switzerland – Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2. Italy – Centro Universitario Sportivo Milano
3. France – X-Course Au Large, Ecole Polytechnique
4. Japan – Kobe University
5. USA – U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Team
6. France – IUT/IST/UBS de Vannes – Groupe Atlantic

Are given 12 points due to the OCS:

• Portugal – UTL- Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
• Ireland – Cork Institute of Technology
• England – Great Britain Solent University
• Scotland – Aberdeen University Sailing Club
• Norway – Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Norway

Update 8.56pm : the jury has just finished debating ! Here are the results taking into account the last results ! Tonight crews are going to attend a party in fancy dress (Disney theme !). See you tomorrow for further news and further races !

Taking into account 10 races (the two worst scores are discarded)