October 31st : last but not least

Last day, last post (or maybe not after all as I do like blogging !). One race is expected today, the opportunity to change the ranking. Stay connected and you will know everything about this last day of the SYWoC 2008.

Update 2.02pm : I am sorry not to have published news before but I was on the comittee boat for the first time in the week. But now I am going to tell you everything about the race of this morning !

Very nice start for the 11 teams under a sunny and pleasant weather, with a wind of ~18 knots.  The Irish team reaches the first place in the ranking very soon, after a fight with the Italian team in front of the start line. The Irish sailors manage to keep their leadingship troughout the race and they win the last round of this Student Yachting World Cup.

Here are the results of the race 15, last race of the Competition.

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

After the debatings of the Jury, all the SYWoC team is glad to publish the final results of the 28th edition of the Student Yachting World Cup (I don’t know how to increase the suspense… If I was shooting a movie, I would have added a drum roll !) :

1. Ireland – Cork Institute of Technology — 37.10 pts
2. Italy – Centro Universitario Sportivo Milano — 38 pts
3. Switzerland – Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne — 50 pts
4. Portugal – UTL- Universidade Técnica de Lisboa — 52.50 pts
5. USA – U.S. Naval Academy Sailing Team — 56 pts
6. France – IUT/IST/UBS de Vannes – Groupe Atlantic — 67 pts
7. England – Great Britain Solent University — 74 pts
8. Norway – Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet  — 95 pts
9. Scotland – Aberdeen University Sailing Club — 96 pts
10. France – X-Course Au Large, Ecole Polytechnique — 99 pts
11. Japan – Kobe University — 113 pts

The Irish team after the last race

Congratulations to all teams !

Closing ceremony this evening at 7.30pm in La Trinité-sur-Mer. You are of course invited to attend it !

Here are the final detail results.

Final detailed results

Update 5.44pm : soon the closing ceremony. Staff members are currently preparing everything for it ! I will post some photos of the ceremony and maybe some interviews of the teams.