Desafio Espanol vs Areva Challenge

source: www.karoljablonski.pl

Karol Jablonski, the skipper of Desafio Espanol 2007 about unfortunate match with Areva Challenge:

Today's match with French syndicate Areva was indeed very unfortunate for our team. I was able to control the pre-start until the end and I could practicly make the start for our rival much more difficult. However, we wanted to start from the Race Committee end and defend the right side of the course which was far more windy. On the first leg downwind while being on the lead we broke our gennaker pole and were deprived of the possibility of defense. Without the gennaker pole the boat sails approx. 1-1,5 knt slower. On the beat the boat was fast and except the final result I am very happy with the speed of the boat and the teamwork. I am optimistic and looking forward to next matches with Mascalzone Latino and Emirates TNZ. Unfortunately the weather forecast does not look promising...
Regards, Karol Jablonski

translation from Polish: Sofia Truchanowicz