Geneve, Switzerland: Alexandre Schneiter and his Seb Schmidt design Tilt have broken the thirteen years old Ruban Violet, a speed record for monohulls around lake Geneva set on the Bol d'Or course. Established in 1994, the previous record was held by the boat Corum and her owner Beat Siegfried in 8h45'40''.

Together with Jean Psarophagis's Syz & co (another Psaros 40 yacht), Alex Schneiter set sails early this morning (Tuesday, September 4) in order to benefit from the strong northerly "bise". This attempt - his fourth, was going to be the right one! "This is the cleverest out of all the attempts we have made. The wind angles were particularly good; we took several risks but everything we tried proved to be right."

After reaching le Bouveret around lunch time, the canting keel monohull started the long descent towards Geneva under full spinnaker whilst Syz & co opted for a fractional. Fully powered, the forty footer surfed its way towards the arrival line and a new, historic record in 7 h. 32 min 10 sec.

Bernard Schopfer – MaxComm.ch

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