146 participants confirmed

I got an email today confirming my inscription! This was important, as according to the Notice of Race (NoR 4.6), the first 100 are allowed to race without further constraints, the rest up (including me) to a maximum of 150 participants would be informed a week before if they are allowed to participate, I guess depending also on the weather forecast. The lesson for the future: register early, to be sure to get a place.

There are 146 confirmed participants. Among them, two fellow YCC members - Jean Vasic and Hans-Peter Bichelmeier - who will take part in this very demanding race on their private boats. Another name on the list of participants is Justine Mettraux - a professional offshore sailor, originally from Versoix, a recent winner of The Ocean Race.

Looking at the classes and numbers, from slowest to fastest boats:

• TCF4 - 13 entries (this is where I'd be, had I sailed on a smaller J/70 instead)
• Surprise - 46 entries (boats comparable to my J/80)
• TCF3 - 25 entries (this is where I compete)
• Grand Surprise - 11 entries (those are faster boats, but I hope to keep up with some of them)
• TCF2 - 37 entries
• TCF1 - 6 entries
• TCFX - 8 entries (those are monster boats)