GC32 Lagos Cup 1 - Fleet under Starter s Orders for the first time in 2021
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GC32 Lagos Cup 1 - One week to go: Watch out for the dark horse
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Ernesto Bertarelli s Alinghi team is the defending GC32 World Champion. © Sailing Energy / GC32 Racing Tour
A mix of teams, both old and new, will be taking part on the GC32 Racing Tour in 2021. In one month s time, the World Sailing-approved circuit for high performance 32ft one design flying catamarans gets under way with the first of two events in Lagos, Portugal. These are followed by the GC32 World Championship in Villasimius, Sardinia in September, with the season s grand finale on Spain s Mar Menor in early November.
One of the longest serving GC32 skippers is France s Erik Maris, who first raced his GC32 in 2015. In addition to being a keen endurance motor racer (last year he competed with the Eurointernational team in the LMP2 class at the 24 hours Le Mans), Maris has a long, successful history in grand prix sailing, being a past Swan 45 European and Mumm 30 World Champion. Having finish third overall on the GC32 Racing Tour in 2018 and winning its Owner-Driv