Voici quelques notes que j'ai prises en août dernier, en ce qui concerne les multicoques dans ce film,
"Bol d'Or - Historique - 1939-2009".
Avec toutes mes excuses pour l'Anglais!
les numéros renvoient aux minutes et secondes dans le film lorsque ces bateaux apparaissent:
... et même
la musique est bonne, pour une fois!
4'30": Altair IX, Philippe Stern's trimaran, is first multihull to take line honors. And he would also win in 1982, 1984, 1985, and 1986!
5'29": The first F40's participate in 1987. The cost-related death of this 'offshore' class would handily coincide with an arms race between the members (mostly) of the SNG!
6'00": Stars and Stripes, following their AC victory, do a soft-sailed victory lap around the Grand Lac. Cam Lewis winching?
6'24": Edouard Kessi and Gérard Gautier's boat, a fairly 'standard' F40 which took line honors in '88 and '89.
6'40": Happycalopse, the phantasmagorically rigged trimaran helmed by Philippe (brother of Bertrand) Cardis. Winner in '90, '91, '95. and '99.
6'46": Altair XII, Philippe Stern's last contender, sporting a S&S-inspired hard wing and racks! Mr. Stern went to
the dogs after this...
7'41": Triga IV, which still holds the record for fastest time in the race. 1994. Stunning light-wind upgrade of an F40.
8'20": The Alinghi trimaran designed by Gino Morelli; winner in '97. Note the early Alinghi logo in the sail. Boat now in Brittany, renamed 'My Way', and still can sail circles around most other boats.
8'33": A moment showing (the then very young) Bertarelli at the helm. That's also him spraying champagne around at 10'06". Little notion could he have had, as to what it was going to cost him, this hobby as it then was.
9'18": YLLIAM, the last Firmenich multihull (until the SYZ-foiler), and winner in '98 with Jo Richards' important innovation of a central beam aft of the mast!
9'36": Le Black, this ultra-expensive killer machine, and Jo Richards' legendary contribution to stirring things up on the placid lake. How many dirty looks has this black boat received during her career? Unbeatable from 2000 to 2003, then mothballed in the interests of Swiss nautical harmony.
There's more to consider about this film. You see how the innovations and design diversity of the 90's abruptly stop when the D35's appear, and of course almost all the footage is very prettily illustrative of the fact
that they hardly ever raced in any wind. The film therefor needs the tempo of the music to lend it some drama.
I am quite happy - and intrigued - that the filmmakers did not turn the end of the film into more of a D35-parade. I think they also found that the footage from before the D35-era was more fun to watch (and there's more than enough glam-D35 material out there anyway).
31/08/09
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