In sparkling conditions on Lake Geneva this morning, the seven high-performance TF35 hydro-foiling catamarans joined 440 other boats of all shapes and sizes for the 82nd edition of the Bol d'Or Mirabaud.
After 13 hours of painfully slow progress in light wind conditions that only momentarily peaked above 6 knots, the entire race came down to a five-boat sprint for the finish line, as the forecasted north-easterly gradient wind finally kicked in after dark, and the TF35s took off at 25knots.
With less than two minutes separating the top six boats, it was Bertrand Demole's Ylliam XII - Comptoir Immobilier that took the TF35 win at Bol d'Or Mirabud, having raced all day conservatively, keeping in the leading pack but staying out of trouble.
