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Sébastien Josse and the crew of BT secured another victory for this season, winning the IMOCA Class in this classic 52-mile race around the Isle of Wight – 1779 boats entered this year’s edition of the race: "It's absolutely crazy to see such a fleet on the water, having professional and big boats like Leopard and IDEC racing against families on cruising boats or old wooden boats! It is a unique moment and I enjoyed it from the first minute to the end…" BT returns to France for a training session but will be back in the Solent soon…
As winner of the two offshore races on Saturday and Sunday, BT won the overall event ahead Foncia and Brit Air (Armel le Cleac'h): "It was a great event that allowed us to test the speed of the boat during the two first days of speed runs and our tactical skills in the offshore races really paid dividends. I'm really happy to have secured victory at this first event of the season and it was really good to sail with full crew onboard. A big thanks to the race organisation, they did an amazing job."
