No mistake in choice of cast for the Nissan Hobie Cat Pro Team 2006. Two rounds were raced in Carnac this morning, two new wins for the Australian duo who win the Eurocat event hands down for the 3rd year running. Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby won 5 out of the 6 rounds raced this weekend. To top it all, they also won the Houat - Hoëdic Raid today. The only crew to threaten the boys from Oz was the French Pro Team, Jean-Christophe Mourniac and Franck Citeau, taking first place in a round on Saturday, relegating Bundock and Ashby to second on that round.

Tough fighting!
Darren Bundock : « The level of the competition in Carnac gets tougher every year. There was a tough fight on each round. This morning was the only time when we led from start to finish, after having been first to round the first race mark. The Eurocat is one of the biggest get-togethers of performance catamarans in the world. For all that the level in Australia is high, you never see more than 100 boats racing. Here there were more than 400 ! It'll be a great pleasure to come back next year. »

Franck Citeau : « Bit of a mixed bag from our point of view. Some good, some not quite so good as we say. We broke a spinnaker halyard on Friday and capsized this morning when a cleat failed to open. But all in all, we sail fast, particularly yesterday when we finished second in the raid. Hobie Tigers are the same world wide whether you sail as an amateur or professional. And the level is getting better all the time. You can play around with sail shape and tweak one or two points here and there and the there's the amount of training you can fit in which can also make a difference. We worked well through the winter - Kinou and I can put up a good fight. The Australians are not far off which is bodes well for the F18 World Championship in July. »