Engaged in the Sydney – Hobart with Jiang Lin, owner of the JPK 10.30 “Min River”, built in Larmor-Plage, Alexis Loison had to wait for the jury’s decision to win the 2025 edition. The international jury imposed a penalty of 1 hour 05 minutes on the compensated time of the JPK 10.80 of the duo Michel Quintin and Yann Rigal.
Indeed, during the last two miles of a race of 628, Léon’s crew used a pole to fix the clew of their asymmetrical spinnaker already tacked on a bowsprit, which is prohibited by Australian racing rules.
Michel Quintin and Yann Rigal explained that they were absolutely unaware of this Australian rule.
Jiang Lin, forever the first
On his Facebook page, Alexis Loison returned to this decision of the jury but also to the absolutely exemplary fair play of these opponents who are close friends in everyday life.
“I would like to salute Léon’s incredible performance: very high level navigation. It’s a somewhat special victory, because there was this decision by the jury, following the race committee’s protest against the BNC My-Net/Léon team, which should have won. Their race is just crazy: they dominated from the start. »
If the year 2025 ends in style for the Norman, it is the same for the owner of the boat, Jiang Lin who, at 60, becomes the first woman in history to win the race.
