{"id":7383,"date":"2024-05-16T17:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibsasailing.com\/?p=7383"},"modified":"2024-05-17T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T13:34:39","slug":"alberto-bona-the-emotions-of-the-transat-cic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibsasailing.com\/en\/alberto-bona-the-emotions-of-the-transat-cic\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto Bona: the emotions of the Transat CIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201c<em>I began my <\/em>Transat CIC \u2013 OSTAR <em>in everyone\u2019s memories \u2013 with the enormous reverence I felt for a mythical story I grew up with. With over 3,000 miles to cover and a route to the North, with plenty of adverse winds and currents, this race is considered the queen of ocean crossings, one of the few truly international ones, because it\u2019s outside the purely French circuits<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are <strong>Alberto Bona\u2019s words two days after his arrival<\/strong>, when the time has come to analyse the regatta.\u201c<em>I didn\u2019t set out to finish fifth, that\u2019s clear enough, but I have to accept this result, especially in such a demanding regatta, which as a boy I never thought I\u2019d be able to participate in, and with a latest generation Class40 at that. I must say that I was very excited and I trained a lot; perhaps too much, and this may have taken away some of my energy<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysing a fifth place is complex. On one side, <strong>the indisputable satisfaction for having crossed the finish line<\/strong>, taking the Class40<em> IBSA<\/em> \u2013 in Alberto\u2019s own words \u2013 \u201c<em>on the other side<\/em>; on the other, the <strong>awareness of a performance<\/strong> characterised by lights and shadows. \u201c<em>Things didn\u2019t go as planned: we prepared for a navigation that technically could have seen us sailing upwind for two weeks and then, instead, we sailed a lot downwind, also in difficult conditions, along that line of balance between maximum performance and survival pace. In actual fact, the regatta was completely different from how we had prepared for it<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also impacting \u2013 and to a significant extent \u2013 the <strong>damage to the hull suffered immediately after the start<\/strong>: \u201c<em>At a certain point, after the second low, I felt that when I was sailing downwind on a port tack the boat made a different noise. For a few hours, I thought that it was the weight distribution, but then it became clear that there was something wrong with the boat<\/em>\u201d.This issue slowed Bona down on the port tacks and made him more cautious.\u201c<em>A certainly bigger problem than I expected, which now requires going back to the shipyard for restoration work. But we still have time, and we will do everything in the best way<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And \u2013 last but not least \u2013 the epilogue, the <strong><em>final judgement<\/em><\/strong> of our skipper, notoriously very strict with himself: <em>\u201cI\u2019m still happy with my performance<\/em>\u201d, concluded <strong>Alberto<\/strong>. \u201c<em>In the end, this <\/em>Transat CIC<em> was more of an adventure than a regatta; I saw so many cetaceans, I challenged myself and had a great experience at sea, with weather conditions, in some moments, that I had never experienced before. So yes, the outcome is positive. Now let\u2019s think about the next regatta, which will be wonderful\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let\u2019s meet up <strong>on June 30<\/strong>, at the<strong> starting line <\/strong>along the San Lorenzo river, for the <strong><em>Quebec Saint-Malo<\/em><\/strong>. See you in Canada!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI began my Transat CIC \u2013 OSTAR in everyone\u2019s memories \u2013 with the enormous reverence I felt for a mythical story I grew up with. 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