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PRESTIGIOUS FRENCH OFFSHORE RACING TROPHY WON BY UK-HALSEY CUSTOMER |
A the 2009 Paris Boat Show, UK-Halsey France’s most long-standing customer, Jean-Claude Bertrand, owner of Archambault 35 TCHIN-TCHIN, was awarded the Black Wing Trophy. The French Offshore Racing Association (UNCL) awards this trophy every year to single out a remarkable racing season. Jean-Claude Bertrand’s name is engraved on the base of the trophy following a long list of world-famous professional ocean racers, such as: Loic Peyron, Frank Cammas, Ellen MacArthur, Michel Desjoyaux, Olivier de Kersauson, Jean-louis Etienne, Christophe Auguin, Isabelle Autissier, Alain Gautier, Eric Tabarly, etc. Pictured above is Jean-Claude Bertrand holding the Black Wing trophy with is wife France looking on. The names on the trophy are truly world-class. |