Loïc Pompée at his peak  

J/70 – European Championship – Denmark – 27 August – 4 September 

Saturday 4^th September 2021. They let the fun last to the final race. Loïc Pompée and his J/70 crew brought home an excellent 6^th place in the European Championship hosted by the Royal Danish Yacht Club. 

Qualifying heats: a second wind 

The cream of European J/70 sailors made the trip. With 98 teams from 18 nationalities lined up on the start, the qualifiers were far from easy, but the YCM member kept a cool head from the start to win two of the five races. “It’s always nice to finish the qualifiers at this level (in 10^th position), just ahead of teams like the European Champion, the Italian Claudia Rossi,” he says. 

In the big league 

Galvanised by a superb start, the Monegasque team had no trouble making it into the gold group, then set themselves the objective of scavenging points that separated them from the top rankings. Lying 4^th in the Championship after three races, the YCM boat faced several tactical challenges, but while they may not have made it onto the podium they finished a very respectable 6^th.  

Next year, Loïc Pompée takes on a new challenge at the J/70 World Championship on a race area he knows well – in Monaco – 14-22 October 2022.