Haven’t seen much from these guys lately, but the Extreme 40 Series is still going strong. The fleet saw some good action off of the southern coast of France this week, in the beautiful city of Nice. With a challenging start, a.k.a. crash, Team Edmonds de Rothschild had to make some repairs after day 2. The Swiss Team Alinghi take advantage of the puffy conditions and sail to an exciting victory on day 3.

Extreme 40 Sailing Series

Watch the crash here…..

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…….and watch the final day LIVE, here today!

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