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Profile
 
Age |
28
(03/11/1979) |
Nationality/Country |
Swiss - French. I live in Switzerland (in a small village named Begnins) |
| Where you like to sail from/club |
Club nautique de Founex (C.N.F) (GE view) |
| How did you find out about Bladerider |
I heard about it for the first time in 2006 (from Wil Wargnier and also Jean-Pierre Ziegert) and after that I wrote an article about it for a swiss nautical magazine. |
| What you thought when you first sailed the Bladerider |
Amazing!!!
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What are your
sailing goals |
Sail faster and better! |
A quote to summarise your Bladerider |
Impossible doesn't exist!
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Florence's successful sailing carrer consists of:
- Multihull Hobbie Cat with my parents : 1985 (I don't remember before) -1988
- Optimist : 1988-1989
- Equipe (double dinghy for young sailor) : 1989-1993
- 420 (double dinghy for teenagers) : 1993-1997
- Moth-Europe International (single-handed dinghy) : 1997-2004
- Olympic campaign for Athens 2004
- Member of the Swiss Sailing Team (elite group) and Swiss Olympic Team
- 1 year full-time sailing (2003-2004)
- Worldwide sailing : worlds, europeans championships, international regattas and so on.
- Keelboats (Mumm30, Surprise, Grandsurprise) : 2004-2006 (French Surprise Championship : 2 nd place / 69 boats in 2006)
- Some races on multihulls « Decision 35 » and M2 : 2006-2007
- Some match race : Swiss Alinghi Tour on Streamline boats (1 match, 3rd place) : 2006
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 Florence Beal flying high and fast on her new Bladerider and on the beautiful Lake Geneva!
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*download GE: Google Earth
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