The Bol d'Or Mirabaud overview
Racecourse:
Ultra-simple, Geneva, Le Bouveret and back
Shortest distance:
123 kilometres or 66,5 nautical miles.
Départ :
Start, classes by sector and safety limits
Rounding at the Bouveret:
Finish at the SNG :
Indicative GPS positions of buoys:
Multi-hull offset mark after the start: E 6° 10' 54.6'' and N 46° 16' 11.3''
The Bouveret entry channel marker: E 6° 51' 04.5'' and N 46° 23' 50.022
The Bouveret barge: E 6° 51' 13.29'' and N 46° 23' 35.25
SNG arrival channel marker: E 6° 10' 15.6'' and N 46° 13' 00.4''
SNG finish line marker: E 6° 10' 9.79'' and N 46° 12' 55 .20''
Prize:
The Bol d'Or et de Vermeil (gold and ruby cups) are challenges, in play each year.
They can be kept definitively if won three of the last five years by the same owner.
Custom suggests that the definitive winner of one of the challenges offers the next.
Single-year winners of the challenges receive a silver replica which they may keep.They can be kept definitively if won three of the last five years by the same owner.
Custom suggests that the definitive winner of one of the challenges offers the next.
Class winners each win a Bol d'Etain (pewter cup).
Participation:
26 boats in 1939
684 boats in 1990
526 boats in 2007
Organisation:
100 volunteers.
20 SNG safety boats.
All Lake Geneva region rescue teams and police on standby.
