The team Okalys-Corum has pulled off a sailing double. A weekend at the image of the team whose solidarity and motivation are certainly the key words. Ensuring its place on the podium of the Challenge Julius Baer with the last race taking place in two weeks at the Grand Prix Beau-Rivage in Lausanne, the Team Okalys-Corum helmed by Loïck Peyron won the 1st spot on the podium. An amazing victory which was written in 8 legs. A determinant weekend which positions 3 teams on the podium: Okalys-Corum, Alinghi SUI 1 and Foncia. The last race of the Challenge Julius Baer will therefore set the final ranking.

Story of a thrilling week-end (results of the races taken from the Grand Chelem releases)

Saturday September 5th 2009
The 4 legs raced allow Okalys-Corum to take the 2nd place on the podium.
If the instability of the wind has greatly complicated the tacticians’ work, the team Okalys-Corum asserts its metronome regularity in positioning itself at the 2nd place just after Alinghi SUI 1, which won the first day of racing. With Loïck Peyron at the helm, Okalys-Corum took an option on the second place in the overall ranking.

Sunday September 6th 2009

Okalys-Corum took the first place in the HP Cup La Reserve. The races were hardly played until the end of the week-end and only a few points difference share the teams. Okalys-Corum always close to Alinghi during the season, got his lead over Alinghi SUI 1 by winning the HP Cup la Réserve.

General classification of the Challenge Julius Baer  2009

SUI 1 Alinghi 8
SUI 2 Okalys Corum 10
SUI 5 Foncia 13
SUI 3 Julius Baer 26
SUI 4 Zen too 28
SUI 9 Smart Home 30
SUI 12 Banque Populaire 31
SUI 6 Alinghi 2 36
SUI 7 Zebra 7 First Caution 36
SUI 11 Veltigroup 39
SUI 10 Ladycat 40
SUI 8 Romandie.com 54

Partner of the team Okalys-Corum since this year, Corum identity and values are proudly worn and promoted by the team and the achievements they have reached.

For years, Corum has linked its name to top-class sailing events for a long time and today the brand asserts its intention of building up a lead in this discipline with the team Okalys-Corum.

While passion, determination and innovation are associated with Corum's image today, it is mainly shared values and the achievement of dreams and challenges that are at the heart of this partnership.

Corum Watches CEO - Chief Executive Officer, Antonio Calce said:
"Okalys-Corum" team, what energy, what a human dimension, a mixture of simplicity and grandeur, reserve and tenacity, tactical  calm and inner strength. A team in perfect harmony with the Corum credo : « Where there is passion, great achievements are within reach ». Today, it is an amazing feeling to share this victory ; a reward for each person who has contributed to this project and a way for each Corum employee to identify with it. A wind of strength and motivation which perfectly embodies ourr common values and the quality of our human relationships”.

Helmsman of Okalys-Corum with Nicolas Grange and his team, multihull expert, multiple World and European Championships, Loïck Peyron, a humble sailor with a strong charisma whose reputation is very well established, added:
"The team has demonstrated a steady performance. Throughout the weekend the team has affirmed his status by reaching the top three ranking and achieving very good race starts. The last leg was the most intense, a genuine match racing time in multihull between Okalys-Corum and Alinghi SUI 1, which gave us the advantage of the race. A very good team spirit, strong solidarity and outstanding sailing conditions”.

Source: Corum