In the first of three exclusive stories based on my interview with 2025 Moth World Champion – Enzo Balanger – we find out how the French sailor prepared for the event by moving to the championship venue months ahead of the regatta.
It’s almost two months since the young French sailor Enzo Balanger emerged victorious at what is arguably dinghy sailing’s most competitive regatta – the International Moth World Championship staged on Lake Garda, Italy – but the 24-year-old says it still feels like it was yesterday.
“I wake up every day and I see the trophy in my bedroom and I say ‘OK, this is yours for a year,” he told me.
Balanger might still be pinching himself about prevailing over a 131-boat fleet packed with some of foiling sailing’s top names – including the likes of past world champions and America’s Cup helmsmen Tom Slingsby and Paul Goodison, reigning world champion Mattias Coutts, and many more – but his 3,1,1,1,3,4,1,DNC,1,4 scoreline pretty much speaks for itself.
I check-in with Tudor Team Alinghi’s director for technical and sailing, New Zealand America’s Cup veteran Dave Endean – the man in charge of making sure that in AC38 the Swiss syndicate improves on its somewhat lacklustre performance in the last Cup in Barcelona.
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