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.
