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eSailing World Championship Won by Tristan Peron of France

7th October 2023
Tristan Peron of France was crowned eSailing world champion
Tristan Peron of France was crowned eSailing world champion. Peron takes home a prize worth 5,000 USD for his victory

French sailor Tristan Peron emerged as the winner of the eSailing World Championships title at a live final held in Trieste, Italy.

Competing against sailors from different parts of the world, Peron dominated throughout the competition. Despite suffering a setback in the second race of the day, he still managed to lead by seven points at the halfway stage. His closest rivals, Arthur Farley of Great Britain and Tim Carpentier of France, were unable to catch up throughout the competition. Peron ultimately finished 17 points ahead of Farley in second place.

Peron's victory was worth celebrating as he had twice fallen short in previous eSailing finals. He expressed his elation after the win and said, "It feels good after two failures. I'm super happy for my friend Pepito (Carpentier) and Arthur finishing second a second time. He's so good he will probably make it another year."

"Peron takes home a prize worth 5,000 USD for his victory"

Farley, who battled leukemia and traveled to Trieste shortly after a bone marrow biopsy, finished second overall but was disappointed that he had not sailed to his full potential. He acknowledged Peron's commendable performance throughout the competition and said, "He (Peron) sailed really well today, and I'm just really frustrated that I sailed nowhere near my ability. I just felt like I beat myself. It's mixed feelings really, as the last race was really close to getting second, so I'm happy overall."

The eSailing World Championships is hosted by Barcolana 55 and is presented by Generali, the world's largest sailing regatta, annually held in Trieste on the second Sunday of October. Peron takes home a prize worth 5,000 USD for his victory.

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Esailing & Virtual Sailing information

The concept of e-sailing, or virtual sailing, is based on a computer game sailing challenge that has been around for more than a decade.

The research and development of software over this time means its popularity has taken off to the extent that it has now become a part of the sailing seascape and now allows people to take an 'active part' in some of the most famous regattas across the world such as the Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Sydney Hobart, Volvo Ocean Race, America’s Cup and some Olympic venues too, all from the comfort of their armchair.

The most popular model is the 'eSailing World Championship'. It is an annual esports competition, first held in 2018 and officially recognised by World Sailing, the sports governing body.

The eSailing World Championship is a yearly competition for virtual sailors competing on the Virtual Regatta Inshore game.

The contract to run the event was given to a private company, Virtual Regatta that had amassed tens of thousands of sailors playing offshore sailing routing game following major offshore races in real-time.

In April 2020, the company says on its website that it has 35,000 active players and 500,000 regattas sailed.

Virtual Regatta started in 2010 as a small team of passionate designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs gathered around the idea that virtual sailing sports games can mix with real races and real skippers.