Groupe Edmond de Rothschild, skippered by Yann Guichard, fresh
from their win in Kiel just three weeks ago, came out of the
starting blocks with a bang, taking the first three bullets of
the day, but The Wave, Muscat, is hot on the Frenchman's heels,
just one point behind after six races.
Seven teams are here in the Medieval town of Trapani, the fleet
augmented by a local 'wildcard' entry from America's Cup
Strategist, Gabriele Bruni, with his team Trapani, the Sailing
Seacily. "It was really great! We had three good races, then in
the last three we finished last, but that's part of the game.
The most important thing is that we enjoyed ourselves on the
water. The other teams are very well prepared, sometimes we were
playing with them, but obviously generally a bit behind. It's
also fantastic to sail in Trapani, in front of the islands, with
good breeze."
Mike Golding's Ecover Sailing Team, has seen some stunning
performances over the past four months of racing and once again
looks to be in a good position to challenge for the podium, but
is threatened by the fastest man around the planet, Franck
Cammas, just one point behind.
With six races completed on day one, there were four boats taking
the top spot, Groupe Edmond de Rothschild with three wins, but
Groupama 40, Red Bull Extreme Sailing each taking a win and The
Wave, Muscat finishing the day with a first.
The Extreme Sailing Series™ Trapani continues tomorrow, Friday 24
September, with the seven teams racing right inside the harbour,
in front of the public and VIP spectators, from 2pm. Our weather
partner WetterWelt expects 11 to 14 knots of breeze, with
potential gusts up to 20 – which given the tight situation on
the leaderboard will undoubtedly make for hotly contested races.
Click HERE
[http://www.extremesailingseries.com/results/trapani/] to see
today's result
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