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Giraglia Rolex Cup 2011 - 18.-25.05.2011
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June 22, 2011
Giraglia Rolex Cup http://www.regattanews.com/event.asp?f=email&id=265
St.Tropez, France / Genoa, Italy
ESIMIT EUROPA 2 LEAD FLEET
As widely predicted, Esimit Europa 2 (SLO) made an impressive start to the 59th edition of the Giraglia Rolex Cup. At 19:00 CEST, Igor Simcic and his star-studded crew lead the pack, followed by Alegre (GBR), Jethou (GBR) and DSK Pioneer Investments (ITA) and). Esimit are currently 182.5-nautical miles from Genoa.
Esimit were the first yacht to pass the La Fourmigue at around 15:02 CEST, at which point Simcic confirmed that the yacht was travelling at 11.5 knots with a wind speed of 8.5 knots. The crew are predicting arrival at the Giraglia rock, the race’s legendary turning point, at between 04:00 – 07:00 CEST. The already light conditions set to become even more benign.
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Foto: Carlo Borlenghi
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The staggered start times, with the small yachts going first, ensured that the racecourse was fairly bottlenecked during the early stages. Even so impressive starts were made X-Trifix (ITA),Tchin Tchin (FRA) and Javier Pujol’s Calima (ESP), the overall winners in 2009.
Alegre (GBR) were the second yacht to round La Fourmigue, and tactician Chris index confirmed via satellite phone that the crew were on course with their pre-race expectations: “We’re very happy with how things are going, the conditions are good and will most likely favour some of the smaller boats.” index predicted that the yacht would arrive at the Giraglia rock around 05:00 CEST.
According to the tracker, the top three in terms of overall IRC handicap at 19:00 CEST were the 81-ft maxi, Sagamore (USA), Pace (GBR) a TP52, and Thierry Bouchard’s Class 40 Mistral-Loisirs (FRA).
A further update will be available on Thursday morning at approx.11:00 CEST.
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