RC44 Cagliari Cup
1 July 2011_
The Mistral was in again today as expected.
The race committee announced
this morning that they would only attempt two races and that is what we got
in. The first races featured 18-23 knots of wind, while the wind came up to
25 knots for the second race and even 28 knots at the finish.
Artemis Racing and Katusha both had good races today demonstrating
consistency. Artemis finished 5, 5 and Katusha finished 6, 6. Artemis was
in second place for most of the first race but suffered a broach half way
down the last run and lost a few places. Artemis Racing's Chairman, Torbjorn
Tornqvist is a good strong wind sailor and had their boat going fast all
day. Gennadi is doing a great job on Katusha considering he has been
sailing for just over a year now. The conditions in the second race got to
the upper edge of controlability and Genaddi never lost control of the boat
while many others did.
Actually, it wasn't just Artemis and Katusha who demonstrated consistency
today. All boats in the top six finished in the same position in both of
todays races.
Team Aqua won both races today with excellent speed and tactics. ORACLE
Racing was just behind with 2, 2. Ceeref followed with 3, 3 and Islas
Canarias Puerto Calero had the double 4's.
Racing continues tomorrow and the Mistral is expected to hold again. Sunday
is expected to bring lighter winds.
For complete results go to www.rc44.com
Paul
©Francesco Nonnoi / Artemis Racing
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