2003
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup - Windy
Lay-Day in Porto Cervo
11/09/03
After
three days of racing in Porto Cervo for the Maxi
Yacht Rolex Cup the 34-boat fleet is enjoying
a scheduled lay-day. The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
organisers must have a direct line to the Weather
Gods who would have told them to place the lay-day
on the Thursday when they were planning this mid-September
event. A 40-knot Mistral blew across the North
of Sardinia all day and sailing, had it been scheduled,
would have been cancelled.
The
flurry of protests lodged by Leopard and Alexia
yesterday following their unfortunate mast-locking
incident at the start of the second windward-leeward
race, saw average points for her races so far
awarded to Alexia. This puts Alexia in the lead
overall in the IMS Class but with the top section
of her mast missing the Argentinean boat will
not be racing again and may well submit a request
for redress for the rest of the regatta.
The
results of yesterday’s two windward-leeward
races for the IMS and IRC Classes were combined
to make one set of points for the day and this
has been added to the scores for the first two
days’ races.
Tomorrow’s
forecast is again calling for fresh Mistral conditions,
although less than the storm force winds of today.
Provisional
Overall Results after Three Days
Class
IMS
Pos. Boat Type Owner Race 1,2,3+4/TP
1st Alexia Reichel/Pugh 75 Alberto Roemmers 2,1,2/5
2nd Idea SAI Reichel /Pugh 80 Raffaele Raiola
3,2,1/6
3rd Bumblebee 5 Sydney 62 John Kahlbetzer 1,4,4/9
Class
IRC
Pos. Boat Type Owner Race 1,2,3+4/TP
1st Alfa Romeo Reichel/Pugh 90 Neville Crichton
3,1,1/4
2nd Virtuelle Proto C/R Carlo Perrone 1,3,1/4
3rd Unfurled Frers 112 Harry Macklowe 2,2,3/7
Wally
Class
Pos. Boat Type Owner Race 1,2,3/TP
1st Wallyño Wally 60 Luca Bassani Antivari
1,3,1/5
2nd Genie of the Lamp Wally 77 Gianlua Vacchi
1,4,3/9
3rd Magic Carpet2 Wally 94 Lindsay Owen-Jones
6,2,4/12
Jongert
& Spirit of Tradition Class
Pos. Boat Type Owner Race 1,2,3/TP
1st Adela Spirit of Tradition George Lindemann
1,1,2/4
2nd Whitefin Spirit of Tradition Alfredo Canessa
2,2,1/5
