Strong Start... Aug 30, 07:08
...at the Trieste Challenge for Dicko & Co. yesterday over on Italy's Adriatic coast (map). Results so far in Round Robin 1 among the five AC teams entered:
BMW Oracle Racing - 2 points
Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - 2 points
Luna Rossa - 1 point
Areva Challenge - 0 points
China Team - 0 points
Full marks, too, to Jes Gram Hansen and his Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team who are also sailing well. Our guys race them in the last match of both round robins. The RR pairing list and scoreboard (regularly updated) is here.
Details on our main team website. As usual, you can click on the photos below to enlarge. Photo copyrights: Massimo Silvano / Trieste Challenge.
BMW Oracle Racing - 2 points
Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team - 2 points
Luna Rossa - 1 point
Areva Challenge - 0 points
China Team - 0 points
Full marks, too, to Jes Gram Hansen and his Mascalzone Latino Capitalia Team who are also sailing well. Our guys race them in the last match of both round robins. The RR pairing list and scoreboard (regularly updated) is here.
Details on our main team website. As usual, you can click on the photos below to enlarge. Photo copyrights: Massimo Silvano / Trieste Challenge.
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Our guys (left) sail to victory over Francesco de Angelis (ITA) and his Luna Rossa team yesterday, the first day of the Trieste Challenge. Chris Dickson (NZL) is driving for us. That's Eric Doyle (USA, tactician) center, aft.
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The 50-foot (16 metres) "Open" class yachts are the largest used on the match racing circuit. With a large sail plan and a displacement of less than five tons, the carbon-fibre boats are said by the organizers to be "impressive for power and manageability." They are raced by a crew of eight, whereas most of the other match racing events around the world involve crews of four or five.
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Kazuhiko "Fuku" Sofuku (JPN, bowman) along
with the rest of our crew were on winning form
yesterday.
with the rest of our crew were on winning form
yesterday.
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Racing continues in Trieste through Sunday.
Racing | by TFE
