Flawless First Day While the weather was a mix of contrasts for the opening day of the 2013 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship, hosted from the Harbour Court club house of New York Yacht Club in Newport, R.I., the results on the water were anything but. With light wind predicted, race organizers delayed the start an hour which allowed the rain to move out of the area while leaving behind dramatic clouds and patches of blue. Once racing was underway, Dutch-born Nico Poons sailed three flawless races on Charisma - leading the fleet around the course at all but the first two mark roundings. In fact, Poons went from strength to strength as the fleet followed in hot pursuit, evidenced by all 15 boats crossing the finish line of race two in under three minutes. In the third race of the day, Poons rounded the windward mark 15 seconds ahead of defending champion Helmut Jahn of Chicago, at the helm of Flash Gordon 6, and by the finish had increased the spread to 30 seconds. Racing resumes Wednesday, August 28, at noon and continues through Friday, August 30. Place, Yacht Name, Owner/Skipper, Country, Results; Total Points 1. Charisma, Nico Poons, MON, 1-1-1; 3 2. Flash Gordon 6, Helmut Jahn, USA, 7-2-2; 11 3. Nightshift, Kevin McNeil, USA, 2-8-3; 13 4. Barking Mad, James Richardson, USA, 4-3-6; 13 5. Enfant Terrible, Alberto Rossi, ITA, 5-5-8; 18 6. Nanoq, HRH Prince Frederik, DEN, 6-6-7; 19 7. Asterisk Uno, Hasip Gencer, TUR, 9-7-4; 20 8. PLENTY, Alexander Roepers, USA, 3-9-12; 24 9. Transfusion, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis, AUS, 11-4-11; 26 10. Struntje light, Wolfgang Schaefer, GER, 13-10-5; 28 11. Endorphin, Erik Wulff, USA, 8-12-9; 29 12. Oakcliff Racing, Seth Cooley, USA, 14-13-10; 37 13. White Knight, Zoltan Katinsky, USA, 10-14-14; 38 14. Groovederci, John Demourkas, USA, 12-15-13; 40 15. Flojito y Cooperando, Bernard Minkow/Julia Fernandez, MEX, 15-11-15; 41 farr40worlds
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 07:04:07 +0000
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