Despite a third fantastic day out on the water at the 44Cup Marstrand, with sun, a 8-13 knot southerly and the new bonus of flat water, it was another where most of the nine hotly competitive owner-driver one-design teams struggled to find consistency. Those that did were not always at the top of the leaderboard.
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Winning in a high performance class of identical one-designs, raced by some of the world’s best crews, is a major task and this is proving true at the 44Cup Marstrand.
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Scorching temperatures may be setting the rest of Europe ablaze, but conditions for the opening day of the 44Cup Marstrand were nothing short of idyllic with temperatures in the early 20s, chilled by a steady 10-12 knot northwesterly blowing in across the North Sea and the local Kattegat, separating Sweden from Denmark. Racing started on time at 1200 and while there were mixed opinions between teams over hoisting the J1 or J2, everything went according to plan.
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A second day of 7-10 knot southeasterly onshore breeze concluded the 44Cup racing off Puntaldia in northeast Sardinia with yet another high scoring day; every race seemingly bringing a change of fortune. Generally across the fleet the event was one of the closest in 44Cup history the winner averaging 4.333 points per race compared to the ninth-placed boat’s 6.5
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The 44Cup Puntaldia, taking place place out of the boutique 380 berth Marina di Puntaldia in northeast Sardinia, has gained a new leader on its penultimate day, or, more accurately, lost its previous leader. As usual the tightness of the racing in this high performance owner-driver one design class, was demonstrated today by the fact that after nine races, seven of the nine RC44s competing have won
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