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Photo: MartinezStudio.es/RC44 Class/RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup |
Going into the final race Team Aqua had a four point lead over Peninsula Petroleum with Bombarda and Synergy tied five points adrift.
Neither Bombarda or Team Aqua got the best of starts in the final race. Peninsula rounded the top mark fourth, Aqua two places back. As Lunajets Aleph extended their lead at the front of the fleet, Peninsula was on a charge, up to second by the final windward mark, Aqua trailing in seventh. Down the final run, Aqua went for the early gybe, Peninsula seemed caught up in traffic, losing three places down the run, handing Aqua the win in Virgin Gorda, by just two-points.
Team Aqua have two new crew members this season, the team seem to have gelled straight away. Owner Chris Bake plans to keep the close knit team together for the whole season. “We’re going to try and keep the team solid, it’s important because when the racing is this close it’s all about the crew work, everyone has to pull together and work well together. Both Jono (Swain) and Simon (Johnson) have stepped into the team and performed really well.”
Peninsula Petroleum’s disappointed owner, John Bassadone, summed up his team’s day. “We crashed in to Gazprom Youth; we were bearing away, the main got stuck, didn’t release and we went straight into them. We feel terrible for them because they had to retire and a complete disaster of a day really, especially as we were in control of the regatta with a bit of a cushion. We had a penalty at the start of that first race, got back to fourth position so everything was going well and then one big mistake and we gifted it away.”
Synergy Russian Sailing Team’s second in the final race, gave last season’s runners up the final podium position from Andrea Pozzi’s new Italian RC44 team, Bombarda.
The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda has been a perfect host this week in Virgin Gorda, a venue the class will sure be looking to return to in the near future. “Were lucky to be racing here, it’s one of the most incredible places in the. To be racing RC44’s here, they have one of the greatest formats and are one of the greatest classes around; it makes it even more special.” Cameron Appleton, Team Aqua’s match race helm and tactician.
The RC44 class now move back across the Atlantic to Cascais, Portugal for the second event of the 2014 Tour from 23-27th April.
RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup Overall Fleet Race Ranking
(After 12 races)
1. Team Aqua 9 4 5 2 4 5 3 1 3 2 1 7 - 46
2. Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team 2 6 1 3 1 6 1 3 2 10DSQ 5 5 (3) - 48
3. Synergy Russian Sailing Team 6 2 6 4 2 1 4 8 7 6 3 2 - 51
4. Bombarda Racing 1 3 3 6 5 4 7 2 9 1 8 8 - 57
5. Artemis Racing 4 8 7 1 6 9 2 7 4 5 2 3 - 58
6. Lunajets Aleph Racing 5 5 8 5 3 3 6 4 8 3 7 1 - 58
7. Katusha 7 9 2 9 8 2 5 5 6 4 6 4 - 67
8. Gazprom Youth Sailing Challenge 8 1 4 8 9 7 8 6 5 5RDG 5RDG 5RDG - 71
9. Team Nika 3 7 9 7 7 8 9 9 1 7 4 6 - 77
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