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Also on four wins are Charisma of Monaco-based skipper Nico Poons and the Gibraltar team on John Bassadone's Peninsula Petroleum. Missing the first two races, Bassadone's was deposited on board after the second flight. "It is always good to do even a few races of the match racing, to get rid of the cobwebs. Otherwise the tactician gets upset!" says Bassadone referring to his Italian second-in-command, Vasco Vascotto.
"All of our matches were very good," Bassadone continued. "It was very shifty. When we were behind we had a bit of luck and sailed quite well. We overtook a lot of times but there was chopping and changing quite in bit in all of them."
The boat-on-boat nature of match racing can make it an aggressive sport and, despite this being the first day of racing in the season, there was a spectacular bout between Team CEEREF and Artemis Racing Youth. This saw a pre-start collision in which Artemis Racing Youth was deemed to be in the wrong.
Then a tacking duel immediately off the line ended when Team CEEREF came in on port, without rights, and unsuccessfully attempted to duck Artemis Racing Youth, stabbing her bow into the Swedish boat's hull. Artemis Racing Youth continued and won the point but was docked three points for the two incidents, while Team CEEREF was penalised two.
"We had a bit of fun during our race with Artemis Racing Youth. Obviously that can happen on the water. We had some damage and had to stop, so we didn't finish that race. We will fix the boat and be back ready to race tomorrow," said Igor Lah.
Fleet racing sets sail tomorrow at 11:30 local time but on this occasion the courses will be set in open water, outside of Valletta's magnificent harbour.
RC44 Valletta Cup Match Racing Results
1. Bronenosec Sailing Team - 4
2. Team Nika - 4
3. Charisma - 4
4. Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team - 4
5. Artemis Racing - 3
6. Katusha - 2
7. Team Aqua - 2
8. Team CEEREF - 2 (2 penalty points)
9. RUS-7 Anywayanyday - 2
10. MAG Racing - 0
11. Artemis Racing Youth - -2 (3 penalty points)
"We had a bit of fun during our race with Artemis Racing Youth. Obviously that can happen on the water. We had some damage and had to stop, so we didn't finish that race. We will fix the boat and be back ready to race tomorrow," said Igor Lah.
Fleet racing sets sail tomorrow at 11:30 local time but on this occasion the courses will be set in open water, outside of Valletta's magnificent harbour.
RC44 Valletta Cup Match Racing Results
1. Bronenosec Sailing Team - 4
2. Team Nika - 4
3. Charisma - 4
4. Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team - 4
5. Artemis Racing - 3
6. Katusha - 2
7. Team Aqua - 2
8. Team CEEREF - 2 (2 penalty points)
9. RUS-7 Anywayanyday - 2
10. MAG Racing - 0
11. Artemis Racing Youth - -2 (3 penalty points)
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