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One of the most improved teams was MAG Racing on which Croatian match racer Tomislav Basic was sailing for the first time, calling tactics for skipper Artur Kasner, who said of his new recruit: "We rely on his skills and are eager to find out what he will bring to the team. I think he will be a great input."
Clearly Basic is making an impression, for after winning no matches at the first RC44 regatta of the season in Malta two months ago, the Poles today won three. This included probably the most aggressive match of day against Team Nika.
After some barging close to the pin prior to the start, with both boats early and ultimately setting off slowly, MAG Racing got away first and proceeded to lead Team Nika around the track. On the first run, Team Nika closed and was in with a chance to get ahead as the two boats reached the leeward gate together. However split seconds later there was a loud BANG.
"We couldn't cross in front of them at the downwind gate. What I had to do was to go around them and push them into the wind, but instead I pushed into their stern." It's wasn't hard, but the whole mood then went down. It was very unfortunate and we got a penalty," Team Nika skipper Vladimir Prosikhin said afterwards.
After some barging close to the pin prior to the start, with both boats early and ultimately setting off slowly, MAG Racing got away first and proceeded to lead Team Nika around the track. On the first run, Team Nika closed and was in with a chance to get ahead as the two boats reached the leeward gate together. However split seconds later there was a loud BANG.
"We couldn't cross in front of them at the downwind gate. What I had to do was to go around them and push them into the wind, but instead I pushed into their stern." It's wasn't hard, but the whole mood then went down. It was very unfortunate and we got a penalty," Team Nika skipper Vladimir Prosikhin said afterwards.
In fact Team Nika was awarded two penalty points for the incident, causing her to plummet down the RC44 Match Racing Championship leaderboard.
While there was damage to MAG Racing's transom and Team Nika's sacrificial bow broke off (as it is supposed to at such moments) both boats will be back on the water tomorrow, but the downward spiral for the Russian team did not end there.
While there was damage to MAG Racing's transom and Team Nika's sacrificial bow broke off (as it is supposed to at such moments) both boats will be back on the water tomorrow, but the downward spiral for the Russian team did not end there.
"We were trying to change the bow – and it took so long that we were late for the next start and we got a penalty for that, so our next race was bad too," admitted Prosikhin, who once ashore apologised to the MAG Racing crew.
Tomorrow is the first day of fleet racing at the Audi RC44 Porto Cervo Cup, with the first warning signal scheduled for 1200 CEST.
Tomorrow is the first day of fleet racing at the Audi RC44 Porto Cervo Cup, with the first warning signal scheduled for 1200 CEST.
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