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Bronenosec Sailing Team survived best in race three when a small squall passed through North Sound. "Another nice day, another one won and we improved, so it is very good," said Liubomirov. "Me and my team are happy. The wind is nice and I like how shifty it is, because it is not easy for the tactician or for me."
With his team now second, while Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika has dropped to fourth, Bronenosec is currently favourite to win the overall RC44 Fleet Racing championship.
"There are at least five teams fighting for the podium and overall it is still not clear who will be there and in which position," observed Prosikhin.
John Bassadone's Peninsula Petroleum finally came good in the last race, while a solid 2-2-1 in the final three races elevated the Gibraltar-based team to third overall. On their win, Bassadone said it came "with great difficulty! It's been a pretty complicated couple of days, very hard. We just kept on working hard. We are happy to be back at this end of the table."
As to why, Bassadone continued: "I think it's a bit of everything - a decent start, the boat speed is definitely something the guys have worked very hard on since the last regatta, good tactics, good crew work and also a little bit of luck - or no bad luck."
Peninsula Petroleum's bubbly Italian tactician Vasco Vascotto, like Francesco Bruni, is also another who seems able to make sense of ultra-shifty conditions, vital for the last race with the wind blowing over the top of Virgin Gorda. In fact Peninsula Petroleum managed to pick up their own personal puff coming into the first top mark rounding which helped them round ahead.
"We like to sail inside the bay - it's different, so it is a matter of playing a little more the shifts, something we like," said Vascotto. "More than the result, we are happy we are sailing better in terms of our speed and crew work."
"Moding is very important - you need to sail the boat a little differently than normal sailing conditions. If you have some shifts, sometimes you have to go faster, other times you have to go a little slower and be patient. That is something we are improving during these days."
The penultimate day of fleet racing takes place tomorrow and once again we wait to hear whether it will take place within the confines of North Sound or outside in more open water.
RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup Results (After 8 Races)
Pos Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Tot
1. Artemis Racing (SWE44) 4 2 1 3 1 1 6 2 20
2. Bronenosec Sailing Team (RUS 18) 3 9 3 1 2 6 1 3 28
3. Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team (GBR 1) 7 4 4 2 8 2 2 1 30
4. Team Nika (RUS 10) 2 3 2 5 5 5 3 9 34
5. TEAM CEEREF (SLO 11) 1 5 6 9 3 7 4 5 40
6. Team Aqua (GBR 2041) 6 6 7 6 4 4 5 4 42
7. Katusha (RUS 21) 5 1 8 7 7 3 7 6 44
8. MAG Racing (POL 44) 8 8 5 8 6 9 9 7 60
9. Artemis Racing Youth (SWE 4) 9 7 9 4 9 8 8 8 62
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