“I don’t really know why we do so well on the coastals. It is not like we set up any differently to the windward-leewards days. There is maybe something about the longer courses we enjoy, but we take the same approach. There is no particular magic,”said Michele Ivaldi, Bronenosec's tactician.
On the left-side favoured track the action was on the pin end of the startline. After two wins yesterday, Ergin Imre’s Provezza looked to have done enough to win the key spot once again – the third time in a row – but unfortunately they hooked the pin boat’s ground tackle. From being launched at the gun in the prime position they had to slow immediately and rid themselves of the rope. Provezza fought back from 11th to sixth which keeps them second overall.
Quantum Racing made the best start and were quickly in control of the race with a small – but what looked to be significant – lead. But it was the top third of the windward leg which really set the order for the day. Along with Platoon they erred too far into the shore – where the breeze was lighter and more lifted. Further out, Bronenosec, Alegre and Azzurra read it just right, lifting to the layline in better pressure.
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For Bronenosec it is a welcome improvement on their results over the first two days which included a 9,6,7 as well as a second. And it takes them to fifth on the regatta standings, one point up on 2015 Super Series champions Azzurra who finished third today but are still 11 points behind regatta leaders Quantum Racing. Provezza and Platoon share the same points tally, 21, but with two more days of windward-leewards racing there is still only five points between second and sixth.
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Quantum Racing go into the last two days of windward-leeward racing with a lead of six points – still effectively growing their points margin by one or two points each day – ahead of Platoon and Provezza. Azzurra are now five points off second and seem to have their mojo back and are moving up the leaderboard.
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Standings after Day 3, five races sailed:
1. Quantum Racing, USA (Doug DeVos USA) (1,3,4,3,4) 15 pts
2. Provezza, TUR (Ergin Imre TUR) (4,9,1,1,6) 21 pts
3. Platoon, GER (Harm Müller-Spreer GER) (5,2,3,6,5) 21 pts
4. Alegre, GBR (Andres Soriano USA) (2,5,8,5,2) 22 pts
5. Bronenosec, RUS (Vladimir Liubomirov RUS) (9,6,2,7,1) 25 pts
6. Azzurra, ITA (Pablo/Alberto Roemmers ARG) (7,8,6,2,3) 26 pts
7. Rán Racing, SWE (Niklas Zennström SWE) (3,4,7,4,10) 28 pts
8. Sled, USA (Takashi Okura USA) (6,1,9,8,8) 32 pts
9. Xio/Hurakan, ITA (Guiseppe Parodi ITA) (8,7,5,9,7) 36 pts
10. Gladiator, GBR (Tony Langley GBR) (10,10,10,10,11) 51pts
11. Paprec FRA (Jean-Luc Petithuguenin FRA) (11,11,11,11,9) 53 pts
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