RORC Caribbean 600, Bona and Beccaria “Coppi and Bartali of sailing”
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After the second-place finish of Maserati and Giovanni Soldini, the Class 40s are increasingly speaking Italian, with the victory of Alberto Bona and IBSA Group at the RORC Caribbean 600 (the 600-mile super classic being raced in the Caribbean starting and finishing in Antigua after passing as many as 15 islands), followed on the podium by Allagrande Pirelli by Ambrogio Beccaria. IBSA finished the race with a time of 2 days 13 hours 7 minutes 18 seconds, 14 minutes later Allagrande also crossed the finish line.
An All-Italian Duel.
We may not yet be back in the days of Bartali and Coppi, but this all-Italian duel really bodes well for the future of our ocean sailing, as in the present Alberto Bona and Ambrogio Beccaria put on a show along these 600 miles of Caribe.
Alberto Bona with his crew proved to be solid, as seen at Route du Rhum, and the boat, Sam Manuard’s Mach 5, is a real blast. On the straight stretches of this RORC Caribbean 600 IBSA at times seemed to have greater speed cues than Allagrande Pirelli, in a duel that was, however, always very balanced and on the edge of trajectories and tenths of a knot. Beccaria for his part always disentangled himself well in all the most technical passages of the regatta, showing that he was always very confident with the tactics.
Epic was the duel of final turns, after IBSA’s overtaking occurred on the forehand, with Bona carefully covering all of his opponent’s moves to leave no chance for a comeback until Antigua’s finish.
Also racing alongside Bona on IBSA were Luke Berry, Luca Bertacchi, and Spaniard Pablo Santurde del Arco. With Beccaria, the crew was completed by Bernardo Zin, Kevin Bloch and Tanguy Leglatin.
RORC Caribbean – statements from Alberto Bona
A confidence boost for Italians
Speaking of Class 40s, Alberto Bona and IBSA’s victory at the RORC opens the season of regattas in which the Italians will also participate. After these 600 miles it will be time for another Atlantic crossing, returning to Europe with the Defi Atlantique, from Guadeloupe to La Rochelle via Horta in the Azores.
The Class 40s will thus return to Europe after the Route du Rhum, awaiting the Fastnet in August, and waiting for the Transat Jacques Vabre in November, the highlight of the 2023 season. There will be few solo races for our people this year: apart from a few on the Class 40 circuit that will take place in France, the rest of the races will be either double or crewed.
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