Defi Atlantique: what a battle among the Italians! Beccaria and Bona dominate the regatta
THE PERFECT GIFT!
Give or treat yourself to a subscription to the print + digital Journal of Sailing and for only 69 euros a year you get the magazine at home plus read it on your PC, smartphone and tablet. With a sea of advantages.
No-holds-barred battle at the Defi Atlantique between Ambrogio Beccaria on Allagrande Pirelli and Alberto Bona on IBSA, with their respective crews. The two Italians, the Coppi and Bartali of our ocean sailing, are practically dominating the race, an Atlantic crossing from Guadeloupe to La Rochelle with a stopover in Horta in the Azores, from the very first beat.
Defi Atlantique. Beccaria responds to Bona
The first part of Defi Atlantique belonged to IBSA, which proved to be faster in the wide upwind/traverse of the first phase of the race. When the light anticyclone wind arrived, however, Ambrogio Beccaria’s crew with Allagrande Pirelli placed the overtake, proving something more in the light breezes and managing to keep the lead even in these hours.
Now a second phase has begun. The Class 40 fleet circumvented the anticyclone from the north and has been sailing ahead of a depression front with winds of 25 to 30 knots, slack as of last night. Perfect conditions to unleash the horsepower of the scow bows , and in fact in these hours speeds have shot up: peaks are over 20 knots, the average is between 16 and 17 .
Beccaria and Allagrande retain a handful of miles of lead, but Bona seems to be in an attacking position behind them and is able to lean a couple of degrees more, an element that could prove to be an important strategic weapon in the gybe waltz that awaits them shortly.
With the finish line in Horta now just under 1,000 miles away, the initial sprint to go for the victory of this first stage has officially begun.
Mauro Giuffrè
Share:
Check out the latest issue
Are you already a subscriber?
Ultimi annunci
Our social
Sign up for our Newsletter
We give you a gift
Sailing, its stories, all boats, accessories. Sign up now for our free newsletter and receive the best news selected by the Sailing Newspaper editorial staff each week. Plus we give you one month of GdV digitally on PC, Tablet, Smartphone. Enter your email below, agree to the Privacy Policy and click the “sign me up” button. You will receive a code to activate your month of GdV for free!
You may also be interested in.
Transat Café l’Or: Francesca Clapcich strike, overtaking Macif and second place in Martinique!
We are in the final throes of the Transat Café l’Or for the Imoca 60 class, with Jeremie Beyou and Morgan Lagraviere’s Charal taking a well-deserved victory after leading the race for almost the entire Atlantic. Beware, however, because in
Transat Café l’Or: SVR Lazartigue first Ultim, Imoca 60’s turn begins
Day 12 of racing for the Transat Café l’Or and the arrivals in Martinique have begun with the Ultim class trimarans. First across the finish line was Tom Laperche’s SVR Lazartigue, followed just four hours later by Thomas Coville’s Sodebo.
LAST CALL: Last 24 hours to participate, in Tigullio, in a piece of sailing history
One more day, just one day left to participate in a piece of sailing history. More than 50 boats have already done so. Registration closesat 12 noon on Friday, Nov. 7. Then, on Saturday, Nov. 8, the Event: the Tigullio
When it rains and is cold, no one is at sea. Except them
Let the great ocean adventure…in the Mediterranean begin. The fifth Marina Militare Nastro Rosa Il Veloce departed from Genoa: 1492 miles from Genoa to Venice, non-stop, for ten indomitable crews in doubles aboard fast Beneteau Figaro 3, boats of just
