Tre Golfi Regatta: North Star and Lisa win a tough edition
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A tough edition of the historic Regatta of the Tre Golfi, which this year was run on the Naples – Ponza – Li Galli – Massa Lubrense course, totaling 145 miles, has concluded. An edition that also experienced a dramatic moment, with the risk of shipwreck by Furio Benussi’s maxi 100 ARCA . The regatta was marked by disturbed weather that brought thunderstorms and strong winds to the course, especially for the smaller boats in the fleet.
Tre Golfi Regatta – Who won among the Maxis
The Tre Golfi Regatta this year was also valid as an offshore trial of the European maxi, which continues these days in Sorrento waters. For the second consecutive year, the former Peter Dubens’ Maxi 72 North Star won the Maxi division of the race, with a lead of just over seven minutes on IRC handicap time over the race winner and new record holder, 15 hours and 30 minutes, the Maxi 77 Jethou by Sir Peter Ogden.
Racing in the maxi fleet was tight, with a photo finish with as many as five boats packed into just 3 minutes, all with times under the race record, which then went to Jethou.
Tre Golfi regatta: Lisa wins in ORC
The ORC fleet was the one that encountered the toughest conditions on the second day of racing, with stormy grooves and strong southerly winds that made the approach to Capri very wet and especially for many upwind with winds between 20 and 25 knots, and stronger gusts under thunderstorms.
The best on corrected time was Giovanni Di Vincenzo’s Ker 46 Lisa R (among the shipowners nominated for the Sailing Newspaper’s Sailor of the Year), followed by Scugnizza, Vincenzo De Blasio’s Italia Yachts 11.98, and third is Antonio Guiu’s Spanish TP52 Blue Carbon; the first and third are in Division A while the second is in C. In Division A, after the first two we find Capobianco/Terracciano’s Grand Soleil 46 Le Vent Perdu; in Division B are Giancarlo Ghislanzoni’s Chestress 3, Paolo Bonomo’s Aurora, and Cattiva Compagnia by Mucignat, Zilliotto, Zambon and Pizzolon. In Division C, after Scugnizza, in second position is Fabrizio Gagliardi’s X-35 Excalibur and in third is Jakoubek Zdenek’s Czech M37 Hebe V.
The Tre Golfi program continues hours with the ORC Mediterranean Championship will start on Friday 19 and conclude on Sunday 21.
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