Quebec – Saint Malo: Alberto Bona sixth, ends a tough edition

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IBSA on arrival in Saint Malo

A very difficult Quebec – Saint Malo ends for Italian ocean sailing: Alberto Bona with IBSA finished in sixth place after 14 g 20 h 19 m 42 s. Also at the finish line was Pietro Luciani, aboard Dekuple, in tenth place. The victory went to the French of Amarris, skipper Achille Nebout.

Allagrande Pirelli with Ambrogio Beccaria stopped in the Azores, where the Italian team is assessing the damage to the hull to figure out what to do. Meanwhile, Alberto Riva may launch an expedition to attempt the recovery of Acrobatica after the collision with the Silver Ray forced its abandonment.

A Quebec Saint Malo that presents a very steep bill to our people, for the first time we see Ambrogio Beccaria in trouble and forced to retire, while bad luck continues to target Alberto Riva.

Alberto bona’s comment

The Class40 IBSA was the protagonist of a resounding comeback of more than 230 miles in thelast week of racing, and managed at the dawn of the last day of sailing to grab sixth position in a fleet reduced to 19 boats, after the wreck of Alberto Riva and the withdrawal of five more hulls, including that of Ambrogio Beccaria. The last few hours of sailing have been very challenging: a last disturbance, with wind turned to the south, drew a wonderful upwind finish, set in front of the Môle des Noires, the breakwater that marks the entrance to the port of Saint-Malo.
“We are really very happy, an incredible regatta ,” commented Alberto Bona.we sailed very well in recovery, and the boat responded to the best and revealed its full potential. It was a unique regatta, in which we saw things none of us had ever seen, from the frozen sea when we sailed north, 350 miles from Greenland, to lots of whales, to fog and the great cold. Then we took a depression, which made us come back very well and arrive at the Channel rendezvous on time.The last 36 hours have been an intense, edged race, and it has been beautiful. From river to ice, from becalmed to upwind along the Channel: what a race!”

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