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Farr 40 New England Regatta Day 2
Sunday, August 13, 2006 -
Preliminary Results After Day 2. 7 Races Sailed. Results Subject to Protest Hearings.
“Ichi Ban” Grasps Second Day Lead at New England Farr 40 Regatta
Report: Prior to protest results.
NEWPORT, RI – Challenging conditions prevailed for the second day of the 2006 Farr 40 New England Regatta. PRO Peter Reggio and the Race Management Team from Sail Newport battled the oscillating northerly breeze and were able to complete three races, bringing the series total to seven.
Today’s race course was located approximately two miles southeast of Brenton Point. The 20-boat fleet sailed in a shifty North-Northwesterly breeze that ranged from 5 – 14 knots throughout the day.
Matt Allen of Sydney, Australia and helmsman of “Ichi Ban” said “today’s conditions were good, but very tricky.” He added, “Finding the pressure vanes moving down the course, while working towards the edges was the key to getting into the top of the fleet.” This strategy proved to work well as “Ichi Ban” captured two second place finishes to help move them into first place for the day.
Race one of the day got off to a jumpy start with “Heartbreaker,” “Ichi Ban” and “Opus One” over the line early. This turned out to be a critical moment in the regatta as “Ichi Ban” was able to salvage the race by finding the pressure and sailing through the fleet to an impressive second place finish. Day 1 leader “Opus One” failed to recover from the costly mistake and took a tenth place for the race.
Phillipe Khan’s “Pegasus” with tactician Chris Larson sailed to an early lead and extended throughout the race to take the win.
In race two of the day, helmsman Erik Maris along with tactician Phillipe Mourniac aboard “Twins” took first place after handling the shifty breeze that resulted in one change of course. “Ichi Ban” sailed smartly and captured another second place finish.
The final race of the day featured the most consistent northwesterly breeze of the day but had seven boats over early. The aggressive over early group once again included “Opus One.” However, helmsman Wolfgang Stolz sailed fast in the steady conditions and finished fourth. Winning the race was “Nerone” with helmsman Massimo Mezzarona and Lorenzo Bressani both from Rome, Italy.
The second day of racing concluded with “Ichi Ban” in first place, “Barking Mad” four points back in second place with 38 total points and “Opus One” in third with 42 points.
The regatta will conclude on Sunday with two final races scheduled to be started offshore.
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