X-41 World Championship, Sideracordis campione del mondo
MonotipiaVelaX-41 19 Settembre 2009 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic id=4039 w=300 h=204 float=left]X-41 World Championship – Scarlino – Si è concluso con la vittoria di Sideracordis il Campionato Mondiale X-41 di Scarlino. Oggi, in occasione della giornata conclusiva, si sono disputate le ultime tre manche, utili alla barca di Pier Vettor Grimani e del tattico Daniele Cassinari per staccare WB Five e da Lady X-41 per scalare la classifica e attestarsi al secondo posto. L’equipaggio di Piergiorgio Ravaioni, composto tra gli altri da Lorenzo Bressani e Tiziano Nava, ha anticipato proprio WB Five, portato da alberto Signorini e Tommaso Chieffi.
X-41 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, SIDERACORDIS WINS
[X-Yachts Italia Press Release] Today was the last racing day of the X-41 World Championship at La Marina di Scarlino in Maremma Tuscany, organised by the Yacht Club Italiano and Club Nautico Scarlino, with the collaboration of X-Yachts Italia.
The first race of the day started at 12.20 with a 10 knot southerly breeze. During the first stage of the race the Spaniards on board of Javier Dominguez’s Vertice 360-Benalmadena with tactician Luis Doreste took the lead. Siderarcordis (owner Pier Vettor Grimani, tactician Daniele Cassinari) was in hot pursuit followed by WB Five (helmsman Alberto Signorini, tactician Tommaso Chieffi) and by Lady X-41 (owner Piergiorgio Ravaioni, tactician Lorenzo Bressani). The Spaniards managed to lead until the end of the second beat, with Lady X-41 was closing in after having chosen to sail up the left hand side of the course. On the last run the Italians – jibe after jibe– managed to close in, eventually overtaking the Spaniards. Lady X-41 cut the finishing line first, followed by Vertice 360-Benalmadena second and by Siderarcordis third.
The second race started at 13.45 with the same weather conditions. Le Coq Hardi, with tactician Francesco De Angelis on baord, took the lead at the start, closely followed by Siderarcordis. Le Coq Hardi lost ground on the first beat and Siderarcordis rounded mark 1 in the lead, followed by WB Five, Lady X-41 and Raffica. During the second upwind leg Siderarcordis changed tactics, choosing to sail on the far left side of the course, while WB Five kept to the far right. The race’s outcome was decided during the last run where Le Coq Hardi, WB Five, Siderarcordis and Lady X-41 engaged in a jibe for jibe battle. Siderarcordis crossed the finish line first, followed by Lady X-41 and by WB Five in third position.
Given the great weather conditions the Race Committee fired the gun for the 3rd race of the day. WB Five and Le Coq Hardi had a good start on the pin end, but Pasquale Orofino’s Raffica with Paolo Semeraro as tactician managed to overtake the whole fleet and led throughout the whole race, crossing the finishing line first. Second Piergiorgio Ravaioni’s Lady X-41 and third Maurizio Pavesi’s Le Coq Hardi.
Siderarcordis owned by Pier Vettor Grimani with Daniele Cassinari calling tactics were crowned winners of the X-41 World Championship after 8 races. Piergiorgio Ravaioni’s Lady X-41 (tactician Lorenzo Bressani) finished second overall and Alberto Signorini’s WB Five (tactician Tommaso Chieffi) third.
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