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Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2008
Miami Beach, Florida
April 16 - 19, 2008. |
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| Bravissimo Mascalzone Latino! |
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| Defending world champion takes early lead in international fleet |
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Article By by the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds Media Team.
Photos By Kurt Arrigo and Daniel Forster for Rolex.
Edited by Peter Andrews.
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April 16, 2008. |
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Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
Current World Champion Mascalzone Latino charged to the head of the 33-boat fleet, on the first day of racing during the 2008 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship. With three races completed in the 10-race series, there are at least a dozen boats that can win the overall title. However, today belongs to the Italians.
"It's a long time left to sail and we just have to enjoy ourselves on the water," said Onorato, moments after returning to the dock.
"The others feel the pressure; we are two-time world champions and we are here to enjoy ourselves."
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Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino (ITA).
Photo © ROLEX/Daniel Forster.
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Despite a last minute change of tactician with American Morgan Larson, Onorato had nothing but praise for Larson's ability to jump in and assist with a 3-12-1 scoreline. Larson arrived this morning on the red eye from the West Coast to fill in for Adrian Stead, who returned home for the birth of his first child.
"Of course he (Larson) did a very nice job and we dedicate this victory to the new Lucas Stead, born yesterday" said Onorato. "If you look, we are sailing with a blue stripe on the back of the boat for him."
Only two points separate Mascalzone Latino from Giovanni Maspero's second-place Joe Fly (ITA), winner of the day's second race.
Deneen Demourkas's Groovederci 57 (USA) - one of two Groovederci's sailing, the other entry belongs to her husband John Demourkas - is in third place overall, with Carlo Alberini's Calvi Network (ITA) in fourth and Alinghi (SUI), helmed by Ernesto Bertarelli with the majority of crew from his America's Cup winning team onboard, in fifth.
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Giovanni Maspero's Joe
Fly (ITA).
Photo © ROLEX / Kurt Arrigo.
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Stratis Andreadis's Atalanti (GRE) finished fifth in the first race and second in race two, but they struggled with some gear breakdowns in race three and added a 25 to the scoreline for eighth place overall.
"Unfortunately, we had a little bad luck in the last race," said Atalanti tactician Brad Read (Newport, R.I.).
"We broke a jib and the main halyard going up the first beat. Overall, we've had some struggles in the past few regattas, but the team has amazed me with their perseverance and their learning curve."
For Andreadis, it is early in the week and there are a lot more races to go. "We will focus on what went well and on doing things better next time," he said.
"Since things went well in the first two races, we have less to discuss. We will just do as best as we can in each race."
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Deneen Demourkas' Groovederci 57 (USA).
Photo © ROLEX / Kurt Arrigo.
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For Read, who does not speak Greek, there are additional challenges. "He's a crack up," said Read. "Right when I need him to speak English and tell me what's going on, he goes Greek on me and I lose the plot. Seriously though, he does a great job, we're starting to go faster and it is early in the regatta."
The day's sentimental vote went to Bob Hughes and Heartbreaker (USA) for the regatta's first race win. "We have a good team," said Hughes from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Hughes had won the Canada's Cup, a match race on Farr 40s at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club this past summer.
"One guy who sailed with us in past, Justin Hood, is recovering from serious surgery" said Hughes. "The
first race was for him and we know he's watching online. We were excited to get a good result from him."
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Ole van der Heide's Asterisk (DEN), Deneen Demourkas' Groovederci
57 (USA) and the Farr 40 fleet setting spinnakers after rounding
the windward mark.
Photo © ROLEX/Daniel Forster.
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With 18 knots from the north, "we
got out early enough and did a bunch of sailing and it
was apparent that the left side was going to be good," said
Hughes of their pre-race training .
"We thought the pin (end of the starting line) would be
more crowded than it was, but it wasn't, so we started by the
pin. It wasn't a spectacular start, but good enough and we
were able to hold."
Tactician "Mark Ivey did a really good job on the
shifts. We got to top mark first with two other boats
hot on our heels." |
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Stratis Andreadis' Atalanti (GRE)
and William Douglass' Goombay
Smash (USA).
Photo © ROLEX/Daniel Forster.
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"The guys did a great job sailing
the boat downwind and extended the lead. Then on the last
beat, they did really well in the shifts. It was about
as good a race as you can have. It is really nice to look
back and see the fleet behind."
"There are so many boats that can win and that is
what makes the racing so good," he continued. "We
have a new team and we struggled in the Pre-Worlds. We
got a big boost of confidence and a lot of motivation going
forward."
Hughes went on to give credit to his entire team, including
Wally Cross whom he described as the best at setting
up the boat and making it go well. "He is the heart
and soul of the speed machine," said Hughes.
Winner of the Pre-Worlds warm-up regatta, Doug Douglass's
Goombay Smash (USA), finished the day in 25th.
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Erik Maris' Twins (FRA).
Photo © ROLEX / Kurt Arrigo.
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Today's
was "Presidents' Day" in honor of the Farr 40
Class's four presidents over the past 11 years. At the
owners dinner on Monday night, the Farr 40 Class elected
its first lifetime member John Calvert-Jones.
Winner of the 2000 Farr 40 World Championship, held
in Newport, R.I., and a past Class president, Calvert-Jones
was presented with a specially inscribed Rolex timepiece.
Racing continues tomorrow, Thursday, April 17 at the
Rolex Farr 40 World Championship (April 16-19) on the
Atlantic Ocean south of Government Cut. The Regatta
Village is based at Miami Beach Marina, in Miami Beach,
Florida |
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Martin & Lisa Hill's Estate Master (AUS).
Photo © ROLEX / Kurt Arrigo.
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For more
information about the 2008 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship,
including the full list of entries and crew, results, and
photos go to the official event website www.farr40worlds.com. |
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Rodrick Jabin's Ramrod (USA).
Photo © ROLEX / Kurt Arrigo.
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Rolex is
the title sponsor of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship
and also a race day sponsor with Slam and Casa de Campo
Marina. Supporting sponsors include Mad Fish Wines, Southern
Spars and Harken; supply sponsors include North Sails and
EdgeWater Boats; and official hotels are South Seas Hotel
and Avalon Hotel.
The Rolex Farr 40 World Championship joins other prestigious
Rolex-sponsored yachting events including the Rolex
Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Rolex Swan Cup, Giraglia
Rolex Cup, Rolex Middle Sea Race, Maxi Yacht Rolex
Cup, New York Yacht Club's Race Week presented by Rolex
and the Rolex Big Boat Series. |
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Results
after three races |
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Place |
Farr 40 (Country) |
Owner / Helm |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
R8 |
R9 |
R10 |
Total |
1 |
Mascalzone Latino (ITA) |
Vincenzo Onorato |
3 |
12 |
1 |
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16 |
2 |
Joe Fly (ITA) |
Giovanni Maspero |
9 |
1 |
8 |
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18 |
3 |
Groovederci ( USA ) |
Deneen Demourkas |
11 |
6 |
5 |
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22 |
4 |
Calvi Network (ITA) |
Carlo Alberni |
6 |
9 |
12 |
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27 |
5 |
Alinghi (SUI) |
Ernesto Bertarelli |
8 |
14 |
6 |
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28 |
6 |
Sled (JPN) |
Takashi Okura |
2 |
10 |
18 |
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30 |
7 |
Barking Mad ( USA ) |
Jim Richardson |
23 |
5 |
3 |
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31 |
8 |
Atalanti (GRE) |
Stratis Andreadis
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5 |
2 |
25 |
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32 |
9 |
Mean Machine (MON) |
Peter de Ridder |
24 |
3 |
9 |
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36 |
10 |
Plenty (USA) |
Alexander Roepers |
21 |
11 |
4 |
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36 |
11 |
Warpath (USA) |
Fred & Steve Howe |
12 |
13 |
14 |
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39 |
12 |
Nerone (ITA) |
Massimo Mezzaroma / Antonio Sodo
Migliori |
19 |
19 |
2 |
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40 |
13 |
Heartbreaker (USA) |
Bob Hughes |
1 |
21 |
22 |
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44 |
14 |
Nanoq (DEN) |
HRH Crown Prince Frederik |
13 |
15 |
16 |
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44 |
15 |
Kokomo (AUS) |
Lang Walker |
20 |
7 |
20 |
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47 |
16 |
Ramrod (USA) |
Rodrick Jabin |
22 |
8 |
17 |
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47 |
17 |
Fiamma (ITA) |
Alessandro Barnaba |
4 |
17 |
28 |
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49 |
18 |
Hooligan (AUS) |
Marcus Blackmore |
18 |
22 |
10 |
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50 |
19 |
Groovederci 127 (USA) |
John Demourkas |
28 |
4 |
19 |
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51 |
20 |
Asterisk (DEN) |
Ole van der Heide |
10 |
31 |
11 |
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52 |
21 |
Opus One (GER) |
Wolfgang Stolz |
15 |
16 |
21 |
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52 |
22 |
Infinity (USA) |
John Thomson |
7 |
24 |
23 |
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54 |
23 |
Twins (FRA) |
Erik Maris |
27 |
26 |
7 |
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60 |
24 |
Morning Glory (GER) |
Hasso Plattner |
29 |
20 |
13 |
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62 |
25 |
Goombay Smash (USA) |
William ( Doug) Douglass |
25 |
25 |
15 |
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65 |
26 |
Flash Gordon (USA) |
Helmut Jahn |
16 |
24 |
31 |
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71 |
27 |
Struntje Light (GER) |
Wolfgang Schaefer |
26 |
27 |
24 |
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77 |
28 |
Silver Bullet (DEN) |
Henrik Jansen |
17 |
29 |
32 |
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78 |
29 |
DSK Comifin (ITA) |
Danilo Salsi |
16 |
34 |
29 |
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79 |
30 |
Estate Master (AUS) |
Martin & Lisa Hill |
31 |
18 |
30 |
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79 |
31 |
Backbone (DEN) |
Thomas Kiaer |
30 |
28 |
27 |
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85 |
32 |
Cannonball (ITA) |
Dario Ferrari |
32 |
32 |
26 |
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90 |
33 |
Nimbus Blue (USA) |
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy |
33 |
30 |
34 |
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Outimage
and Rolex © 2008 |
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For more information
about the 2008 Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, including the entry list,
please visit: |
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