"We were lucky with the start: Velsheda was coming close to us and Topaz tacked early and were under lay line. "We had a good race," said Svea tactician Bouwe Bekking. Topaz retired after blowing up two kites leaving Svea and Velsheda to match race. Sadly Luigi Sala's Yoru was close behind at the time and, despite taking avoiding action, was unable to avoid ramming her stern, which holed her low down on the port side of her bow.Įnjoying an even better scoreline is the Swedish-owned Svea in the J Class which won both yesterday's windward-leewards and today's coastal. Maxi C was already two light after Dario Castiglia's Baltic 65 Re/Max One 2 was put out of the regatta yesterday after she struck a rock by La Maddalena at around 12 knots. Today former IMA President Thomas Bscher didn't compete on his Baltic 68 Café Racer Open Season, nor did Tara Getty's S&S classic Baruna of 1938. We will see in the next days when it will be lighter."Īstern, H20 scored two seconds and in third is Aldo Parisotto's Oscar 3. Yesterday and today were more breezy and we know our boat goes downwind better than some boats like Wallyño. "We've learned to handle this boat in the last year and a half and it is paying off. The French boat may be more optimised for offshores, but now does well inshore too: "Today we had perfect conditions," said boat captain Benjamin Enon. Today she won her second consecutive race and by no small margin -13 minutes 28 second ahead of Riccardo De Michele's 78 footer H20, which won straight bullets last year. Last year Jean-Pierre Barjon's 65ft Spirit of Lorina may have won the IMA's Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge but in Sardinia finished half way up the leaderboard in her class. Another exceptional day for Jean-Pierre Barjon's Spirit of Lorina - Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2023 - photo © IMA / Studio Borlenghi
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