In the Portuguese Cascais continues to battle the strongest yachtsmen of the planet on the next stage of the 52 SUPER SERIES. All three days of the regatta waters gives a wonderful racing conditions: moderate waves and wind exceeding 25 knots makes the race very dynamic and competitive.
The provisional leader of the regatta, the American Quantum Racing, was able to get 6 points from his pursuers, on the Italian Azzurra, for which five points of backlog Russian Bronenosec.
The team of the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg for the 7th ward in one of the races of the second race of the day fell back to fourth place, but on Thursday both races, the Russians were in bronze, which allowed the team of Vladimir Liubomirov to take third place in the overall standings.
“We could be second in one of the races today, says Bowman team “Battleship” Alexey Kulakov. – Difficult day, the top mark was set nearer to the shore, and the sunset wind there was to 50 degrees with the wind about 25 knots. There were sharp UPS that should clearly work. The mood of the team is great, the main thing – not to lose concentration in every race”.
There are still two days of racing, just two points from third place behind the Germans at Platoon and four South Africans at Phoenix.
Alex Fat
PR-Director of the Yacht club of Saint-Petersburg
The results after three days of racing –
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