Day three of the Rolex Capri Sailing Week, organized by the Yacht Club Capri in collaboration with the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, brought unpredictable conditions with the fifty-one strong fleet waiting most of the day for the 5 to 6 knot breeze to pick up, only to see a north easterly wind of approximately 20 knots with gust of 24 knots arrive in the late afternoon. Once again the Race Committee set a windward-leeward course of approximately 8 nautical miles for the Farr 40 and Swan 45 divisions while the Mini Maxi and Comet divisions sailed approximately 14 nautical miles around the buoys.

The Farr 40 fleet saw Helmut Jan’s Flash Gordon (USA) take first place after a string of erratic results over the previous five races including two fifteenth places and a second. Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone (ITA) added a second place to yesterday’s first while Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban (AUS), runner-up at the 2006 Farr 40 Worlds, took third place, appearing in the top three for the first time in the event. Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad (USA) came in sixth place, enough to hold on to first place overall but reducing their lead over Nerone to just 8 points. Massimo Stefano Leporati’s Kismet (ITA) sits just a further three points behind in third leaving all to play for in tomorrow’s final day of sailing with a possible three regattas to be run to bring the fleet to the nine race maximum.

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Capri - 18 May 2007 19:51