Exciting start for the Rolex Farr 40 European Championship on the Baltic Sea in Travemuende, Germany: Three boats are leading tied on points after the first day of the fifth annual Rolex Baltic Week. In a moderate breeze with a lot of gusts and wind shifts on Thursday (28^th August) “Mascalzone Latino” helmed by the three times Rolex Farr 40 World Champion Vincenzo Onorato scored two bullets in three races. The Italian leads the Finnish “Siragusawa” of Olli-Pekka Lumijaervi, who is considered to be a secret top ranger, and Giovanni Masperos’ “Joe Fly”, the second Italian favourite. After a good start finishing second in the first race the German team “Struntje light“ with skipper Wolfgang Schaefer fell back to the fifth place overall behind the Danish “Monick” of David Holm. The twelve boats strong fleet has scheduled ten races in total. The last race followed by the prize-giving will be on Sunday (31 August).

Results of the Rolex Farr 40 European Championship 2008

Race 1: 1^st Siragusawa (Olli-Pekka Lumijaervi/Finland), 2^nd Struntje Light (Wolfgang Schaefer/Germany), 3^rd Joe Fly (Giovanni Maspero, Italy), 4^th Asterisk (Ole van der Heide/Denmark), 5^th Monick (David Holm/Denmark), 6^th Mascalzone Latino (Vincenzo Onorato/Italy).

Race 2: 1^st Mascalzone Latino; 2^nd Joe Fly; 3^rd Siragusawa; 4^th Backbone (Thomas Kiær/Denmark); 5^th Monick; 6. Team Bergen (Sverre Valeur/Norway).

Race 3: 1^st Mascalzone Latino, 2^nd Monick, 3^rd Joe Fly, 4^th Siragusawa, 5^th Backbone, 6^th Struntje Light.

Click HERE for the overall preliminary results.

Travemuende - 28 August 2008 18:54