Key West, Fla - Winning in Key West always broad smiles to the faces of skippers and results in much rejoicing among crew members. This was certainly the case on Friday following a week long hard fought ten race series on the waters off the Conch Republic. Beers were hoisted dockside and hearty handshakes were exchanged. At the docks in front of the Schooner Wharf, Italian owner Vincenzo Onorato was overjoyed about capturing Farr 40 class after a classic final day duel with longtime rivals Barking Mad and Joe Fly. “This is absolutely beautiful. We are extremely happy,” Onorato said. “My only regret is that I will not be able to get drunk with my crew tonight.” Onorato had to fly out immediately after racing in order to get home to Napoli in time to see his 8-year-old daughter perform in a show on Sunday morning. Tactician Adrian Stead said the rest of the team would hoist a couple extra cold ones in honor of their skipper, who steered Mascalzone Latino to first place in the final race to clinch overall victory at Acura Key West 2009, presented by Nautica. “It was a story of fantastic teamwork and never giving up. We had a weird day on Wednesday that set us back, but we kept our heads together and finished strong,” said Stead, noting that Mascalzone Latino responded to finishes of ninth and 10th with a line of 3-2-2-1 in the final four races. Injury and illness forced Mascalzone Latino to constantly rotate sailors. There were at least two members of the regular crew missing every day of the regatta, but the replacements performed well. “We rounded the first weather mark in fifth place in both races today and came back to finish first and second. That shows the sort of fight in this team,” Stead said. Mascalzone Latino and Barking Mad (Jim Richardson, Newport, R.I.) were tied with 31 points apiece entering the 10th and final race of the regatta. Joe Fly, another Italian entry owned by Giovanni Maspero, was just one point behind. “It all came down to the last beat and Barking Mad chose to go hard left while Joe Fly went hard right. We knew if we covered Barking Mad we could be no worse than second so that is what we did. It was desperately close racing and we were fortunate enough to win both the race and the regatta,” Stead said. Complete Results, Daily Blog, Photo Gallery and News: www.premiere-racing.com For more information on Premiere Racing, Acura Key West 2009, presented by Nautica and its Sponsors and Partners: Premiere Racing, Inc. 67B Front Street, Marblehead, MA, 01945
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Email: Peter@Premiere-Racing.com Web Site: www.Premiere-Racing.com Title Sponsor Acura is the Official Vehicle. Nautica is the Presenting Sponsor and Nautica Watches is the Official Timekeeper. Day Sponsors are Mount Gay® Rum (Official Rum), Lewmar (Official Marine Hardware) and Sperry Top-Sider (Official Footwear). Supporting sponsors are B&G (Official Marine Electronics) Marlow (Official Rope) and SLAM (Official Technical Gear). Supplier Spaten is the Official Beer. | N° | Imbarcazione | Timoniere | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Tot | | 1 | Mascalzone Latino | Vincenzo Onorato | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | | 2 | Joe Fly | Giovanni Maspero | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 35 | | 3 | Barking Mad | James Richardson | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 35 | | 4 | Plenty | Alex Roepers | 4 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 57 | | 5 | Goombay Smash | Doug Douglass | 11 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 60 | | 6 | Flash Gordon 6 | Helmut Jahn | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 64 | | 7 | Convexity | Donald Wilson | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 65 | | 8 | Groovederci | John Demourkas | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 71 | | 9 | Nanoq | HRHCPrince Fredrik | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 72 | | 10 | Mangusta Risk | Andrea Canavesio | 12 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 86 | | 11 | OZ | Sedat Gulcaglayan | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 104 | | 12 | Spaceman Spiff | Rob Ruhlman | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 108 |
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