Nacra 17s @Marseille WC Series 2018: Day 2
Photos Richard Langdon / Sailing Energy / World Sailing . Final stage of the World Cup Series 2018 are being held at Marseille. For a change (!?) Ruggero Tita & Catherina Banti are leading after six races. This time being chased closely by the British crews (one more) , Gimson-Burnet tie with the Italians on 16pts overall and Saxton-Boniface in third overall only 1pt behind.
Not many boats racing, 18 total but several top racers. Besson is no present at Marseille.
Top ten below, full results here
Pos | Nation | Sail Number | Crew | Race | Points | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | Net | ||||
1 | ITA | ITA 26 | Ruggero TitaCaterina Marianna Banti | -9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 |
2 | GBR | GBR 21 | John GimsonAnna Burnet | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | -8 | 24 | 16 |
3 | GBR | GBR 91 | Ben SaxtonNicola Boniface | -5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 17 |
4 | ITA | ITA 5 | Vittorio BissaroMaelle Frascari | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -15 | 36 | 21 |
5 | USA | USA 27 | Riley GibbsLouisa Chafee | 3 stp |
3 | 9 | (dsq) | 6 | 1 | 41 | 22 |
6 | GBR | GBR 338 | Chris RashleyLaura Marimon Giovannetti | 3 | -12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 46 | 34 |
7 | BRA | BRA 55 | Joao Siemsen BulhoesGabriela Nicolino de Sá | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | -15 | 5 | 50 | 35 |
8 | ARG | ARG 29 | Mateo MajdalaniEugenia Bosco | 6 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 37 |
9 | ESP | ESP 70 | Iker Martinez de LizarduyOlga Maslivets | 8 | 6 | 7 | -14 | 5 | 14 | 54 | 40 |
10 | GBR | GBR 215 | Rupert WhiteKirstie Urwin | 4 | 9 | -13 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 58 | 45 |
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16