They were supposed to be the absolute favourites going into the Rolex Farr 40 European Championship 2008 and indeed proofed to be at the top of the table after the second race day. Despite a little hole in the hull after a crash on the starting line “Mascalzone Latino” defended the overall lead on Friday (29th August) in her inner Italian battle with “Joe Fly” sitting right at her neck (both tied on 14 points). Fickle north-westerly winds gusting and shifting especially in a few rain showers put snakes and ladders all around the race course where every little mistake was punished hard.
But Vincenzo Onorato, the three-times in a row Rolex Farr 40 World Champion, was 100 percent concentrated as usual. He steered his boat to the third out of four bullets he scored in total after German newcomer “Facilia Mare” had hit “Mascalzone Latino” with its stern right underneath the water line. Onorato’s compatriot Giovanni Maspero fought back with three second places and remained tied on points at the end of the second race day of the fifth Rolex Baltic Week.
“Siragusawa” owned and helmed by Olli-Pekka Lumijaervi from Finland tried to keep up with the leaders but lost six points ranking third overall with another four races to come. “We are happy with this result, because the Italians simply sailing a bit better than everyone else”, said tactician Dee Smith from the US. David Holm’s “Monick” from Copenhagen, Denmark lays another six points back on fourth followed by the Danish winner of race six “Asterisk” (Ole van der Heide) and Wolfgang Schaefer’s “Struntje light” from Germany.
Results of the Rolex Farr 40 European Championship 2008
Race 4: 1st Mascalzone Latino (Vincenzo Onorato/Italy), 2nd Joe Fly (Giovanni Maspero/Italy), 3rd Monick (David Holm/Denmark), 4th Struntje Light (Wolfgang Schaefer/Germany), 5th Backbone (Thomas Kiaer/Denmark), 6th Siragusawa (Olli-Pekka Lumijaervi/Finland).
Race 5: 1st Mascalzone Latino, 2nd Joe Fly, 3rd Siragusawa, 4th Asterisk (Ole van der Heide/Denmark), 5th Monick, 6th Struntje Light.
Race 6: 1st Asterisk, 2nd Joe Fly, 3rd Siragusawa, 4th Mascalzone Latino, 5th Backbone, 6th Monick.
Overall standing after the second race day: 1st Mascalzone Latino (Vincenzo Onorato/Italy) 14 points; 2nd Joe Fly (Giovanni Maspero/Italy) 14; 3rd Siragusawa (Olli-Pekka Lumijaervi/Finland) 20; 4th Monick (David Holm/Denmark)26; 5th Asterisk (Ole van der Heide/Denmark)31; 6th Struntje Light (Wolfgang Schaefer/Germany) 33.
The Rolex Baltic Week is the only regatta in Germany which enjoys the support of Rolex. The worldwide calendar of the Rolex regattas comprises famous yachting events such as the Rolex Middle Sea Race, that will start on Saturday (20th October) in Malta, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race at the end of December in Australia, as well as the Sardinia Rolex Cup and the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo in Sardinia, Italy among many other events in the following year.
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