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Rolex Farr 40 North Americans |
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Defending its Title will put Flash Gordon to New Tests
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND (October 12, 2010)—Chesapeake Bay's tricky tides and currents aren't the only challenges Chicago's Helmut and Evan Jahn will encounter when they defend Flash Gordon's title at the Rolex Farr 40 North Americans this week (Oct. 15-17). The father-son helming combination, which shows consistent command of Flash Gordon's performances on Lake Michigan, where it won last year's North Americans and has claimed this year's Great Lakes Season Championship, will also contend with a groundswell of local knowledge from teams based at or near Annapolis Yacht Club, where the championship will be hosted.
"We've never sailed in Annapolis at this time of year, but we do know that dealing with the Chesapeake is tricky and involves what we don't deal with much," said Evan Jahn. "If you want to improve in one-design sailing, however, you have to challenge yourself, and that's the reason we're coming to Annapolis. We're excited to compete against a new set of competitors."
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Nerone burns the competition to win Farr 40 European Championship |
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3rd October 2010. Porto Rotondo, Italy. 2010 is clearly Nerone’s year: although the Farr 40 owned  by Antonio Sodo Migliori and Massimo Mezzaroma has won both European and World Championships in the class several times, never has she claimed both titles in the same year. That changed today as the Italian crew, with tactician Vasco Vascotto, added the Farr 40 European Championship 2010 to their long list of achievements which includes winning the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship in April of this year. Second place went to three-time Farr 40 World Champion Jim Richardson (USA) with his Barking Mad while Wolfgang Schaefer took third place with his Struntje Light (GER).
Two windward-leewards were held on today’s fourth and final day of racing in the event, organized by the Yacht Club Porto Rotondo in conjunction with the Farr 40 Class Association and the Farr 40 European Fleet, and brought the fleet to their full quota of ten races completed in the series. Sirocco winds of 15 - 18 knots, sunshine and a rising swell accompanied the ten competing Farr 40s as they flew round the marks on the regatta course off Porto Rotondo. The battle was on between Nerone and Barking Mad for the top spot and the Italians took two bullets with Barking Mad right on their tails in both races. Charisma (MON), owned by Nico Poons came in third in the first race while Struntje Light took third in the final race of the series to ensure third place overall, a position they had contended to the bitter end with Plenty (USA), owned by Alex Roepers.
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LIVE Reports from the Farr 40 European Championship |
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