Team Nika of Vladimir Prosikhin won the single race completed on the penultimate day in Porto Montenegro.
Friday’s race has left Igor Lah’s Team CEEREF still leading but with John Bassadone’s Peninsula Petrolum now up to second ahead of Chris Bake’s Team Aqua. Fourth placed Team Nika has closed the gap on the podium down to three points.
The wind started dropping almost the moment the timing for the sequence was announced. Artemis Racing won the pin but was held up from tacking by the boats above her.
Nonetheless the left side seemed to pay off up until the very top of the beat when coming in from the right the new Russian 44Cup team, Pavel Kuznetsov’s Tavatuy Sailing Team scored a major coup rounding the weather mark first. Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika also slipping in relegating Artemis Racing to third.
With the wind going soft and left on the run, the course axis was adjusted and the course shortened for the next upwind. On this Tavatuy Sailing Team took the left as Artemis Racing and Team Nika went right.
On this occasion the right paid with Team Nika slowly easing ahead. With the wind dropping to nothing across the bay, the race was shortened at the top mark.
Team Nika and Artemis Racing ghosted across the line, the Russian team taking her second bullet of the 44Cup Porto Montenegro.
After a pause the fleet was sent ashore, and after a patience wait, racing was concluded for the day.
44Cup Porto Montenegro results after 6 races
1st Team CEEREF (11) – Igor Lah 3 1 3 1 7 5 – – 20 pts
2nd Peninsula Petroleum (GBR22) – John Bassadone 4 3 1 5 5 3 – – 21 pts
3rd Team Aqua (GBR25) – Chris Bake 8 2 2 4 1 6 – – 23 pts
4th Team Nika (RUS10) – Vladimir Prosikhin 1 4 7 7 6 1 – – 26 pts
5th Tavatuy Sailing Team (RUS21) – Pavel Kuznetsov 5 6 9 3 3 4 – – 30 pts
6th Charisma (MON15) – Nico Poons 2 8 6 2 9 9 – – 36 pts
7th Artemis Racing (SWE26) – Torbjörn Törnqvist 7 7 4 9 8 2 – – 44 pts
8th Bronenosec (RUS18) – V. Liubomirov & K. Frolov 9 5 5 8 4 8 – – 39 pts
9th Aleph Racing (FRA17) – Hugues Lepic 6 9 8 6 2 8 – – 39 pts
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