The United States, Japan and Spain made it to the final Winner Takes All race at the Sail Grand Prix event in Taranto, Italy.
And in the nerve-racking final it was Nathan Outteridge who brought Japan through to take victory after Jimmy Spithill’s United States boat broke their rudder when leading in the final stages.
With a better breeze Sunday the teams started with full crews on board for the first two races, but sailed the final with just three on board as the wind dropped again . . . which actually made for an interesting race.
No magic story for Paul Goodison and Great Britain who were never on the pace.
But they head to Piymouth, UK, in second place on the overall series leaderboard, just one point behind Phil Robertson’s Spain, with Japan in third place.
Day 2 – Final Winner Takes All race . . .
1st Japan – Nathan Outteridge
2nd Spain – Phil Robertson
3rd United States – Jimmy Spithill – Rudder breakage
Day 2 – First race . . . Race 4
1st New Zealand – Arnaud Psarofaghis
2nd United States – Jimmy Spithill
3rd Japan – Nathan Outteridge
4th Denmark – Nicolai Sehested
5th Australia – Tom Slingsby
6th Great Britain – Paul Goodison
7th Spain – Phil Robertson
8th France – Billy Besson
Day 2 – Race 5
1st Japan – Nathan Outteridge
2nd Australia – Tom Slingsby
3rd Denmark – Nicolai Sehested
4th Great Britain – Paul Goodison
5th Spain – Phil Robertson
6th France – Billy Besson
7th New Zealand – Arnaud Psarofaghis
8th United States – Jimmy Spithill
