Two races are now completed in the ORC International World Championship, and provisional results indicate George Andreadis’ GS 42R Meliti IV leads Class A on scores of 3-1. In Class B, Guiseppe Guiffre’s M37 Low Noise won yet another race to have double-bullets on his scorecard.
Conditions were near-perfect today, with a southeast breeze settling in to 10-15 knots in strength, but with enough shifts and puffs to make for interesting tactics for the fleet. As the detailed Performance Curve Scoring results indicate, racing in Class A is particularly close, with the top five places in Race 2 finishing to within a minute in corrected time.
But in Class B Guiseppe Guiffre's M37 Low Noise has taken a strong initial jump over their 40 rivals by winning double bullets today. Low Noise holds a 4-point lead over nearest rival Alvorosky, a GS 40R owned by Franceso Siculiana.
What Class B may have lacked in their closeness of corrected time results compared to Class A they more than made up for in levels of aggressiveness on the starting line, with two general recalls made on the start of the second race. The 1-knot south-flowing current was also in part to blame.
Conditions were near-perfect today, with a southeast breeze settling in to 10-15 knots in strength, but with enough shifts and puffs to make for interesting tactics for the fleet. As the detailed Performance Curve Scoring results indicate, racing in Class A is particularly close, with the top five places in Race 2 finishing to within a minute in corrected time.
But in Class B Guiseppe Guiffre's M37 Low Noise has taken a strong initial jump over their 40 rivals by winning double bullets today. Low Noise holds a 4-point lead over nearest rival Alvorosky, a GS 40R owned by Franceso Siculiana.
What Class B may have lacked in their closeness of corrected time results compared to Class A they more than made up for in levels of aggressiveness on the starting line, with two general recalls made on the start of the second race. The 1-knot south-flowing current was also in part to blame.
Tomorrow racing resumes with the start of the coastal offshore race, which is actually scored as two races with a 1.5 point value each as boats are timed at the turning mark and at the finish. The actual course and its length will not be announced until tomorrow so race managers can give the best course possible based on the weather forecast to fill the ORC's mandate to have this race be approximately 24 hours in length and provide a variety in conditions suitable for an offshore World Championship.
