RC 44 World Championship 2010 - A new leader at the Fleet Race Worlds



8:33 PM Fri 15 Oct 2010 GMT
'BMW Oracle Racing (USA) - RC 44 World Championship 2010' Nico Martinez / RC 44 Class Association ? Click Here to view large photo
RC 44 World Championship 2010 - BMW Oracle Racing skipper Jimmy Spithill and amateur helmsman Anders Myralf of Denmark rode the strength of all single-digit finishes to push their yacht 17 in the lead for the RC 44 Fleet Race World Championship for the Islas Canarias Puerto Calero Cup. Spithill, who today was named Australian Male Sailor of the Year by the Australian Yachting Federation, and Myralf posted finishes of 1-7-3-2 to overtake the previous leader, BMW Oracle Racing, with local sailor Jose Juan Calero helming and Russell Coutts calling tactics. On a day when good winds - southwesterlies between ...


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by Bernard Schopfer





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