RC44 Team CEEREF tactician Michele Ivaldi pleased with overall form of crew at 2011 Adris RC44 Cup
Slovenia’s RC44 Team, CEEREF had an unconvincing 2011 Adris RC44 Cup at Rovinj but despite a low performance on the final day, they managed to occupy the third spot behind Team Aqua and Artemis Racing with 68 points. Team CEEREF tactician, Michele Ivaldi
is pleased with their third position finish.
Team CEEREF had one of the worst days in the regatta when they set sail in the first race of last day. They took a seventh and an eighth position in the last two races to finish third overall with 68 points. They had a tussling battle with Oracle Racing
on the final day but luckily they were able to pull themselves up at the end.
While speaking to local media, Ivaldi explained, “Today was a tough day for us, the pressure was on. We didn't have a good start in the first race and it was all uphill from there we made a good gain in the first run which put us back in place but then we
missed a shift on the second beat and we lost a couple of positions that put Artemis in front of us so we entered the last race of the day in third but we were all within one point so it was still an open game.”
He further added, “We tried to focus on sailing without looking around and from then on we managed to hold on to our third. It was a really good regatta for us the boys trimming the sail did a great job and we had good boat speed so I'm pleased we did well
overall.”
The overall standings at the end of the event are given below:
1. Team Aqua (GBR 2041) Chris Bake/Cameron Appleton 13, 2, 6, 1, 2, 4, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 8, 4 = 49 points
2. Artemis Racing (SWE44) Torbjorn Tornqvist/Morgan Larson 2, 1, 3, 10, 4, 8, 4, 8, 9, 4, 5, 1, 2 = 61 points
3. RC44 TEAM CEEREF (SLO 11) Igor Lah/Michele Ivaldi 10, 8, 4, 8, 3, 1, 3, 3, 6, 5, 2, 7, 8 = 68 points
4. Aleph Sailing Team (FRA17) Hugues Lepic/Mathieu Richard 4, 9, 11, 7, 1, 2, 12, 4, 5, 1, 1, 10, 6 = 73 points
5. ORACLE Racing (USA 19) Larry Ellison/Russell Coutts 1, 10, 1, 4, 8, 10, 2, 7, 2, 6, 6, 4, 13 = 74 points
6. Islas Canarias Puerto Calero (ESP 1) Daniel Calero/Jose Maria Ponce 3, 7, 2, 5, 6, 3, 5, 6, 11, 7, 9, 13, 7 = 84 points
7. Team Nika (RUS 10) Vladimir Prosikhin/Tomislav Basic 12, 3, 8, 11, 10, 11, 6, 5, 7, 2, 7, 6, 3 = 91 points
8. No Way Back (NED 18) Pieter Heerema/Mark Mendelblatt 5, 6, 9, 3, 5, 6, 13, 9, 3, 9, 11, 3, 10 = 92 points
9. Katusha (RUS 007) Gennadi Timchenko/Paul Cayard 7, 13, 5, 13, 7, 9, 8, 2, 4, 10, 10, 5, 1 = 94 points
10. Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team (GBR 1) John Bassadone/Paolo Cian 6, 11, 7, 6, 11, 12, 9, 10, 8, 8, 12, 2, 5 = 107 points
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