Mascalzone Latino moves to the top

Light and shifting winds brought massive changes to the leaderboard on day two of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championships. Mascalzone Latino put together the best scores for the day, coming 4^th in the next. That was enough to put Vincenzo Onorato’s team at the top of the scoreboard, 4 points ahead of a similarly consistent Barking Mad. Flash Gordon suffered a difficult day after making bad starts off the line, although Helmut Jahn’s two victories the previous day are sufficient to keep him in third overall.

Russell Coutts, the tactician on board Mascalzone Latino, explained the thin line between success and failure in this hard-fought 38-boat fleet. “Today we had some breaks, some good starts, and if you can get off the line cleanly it puts you in the top 15, and from there it’s a battle. We didn’t make any big mistakes, whereas yesterday I didn’t manage that second race very well. I allowed myself to get pinned out to the left and we rounded fourth last. In a fleet this size you just can’t afford to get pinned out to the wrong side.”

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