Sailing: Magic Carpet wins Armani Superyacht in Porto Cervo

(ANSA) – PORTO CERVO, 04 JUN – The Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta 2022 ended with the victory both of the day and in the general classification of Magic Carpet Cubed. The Wallycento of the member of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, which organized the event, sir Lindsay Owen-Jones, as usual flanked by tactics by Jochen Schuemann. Among the Multihulls the final victory goes to Allegra of Adrian Keller, with tactician Paul Larsen, who in today’s test had to give way to Lord Irvine Laidlaw’s Higland Fling XVII.

The weather conditions, with overcast skies and unstable winds in terms of direction and intensity, engaged the Race Committee which opted for a course heading south. The starting line was positioned in front of Porto Cervo, from here both divisions went to rounding the island of Soffi to go up to Passo delle Bisce where the finish line was set. The duel between the Allegra multihulls and the Highland Fling XVII seemed to turn out in favor of the former when the tactical choice of sailing close to the coast in the approach to the finish line allowed Highland Fling to overtake the opponent at the finish line by just one second in time. real, now 1 minute and 5 seconds in compensated time.

There was no lack of competition even in the Superyacht division, with Magic Carpet Cubed called to defend the provisional leadership achieved with the victory on the first day, but whose advantage margin had subsequently been eroded by the pursuers, Bullitt and Magic Blue who closed in the order both today’s regatta and in the general classification. The Traditional Superyacht Trophies offered by Giorgio Armani went in order to Inoui, Ribelle and Morgana. The Southern Wind Trophy was delivered by the shipyard representative, Andrea Micheli, to SW 100 ‘Morgana. (HANDLE).

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