RC44 Cascais Cup, Nov 14-18, Cascais, Portugal, LIVE Feed

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RC44 Class Association video above published Nov 18, 2018.

Day 4 RC44 Cascais Cup - Charisma claims Cascais and Championship

RC44 Class Association video above published Nov 18, 2018: After day one here in Cascais, Nico Poons' Charisma was dead last having posted a 7-8. Even newcomer to the fleet, Paulo Mirpuri and his Mirpuri Foundation, enjoying his first ever day racing in the RC44 fleet, were ahead. A 2-2-6-1 on day two saw the Monaco-based Dutchman's team fight back to fourth place, still nine points from the lead. Yesterday, a welcome continuation of their winning streak saw them win both races in big winds and giant seas, coinciding with a most unfortunate day for day two's leader, Team Nika. This propelled Charisma into the lead. 

Final overall standings:

No racing on the final day left Charisma hitting the jackpot, winning the RC44 Cascais Cup, with a three point advantage over Chris Bake's Team Aqua, second on countback to Igor Lah's Team CEEREF. Charisma also overhauled both Team Nika and Team CEEREF to claim the annual RC44 Championship for the first time. The RC44 Cascais Cup is the final event of the 2018 RC44 Championship Tour which pits the world's top businessmen and the best sailors in the industry compete in high-performance one-design 44-foot carbon racing yachts.

Day 3 RC44 Cascais Cup 2018 - Charisma cleans up in big conditions Cascais

RC44 Class Association video above published Nov 17, 2018: The dramatically different conditions on day three of the RC44 Cascais Cup saw some teams come to the fore today, perhaps better suited to the severe conditions, none more so than Nico Poons' Charisma. The Monaco-based Dutchman had won yesterday's final race and continued his winning streak today to claim bullets in both of the two races held. In comparison yesterday's runaway leader, Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika, had a day they'd rather forget, posting a disappointing 6-8, the latter following some leeward gate spinnaker trawling. The end result going into the final day of the RC44 Cascais Cup, and of the 2018 season, is that Charisma has streaked into the lead, three points ahead of Chris Bake's Team Aqua.

See also Day 2 Video RC44 Cascais Cup 2018 - Four races, four different winners.

The RC44 Cascais Cup is the final event of the 2018 RC44 Championship Tour which pits the world's top businessmen and the best sailors in the industry compete in high-performance one-design 44-foot carbon racing yachts.

Day 2 RC44 Cascais Cup - Drone Shots

RC44 Class Association video above published Nov 16, 2018: Beautiful drone shots from day two in Cascais from our team at Icarus Sports shows just how close the racing is for the teams competing in the RC44 final.

The final event of the 2018 RC44 Championship Tour is being hosted in Cascais, Portugal, 14th -18th November, 2018, taking on the oceanic conditions and big breeze that makes this sunny spot in southern Europe a favourite with all of the RC44 teams. Official website: www.rc44.com

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RC44 Championship Tour 2017, Down To The Wire Video (Episode 2)

RC44 Championship Tour 2017: Down to the wire - Episode 2

Episode 2 of the RC44 Championship Tour documentary Down to the wire featuring the 2017 Marstrand World Championship. Down to the wire is an exclusive three-part series with Bloomberg TV EMEA so you can follow all the action, watch unseen interviews with the owners and find out from the sailors themselves just what it takes to race on one of the most competitive one-design racing circuits in the world.

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RC44 Cascais Cup 2017, Sep 28-Oct 1, Highlights Video

RC44 Cascais Cup highlights

The RC44 Cascais Cup Sep 28-Oct 1, 2017 highlights, a. RC44 Class Association video.

The RC44 Cascais Cup was the fourth event of the 2017 RC44 Championship Tour, which pit the world's top businessmen and the best sailors in the industry compete in high-performance one-design 44-foot carbon racing yachts.

See also: RC44 CASCAIS CUP, Cascais, Portugal, Sep 28-Oct 1, LIVE Feed

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WATCH: We caught up with Katusha's Alexander Novoselov and Ed Baird on the dock after winning the 2017 RC44 Cascais Cup pic.twitter.com/85XISGc7Dl

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RC44 Marstrand World Championship 2017 Aug 10-13 (video)

Day 4 RC44 Marstrand World Championship - Battleship Nika sweeps to victory

Video above published Aug 13, 2017: Team Nika have won the RC44 Marstrand World Championship after a dominant performance across the four days of competition. The final day delivered the strongest wind of the week, with the north-westerly breeze blowing at 15 knots and with a big, lumpy seaway. Vladimir Prosikhin may not have won any races today but he steered Nika to a comfortable victory overall, earning back the trophy he last raised in 2015.

The final race was a close battle for second and third. Team Ceeref, the 2016 World Champion, crossed in second place behind Artemis Racing. This was sufficient to secure second overall for Igor Lah from Slovenia. Behind him, Bronenosec's photo-finish ahead of Peninsula Petroleum was sufficient to put two Russian teams on equal points. On tie-break, Bronenosec beat Katusha for third place overall.

The RC44 Marstrand World Championship is the third event of the 2017 RC44 Championship Tour, which pits the world's top businessmen and the best sailors in the industry compete in high-performance one-design 44-foot carbon racing yachts.

Day 3 RC44 Marstrand World Championship - Nika Unstoppable

Video above published Aug 13, 2017: A few boats had a good go at the front of the fleet on day three of the RC44 Marstrand World Championship, but none could match the consistency of Team Nika. Vladimir Prosikhin took the winner's gun in the first race of the day, sailed in 10 knots and lumpy seas. When the rain fell, it made little difference to his fortunes, following up with a second and fourth place.​ The Russian team has impressively taken a race win every day of the World Championship so far, putting them 15 points ahead. Nika's closest rivals struggled, opening up a big points gap to second place, now held by Bronenosec with Ceeref on equal points.

Day 2 RC44 Marstrand World Championship - Bronenosec's young guns hit their mark

Aug 11, 2017: Bronenosec Sailing showed some serious interest in the title after putting in some good scores on day two of the RC44 Marstrand World Championship. Vladimir Liubomirov steered the blue boat to victory in the first race of the day, sailed in about 8 to 10 knots of westerly wind. A sixth in the next race was not so special but Bronenosec surged into the lead of the third race of the day, only to let it slip to Artemis Racing on the final run to the finish.

Day 1 RC44 Marstrand World Championship - Things go right for Nika

Video above published Aug 10, 2017: Vladimir Prosikhin has steered Team Nika into the lead of the RC44 Marstrand World Championship after a solid opening day in Sweden. The Russian crew notched up scores of 2,6,1 in the nine-boat fleet to hold a two-point advantage over defending World Champion, Team Ceeref from Slovenia.

RC44 Class Association: RC44 Marstrand (Sweden) 2017 RC44 World Championship, 10 – 13 August 2017

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Results / Fleet Standings after RC44 Marstrand:

1.    Russia Team Nika (RUS 10)
2.    Russia Bronenosec Sailing (RUS 18)
3.    Russia Katusha (RUS 21)
4.    Slovenia Team Ceeref (SLO 11)
5.    United Kingdom Peninsula Petroleum (GBR 1)
6.    United Kingdom Team Aqua (GBR 2041)
7.    Sweden Artemis Racing (SWE44)
8.    Monaco Charisma (MON 69)
9.    Sweden Artemis Racing Youth (SWE 4)

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RC44 Sotogrande World Championship, 11-15 May, Sailing Videos

UPDATE: Fleet racing day 4 - Team CEEREF wins RC44 World Championship in two horse race:

The RC44 World Championship Marina de Sotogrande had a worthy winner today in Igor Lah and his Team CEEREF crew, the second occasion the Slovenian team has claimed this prize. But this was only after some anxious moments off the Andalusian port, as Lah's crew slogged it out with local heroes, John Bassadone's Peninsula Petroleum from nearby Gibraltar. Published May 15, 2016

Fleet racing day 2 - Bassadone's Gibraltar greyhounds on the ascent:

For day three of the RC44 World Championship, Sotogrande laid on the conditions for which it is famous: brilliant sunshine, wind regularly over 20 knots, monster shifts, but surprisingly flat water in the lee of the Andalusian coast. Published on May 13, 2016

Fleet racing day 1 - Team CEEREF masters Atlantic winds:

After an awkward beginning to the regatta yesterday, the RC44 World Championship Marina de Sotogrande fleet racing got underway, providing a reminder to helmsmen, tacticians and crew on all 11 yachts that this Andalusian venue lies just 25km from Gibraltar and the open Atlantic beyond.

Racing today was held in stiff 20+ knot winds that topped out at 27 knots, creating boat speeds of 20+ knots, plus a worthy test for crews. After race one, the fleet was ordered back to Sotogrande Marina when a giant grey cloud crossed the course, obscured the rock of Gibraltar, while emptying its contents upon the crews.

The 2016 RC44 World Championship Marina de Sotogrande is the second event of the 2016 Championship Tour, which pitts the world's top businessmen and the best sailors in the industry compete in high performance one-design 44-foot carbon racing yachts. Published on May 12, 2016

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Since its launch in 2007, the RC44 Championship Tour has established itself as a key series to compete on in the international yacht racing circuit.

Match Racing - Squally Sotogrande stunts match racing day:

'The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain', but for the opening day of match racing, prior to the start of the RC44 World Championship Marina de Sotogrande fleet racing, the Andalusian port received an unseasonal, but thorough soaking. 25km away, Gibraltar was obscured by cloud, as the match racing, which rolls from regatta to regatta over the RC44's annual championship, only reached its second flight before there was a giant shift, the wind shut down completely and the boats were sent in. Published on May 11, 2016 - Fleet racing, counting towards the RC44 World Championship Marina de Sotogrande, begins tomorrow at 1130 CET and will run for four days.

Below--Highlights from the previous RC44 event--RC44 Bermuda Cup:

Bermuda's Great Sound threw everything it could at the RC44 fleet for the first round of the 2016 Championship Tour. With a breeze ranging from 5 -25 knots and a race track full of passing lanes. Here's a round-up of all the action. Published March 11, 2016

RC44 Sotogrande World Championship, 11-15 May
Sotogrande is the RC44 class’s second stop for the World Championships.

• More information: http://www.rc44.com/
• Results: http://www.rc44.com/results/fleet-racing/2016
• Location Map:  Marina de Sotogrande, Cádiz, Spain

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2016 RC44 Championship Tour Events
RC44 BERMUDA CUP 2-6 March
RC44 SOTOGRANDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 11-15 May
RC44 PORTSMOUTH CUP 13-17 July
RC44 CASCAIS CUP 21-25 September
RC44 VALLETTA CUP 23-27 November

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