RC44 Marstrand Cup, Marstrand, Sweden, June 28 - July 1, LIVE Feed

The best of the 2018 RC44 Marstrand Cup

RC44ClassAssociation video above published Jul 1, 2018: All the very best shots from a stunning week of racing in Marstrand.

RC44 Marstrand Cup Day 3: Artemis Racing displaces CEEREF to take a narrow lead

RC44 Class Association video above published Jun 30, 2018:  Torbjorn Tornqvist and his crew on Artemis Racing continued their progressive form on a closely-fought third day at the RC44 Marstrand Cup off Sweden’s west coast, moving from second place to first overall after nine races.

The dark blue-hulled all-carbon one-design with Tornqvist on the wheel scored a third place in the first race of the day – heat seven of the series – then second in race eight, and recovered well to finish fifth in race nine when they briefly dropped from first to eighth at the leeward mark.

Artemis now leads the overall ranking on 37 points and by two points from Nico Poons’ crew on the much-improved Charisma which jumped four places from sixth to second with the best overall performance of the day. They scored a win in race seven, were fifth in race eight and were second in race nine.

In third place, another two points behind, is Bronenosec Sailing Team jointly skippered this week by Vladimir Liubomirov and Kirill Frolov. Then comes their fellow Russian Vladimir Prosikhin on Team Nika in fourth place. Meanwhile Igor Lah’s CEEREF – which led after the first day and won today’s final race – is now in fifth place.

The RC44 Marstrand Cup is the third event of the 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.

Trying the RC44 out for size

RC44 Class Association video above published Jun 28, 2018: Testing out the RC44 in Marstrand is new Russian crew Tavatuy Sailing Team. In search of a fresh challenge after running a successful Melges 32 campaign, watch the team to get their first impressions of the boat.

Welcome to the RC44 Marstrand Cup

RC44 Class Association video above published June 27, 2018: Practice racing at the RC44 Marstrand Cup - It doesn't get much better than this.

RC44 Marstrand Cup, Marstrand, Sweden, June 28 - July 1, Venue: Marstrand on the west coast of Sweden where racing will take place from 27th June until 1st July. This event provides the opportunity for the two Swedish teams, Torbjörn Törnqvist’s Artemis Racing and Artemis Racing Youth, to compete on home waters. Racing schedule and results.

2018 RC44 Class RC44 Championship Tour 2018 event schedule

• 28 Feb - 4 Mar – RC44 Calero Marinas Cup 2018 – Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
• 9 - 13 May – RC44 Portorož Cup – Portorož, Slovenia
• 28 Jun - 1 Jul - RC44 Marstrand Cup – Marstrand, Sweden
• 26 - 30 Sep - RC44 Cascais World Championship – Cascais, Portugal 
• 14 - 18 Nov – RC44 Valletta Cup – Valletta, Malta

Standings before Marstrand Cup:

• Slovenia Team Ceeref (SLO 11) - 5
• United Kingdom Team Aqua (GBR 2041) - 6 
• Monaco Charisma (MON 69) - 7 
• Russia Team Nika (RUS 10) - 9 
• Sweden Artemis Racing (SWE44) - 9 
• France Aleph Racing (FRA17) - 10 
• United Kingdom Peninsula Petroleum (GBR 1) - 10 
• Russia Bronenosec Sailing (RUS 18) - 16

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Bullitt GC32 Kiel Cup, RC44 Marstrand Cup, Sailing Videos, News

Highlights of Day 3 of the Bullitt GC32 Kiel Cup (Published on Aug 1, 2015)


Day 4 Fleet Racing - RC44 Marstrand Cup

Further impeccable sailing from Vladimir Liubomirov and the crew of his light blue RC44 saw Bronenosec Sailing Team claim the RC44 Marstrand Cup for the second year running. This came after a challenging fourth day of fleet racing off Marstrand Island on Sweden’s west coast with a light 10 knot wind and a ‘boat disappearing’ sized swell that dropped off over today’s final three races.

Through careful tactics, Bronenosec fended off strong advance from Team Nika and Charisma to take the title, helped by winning today’s second race. The event concluded with a win in the final race by the local host, Torbjörn Törnqvist’s Artemis Racing. Published on Aug 1, 2015

The next event on the 2015 Tour is the RC44 Cascais World Championship on 30th September until 4th October.

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'Gut-Wrenching' Decision: Search for Teens to Be Suspended - The New York Times: "The saga began July 24, when the boys took Austin's 19-foot boat on what their families said was expected to be a fishing trip within the nearby Loxahatchee River and Intracoastal Waterway, where they were allowed to cruise without supervision. The boys fueled up at a local marina around 1:30 p.m. and set off, and later calls to Austin's cellphone went unanswered. When a line of summer storms moved through and the boys still couldn't be reached, police were called and the Coast Guard search began."

Sailboat washes ashore near Beverly park with dead man aboard | Local News - WCVB Home:The district attorney's office said it appeared the man, who they described as "elderly"  had died of natural causes.

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RC44 Marstrand Cup, Sweden, Jul 28-Aug 1, Sailing Videos

2015 RC44 Championship Tour: 2015 Championship Tour Schedule: 
25 – 29 March - RC44 Valletta Cup, Malta
17 – 21 June – Audi Porto Cervo Cup, Italy
28 July – 1 August – RC44 Marstrand Cup, Sweden 
30 September – 4 October – RC44 Cascais World Championship, Portugal 
25 – 29 November – RC44 Virgin Gorda Cup, British Virgin Islands

Results: http://www.rc44.com/results/fleet-racing/2015

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Day 4 Fleet Racing Highlights - Audi RC44 Porto Cervo Cup (published on Jun 21, 2015): Chris Bake’s Team Aqua, with Jim Richardson steering, proved that she has lost none of her winning ways, when she claimed the Audi RC44 Porto Cervo Cup albeit by a mere point from Peninsula Petroleum, after a final day of three races, held in near perfect conditions off Sardinia’s Costa Smeralda. 


Transpac 2015, Time Shaver (video above)



July 28th daily analysis of the 48th biennial Transpac, with Dobbs Davis of Seahorse Magazine


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