Farr 40 Australia

What a day, what a finish. The nail-biting ended at 4pm, when the Italian yacht Nerone crossed the line three boats behind the Australians on Transfusion. The separation was enough to give Transfusion’s owner Guido Belgiorno-Nettis revenge for last year’s defeat at the hands of the Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori. More importantly it [...]

Another fascinating day of dog eat dog at the 14th Rolex Farr 40 Worlds. Two races, two intriguing tales and all square at the top. A more enthralling setting for a final day of a world championship? Get the master of suspense, Hitchcock, to write it better. Defending champions Massimo Mezzaroma & Antonio Sodo Migliori’s [...]

Consistency and minimizing damage have always been watchwords at the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds. No less so this year, as the 14th class world championship moves beyond the halfway point. None of the leading three got it completely right. Each bled more points than they would have liked over the course of three testing races.
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After day one of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship Martin and Lisa Hill’s Estate Master holds top honours following 1,8,1 results today.
The youthful Estate Master crew includes some of Australia’s finest sailing talent and as a pleased Martin Hill commented, ‘Our philosophy is about process, building and consistency. Today [...]

First race begins 1200 tomorrow. Follow the racing on Virtual Spectator on this page.

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Massimo Mezzaroma’s Italian team Nerone has won the 2011 Farr 40 Australian Championship after three days of racing off Sydney Heads. Nerone, who are the defending Rolex Farr 40 World Champions, recorded a scorecard of 6,1,6,1,1,1,6,3, after the eight race series was wrapped up today.
“It is great for us to repeat our result from [...]

After three races on the offshore course the leader-board has changed in the 2011 Farr 40 Australian Championship with current Rolex Farr 40 World Champions Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone from Italy taking the lead. Nerone could not have asked for better results posting three first places today.
“It was a perfect day today, we wish we [...]

Sydney turned on a picture perfect day for the first day of racing in the 2011 Farr 40 Australian Championship. Leading the series after three races is Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad from the USA. Richardson is on equal points with defending 2010 Farr 40 Australian Champion Guido Belgiorno Nettis’ Transfusion who finished the [...]

Sydney (AUS) – Sixteen Farr 40 teams taking part in the Farr 40 Summer Sprint Series spent the weekend racing on Sydney harbour in the Sound area and offshore on the Macquarie Circle course. After five long races, with a different winner for each, the winner of the regatta was Lisa and Martin Hill’s [...]