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Breitling Puerto Portals Coastal Race
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Breitling Puerto Portals Coastal Race
Source www.medcup.org (http://www.medcup.org)Torbjorn Torqvist's Artemis crew, lead by a virtuoso performance from skipper Russell Coutts, scored maximum points from today's 33.7 miles coastal race which spanned the Bay of Palma and provided a comprehensive test on all points of sail.Artemis' finished three minutes and 11 seconds ahead of Peter de Ridder's Valle Romano Mean Machine and closed the gap on Regata Breitling Illes Balears leader Caixa Galicia to seven pointsVicente Tirado's Caixa Galicia came away today with a fifth and fourth, which tactician John Kostecki acknowledged could have been worse, but it sets up the prospect of an exciting final showdown tomorrow when two windward-leeward races are scheduled.But the biggest loss today proved later to be that for Valle Romano Mean Machine who fell victims to the Coastal Race's double jeopardy penalty. Full Story »
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