Nespresso Cup - Close battles on day one

6:45 PM Fri 6 May 2011 GMT

'Nespresso Cup'

Nespresso Cup opening day in Portofino produced some close racing and magnificent battles in both divisions. 'Racing today was good weather-wise,' said Nespresso Cup Race Ambassador Francesco de Angelis. 'Sunny with a good breeze and we saw an interesting second race because there were some wind shifts which made it a bit more difficult.' In the Overall Division it was Indio (30.50m) that came out on top, winning both races despite the best efforts of Magic Carpet2 and Y3K to break their winning form: 'We had good starts in both races, Y3K was ahead of us both times,' said Indio's ...

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by Julie Royer