ORCi Worlds Middle Offshore Race 2011 - Fleet endure tough conditions

1:58 PM Wed 22 Jun 2011 GMT

'ORC Worlds Middle Offshore Race 2011' Max Ranchi ?

ORCi World Championship 2011 is organised by the Sailing Club of Rijeka and is being held in Cres, Croatia from 18th to 25th June. While the shortest night of the year on the calendar, the gruelling light air conditions of last night would make it seem like the longest night for teams entered in the middle and long-distance offshore race. In the pre-dawn hours after over 15 hours of sailing, Action Team's TP52 Aniene 1er Classe from Italy skippered by Gabriele Benussi was first through the scoring gate of 50 miles elapsed on the 100-mile course. Ariene also leads the ...

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by Offshore Racing Congress