Sill Plein Fruit First To Margherita

The team skippered by Breton Roland Jourdain (nicknamed Bilou) on Sill Plein Fruit covered the 1464 miles of the 2nd leg in 7 days, 10 hours, 12 minutes and 40 seconds at an average speed of 8.21 knots.

Second into the port of Sta. Margherita Ligure, Italy, 2hrs and 40 minutes behind the winner, was the team lead by Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm on Bobst Group – Armor Lux. After 7 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes and 11 seconds of racing at an average speed of 8.09 knots

The final podium spot for the second leg was filled by Swiss skipper Dominique Wavre and his crew on Temenos at 0425hrs this morning, after 7 days, 16 hours and 25 minutes of racing at an average speed of 7.94 knots.

Kingfisher (Moloney) was the last boat to cross the finish line of the second leg of the Regata Rubicon at 1913hrs 57s French time on Wednesday 29th May in 4th place for the leg, and thus 3rd place overall. The team lead by Nick Moloney covered the 1464 miles between Yaiza and Sta. Lanzarote in
Italy in 8 days, 7 hours and 13 minutes at an average speed of 7.34 knots.

Overall Rankings :

1 – Sill Plein Fruit (Roland Jourdain) – 20 points (10+10)
2 – Bobst Group-Armor Lux (Bernard Stamm) – 15 points (7+8)
3 – Kingfisher (Ellen MacArthur/Nick Moloney) – 14 points (8+6)
4 – Temenos (Dominique Wavre) – 11 points (4+7)
5 – Tiscali (Simone Bianchetti) – 10 points (6+4)
6 – Virbac (Jean-Pierre Dick) – 9 points (5+4)
7 – L’Héautontimorouménos (Antoine Koch) – 7 points (3+4)
NC – Adecco – Etoile Horizon (Bob Escoffier)