September 27, 2014
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Flavio Marazzi (SUI) Crowned 2014 5.5mR World Champion
The 5.5m World Championship 2014 came to a close in Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany with Flavio Marazzi's Ali Baba taking the title.
The 5.5m World Championship 2014 came to a close in Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany with Flavio Marazzi’s Ali Baba taking the title.
Under beautiful sunny skies and the Islands of Elba, Montecristo and Giglio as a backdrop the wind was unfortunately too light and shifty to race on the final day. After five races with no discard, Flavio Marazzi (SUI) and Ali Baba was crowned 2014 5.5mR World Champion.
Second place went to Norwegian Kristian Nergaard on Artemis XIV and it was third for Gavin McKinney on John B from the Bahamas.
The Race Committee used every minute up to the 14.30 time limit to set down a fair course. The 37 crews from Bahamas, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Italy crossed the starting line at 14.28 but at the end of the first beat, a massive wind shift forced the Race Committee to abandon racing.
The Awards Ceremony was held at the 16th century Spanish Fortress of Porto Santo Stefano overlooking the wonderful bay of Argentario.