Day 1 RC44 Sotogrande Cup - Snakes and ladders on opening day of 2017 tour

The opening day of the RC44 season and the RC44 Sotogrande Cup proved extremely trying for PRO Peter Reggio and his race management team as they valiantly strove to keep the course orientated to the wind, an operation that required course changes on nearly every leg of all today's four races. With the heavy guns out in the RC44 fleet, today's four races had four different winners with giant victories especially for Alexander Novoselov's Katusha in race one and the local heroes on John Bassadone's Gibraltar based team Peninsula Petroleum in race four. Team Nika ends the opening day two points clear of Chris Bake's Team Aqua in turn three points ahead of Bronenosec Sailing Team. The light blue RC44 was widely considered star performer today as all but three of her crew, including the helmsman are new to the fleet. The RC44 Sotogrande Cup is the first event of the 2017 RC44 Championship Tour, which pits the world's top businessmen and the best sailors in the industry compete in high-performance one-design 44-foot carbon racing yachts. Subscribe to us on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_kn... Find out more at: https://www.rc44.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RC44.Class.A... Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RC44Class