Day 2 RC44 Calero Marinas Cup - Too close to call at the halfway stage in Lanzarote

Lanzarote laid on superb conditions for day two of the RC44 Calero Marinas Cup under brilliant sunshine and winds that started in the sub-10 range before building solidly into the 20s, making for a spectacular action-packed third and final race.  Torbjörn Törnqvist’s Artemis Racing claimed the opening race after tactician Andy Horton correctly called the favourable left side of the course, just as he did in yesterday’s first race. Conditions had built for race two which turned into a heavyweight bout between Vladimir Prosikhin’s Team Nika and Nico Poons’ Charisma. Nika led around the first lap but Charisma had edged ahead by the end of the second beat and maintained their lead to the finish. Pundits noted that the match racing between the two boats may have been fuelled by some rivalry between the tacticians– former Emirates Team New Zealand skipper Dean Barker calling the shots on Team Nika and his former tactician Ray Davies in this position on Charisma.  The RC44 Calero Marinas Cup will take place over 28 February until 4 March and will pit 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