Day 3 RC44 Sotogrande Cup - Team Aqua takes control of RC44 Sotogrande Cup

Once again the wind was not the issue today but an initially massive sea state that had the nimble RC44s disappearing in the troughs up to their spreaders. To make matters harder the wind and the wave train weren't aligned with boats sailing along the giant waves on starboard tack and crashing directly into them on port. And then there was the torrential rain that made the decks extremely slippery and helped cause two man overboard incidents – both crew successfully recovered. The day had three different winners with Russian Alexander Novoselov's Katusha for a second time winning the opening race of the day, while John Bassadone and his team of local heroes on board Peninsula Petroleum claimed race two and Bronenosec took today's third and final, marking a first ever race win in the RC44 for new co-helmsman Kirill Frolov, despite this only being his second day of racing in the class. 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