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Aggressive Fleet Prepares for Farr 40 World Championship
Richardson Goes
for Hat Trick
PARADISE ISLAND,
BAHAMAS (Oct. 29, 2002) -- With eight countries represented on its
current 24-team roster, the 2002 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship
will find itself in the international sailing spotlight from November
13-16 and on a stage unmatched in beauty. Set for Atlantis on Paradise
Island in the Bahamas, the event will use as its backdrop the resorts
exotic marine habitat that is second in size and magnificence only
to the ocean. For four days of racing, Mother Natures laws
for beneath the ocean will apply to those atop it, survival
of the fittest being the most applicable for this battle-toughened
Farr 40 fleet.
Barking Mads
owner/driver Jim Richardson of Boston, Mass. and Newport, R.I.,
will be gunning for something more than a second Farr 40 World Championship
title. With his first one secured in 1998, he'll set his sights
on making a hat trick out of his victories at two other Rolex-sponsored
events this year.
You bet!
Im going for my third watch, said Richardson, referring
to the championships coveted prize that he also won as overall
victor at the New York Yacht Club's Race Week at Newport and the
St. Francis Big Boat Series. But the team wants that World
Cup, too. Everything weve done has been in preparation for
winning this championship. Weve had a very good year, winning
a half dozen regattas on both coasts and competing in several more.
Its a
foregone conclusion in Farr 40 sailing that teams who have sailed
together over time do the best, and John Kilroys Samba Pa
Ti team from Los Angeles, Calif., just might be one of the tightest
knit. It, too, has spent a good amount of time racing on both coasts
this year. Most notably, Kilroy skippered Samba Pa Ti to win the
Farr 40 class at the Acura SORC and become this years Farr
40 National Champion. Also this year and at times with races to
spare, he won the Farr 40 West Coast Championship, the Southern
California Championship and the Northern California Championship.
As for past Farr 40 World Championships, Kilroy won the 99
event and finished second in 2000 before skipping the 2001 competition.
It will
be more a marathon than a sprint, because the boats are the same
speed and all have great tacticians, said Kilroy about the
competitive profile of the 2002 fleet. On any given day, someone
new could win, and any top boat could have a bad race.
Having finished
with his stint as skipper of the victorious illbruck campaign for
the Volvo Ocean Race, John Kostecki will return to the tacticians
position on Samba Pa Ti, which he held when Kilroy competed in his
last two Farr 40 World Championships.
The fiercest
competition from overseas teams promises to come from the Italian
team on board Nerone, winner of the very competitive Farr 40 European
Championship in 2002 and consistently a top-three finisher at Farr
40 events.
For more information,
contact Farr International, +1 410-268-1001 or [email protected],
http://www.farr40.org
USA (13)
BAMBAKOU,
John Coumantaros, New York, N.Y., USA
BARKING MAD, Jim Richardson, Boston, Mass./Newport, R.I. USA
CROCODILE ROCK, Alexandra Geremia/Scott Harris, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
USA
FLASH GORDON, Helmut Jahn, Chicago, Ill., USA
LE RENARD, Steve Phillips, Arnold, Md., USA
GONE TOO FARR, Dave Carrel, Belvedere, Calif., USA
GROOVEDERCI, Deneen/John Demourkas, Montecito, Calif., USA
JOSS, Owen Kratz, League City, Texas, USA
NITEMARE, Tom Neill, Berkeley, Ill., USA
PEGASUS, Philippe Kahn, Soquel, Calif., USA
SAMBA PA TI, John Kilroy, Los Angeles, Calif., USA
SOLUTION, John Thomson, Port Washington, N.Y., USA
VIRAGO, Stuart Townsend, Chicago, Ill., USA
ITALY (2)
BOTTADICULO
Giovanni Arrivabene/Andrea Bocchini, Massarosa, ITALY
NERONE Massimo Mezzaroma/Antonio Migliori, Rome, ITALY
AUSTRALIA (2)
EMOTIONAL
HOOLIGAN, Marcus Blackmore, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
KOKOMO, Lang Walker, Potts Point, AUSTRALIA
CANADA (2)
DEFIANT,
Terry McLaughlin, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
HONOUR, Alek Krstajic, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
ENGLAND (2)
ASSEGAI,
Leonidas Christeanakis/Chris Hunt, London, ENGLAND
KATANGA, Robin Patterson, London, ENGLAND
NORWAY (1)
NORWEGIAN
STEAM, Eivind Astrup, Oslo, NORWAY
JAPAN (1)
SLED,
Takashi Okura, Tokyo, JAPAN
GERMANY (1)
MORNING
GLORY, Hasso Plattner, GERMANY/San Francisco, Calif., USA
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