Puerto Calero in Lanzarote produced some unexpected results on the first day of the RC44 World Championships. The challenging, shifty conditions saw a shake up on the leaderboard for the fourteen competing teams.
An unfamiliar face emerged at the top of the leaderboard, John Bassadone (GBR) and the Peninsula Petroleum team from Gibraltar have recruited Italy's Vasco Vascotto as their pro skipper for the last event of the season. The new team dynamic seem to be paying dividends.
Torbjorn Tornqvist's (SWE) aim for the week, with Morgan Larson (USA) at his side, is to ensure Artemis Racing is on the podium in Lanzarote this week. Team Aqua may have already won the 2011 RC44 Championship Tour with an event to spare, but second place is undecided. A 4, 5, 1 score-line means the Swedish team are well positioned for both.
However chasing them hard the home team, Islas Canarias Puerto Calero who know the venue better than any.
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