Maktoum Sailing Trophy
Former World Offshore champion Alain Fédensieu, leading a new French challenge in the 32nd Americas Cup, guided Horizon FCB to a convincing overall victory in the first of seven rounds at the weekend as the new IRC class event got off to a perfect start. But while Fédensieu at times looked in a class of his own, his four straight race wins inspired some of the UAE’s top crews who hit back to relegate Horizon to third place in the fifth and final race of the Dubai International Marine Club IRC event.
Taking second place overall was Switch Blade skippered by David ROSANT, with former UAE rally driving champion Alan SKENNERTON finishing third in Shock Wave Aquamarine. Final race winner David WORRALL, skipper of Sharazad and vice president of the UAE IRC Owner’s Association, would have fared better than his fourth place overall but for a brush with Switch Blade which led to his disqualification in race four. But Worrall was in a buoyant mood at the finish, singing the praises of the race series for the new IRC class of boats and savouring the chance to compete against Fédensieu and the other stars now certain to follow him into the Maktoum Sailing Trophy.
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