Rolex IMS World Championship

Another victory for Brava Q8

Pasquale Landolfi's Brava Q8 won division A of the Rolex IMS Offshore World Championship. Landolfi's boat with Antonio Sodo Migliori as skipper and Paul Cayard as tactician pulled ahead of Lorenzo Bressani's Grand Soleil 44 Wind, and Giacomelli Sport, the IMX 45 skippered by Gabriele Benussi in a spectacular week of racing.

With this success, Brava Q8 Landolfi has added a new trophy to his already rich haul. In '89 in the Gulf waters of Neaples, he won his first One Ton Cup, to which have been added another One Ton Victory, two World ILC 40 Championships, the Admiral's Cup in '95 and the World 50 ft Championship, won last year in Palma de Mallorca, also with Flavio Favini and Paul Cayard.

In division B, victory went to Manfredo Toninelli's Team Revolution. Other notable performances include King Harald V of Norway's Fram XV of which placed fourth in A division and Vincenzo Onorato's Breeze.

The Rolex IMS Offshore World Championship concluded with racing in a north-east wind of over 15 knots. The prize giving ceremony took place in the Capri's Marina Grande. The new World Champion was presented with the prestigious Trophy and a Yachtmaster Rolesium, a platinum and steel Rolex watch by Patrick Heiniger, the President of Rolex.


Rolex IMS Offshore Worlds 2002 Provisional Results after seven races

Division A:

1	Brava Q8	Landolfi- Mezzaroma	Farr 49'	35,75
2	Wind	Lorenzo Bressani	GrandSoleil 44	37,75
3	Giacomelli Sport	Gabriele Benussi	IMX 45	44,00

Division B:

1	Team Revolution	Toninelli Manfredo	First 36.7 MOD.	49,75
2	Don Alvaro	Siciliana Francesco	X-362 Sport	59,00
3	Bix	Natalio Cepollaro	X 332 Sport	62,50