
Mark Lloyd / Extreme Sailing Series
Third consecutive win for The Wave, Muscat
Sunday August 23rd 2015, Author: Nicky Moore, Location: Russia
The Wave, Muscat has been crowned the victor at the Extreme Sailing Series Saint Petersburg presented by SAP, mastering the complex conditions of the River Neva in front of huge crowds, to win with a race to spare. Their fourth event win and third consecutive victory this season sees two-times Series winning skipper Leigh McMillan and his team extend their lead at the top of the 2015 leaderboard, with only two events left this year.
“Everything seemed to go our way from the moment we arrived and it felt good,” explained McMillan. “It doesn’t often happen like that and it has been a long time since everything clicked in the way it has in Russia so yes, I would say this was the best event so far this year for us. If we keep on sailing well and confidently, it would be fantastic to win a third title.” With the breeze switching from east to west, the River Neva threw up a completely new set of conditions for the teams to master – something Team Turx quickly got to grips with as the top performing team of the day. Unfortunately for Red Bull Sailing Team the patchy eight knot breeze and strong two knot tide proved too big a challenge. The Austrian team led by Olympic sailing legend Roman Hagara started the day in second with a slim one-point lead over Lino Sonego Team Italia in third and the battle for second place was fierce. The Italians sailed clean and posted a string of podium results to leapfrog Red Bull Sailing Team to finish the day in second – Switzerland’s Arnaud Psarofaghis and skipper Enrico Zennaro together steering the Italian team to their first podium position in the 2015 Extreme Sailing Series and scooping up the Land Rover Above and Beyond Award for their efforts.
2nd Lino Sonego Team Italia (ITA) Enrico Zennaro, Arnaud Psarofaghis, Bryan Mettraux, Nevio Sabadin, Tom Buggy 216 points.
3rd Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) Roman Hagara, Hans-Peter Steinacher, Shaun Mason, Stewart Dodson, Kate Macgregor 207 points.
4th GAC Pindar (GBR) Adam Minoprio, Seve Jarvin, Joel Turner, James Wierzbowski, Adam Piggot 202 points.
5th Oman Air (OMA) Stevie Morrison, Nic Asher, Ted Hackney, Ed Powys, Ali Al Balashi 198 points.
6th Gazprom Team Russia (RUS) Igor Lisovenko, Phil Robertson, Garth Ellingham, Alexander Bozhko, Aleksey Kulakov 191 points.
7th Team Turx (TUR) Mitch Booth, Tom Dawson, Diogo Cayolla, Can Bayülken, Henry Bomby 181 points.
8th SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) Jes Gram-Hansen, Rasmus Køstner, Thierry Douillard, Mads Emil Stephensen, Brad Farrand 180 points. Extreme Sailing Series 2015 overall standings 1st The Wave, Muscat (OMA) 57 points.
2nd Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) 49 points.
3rd SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) 48 points.
4th Gazprom Team Russia (RUS) 38 points.
5th Oman Air (OMA) 35 points.
6th GAC Pindar (GBR) 31 points.
7th Team Turx (TUR) 28 points.
8th Lino Sonego Team Italia (ITA) 27 points.
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