Another in the net for Holmberg

Racing off Sibenik in the Alpe Adria Sailing Tour

BMW Tomic, driven by the American Peter Holmberg, won today's racing off Sibenik. With a 7.4 mile course Holmberg finished in only 53m 40s. This race was third victory for the helmsman Holmberg, who sailed with Oracle/BMW at the last America's Cup.

This short leg was full of suspense and went to the wire for the leaders, with BMW Tonic passing Alcatel right at the finish to win by just 1m 25s.

Third place went to the Croatian Scor Team finishing 2m 47s later. Steered by Darko Hajdinjak, they preceeded Barcolana by only 6 seconds.

Finally on this short leg the sailors got to sail in ideal, constant conditions,
with wind of up to 18 knots, providing a treat for those watching from land.

There was a great start for the students on Region Friuli Venezia Giulia, who arrived
fifth at the first mark, but who unfortunately encoutered problems and slowly lost their position to finish twelfth, just after the girls on Val Nautika, who also had no luck in this
regatta.

In the overall results, City of Split is still leading the fleet followed by BMW Tomic now closing in on the overall leader.

Tomorrow will see the start of the eighth leg of the Alpe Adria Sailing Tour, from Sibenik to Split of about 38 miles. The tour will end in Dubrovnik on 22 May with a prize giving at the Revelìn Castle.

Leg 7 results:

1) BMW 53m40s;
2) Alcatel 55m05s;
3) Scor Team 56m17s;
4) Barcolana 56m23s;
5) Magic Sailing Team 57m02s;
6) Aquileia 57m10s;
7) Clementei 57m26s;
8) Dubrovnik 58m39s;
9) Sibenik 59m15s;
10) Split 59m33s
11) Val nautica 59m46s;
12) FVG 1h00m23s.

Overall results after 7 legs:

1) Split 63h31m46s
2) BMW 63h48m59s;
3) Barcolana 64h42m35s;
4) Scor Team 65h34m54s
5) Aquileia 66h02m07s;
6) Clementei 66h08m15s;
7) Magic Team 67h?22m06s;
8) Alcatel 68h12m53s;
9) Val Nautica 69h46m54s;
10) Regione FVG 69h54m36s;
11) Dubrovnik 73h21m29s;
12) Sibenik 74h43m56s.