Hap Fauth’s Reichel/Pugh 69 Bella Mente took the top individual prize today [Friday] in the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Anniversary Regatta. Fauth (Minneapolis, MN) had a battle on his hands from start to finish in both races with class 1 British rival Ran, a hot JV 72 sailed by Niklas Zennstrom, and from the Newport Bermuda Race St. Davis’s Lighthouse winner Carina sailed by Rives Potts (Westbrook, CT).
The individual and team results are now updated with the provisional results from the Newport-Bermuda race.
Belle Mente and Ran Tied in Onion Patch After Stage One Racing
By Talbot Wilson
Dateline Newport Rhode Island, June 14, 2010: With the completion of the 156th New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, racing in the stage one of the 2010 Onion Patch Series ended Sunday afternoon. The first race each day of the two-day regatta in Newport, Rhode Island counted for the series.