2008 Newport Bermuda Race - Day 5
by Talbot Wilson 25 Jun 2008 08:26 BST
Il Mostro and Chippewa look like winners
On the basis of provisional results posted late Tuesday, Puma’s Chairman Jochen Zeitz can brag about bringing Ken Read and his “tough guy” squad good luck during the Bermuda Race. For Zeitz, this was his first race on the Puma branded Volvo 70 yacht Il Mostro, which set an elapsed time of 69 hours, 33 minutes and 24 seconds and a corrected time of 61 hours, two minutes and 51 seconds to top the Open Division’s leaderboard on corrected time. Il Mostro's corrected time was over an hour ahead of Ian Henderson’s Privateer, a Cookson 50.
Speedboat, the Juan K 99 footer built by Cookson, was the first to the dock, but corrected out with a time of 64 hours, 42 minutes and 56 seconds to take third place in the Open Division. Joe Harris, a veteran of nine Newport Bermuda races, came fourth in Gryphon Solo, an Open 50 preparing for the Portimao Global Ocean Race in October.
Clayton Deutsch and his New England tribe on Chippewa look set to come out on top once again. After winning the IRC-2 Division of the New York YC Annual Regatta and leading the Onion Patch Series going into the Newport Bermuda Race, Chippewa, a Swan 68, topped the other 12 boats in Class 9 of the St David’s Lighthouse Division. Her corrected time was 69hrs, 45mins, 24secs. Jim Madden’s new J65, Brand New Day has been at the RBYC dock for the afternoon and sits in 2nd place with a corrected time of 73hrs, 22mins 23secs.