Owner/Driver Hap Fauth at the helm during racing on Saturday (June 11) at the NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex (Photo Credit: Daniel Forster)
The weekend started off on a very high note for Bella Mente Racing, with the team winning both races in the Maxi 72 Class at the NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex. Today’s racing marked the first day of the class’ North American Championship, which goes through Tuesday, June 14.
Owner/Driver Hap Fauth:
Despite today’s tricky conditions, the team prevailed. The boat handling and crew work was excellent and everything went pretty smoothly. However, we still have a lot of time between now and the end of this event and there are always places to make improvements. Our plan is to keep our eyes on the prize.
Terry Hutchinson:
It was a reasonable day onboard Bella Mente today. In race one, we executed Plan B off the start line. We had some solid boat speed, well timed tacks, and consistent boat handling, which gave us the opportunity to lead at the top. From there, it was a matter of staying between the fleet and the finish.
Race two was more of the same. Both Proteus and Momo had better starts, and yet we managed to keep our lane quite well on the first port tack off the line. From there, we picked good times to tack and unlike yesterday things rolled Bella Mente’s way.
It was a solid start to the event but lots of racing in front of us. We need to refine our starting timing tomorrow to have a higher success rate off the line. High marks to the speed team and the boat handling for a great performance today.
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