With two successful events behind them, Bella Mente Racing turns focus to Les Voiles de St. Barth, the last event for the team before heading across the Atlantic to race in the UK and Europe.
Although we’ve already completed two major events, the crew has really only sailed together very briefly,” said Owner/Driver Hap Fauth adding that the team was missing a few guys during Quantum Key West and didn’t have the practice days leading up to the RORC Caribbean 600 due to some structural issues with the boat.
“We will have a number of practice days in St. Barth, so I think after Les Voiles we will have bonded pretty well and will be in a great position to go over and compete on the Solent.
Going into Les Voiles we obviously aren’t as fast as the canting keel boats but we do very well against them on a corrected time basis. We feel the boat is sailing to its rating, especially in medium to heavy air, which will play to our advantage.
Bella Mente featured in the 2015 Spring Edition of Sailing World
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