In an amazing final day of racing on San Francisco Bay, Brian Porter on USA-749 Full Throttle won a three-way tie for first place to win a record-setting fourth U.S. National Championship title, a first in U.S. Melges 24 Class history.
The final day of the Italian Open Championship and event 4 in the 2009Italian Volvo Cup Seriesin Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, brought more incredible sailing conditions and three final races in this tightly fought twelve race series.
Despite difficulties with the legendarily slow Sardinian broadband connection Mauro Melandri and the Volvo Media Team has been able to post a fantastic video of the windy day two sailing.
We've updated the gallery with the great day three photos from Volvo Photographer Pierrick Contin at the Italian Open Championship in Cagliari, Sardinia Italy. Click here to check out the updated gallery.
Brian Porter on USA-749 Full Throttle improved his position today with a 1-1-[7] score to take the overall lead from Bruce Ayres on USA-747 Monsoon who has slipped the fourth.
The battle for supremacy between Flavio Favini, with Franco Rossini's Swiss Blu Moon Team, and Lorenzo Bressani, with Lorenzo Santini's U Italian ka Uka Racing Team, continues in Cagliari, Sardinia, at the Italian Open Championship.
