Marco Nannini thanks First Class Sailing for their sponsorship and support- Londons’s Leading Sailing School.

We’ve been at sea exactly three weeks today and we’ve just passed the
island of Fernnando da Noronha, which we had to leave to port to pass
through the Fastnet Marine scoring gate.

We are currently holding 4th position, which suits us as we are still
leading the pack of generation one boats and are still within 100 miles of
Cessna Citation, the brand new Akilaria RC2, the newer version of our
boat.

The race so far has been an amazing experience with lots of variety in
this leg, the exit from the med, the African coast, the Canaries, the Cape
Verde archipelago, trade wind sailing, the dreaded Doldrums and now some
Brazilian paradise island to round to port…

We’re very much looking forward to this second half of the race, and see
what the weather has in stock for us, it will be interesting to see what
tactical options will open up, what choices can be made to try reshuffle
the finishing positions.

Today we would like to thank one of our sponsors, First Class
Sailing whom we have worked with earlier in the year in organising a
Solent blast day on our boat, giving some of the many First Class Sailing
sailors an opportunity to experience the thrill of sailing this powerful
Class40 before we set off for the Global Ocean Race.

First Class Sailing organises theory and practical sailing courses giving
anyone the opportunity to get started with this fantastic sport or progress up the
ladder of qualifications available and indeed experience some of the
finest UK races such as the Fastnet. Alternativaly you can charter your
own boat and go hopping around the south coast and the Channel Islands at
your leasure.

Posted by: First Class Sailing