Barking Mad leads Farr 40 Pre-Worlds

 

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Barking Mad in action at the Farr 40 Pre-Worlds, 4th stop on the five-event North American Circuit. Photo by Sara Proctor.
Light and shifty breezes eventually improved to near-perfect conditions in today's start to the Farr 40 Pre-Worlds, held at Chicago YC. Three races were completed with Jim Richardson's Barking Mad from Newport, RI leading the pack of twenty entries on scores of 1 - 2 - 1. The reigning North American Champion is also leading the series into this final event of the 2012 Farr 40 North American Circuit.

 

Even though Richardson, with tactical help from America's Cup veteran and Star World Champion Hamish Pepper, has an impressive 8-point lead over nearest rival Enfant Terrible, owned by Alberto Rossi from Italy, he is not yet ready to claim victory, saying "It was a really tough day out there, and its far from over yet." Richardson should know: he is a 3-time World Champion in this class, dating back to the inaugural Worlds in 1998, and has been active in the class ever since.

This same cautious sentiment was echoed by Rossi, who leads Helmut Jahn's locally-based Flash Gordon 6 by only a point in the current standings. "This is a surprisingly tough fleet," said Rossi, "everyone is at a high level. I think this will be a long week." Rossi is also a World Champion, having twice won the ORCi Offshore World Championship while racing his Farr 40 in a mixed fleet.

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Twenty teams line up in Chicago for Farr 40 Pre-Worlds

Twenty teams from eight countries will be lined up tomorrow to race for two days in the Farr 40 Pre-Worlds, the opening act of next week's 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship held at Chicago YC. And while the Pre-Worlds marks the beginning of the Worlds, it also is the last two days of racing in the five-event North American Circuit leading up to this final showdown. Eleven teams entered this series, which started at Quantum Key West in January, went to Miami in March, Annapolis in May, Newport in July and now will finish in Chicago.

Racing in the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds will start next week on Monday, September 17th and run daily through Thursday, September 20th.

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2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship

Not Farr Away

Chicago, IL, USA: The 15th edition of the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship will take place in Chicago, United States, from 17-20 September 2012.

The pinnacle of the Farr 40 Class worldwide racing season, the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds is a contest between evenly matched 40-foot racing boats, helmed by their skilled and competitive amateur owners and guided by world-renowned tacticians. First run in 1998 and supported by Rolex since 2001, the competition is held in a different country each year, a measure of its international status. Exhilarating racing is guaranteed. Up to ten windward/leeward races will be contested over four days – short, fast and of the highest pedigree.

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2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship

September 17 - 20

Preparations are now underway for the 2012 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship to be held at the Chicago Yacht Club

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W Lakeshore
The Fairmont
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The Palmer House Hilton
The Wit

Budget Hotel:
Congress Plaza Hotel

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Crowley Marine
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