Vincenzo Onorato wins third Farr 40 Title

by Event media / Sail-World.com on 20 Apr 2008
We have a champion! For the third straight year, Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino has claimed the title of Rolex Farr 40 World Champion. After a tense hearing, the jury has decided unanimously to disqualify Joe Fly from race #9.

The title was decided on shore – After Wolfgang Stolz Opus One claimed the victory in race #10 over Carlo Alberini’s Calvi Network and Alessandro Barnaba ’s Fiamma, Giovanni Maspero Joe Fly crossed the finish line in fourth, four places better than Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino, to claim the provisional victory in the 2008 Rolex Farr 40 World Championship.

Joe Fly had two protests pending against it from race #9, so its championship fate was in the hands of the international jury, headed by Tom Ehman. Maspero’s Joe Fly was involved in an incident in the first beat of the ninth race and protests were lodged against the Italian boat.

Representatives of Mascalzone Latino, Barking Mad and Joe Fly told their stories to the international jury. The protest was deemed valid and then heard. After a tense hearing, the jury decided unanimously to disqualify Joe Fly from race #9.

For the third straight year, Vincenzo Onorato's Mascalzone Latino is the Rolex Farr 40 World Champion.

Farr 40 Worlds - Final Results

1 ITA 1 MASCALZONE LATINO Vincenzo Onorato 3 12 1 14 3 5 6 3 7 9 63pts
2 ITA 1805 JOE FLY Giovanni Maspero 9 1 8 15 6 2 5 2 34 dsq 5 87
3 MON 40 MEAN MACHINE Peter de Ridder 24 3 9 9 14 1 14 9 2 17 102
4 DEN 7 NANOQ HRH Crown Prince Frederik 13 15 16 20 17 9 4 13 scp 3 4 114
5 ITA 40102 CALVI NETWORK Carlo Alberini 6 9 12 33 26 14 7 7 4 2 120
6 SUI 81818 ALINGHI Ernesto Bertarelli 8 14 6 6 7 20 9 4 scp 31 15 120
7 USA 46999 RAMROD Rod Jabin 22 8 17 3 10 21 10 19 scp 1 11 122
8 USA 50955 BARKING MAD Jim Richardson 23 5 3 2 16 6 2 24 22 22 125
9 GER 5565 OPUS ONE Wolfgang Stolz 15 16 21 1 5 23 22 15 11 1 130
10 ITA 1972 NERONE Massimo Mezzaroma 19 19 2 29 1 25 13 21 scp 5 6 140
11 USA 69 WARPATH Fred & Steve Howe 12 13 14 24 11 8 18 11 14 16 141
12 USA 46957 GROOVEDERCI 57 Deneen Demourkas 11 6 5 16 29 24 21 20 6 7 145
13 ITA 252 FIAMMA Alessandro Bamaba 4 17 28 5 31 12 25 22 10 3 157
14 USA 2 GOOMBAY SMASH William Douglass 25 25 15 8 20 22 16 5 8 13 157
15 AUS 8883 KOKOMO Lang Walker 20 7 20 12 15 7 17 26 12 21 157
16 AUS 615 ESTATE MASTER Lisa & Martin Hill 31 18 30 4 18 13 1 6 30 8 159
17 GRE 40 ATALANTI Stratis Andreadis 5 2 25 7 24 11 15 26 scp 25 27 167
18 DEN 112 SILVER BULLET Henrik Jansen 17 29 32 22 2 10 11 8 16 26 173
19 FRA 007 TWINS Erik Maris 27 26 7 25 19 4 34 zfp 12 9 12 175
20 GBR 1640R ASTERISK Ole van der Heide 10 31 11 30 22 3 20 22 scp 19 10 178
21 USA 50001 FLASH GORDON Helmut Jahn 14 23 31 10 30 16 3 4 26 29 186
22 JPN 5095 SLED Takashi Okura 2 10 18 11 25 31 23 28 scp 20 19 187
23 GER 40126 MORNING GLORY Hasso Plattner 29 20 13 18 4 29 8 16 scp 28 24 189
24 USA 7289 GROOVEDERCI 127 John Demourkas 28 4 19 17 8 26 27 20 scp 24 25 198
25 USA 60059 PLENTY Alexander Roepers 21 11 4 27 28 17 12 31 scp 21 32 204
26 USA 50092 HEARTBREAKER Robert Hughes 1 21 22 13 27 27 19 32 scp 27 18 207
27 USA 4040 INFINITY John Thomson 7 24 23 31 13 19 28 34 zfp 15 23 217
28 ITA 1161 CANNONBALL Dario Ferrari 32 32 26 19 9 18 32 21 23 14 226
29 AUS 5077 HOOLIGAN Marcus Blackmore 18 22 10 28 23 33 30 21 scp 18 30 233
30 GER 5055 STRUNTJE LIGHT Wolfgang Schaefer 26 27 24 32 33 15 26 30 13 20 246
31 BRA 2283 DSK COMIFIN Danilo Salsi 16 34 dsq 29 23 12 32 24 34 zfp 17 33 254
32 DEN 2900 BACKBONE Thomas Kiaer 30 28 27 26 21 28 29 30 scp 29 28 276
33 USA 51990 NIMBUS BLUE Hunt Lawrence/USMMA 33 30 34 dnc 21 32 30 31 31 32 31 305