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UniCredit Class40 - Marco Nannini qualifies for Route du Rhum

Portsmouth 20th August 2010 - With just over two months to the start of the Route du Rhum 2010 Marco Nannini has successfully completed on UniCredit Class40 the 1000 miles qualifying passage under the observation by the race commitee who monitored his progress during his solo passage last week using the mandatory Mini-C satellite tracking device on board the boat. 

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Class40: UniCredit launched after Route du Rhum refit

Following a three week refit at Endeavour Quay in Gosport, Marco Nannini's Akilaria Class40 was launched yesterday in her fresh UniCredit livery in preparation for the Route du Rhum which will start on October 31st from St Malo.

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Class40: Marco Nannini will be at the Route du Rhum with UniCredit

The Italian born UK based skipper has announced his entry in the Route du Rhum 2010 on his Akilaria Class 40 which will be renamed “UniCredit” for the race following a recent sponsorship agreement.

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Nannini and Peggs, Podium result at Shetland Round Britain and Ireland race on Class 40 SunGard Front Arena

Italian skipper Marco Nannini and british Co-Skipper Paul Peggs have completed the Shetland Round Britian and Ireland Race achieving a well deserved podium result taking second place overall in the final leg from Lowestoft to Plymouth on the Class 40 named SunGard Front Arena for the race. The duo led the the RBI fleet up to the last headland where the wind shut off and forced some of the boats to kedge in the adverse current waiting for the morning breeze to fill in and transforming the final few miles in a lottery as to who would get the wind first.

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Nannini and Peggs on SunGard Front Arena take first overall in fourth leg of RBI

LOWESOFT, UK: Marco Nannini and Paul Peggs sailing on Class 40 "SunGard Front Arena" have taken line honours in Lowestoft after the fourth leg of the Shetland Round Britain and Ireland Yacht Race.

The duo was leading the race in Lerwick with a margin of 31 minutes over second placed Fujifilm sailed by Alex Bennet and Malcolm Dickinson and have extended their lead to over 2 hours after a windy fourth leg of this race that saw the fleet battered by storm force winds.

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SunGard Front Arena takes first place in Lerwick in the third leg of the Shetland Round Britain and Ireland Race

Class 40 - At 16:38 BST SunGard Front Arena took first place in Lerwick in the third leg of the Shetland Round Britain and Ireland Race
overtaking Fujifilm just a few miles from the finish line.
This third leg gave the fleet plenty of excitment with fast downwind sailing from Saint Kilda to Muckle Flagga.
Italian Skipper Marco Nannini and Paul Peggs are extremely pleased with the result and feeling exhausted after the very close sailing between the Class 40s in the race. They are looking forward to some good food and plenty of rest.

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Nannini and Peggs on SunGard Front Arena take first in Barra

Few minutes past 4am this morning june 12th, Italian Skipper Marco
Nannini and British racing partner Paul Peggs, sailing the SunGard Front
Arena sponsored Class 40, have crossed in first place overall the finish
line of the second leg of the Shetland Round Britain and Ireland yacth
race organised by the Royal Western Yacht Club of England.

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Nannini and Peggs on SunGard Front Arena take second overall in first leg of RBI

 

Marco Nannini and co-skipper Paul Peggs sailing on Class 40 SunGard Front Arena have arrived in Kinsale taking second place overall, just moments after the leading boat, Phesheya Racing sailed by Nick Legatt.

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SunGard Front Arena close to top at Solent-Cherbourg Double race

Italian Skipper Marco Nannini and British racing partner Paul Peggs completed the Cherbourg double handed race at 08:12 BST taking 5th place overall on elapsed time.
After a night spent battling for the lead neck and neck with a J125 the arrival at Cherbourg was a tough battle, the duo fought agaist the tide towards the entrance of the harbour whilst some of the competitor which had managed to gain to windward during the night sneaked in to to fill the podim places.

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Nannini takes 4th place in first Solo race around Isle of Wight

In his first ever solo Race on the newly acquired Class 40 Marco Nannini finished in 4th place (out of 25) within few hundred yards of the top boat.

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