A second day of 7-10 knot southeasterly onshore breeze concluded the 44Cup racing off Puntaldia in northeast Sardinia with yet another high scoring day; every race seemingly bringing a change of fortune. Generally across the fleet the event was one of the closest in 44Cup history the winner averaging 4.333 points per race compared to the ninth-placed boat’s 6.5
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The 44Cup Puntaldia, taking place place out of the boutique 380 berth Marina di Puntaldia in northeast Sardinia, has gained a new leader on its penultimate day, or, more accurately, lost its previous leader. As usual the tightness of the racing in this high performance owner-driver one design class, was demonstrated today by the fact that after nine races, seven of the nine RC44s competing have won
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Following yesterday’s brisk, lumpy conditions off the Sardinian coast, for day two of the 44Cup Puntaldia the northerly had moderated to 8-12 knots and the sea flattened. Yesterday’s giant shifts and ‘wind bombs’ - the result of the wind blowing over the mountainous island of Tavolara – were gone, leaving teams with the challenge of making the best of the lighter, but still shifting, breeze
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The second event of the 2026 44Cup set sail today off Puntaldia in northeast Sardinia. The famous towering wedge-shaped island of Tavolara formed a dramatic backdrop for the RC44 racing but situated directly to weather of the race course its 500+m height made for tough wind conditions
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The 44Cup owners and crews have been enjoying their first few days on the water and ashore in the build-up to the second event of their 2026 season, based out of Puntaldia on Sardinia’s northeast coast.
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