Ben Mazur
07-12-2008, 12:11 AM
Honeyparty.com takes a first in Powerpole runs.
The #69 Honeyparty.com team took a clear and comfortable win in today’s PowerPole qualifying session for the Tunisian Grand Prix of the Sea, easily edging out the #10 Fantastic 1 Cigarette Racing Team Europe boat by over five seconds over the course of their two-lap run.
The #60 GFN Gibellato Metamarine Corse crew were a close third, while the #77 Lucas Oil team and the #66 Cranefields Wine Searex Racing crew edged out the #53 Pignolo 53 boat in the battle for the remaining places in the top six.
In the SuperSport class, the #59 Saho Offshore Rana’s Team took PowerPole honours, a full eight seconds ahead of the reigning champion and current class leading #44 Conam Yachts Racing Project boat. The #07 VoomVoom.com boat, the #08 Phoenix TV entry, the #05 Team Tullio Abbate (A Wild Card entry for this weekend) and the #47 Silverline Buzzi Bullet boat rounded out the top six runners.
It wasn’t such a good day for the reigning Evolution class champions and current Evolution points leading #99 Fountain Worldwide 1st4boats.com team as they were forced to miss the session with fuel problems, while the #88 Kiton Outerlimits crew – including new addition, local star Abla Lassoued - also missed the session with technical problems.
In the SuperSport class, it was a bad afternoon for the #38 Baia High Performance SuperSport team as their boat was inadvertently dropped on the dock while being craned out of the water. They are currently working overnight to make repairs to the hull, and are hoping to race tomorrow (Saturday), although they admit that it could be a 50:50 chance, especially if conditions turn choppy. The #11 Sunseeker Challenger team and the #46 Spirit of Portomaso boat also missed the session.
The #69 Honeyparty.com team took a clear and comfortable win in today’s PowerPole qualifying session for the Tunisian Grand Prix of the Sea, easily edging out the #10 Fantastic 1 Cigarette Racing Team Europe boat by over five seconds over the course of their two-lap run.
The #60 GFN Gibellato Metamarine Corse crew were a close third, while the #77 Lucas Oil team and the #66 Cranefields Wine Searex Racing crew edged out the #53 Pignolo 53 boat in the battle for the remaining places in the top six.
In the SuperSport class, the #59 Saho Offshore Rana’s Team took PowerPole honours, a full eight seconds ahead of the reigning champion and current class leading #44 Conam Yachts Racing Project boat. The #07 VoomVoom.com boat, the #08 Phoenix TV entry, the #05 Team Tullio Abbate (A Wild Card entry for this weekend) and the #47 Silverline Buzzi Bullet boat rounded out the top six runners.
It wasn’t such a good day for the reigning Evolution class champions and current Evolution points leading #99 Fountain Worldwide 1st4boats.com team as they were forced to miss the session with fuel problems, while the #88 Kiton Outerlimits crew – including new addition, local star Abla Lassoued - also missed the session with technical problems.
In the SuperSport class, it was a bad afternoon for the #38 Baia High Performance SuperSport team as their boat was inadvertently dropped on the dock while being craned out of the water. They are currently working overnight to make repairs to the hull, and are hoping to race tomorrow (Saturday), although they admit that it could be a 50:50 chance, especially if conditions turn choppy. The #11 Sunseeker Challenger team and the #46 Spirit of Portomaso boat also missed the session.