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Ichi Ban wins both races on opening day of Rolex Farr 40 Worlds
Ichi Ban tore up the race course outside Sydney Heads to win both races on Day 1 of the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds. No boat has ever won two races in the same day of a Farr 40 Worlds, but Matt Allen and his Aussie team used a combination of good speed and solid tactics to post a perfect score at the front of the 28-boat fleet.
Ichi Ban took the first race, a two-lap, eight-mile windward/leeward course, in comfortable fashion. The second finish - when the wind had lifted to 16 knots - was a real nailbiter as the Australian boat went gybe for gybe with Italian boat TWT. An error with the spinnaker pole on TWT meant the Italians never got their kite pulling properly out of the final gybe, and Ichi Ban won by half a (bow) pulpit.
In 2nd place after two races is another Aussie boat, Evolution.
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Rolex Farr 40 Worlds 2005 - Provisional Results after Day 1 (Top Ten)
1) Ichi Ban , AUS, Matt Allen
2) Evolution, AUS, Richard Perini
3) Warpath, USA, Steve and Fred Howe
4) Morning Glory, GER, Hasso Plattner
5) TWT, ITA, Marco Rodolfi
6 ) Kokomo, AUS, Lang Walker
7) Mascalzone Latino, ITA, Vincenzo Onorato
8) Nerone, ITA, Massimo Mezzaroma/Antonio Sodo Migliori
9) Sputnik, AUS, Ivan Wheen
10) Team Shockwave, AUS, Neville Crichton
