Helly Hansen

HH crew of Città di Milano - Team Hiroshi conquers the Dubai RC 44 Cup Dubai, March 7, 2008 The Italian boat, dressed by Helly Hansen, left no chance to the opposition, winning two out of the last three races and finishing the fleet race event with a comfortable margin over Team Ceeref and Team ES Bankers Dubai. The wind had shifted to the left for today's last races, and the chop made it a significantly different race course than the one experienced during the previous days. This novelty didn't disturb Città di Milano - Team Hiroshi, with Armando Giulietti at the helm and Sébastien Col at the tactics. Indeed, the Italian team clearly dominated the fleet in this series, taking excellent starts, sailing fast and at the right place to win the event with a massive 15 points margin over Team Ceeref and Team ES Bankers Dubai. The team worked hard at bettering its speed thanks to the use of video, photos and daily de-briefings. There is no secret to victory, but a simple method and a lot of hard work. Armando Giulietti, owner, Città di Milano - Team Hiroshi: -We didn't have too much pressure today as we were comfortably in the lead. It helped us to sail well and be relaxed about it. Somehow, it felt easy but there is a lot of work behind it. We always go out early on the water to practice. For us, preparation is the key to success." Sébastien Col, tactician, Città di Milano - Team Hiroshi: "We spent five days training with James Spithill before this event and this is the key to our success. We are still new to the Class, and we are not yet sure how to trim the boat in various conditions. We have definitely improved a lot." Fleet-racing, final results (no discard) 1) Città di Milano - Team Hiroshi (1, 1, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 1) 21 points 2) Team Ceeref (5, 3, 5, 2, 5, 1, 5, 2, 3, 1, 4) 36 points 3) Team ES Bankers Dubai (3, 4, 1, 1, 2, 4, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5) 40 points 4) Team Aqua (DNF, DNF, 3, 6, 6, 3, 1, 3, 4, 3, 2) 45 points 5) Cro-A-Sail (4, 5, 4, 5, 1, 5, 6, 4, 2, 6, 3) 45 points 6) Team Sea Dubai, (2, 2, 6, 3, 4, 6, 2, 6, 5, 4, 6) 46 points