Puerto Rico’s Tom Hill Finishes Third at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

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Puerto Rico’s Tom Hill Finishes Third at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
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Sep 11, 2007, 16:43 PST
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Porto Cervo, Italy (September 11, 2007) -- Puerto Rico businessman Tom Hill finished third in racing division at this year’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup held September 2-8 at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda on the Italian island of Sardinia. Hosted in its 18th year on the famously emerald waters off Porto Cervo, where the yacht club resides, the event featured 38 of the world’s fastest and most luxurious megayachts afloat today. Eleven countries were represented.

Hill’s 76’ Reichel/Pugh-designed Titan XII finished top-three in four races and dropped a fourth from her score line to finish on 11 points, just two points out of second- and third-place overall, which tied on point scores and had to be determined by tie-breaker rules. More usually witnessed dominating the racing stage in the Caribbean and eastern seaboard of the USA, this was Titan’s first venture into European waters, and what a stage she had to make her debut. Up against Titan were George David's 90-foot Rambler (USA), which recently finished second in the 608-mile Rolex Fastnet Race, and Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup winner Hasso Plattner's 87-foot supermaxi Morning Glory (GER).

Hill was certainly pleased with the decision to race in Sardinia: "A couple of the crew have been here before, like St. Thomas’ Ben Beer, and they just rave about this place. They were right, and the racing couldn't have been nicer - the temperature and the wind. I like these around-the-island races once in a while, instead of just windward/leeward, windward/leeward... It was pretty impressive."

For more information about the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2007 including entry lists and results please visit www.yccsmaxi.com.

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FINAL STANDINGS
Place Boat Name Owner Nation, R1-R2-R3-R4-R5-Points

Racing
1. MORNING GLORY Hasso Plattner GER, 1-3-1-4-(6)-9.0
2. LOKI Stephen Ainsworth AUS, 2-1-4-2-(5)-9.0
3. TITAN XII Tom & Dotti Hill (Puerto Rico), (4)-2-3-3-3-11.0

Cruising
1. RANGER RSV Ltd USA, 1-(3)-1-1-1-4.0
2. VELSHEDA Turbat Inv. Ltd GBR, 2-2-2-2-(3)-8.0
3. GHOST Arne Glimcher USA, (11)-1-4-3-2-10.0

Mini Maxi
1. ATALANTA II Carlo Puri Negri ITA, 2-1-2-1-(3)-6.0
2. ALL SMOKE Gunter Herz GBR, 3-(5)-5-2-1-11.0
3. OPS 5 Massimo Violati ITA, 1-6-1-6 -(7)-14.0

Wally
1. J ONE Jean Charles Decaux GBR, 1-(2)-2-2-1-6.0
2. INDIO Andrea Recordati ITA, 2-(4)-1-1-4-8.0
3. DARK SHADOW Antexis Ltd MON, 5-1-(7)-3-5 -14.0