American Brian Porter on Full Throttle took fourth in the final race of the Sperry Top-Sider Melges 24 World Championship 2013 today to finally lay claim to the title he has been trying to win for many years.
There was a change of pace on the penultimate day's racing at Act 7 of the Extreme Sailing Series presented by Land Rover in Nice, where the big winds abated to be replaced with a much fresher breeze that played across the Bay of Angels, testing the teams tactical aptitude.
Allan Terhune won the first race of the J/22 World Championship and never looked back. Now he and his Dazzler crew of Katie Terhune, Kristine Wake and Marcus Eagan are the 2013 J/22 World Champions.
Day three of competition at the Sperry Top-Sider Melges 24 World Championship 2013 saw three races take place in shifty northeasterly breezes, which ranged as low as eight knots and as high as 18 knots.
The intensity ramped up a level as fleet moved into Stadium Racing mode at the penultimate Act of the Extreme Sailing Series in Nice, presented by Land Rover, as the French Riviera continued to push the fleet to their limits - both physically and mentally.