Monday, June 2, 2008

Mean Machine takes practice race


© Ian Roman/AUDI MEDCUP. France, Marseille. Practice Race 2/6/08 Not to many smiles on USA 17 today... It may take a few races to get her dialed in.

© Ian Roman/AUDI MEDCUP. France, Marseille. Practice Race 2/6/08

© Ian Roman/AUDI MEDCUP. France, Marseille. Practice Race 2/6/08
© Ian Roman/AUDI MEDCUP. France, Marseille. Practice Race 2/6/08
[MedCup.org] It was an opportunist's victory for Mean Machine, gained on the final gybe of the practice race for the City of Marseille Trophy regatta, but today's race is a clear indication that Peter de Ridder's crew are ready to win again.
The ancient city ramparts around Marseille’s Vieux Port are given over to an exhibition of hundreds of paintings but for most of the 2008 Audi MedCup Circuit’s crews gathered in France’s third city this week the writing may be on the wall, written large today by Peter de Ridder’s Mean Machine team when they seized victory in today’s practice race in the final 90 seconds. Read more