Danilo Salsi and his crew of the Swan 90 sailing yacht DSK, are celebrating an overall victory at this year’s Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, taking first place in the Racing / Cruising division by a matter of 1 point on the final day. A tight head to head between the Italian Swan, S/Y DSK and Aegir was a dramatic spectacle, seeing the racing Swan 90 FD climb back up on the deciding day to triumph over the competing Maxis in her class.
Swan 90 Sailing yacht DSK Wins Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup 2011 © Rolex & Carlo Borlenghi 2011
Porto Cervo’s history of tactical yacht racing did not disappoint. The last two days of the Maxi event were run under light airs with shifting breeze testing some of the world’s leading racing minds.
Yacht DSK had a 24 mile coastal race to contend with on the last day of the event sustaining top racing skills over a prolonged time period to come out on top.
Swan 90, DSK yacht’s, tactician Andrea Casale, shared his delight on winning by a few seconds during a decisive ultimate day.
‘It’s been a thrilling week and I have to say we didn’t expect this victory. We improved during the week and a few days ago we realized we’d be fighting out with Aegir. When we were second the other day we got a bit worried but on the last day we were determined and we stayed right behind Aegir downwind and we won in the end, even if it just was just by a few seconds. The final performance was a decisive one.’
