Italians win 2024 Atlantic Cup

Portland, ME (June 6, 2024) – The Italian team #204 Acrobatica sailed by Alberto Riva and Jean Marre completed their dominate two-week run, becoming the 2024 Atlantic Cup Champions. After winning the two offshore stages, they also won the first coastal race yesterday with today’s coastal race abandoned due to low visibility from foggy conditions.

The French duo of Pierre-Louis Atwell and Maxime Bensa on #195 Vogue Avec Un Crohn narrowly secured second-place by a half a point over Erwan Le Draoulec and Tanguy Leglatin on #177 Everial in third-place, overall.

After claiming first-place in the first leg (Charleston, S.C. to Newport R.I.) second leg (Newport to Portland, M.E.) and day one of the third leg (Coastal Series) – Acrobatica becomes just the second team (2016 Spanish team Tales II) in Atlantic Cup history to win each leg of competition raced.

“This was a really great adventure,” shared Riva. “With the different conditions of each stage of the race we learned a lot about the boat and and ourselves. All of the competitors are really good and we are really happy with the result and to sail here and discover these amazing new places.”

Marre added, “The first leg was really impressive with the Gulf Stream and all the storms, the second leg was interesting in a sport-sense because we saw the fleet on the water with us the whole way, it was very competitive and intense. The inshore race you just couldn’t make any mistakes since it was so short, so it was a lot of pressure. It all-round was a very good race.”

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The seventh edition of the Atlantic Cup is the only dedicated Class40 race in the United States and the longest offshore race in the Western Atlantic.

2024 schedule:
May 25 – Leg 1 Start: Charleston, SC to Newport, RI (708nm)
June 1 – Leg 2 Start: Newport, RI to Portland, ME (249nm)
June 5-6 – Leg 3 – Coastal series: Portland, ME