Conner back on track with win over Mascalzone

After four losses in a row, Dennis Conner's Stars and Stripes team managed to right their ship at least a little with a convincing 1min 36sec win over bottom-placed Italians Mascalzone Latino.

Team Dennis Conner got away to a good start but the Italians, with no wins now after five races, came back at them in the first leg, even appearing to pull ahead slightly at one point.

But Stars and Stripes regained the advantage to be 37sec ahead at the first mark. Their biggest gain came on the fifth leg, upwind, when they increased their lead by more than a minute to 1min 42sec at the fifth mark.

Winds: SW 1-14k

Winning margin: 01.36

- NZPA

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