GAETA: The big comeback of Coconut Master Aid assault in the Italian Championship 2009 was arrested last race, when only a win would have opened the games to win the title.
So it was not, however, and the test was won by twin Eighth Sin skippered by Gigi Ravioli, which was deservedly crowned winner of the Italian group in 2009 3.
Coconut - Francesco Sodini sail area of \u200b\u200bthe M37 from the CSD - close second, however, satisfaction with this championship Gaeta (these are partial: 2-8-3-6-2-2-1-4). The boat was indeed very fast towards the twin Eighth Sin and TES, respectively the first and fourth, thanks to the careful fine-tuned during Throughout the season, with new sails CSD already reached the second highest concentration evolution and the crew.
" After a season around the race course and the second in the Italian League, where we compare with the best boats and crews of the moment, it is time to return to Viareggio and in our thinking about the Winter Championship and the season 2010 racing, "said the owner Francesco Sodini. " I am satisfied with the results achieved in the Championship just ended and the commitment shown by my crew that I would like to thank ."
Crew:
from left to right, Luke Pepi (tailer) Francesco Gabbi (helmsman), Francesco Sodini (owner-halyards), Daniele Bresciano (tactical), Sergio Frascari (bow), Stefano Buzzelli (mainsail trimmer); seated Eleonora De Sabata (counter-tailer), Frank Adam (man tree), Bacci Fabrizio (wild-team manager).
words Francesco Gabbi:
"I can only be happy when you participate in an Italian Championship and has characters. We introduced ourselves to Gaeta knowing that we could do well and that there would be 5-6 boats that could have played the first three places.
Surely 2 days of training we did before the race were more fundamental to join the group and to improve operations and the feeling with the boat, especially for me who helmed this boat for only the second time. We started out plan and we have improved more and more until the races on Friday where we were all very good.
On Thursday was full of emotions, both positive and negative, in the morning we went out into the sea thinking only about racing at its best and that we would not mind sitting in the evening to discuss a problem with the certificate tonnage occurred in the morning. We came to earth knowing that he had done very well in water and the rankings they gave us a reason to second place in the Championship with one point from the first. We were all joined together on the couches of the Yacht Club to await the verdict of the hearing. The weather was scorching hot and accompanied us all the time. 21 At last the sentence due to an error of the measurer we were wrong. The Committee, while convinced of the bona fide owner and confirming that the change was minimal, can not help but change the rating of the boat and re-calculate the rankings.
back to the hotel for a shower and really disheartened with the mood in the heels. I was perhaps the most pessimistic and I was hoping to stay at least in the top 10. Back at the Club restaurant to eat something, the latest rankings have already been exposed. Surprise: the penalty was very small and we were so slipped to third place, closely followed by the fourth, but still close to the first two.
Perhaps, or almost certainly, this continuous exchange of emotions has shrunk even more making us understand that our group was all still to play. In fact, Friday we did two races strepitoseche gave us a second and a first place. We were second on the podium. The silver was almost certain there is a chance - a few sincerely - you can still get there first. The race on Saturday, unfortunately, has not started well and two breaks (backstay leakage and rupture of the jib barber) did not allow us to be as competitive as we should be.
We finished so that the Italian Championship in second place, with the joy of all the guys who were able to stay together and bite the bullet on hard times.
I can only thank everyone, especially the owner Francesco Sodini gave me the opportunity to steer the Coconut.
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