Juan Les Pins - the weekend between 20 and 23 January, the "Club Nautique d'Antibes" in the bay of Juan Les Pins, organized the international regatta "Ski Voile" for categories Dragoons, 505 , Finn, Fireball yacht.
Nourished by the fleet of the Dragon, with 31 boats entered for fewer than 12 different countries, and overseas to demonstrate this class is still in vogue, some of these top teams, including "Annapurna" Russian shipowner Loginov, former world champion came back from class and just one week after the World Championship 2011 held in Australian waters and finished in ninth place. Only two Italian teams at the start, "Tramontana" owner Paolo Manzoni carrying Albino Fravezzi and Filippo Domenicali, Italian champions in office, and "Fetch the dragon" with owner Gianni Murzi board Francesco Gabbi and Luke Pepi.
Six races were sailed with changing wind conditions, from 4-5 knots to 20 knots the last race of the second race.
Victoria Russian crew of "Annapurna" carrying the former Olympic Tornado Andrey Kirilyuk, according place for "Sui Generis" Ulli Libor Swiss shipowner and the third for "Tamm Tamm But" of the French Christian Boillot.
Ninth place for "North Wind" and a great place to thirteenth "Fetch the dragon".
"The budget this weekend , comments Francesco Gabbi, for us to" Fetch "is definitely positive, me and Luke (Ed Pepi) surfing the Dragon by less than 10 days and be here and finish in the first half is certainly a source of pride. We have presented here in this race with sails "Costa Sail Design", in the beginners class, not only in our opinion featured in admirable fashion. for us to "Fetch" every hour we spend on board we learn something new, do not hide that look in constant movement, and adjustment of the top team to decrease the gap, we know that we have to work a lot but still we are sure to be on track.
We have some regret for the first race on Friday, where after being in the top five places for more than half of the test, a wind shift of 30 degrees on the opposite side of where we were, unfortunately, has "given" a close 14th place. In the second race, we sailed at 20 knots, conditions still bitter for us.
Very good, but the three races on Saturday, with conditions around 10 knots, which are twice managed to finish in the top ten and the third test, however, because of the tactical mistake of upwind and a 360 degree penalty, and has the impressed by the speed of our boat from the fleet, with a comeback by the parties "low" ranking of up to 12th place.
Sunday, however, with very light winds and unstable, we were unable to express yourself, aware of the fact that we do not have much data on the "setting" with these conditions.
On board the "climate" is excellent, with Luke (Pepi ed) Regato together for four years now and we're good together, failed to offset each other, with Gianni (Murzi note) we are really good.
Next meeting for "Fetch" will be at the "Primo Cup in Monaco on the first weekend of February, where surely learn something new, then head down and pedal ...." "...!!"
Standings: http : / / cna.antibes.free.fr/SkiVoile2011/skiv11_g.htm
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