(Tigullio, Italy)- A beautiful northerly breeze accompanied the exciting
sailing on Sunday in the Regatta dell'Invernale of Tigullio. The 35th
edition of the historic Offshore Sailing Championship organized by
Franco Noceti and sailing clubs of Tigullio crews brought an intriguing
double series of races.
Before the first race it was blowing 12-15 knots, then the north wind
strengthened unexpectedly, rising to 25 and allowing beautiful planing
conditions for the J/80s of over 14 knots.
In the first race JENIALE! (Maximum Rama / Extreme Sailing Team) set a
good pace and won the race in front of a bright MONTPRES, followed by
OLJ SPIRIT, JACONDE and J-BES.
In the second race it was a repeat duel between JENIALE! and MONTPRESS,
but this time the crew of Paul Montedonico on MONTPRESS prevailed,
winning the race followed JENIALE!.
Overall after 8 races, Federico Rajola is first with OLJ SPIRIT.
JENIALE! is in second followed by Paul Montedonico with MONTPRES in
third. Fourth place with J-BES is Alberto Garibotto and fifth Massimo
Zunino on JACONDE. The next set of races is on Sunday, Feb. 6 and a
great closing set will be on Feb. 20.
