
(Cala Galera, Italy)- After the first four events of the Italian J/24
National Championship series (consisting of Trofeo Nettuno, Pasquavela
Santo Stefano, Trofeo Academia Navale Livorno and Cala Galera), the best
Helmsman-Owner of the first half of the season- the Francesco Ciccolo
Perpetual Challenge Trophy- is again ITA 212 JAMAICA owned and skippered
by the President of the Italian J/24 Class, Pietro Diamanti. In second
for this division is AMERICAN PASSAGE sailed by Paolo Rinaldi and third
is CESARE JULIO skippered by Pietro Massimo Meriggi.

Meanwhile,
the winner of the Trofeo Ciccolo, emblematic of the leader of the first
half of the season overall, goes to Ignazio Bonanno’s crew aboard LA
SUPERBA from the Marina Militare in Livorno. They are followed by
MOLLICONA sailed by Massimiliano Biagini and skippered by James Black.
In third is AVOLTORE owned by Massimo Mariotti and skippered by Ettore
Botticinis.
"We are obviously very pleased," said the skipper Ignazio Bonanno, "to
have won this trophy which also has a sentimental value as it was
established to remember a President that has marked the history of the
Italian J/24 class." For
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