(Riva del Garda, Italy)- From September 9th to 11th, one of Europe’s
most highly regarded sailing clubs- Fraglia Vela Riva del Garda- will be
hosting forty-five J/70s for the grande finale of their season-long
ALCATEL J/70 CUP Series. It also marks the conclusion of awards for the
“Lake Garda J/70 Champion”, emblematic as the ALPEN CUP that combines
the scores of the last two major J/70 events- Malcesine + Riva del
Garda.
In
the overall ALCATEL J/70 CUP standings, fifty-six teams from across
Italy and Europe have participated and the current leader is Franco
Solerio’s ITA 629 team from YC San Remo with 46 pts net. Second is the
famous crew from Compagnia della vela Pesaro- Carlo Alberini’s team on
CALVI NETWORK with 66 pts net. Third is Alessandro Zampori’s team with
110 pts, fourth Filippo Pacinotti’s crew with 113 pts, and fifth Claudia
Rossi’s J/70 Europeans winning crew with 113 pts (she is also the top
woman J/70 skipper in Europe and will be sailing the J/70 Worlds in San
Francisco, CA!).The Corinthians Teams are being led by Alessandro Zampori’s crew with 110 pts, followed by Gianfranco Noe with 135 pts and Alesio Querin’s boat with 285 pts. Sailing photo credits- Fabio Taccola. For more ALCATEL J/70 Cup sailing information
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