Invernale Marina di Loano: from breeze to gale, here are the provisional rankings

The sixth and seventh rounds of the Marina di Loano Winter Championship. were held on Saturday, Feb. 9 and Sunday, Feb. 10, as a make-up of the previous week’s official dates. The organizers, in fact, had had to cancel the program scheduled for the weekend of Feb. 2 and 3 due to prohibitive weather conditions spread throughout the northwest. The 25-boat fleet therefore took to the water a first time on Saturday, Feb. 9, to contest the sixth round of the championship, which featured light winds of up to 7 knots of intensity with southeasterly direction and calm sea. Opposite weather conditions, however, on Sunday, Feb. 10, when competitors had to contend with winds between 20 and 25 knots, with gusts up to 30 knots, from Libeccio and formed wave. The Regatta Committee chose to have a 14-mile coastal race on the Loano – Gallinara Island – Loano course, which fully engaged the entire fleet. The FARR 40 ROBY & 14 by Massimo Schieroni (Y. C.Savona) dominated the ORC 1 ranking of the two days with two first places, confirming him at the top of the class standings followed in second place by _En Plen Air_ the Comet 45 S of Paolo Tesio (LNI Noli) and Rinaldo Goria’s Go Go (LNI S.T. Gallura) in third. The Farr 40

Roby & 14 also leads in the overall ORC ranking. In ORC 2 class, a double success allowed CORTO MALTESE, the First 34.7 of Michele Colasante (C.N. Ilva) to continue to lead the overall class standings with 13 points, while Emma 2_the Grand Soleil 43 of Emanuela Verrina (C.N. Marina di Genova Aeroporto) was second with 19 points and Vega the Grand Soleil 40 C of Salvatore Giuffrida (LNI Sestri Ponente) third at 19.5 points.

In the FIV Free Class ranking, _ALLIGATOR _of Fabio Quarone won both Saturday and Sunday, confirming himself as the overall leader with 8 points, while _Bric Paluc_ of Giovanni Saccomanni (LNI Finale Ligure) in second place (25 points) and Smania of

Roberto Guido Bianchi in third with 32 points. There was a very close race in the Veleggiata class where Simone Eiandi’s AILE BLANCHE came out on top with a 2 and a 1 and is leading the overall standings after 7 races with 13 points. In second place with 15 points was Gianluigi Barbisan’s Mareva (C, N, Loano) and in third was Roberto Agosti’s Gambalunga_ (C.N. del Finale) with 27 points. The date for the last heat of the Marina di Loano Winter Championship is set for Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3. At the end of the event during the awards ceremony, the next offshore regattas scheduled during 2019 will be announced, organized by the consortium of clubs in western Liguria composed of Circolo Nautico del Finale, Circolo Nautico Loano, CNAM Alassio, Circolo Nautico Andora, and Yacht Club Marina di Loano under the auspices of Marina di Loano.

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