After the forced stop due to the bad weather on the weekend of 21 and 22 November, on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 January, the 36 boats entered in the second edition of the Winter Championship of Marina di Loano competed in the three regattas scheduled as planned. The event was organised by Circolo Nautico del Finale, Circolo Nautico Loano, CNAM Alassio and the collaboration of Yacht Club Marina di Loano.
Lots of sunshine thanks to a large anticyclone that had been blowing across the Mediterranean for several days and light winds offered the fleet an ideal situation to resume the regattas after the Christmas break. One regatta was on Saturday in a 5–7-knot south-westerly breeze and two on Sunday in a stronger wind from the same direction (up to 12 knots in the second race of the day).
These are the results of the provisional general classification at the end of the third leg:
in the ORC 1–ORC 2 category , Corto Maltese took the lead in the provisional classification
1st place Corto Maltese owned by Michele Colasante (C.N. Ilva) – 17 points
2nd place Vega owned by Salvatore Giuffrida (LNI Sestri Ponente) – 21 points
3rd place Robi e 14 owned by Massimo Schieroni (YC Savona) – 27 points
in the IRC category
1st place Corto Maltese owned by Michele Colasante (C.N. Ilva) – 12 points
2nd place Robi e 14 owned by Massimo Schieroni (YC Savona) – 13 points
3rd place Emma 2 owned by Emanuela Verrina (C.N. Loano) – 16 points
in the Libera SPI 3 category
1st place Atlantis of Alessandro Botto (C.N. Andora) – 9 points
2nd place Alisee of Cristian Nadile – 16 points
3rd place Kaizen of Giorgio Possio – 16 points
in the Libera SPI 2 category, the classification gap is increasing with Alhena boosting its advantage over its direct pursuers:
1st place Alhena owned by Fabio Samaia (CN Loano) – 14 points
2nd place Cristiana owned byMaria Teresa La Ferla (CN Finale) – 22 points
3rd place Reluis owned by Renzo Greghi – 29 points
in the Libera Vele bianche 2 category Andromeda with two firsts went up to 3rd place
1st place Raahlu owned by Roberto Mascilongo – 13 points
2nd place Marijo owned by Olaf Bertalot Garoglio – 14 points
3rd place Andromeda owned by Lorenzo Botto – 23 points
in the Libera Vele bianche 3 category, the positions between second and third reversed and the new ranking was as follows
1st place VIVA II owned by Carlo Lagolio – 8 points
2nd place Carioca owned by Daniele Brovero – 15 points
3rd place Lotse owned by Pier Luigi Corelli – 21 points
in the Libera Vele bianche 4 category
1st place Samba owned by Crocifisso Calignano – 9.5 points
2nd place Karuna owned by Emilio Maggi – 11 points
3rd place Pippi owned by Vincenzo Ferrara – 22.5 points
The fourth stage of the Marina di Loano Winter Championship was scheduled for Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November.
For info
Circolo Nautico Loano: tel. 019 668 836 – cnloano@gmail.com – www.circolonauticoloano.it
Circolo del Finale: tel. 019 601697 – segreteria@cndf.org – www.cndf.org
CNAM Alassio: tel. +39 0182 642 516 – info@cnamalassio.it – www.cnamalassio.it
Circolo Nautico Andora: tel. 0182.86548 – info@cnandora.it – www.cnandora.org