There
were non stop regattas at Riva del Garda for the final leg of the 29er
Eurocup organised by Fraglia Vela Riva with 14 races completed in all
types of wind conditions. The leaders remained unchanged from yesterday
with victory going to 17 year old Germans Steffens-Braukmann with a 9
point lead over Gillies Munro-Daniel Harris of GB. A splendid third
place went to Kelapanda-Thakkar of India competing for the first time on
Lake Garda, Trentino. In the women's category Allan-Masterman of GB
made a final push to overtake Carla and Marta Munte Carrasco of Spain
who suffered the most in the medium-strong winds.
You
couldn’t have asked for a better way to close the 2013 season at
Fraglia Vela Riva. A season in which the Riva club hosted world renowned
regattas including The Garda Optimist Meeting (a Guinness World Record
for the largest single-class regatta in the world), The World Optimist
Championships (with a record number of 60 nations taking part) as well
as other top events for various sailing classes for a total of close to
100 days of actual regattas. To bring to a close this sailing season
2013, Fraglia Vela Riva organised the eighth and last leg of the 29er
Eurocup, the European tour for juvenile doubles preparatory to the
Olympic 49er and Narca 17 mixed catamaran. It was an outstanding
conclusion and given that the winds at this time of year aren't as
predictable as they are in summer, the maximum number of races were
completed for a total of 14 altogether in light winds sustained in the
last 2 days of competition (with gusts of up to 20 knots on Sunday).
There
was much appreciation for all Fraglia Vela Riva's technical staff on
water and land , who together with the regatta committee, put to good
use the hours of wind on each day. In the past four years the 29er
Eurocup has evolved considerably with a rejuvenated fleet which has
grown numerically and technically, so much so that the 20 knot winds on
the last day of competition didn't create any problems for the
youngsters (13 to 17-18 years) who never once asked for assistance or
recovery. Once again, however, Fraglia Vela Riva, organisers of the only
Italian leg on this European tour for this 29er juvenile skiff of
Australian origin, has seen this class evolve. In the beginning it
wasn't so popular least of all with young people but due to a change in
direction almost 70 crews from 9 different nations descended on Riva del
Garda among them Danes,Norwegians, Britons, Czechs,Swiss,
Germans,Slovenians, Italians and the exceptional participation of India
with two crews.
The
event saw a turning point after the first ten races when the Spanish
crew of Bonilla-Chapon, who had initially started off very well,
committed a series of errors in the tenth race. The lead was
consequently taken over by Munro-Harris of GB (who finished 2nd
overall) and then by Steffens-Lennart Braukmann who were able to hold
on to the lead right up until the end with a series of steady partials.
After a great come back third place was taken by Kelapanda-Thakkar of
India. They had risked, however to lose it in the final as only one
point separated them from El Khazindar-Batten of GB in fourth place.
They were first in the final race.
It
was a good and decisive final day for Allan-Masterman of GB, eleventh
overall and first of the girls. Just behind them came Munte Carrasco of
Spain who had performed much better during the first two days of the
event when the winds were much lighter. In third place was the Norwegian
crew of Ragna and Maia Agerup.
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