HUN 1 Varjas, Vezer & Meretei European Champions

With a day to celebrate, shifty conditions, ups and downs, the wind started late but it came and all 8 races scheduled were achieved by the race officer Silvio Dell Innocenti, bravo! It has been an amazing week, temperatures kept rising, the sun never forgot to shine, the wind always came and at the second day we had the Northern wind, a total game changer for some boats. Today the fight at the top was intense AUT 7 (Felzmann, Felzmann & Beurle) a strong contester who already suffered on t ...  read more

Extra energy with the teams at the third racing day

The third racing day started once more with a fantastic blue sky. The forecast indicated the South wind so called “Breva”, and sailors after an unforgettable evening full filled with ASADO made by the South Americans under the crane of the Yacht Club, rinsed with beer and wine had all high spirits and were eager to go out racing... only at the third attempt the Race Officer could calm down the competitors and do a proper start, all other try outs returned in a general recall. But the even so ...  read more

Prosecco Sailing at the first race of the day, but not so much on second

The European Championship had a glamorous “jornata” at their second racing day. After a strong wind from the North overnight, the day had no clouds, temperatures were close in the 34 degrees, the sun was shining over Lake Como and earlier there were no wind, but suddenly it came a North wind quite strong that lasted enough for the first race, by the start of the first race the one had decreased and was ranging from 11 to 14 knots, the left side was not the prevailing one but not for much, an ...  read more

One side drag racing at the Europeans

Race Committee headed by Silvio Dell Innocenti pulled out two races in not a perfect day, the sun and clouds where there, the heat as well, but the thermal was mixed with a possible storm coming in. The first race was the one with the most constant wind ranging from 8 to 12 knots from around 120-130 degrees, the left side paid but it was not about hitting the corner, there were drag racing and pulling out the strings to be in the right lane. Team NOR 131 had a start at the pin, played the shi ...  read more

Second day of inspection, and sailing for many

Despite over the night a heavy rain fell over the region, the morning started cloudy and later improved making room for the sun to shine over the lake and produce the thermal, the wind came on from the south as expected. Boats missing their inspection continue to do so, those who have already sailed have been speculating with the time limit to launch the boats into the water and also taking the advantage to visit the Moto Guzzi Museum in the afternoon before the Opening ceremony. The w ...  read more

Great weather welcome at the Europeans

Fabulous weather welcomed sailors at Mandello del Lario for the first day at the European Championship. The day as usual in Italy started slow, not in time, but inspection of the boats leaded by International Measurer Laszlo Hegymegi went forward with the help pof the usual suspects, finally a goal was achieved, 18 boats out of 34 already had done theirs duties, issues found: a lighter mast, a longer spinnaker boom, many bands not painted properly, a boat found super light and required to add  ...  read more

Proseco sailing to end a perfect Bellano Trophy

A great day with a wind that arrived from 190 degrees exactly at 11:46 in the morning and made the Soling sailors enjoy the best sailing day you could ever expect, hiking conditions all the way but enough not to need the backstay. Full power, full speed the drag racing sometimes outplayed but smart moves and temporary shifts to the right to the left, which made the locals show their good knowledge. At the first race, the one with the lightest wind, HUN 1 (Varjas, Vezer & Meretei) smoked the f ...  read more