5.5 Metre Alpen Cup at Circo Vela Torbole, Lake Garda, Italy
by Thierry S. Huguenin 2 May 2010 15:05 BST
29 April - 1 May 2010
Fourteen 5.5m have competed between April 29 and May 1st in the Alpen Cup 2010 on beautiful Lake Garda in Torbole, Italy. The regatta hosted by Circo Vela Torbole traditionally marks the start of the 5.5m Class sailing season in Europe.
After 3 days of racing in the Italian Alps, well-known and ranked-1st Star sailor of the moment, Flavio Marazzi sailing with Stefan Haftka and Christoph Wilke wins the 2010 Alpen Cup with a total of 13 points after 8 races (1 discard).
In second place and finishing with 16 point, we have another Swiss sailor, Christoph Burger with his crew composed of Mathias Dalmann and Marcel Simon and in the third position goes to Finnish sailors Kenneth Thelen, Thomas Hallberg and Robert Nyberg totalizing 35 points.
Overall Results: (8 races, 1 discard)
1. SUI-224 Ali-babba, Flavio Marazzi, 13pts
2. NOR-65 Odlo, Christoph Burger, 16pts
3. FIN-66 Kan-bei 2, Kenneth Thelen, 35pts
4. SUI-213 Pungin, Hans-Peter Schmid, 37pts
5. SUI-214 Caracole, Bernard Haissly, 38pts
6. NOR-64 Clark Kent, Petter Fjeld, 38pts
7. FIN-49 Addam4, Johan Gullichsen, 39pts
8. SUI-217 Topas III, Roland Ledergerber, 39pts
9. BAH-19 John B, Gavin McKinney, 52pts
10. NED-26 Feng shui, Arend Pasman, 59pts
11. SUI-210 Shaolin, Rolf Kellenberger, 70pts
12. SUI-211 Forza del Destino, Thomas Escher, 71pts
13. BAH-20 Silver Fox, Peter Vlasov, 81pts
14. GER-55 Oro nero, Henning Ueck, 84pts