D-One Gold Cup at Riva Del Garda - Day 1
by Chris Sallis 17 Sep 2016 09:22 BST
16-18 September 2016
D-One Gold Cup at Lake Garda day 2 © Edoardo Baj Macario
The fleet of 25 D-Ones from six nations enjoyed two races in a 15knt northerly Pela wind. Mario Rabbo ITA and Tomai Balazs HUN made the break away with Mario winning and Nick Craig GBR moving up to second after Tomai made a mistake at the finish.
The wind was shifting more for the second race and the first beat saw gains and losses on either side. This time Nick and Mario moved ahead with Nick taking the bullet and Mario second. Tim Garvin GBR rounded out the top three.
With close racing throughout the fleet and some classic Lake Garda down wind rides everyone returned to shore to share their stories from the day over a beer and a plate of pasta at the club.
Results after day 1:
| Pos | Sail No | Helm | R1 | R2 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | GBR 5 | Craig Nick
F DURENFIELD | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | ITA 135 | Rabbò Mario
Circolo Nautico Rapallo | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | GBR 419 | Hawkes Simon
P.S.U.K. | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | CZE 40 | Marek Bachtík
Yacht Klub Jestrabi | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | GBR 410 | Sallis Chris
Gt Yarmouth & Gorleston | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 6 | ITA 4 | Pontremoli Beppe
Yacht Club Italiano | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | HUN 119 | Tomai Balàzs
DOVSE | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 8 | HUN 10 | Szamòdy Tamàs
BYC | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 9 | GBR 72 | Garvin Tim
Queen Mary SC | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | HUN 767 | Gyula Gémesi
DOVSE | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 11 | POL 120 | Machel Piotr
UKS Wiking | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| 12 | ITA 41 | Pontremoli Riccardo
Yacht Club Italiano | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 13 | SUI 7 | Rüfenacht Patrick
YCB | 15 | 14 | 29 |
| 14 | GBR 420 | Birbeck Paul
Wimbleball sc | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| 15 | ITA 315 | Ciferri Enrico
YCI | 18 | 13 | 31 |
| 16 | ITA 10 | Toccoli Fabio
CVT | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| 17 | SUI 27 | Mutti Michael
RCO | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| 18 | UK 55 | Ward Ken
South Shield | 20 | 17 | 37 |
| 19 | HUN 122 | Géza Matyasovszki
DOVSE | 23 | 15 | 38 |
| 20 | GBR 8 | Orman Nick
Castle Cove SC | 13 | dnf | 39 |
| 21 | ITA 24 | Buzzi Tommaso
Lni Savona | 19 | 21 | 40 |
| 22 | SUI 53 | Erni Michel
RCO | 22 | 20 | 42 |
| 23 | GBR 502 | Gray Steve
gygsc | 21 | 23 | 44 |
| 24 | SUI 101 | Andreas Von Arx
Zurcher Segelclub | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| 25 | SUI 22 | Tellenbach Peter
RCO | dnf | dnc | 52 |