35th Garda Optimist Open Meeting - Day 2
by Elena Giolai 15 Apr 2017 08:21 BST
12-16 April 2017
Italian Arseni (Cadet) and American Baker (Junior) leading the way
Day 2 conditions: sun, waves and medium-high-intensity wind
What an amazing day today in Garda Trentino for youth sailing and the Optimist class (9-15 years old). The skilled helmsmen from 30 countries sailed with confidence, despite the medium-high-intensity wind and short and steep waves.
The 2017 Lake Garda Optimist Meeting, counting 1063 participants organised by Fraglia Vela Riva, continues on schedule with the maximum number of races per day - four races for Cadets and six for Juniors. The worst race is not taken into consideration. On Saturday, two qualification races will take place for each category, while on Sunday the finals will be sailed according to the general ranking with the best sailors competing together in the same heat, the Gold Fleet.
Division A
There is Italian supremacy at the top of the Cadets' division: the Italian Maria Vittoria Arseni (CV Roma, 1-3-3-3) is still leading the way, closely followed by the two Fraglia Vela Riva sailors, Alex Demurtas (13-1-5-2) and Mosè Bellomi (30-6-2-1), respectively second and third placed just one point apart one form another. In the Top Ten one further Fraglia sailor, De Asmundis (11-1-16-6) is placed eighth. Six nations are in the top ten; Italy (four athletes), the USA (2 athletes) and Turkey, Poland, Spain, and Russia (one athlete). The American Audrey Foley (94-5-4-5) is the second placed girl overall (seventh).
Division B (Juniors)
Day two of the Junior division (12-15 years old) was characterised by three challenging races - the last one was exceptionally tiring, but yet spectacular thanks to the short and steep waves starting around 16:30. The American Stephen Baker (1-2-1-1-8-1) is on top of the ranking. He is followed by the Germans Müller, Steidle and Krauss. Italian Jan Pernarcic is placed fifth overall with positive average scoring, only lowed by the twelfth place of the last race (not taken into consideration). The Top Ten is completed by the Italian Tommaso Boccuni (Fraglia Vela Riva), wavering in the last race, the most demanding one (21th), after his second and sixth place.
Tenth placed is Franceso Novelli (Fraglia Vela Malcesine) a bit unstable with 11-4-2-17-1-13. Five different nations are in the Junior Top Ten.
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