D-One Gold Cup Alassio 2014

D-One Gold Cup Alassio 2014 - Overall

by Nick Simmons 22 Oct 2014 11:16 BST 16-19 October 2014

Nick Craig wins the D-One Gold Cup Alassio 2014 © Andrea Carloni

Giles Chipperfield wins the D-One Masters Gold Cup Alassio 2014 © Andrea Carloni

Day 3 dawned hot and sunny with no wind. After the race officer finished his bottle of wine and spritz racing for the day was cancelled and everyone went for a very pleasant gelato.

Day 4

Clear blue skies and gentle breezes greeted the competitors. It was a great day to conclude the Gold Cup with a Brit, a Czech and an Italian making up the top 3. The first race was sailed in 6-8kts. With shifty conditions some new faces made it to the front of the tightly packed fleet. Alessandro Novi was doing some good corner banging up wind and sailed well downwind finishing second.

Peter Fiala won the race excelling in these conditions showing the rest of us how to spot every shift and change gears when needed. With Nick Craig finishing down the pack everything was to play for in the final race with Nick and Peter now tied on equal points and Uberto in sniffing distance.

For the second and final race the breeze increased in pressure with building waves. Peter CZE and Uberto ITA nailed the first beat getting around the top mark in good order with Nick rounding mid fleet giving himself some loud "verbal encouragement" which obviously worked well as by the end of the run he was back in contention.

In a tense final lap the contenders tussled for the lead of the championship. Peter got boxed out downwind leaving Nick to gybe away to clinch second from Tamas Szamody HUN and take the 2014 D-One Gold Cup.

In the tightly contested Masters category GBR's Giles Chipperfield sailed a consistent week beating previous champions to bring the trophy to UK shores for the first time.

Overall Results:

Position	Country	Sail No	Name	Boat name	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Points
1	GBR	5	Nick Craig	Sandiline	3	1	3	1	14	2	10
2	CZE	203	Peter Fiala		1	3	8	3	1	6	14
3	ITA	402	Uberto Crivelli Visconti	Hi‑Fun	4	2	1	4	4	3	14
4	ITA	19	Alessandro Marege	White Magic	7	dns	4	2	7	7	27
5	CZE	414	Viktor Teply		2	8	7	5	11	9	31
6	ITA	204	Francesco Gabbi	asbekema	21	5	6	10	9	4	34
7	ITA	149	Michele Mennuti	Tabo	12	4	5	11	10	11	41
8	ITA	135	Mario Rabbo	Gioia	9	25	2	22	5	5	43
9	ITA	101	Alessandro Novi	Red Bullo	13	11	13	16	2	8	47
10	HUN	10	Tamas Szamody		19	20	12	13	6	1	51
11	ITA	224	Francesco Rebaudi	Kinnor	11	6	11	6	18	18	52
12	ITA	404	Giuseppe Pontremoli	Barca Killa	5	13	8	15	17	26	58
13	ITA	403	Riccardo Pontremoli	Neftall	6	7	dns	7	23	17	60
14	ITA	25	Raolo Rossi	Mia	17	17	10	8	15	10	60
15	GBR	411	Giles Chipperfield	AnD1amo	15	10	18	14	8	21	65
16	ITA	207	Camillo Colombo	Non ho idea	18	25	15	21	3	12	69
17	CZE	40	Mareik Bachtik	Vana	22	12	17	12	19	16	76
18	GBR	410	Nick Simmons		25	9	16	19	13	20	77
19	GBR	112	Ben Falat	Kartoffel	10	15	21	20	29	14	80
20	GBR	34	Humphrey Carter		16	22	25	9	22	13	82
21	GBR	9	Jon Hammond		8	21	30	24	24	19	96
22	POL	120	Piotr Machel		23	19	14	23	20	29	99
23	ITA	212	Furio Patrizio Monaco	Billo Baccani	14	14	27	27	27	23	105
24	GBR	119	Chris Sallis		26	dns	22	dns	12	15	109
25	ITA	22	Giandomenico Boglione	Stramuo	26	dns	22	dns	12	15	109
26	GBR	202	Martin Browne	Enzo	24	16	23	dns	30	24	117
27	CZE	205	Vladislac Ptasnik	Blue Breeze	20	18	26	28	28	27	119
28	ITA	107	Fabio Toccoli	Audace	dns	dns	ocs	17	21	22	128
29	ARG	20	Fernando Vallmitjana	Cacilya	dnf	27	19	26	25	31	128
30	HUN	17	Gyula Gemesi		28	24	29	29	26	26	133
31	FRA	406	Remi Perrin	Idefix	29	dns	20	dns	31	30	144
32	GBR	409	Dave Gorringe	Daz Boot	dns	dns	28	25	dns	dns	155
33	ITA	24	Tommaso Buzzi	Allibo	dns	dns	dnf	30	dns	dns	166