EFG MothEuroCup Act 6 at Yacht Club Acquafresca

by Dani Rast 24 Sep 2014 07:34 BST 19-21 September 2014

EFG MothEuroCup Act 6 at Brenzone, Lake Garda © Martina Orsini

A perfect ending to the season

The EFG MothEuroCup came to a close this weekend on beautiful Lake Garda at the Yacht Club Acquafresca. The big players were repeat top finishers from previous events: Chris Rast, Carlo De Paoli, Giovanni Galeotti and Matthias Renker.

Carlo De Paoli was right on Chris Rast's heels all weekend and a great deal of the time in ahead of him. Chris Rast explained, "This was the first event that I was able to focus on tactics and not on boat handling and speed". This showed because even when De Paoli had a significant lead, Rast was able to reduce the distance with tactical calls, seeing a breeze line or shift and responding to it accordingly.

Matthias Renker had made major boat modifications since Act 4 in Switzerland. He felt that he had to relearn his boat, "I had no feeling anymore and felt lost". By the end of the 6 races he had found his pace again and felt good about his racing. Unfortunately for him, he was unable to beat Galeotti for third position.

Act 6 began with unusual weather for Lake Garda, no wind and rain in the forecast. The sailors remained positive with the help of the cheerful and radiant restaurant staff of the club. As predicted on the first day the wind did not build, but it allowed for boat work to be completed.

As with many of the alpine sailing venues there can be wonderful wind in the morning. The sailors for the next two days got up with the sun and attempted to complete some racing, but we had no luck. There was enough wind to sail but not to complete a race. Luckily, the afternoon southerly breeze did arrive both days and a total 6 races were completed. At the prize giving the yacht club presented prizes to the top sailors and we had a raffle drawing for the merchandise from our series sponsors Mach2 and SLAM.

With a total of 5 Act wins the EFG MothEuroCup grand prize of Euro 3000 was awarded to Chris Rast of Switzerland. This year we are proud to announce that 89 sailors from 12 countries took part in the EFG MothEuroCup. We thank our title sponsor EFG International for making this series possible! We hope to see more moth sailors next year!

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts
1	SUI 4112	Rast Chris	1	1	1	1	1	1	5
2	ITA 4092	De Paoli Carlo	2	3	3	2	4	2	12
3	BEL 4049	Galeotti Giovanni	4	2	4	4	2	OCS	16
4	ISV 4022	Renker Mathias	8	4	2	5	3	3	17
5	SUI 3836	Petrino Adriano	6	6	7	3	6	5	26
6	SUI 4144	Froesch Fabien	23	7	6	6	5	4	28
7	SUI 9	Kasermann Philip	11	10	5	8	9	7	39
8	ITA 3887	Gritti Matteo	7	9	DNF	9	10	6	41
9	ITA 4027	Ziliani Mario	10	13	9	7	7	9	42
10	FRA 3875	Marie Benoit	5	21	13	12	8	13	51
11	AUT 3793	Schonleitner Michael	17	11	8	11	12	10	52
12	FRA 4154	Presti Philippe	12	12	15	10	18	12	61
13	FRA 3718	Rezzoug Anthony	13	20	10	17	11	11	62
14	ITA 3949	Monzini Michele	9	14	OCS	14	13	15	65
15	ITA 855	Conti Davide Lupo	15	17	DNS	13	14	8	67
16	AUT 3799	Stelz Maximilien	14	15	11	14	14	14	67
17	GBR 3880	Smithwhite Dave	20	19	16	15	16	14	80
18	SUI 3387	Dazio Roberto	OCS	16	14	19	15	16	80
19	ITA 4030	Lanulfi Marco	3	5	OCS	DNF	DNS	DNS	83
20	AUT 4014	Hirsch Markus	19	DNS	12	18	19	18	86
21	ITA 3392	Rizzotti Luca	18	18	DNF	16	17	17	86
22	GBR 7	Dubbini Leonardo	18	8	DNF	DNS	DNS	DNS	99
23	SUI 3488	Bel Jean‑Noel	21	22	DNS	21	20	DNF	109
24	GBR 4044	Trimarchi Michele	22	DNS	DNS	20	DNF	DNF	117