F18 Italian Nats 2012: Day 1
Report by Lamberto Cesari–
De Koning-Visser leading the Italian Nationals after two races. Marina di Grosseto, 23/08/2012-
First day of light wind in Marina di Grosseto at the F18 Italian Nationals, and two bullets for 2009 World Champs Coen de Koning & Thijs Visser. Great speed for the dutch duo that has dominated the fleet. Second the Omanis Al Hadi-Al Hassani (3-4) and third the dutch mixed Del Nooz-Gerig (2-9). At fourth the italian defending champions Sorrentino-Pennati, then Ferrari-Canepa and Bissaro-De Paoli.
Many foreign teams from Netherlands, France, Austria, Germany, UK, Oman to test the race area of the next F18 Worlds that will take place in Marina di Grosseto in July 2013.
– Highlights of the day by Luca Carton vimeo.com
– Pictures by Marco Iazzetta Fickr.com/
– Live tweet twitter/springcupcdv
– Results and info nazionalef18.it
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16