First races of the RS21 2024 Class World Championship in L’Escala
The RS21 World Championship in L’Escala is already underway. Today, Wednesday 25th September, the fleet sailed the first three races. The south wind, with an intensity of 12 to 18 knots and a 160º component that has been shifting to the right up to 185º, has offered fantastic conditions to open the provisional podiums.
Italy dominates the head of the fleet with Dario Levi’s ITA 288 Fremito de Arja as overall leader and only two points ahead of second place, Edoardo Lupi’s ITA 244 Torpyone, who has 18 points. Third place goes to ITA 296 Caipirinha of Martin Reintjes.
In the Corinthian category for non-professional sailors, Riccardo Benvenuto’s ITA 238 is first with 35 points. They are followed by Krzysztof Mariański’s Polish team POL 278 Euro Shipping, skippered by Igor Tarasiuk. They are tied on 44 points with Raimondas Šiugždinis’ Lithuanian LTU 308 Storm.
Italy holds the lead among the under-23 crews with two boats owned by Andrea Nocella. They are ITA 285 Nox Oceani 285 skippered by Andrea de Matteis and ITA 231 Nox Oceani 231 with Francesco Columbano as skipper. Third place goes to Camilla Michellini’s ITA 234 with Alessandro Bossi at the helm.
On the its social side, today’s RS21 2024 World Championship started with the weather forecast given by Enric Agud, the Catalan Sailing Federation’s weather forecaster and presenter of El Temps on TV3.
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