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Mediterranean Cup Photos:
The Marina di Scarlino, at Maremma in Tuscany was the
venue for the Steiner X-Yachts Mediterranean Cup 2011
with racing held on the first three days of September which
incorporated the X-41 World Championship and Italian
X-35 Championship, as well as the X-Yachts Mediterranean Cup
Sports Division and Family Division, plus an Over 50 rendezvous.
In the Sports division, Giorgio Turchetti’s IMX 38 Express won,
followed by X-342 Scamperix owner Ferruccio Scalari and the X-332
Ultravox of Adriano Podenzana.The Xc 38 Pas Dosè owned by
Andrea Serena took first place in the Family division, followed
by the X-40 Xengo (Sabrina Chibbaro) and X-452 Wind-Catcher
(Ciolli Donnini). In the Over 50 division the final victory went to the
Croatian X-65 Karuba V, owned by Magma.
The X-35 Italian champion for 2011 is Hotelplan Spirit of Nerina
with tactician Roberto Spata. Karma with Gabriele Benussi calling
tactics finished second and Giochelotta with former Luna Rossa
skipper Francesco de Angelis calling tactics took third.
Francesco de Angelis back on the dock stated: “Marina di Scarlino
is a beautiful place to race and once again we managed to complete
successfully the full series of 10 races. Even when the wind is light
like today, in Scarlino it is always possible to sail. The X-35 is an
interesting challenge because if you make a mistake it’s hard to
recover: the difference in speed of these boats is very limited.”
Above and right:
The Steiner X-Yachts
Med Cup included
the X-35 Italian
Championships.
Below left: The X-65
Karuba V won the
Over-50 class.
Overall results:
Studio Borlenghi
Sport
1st IMX 38 Express, Giorgio Turchetti
2nd X-342 Scamperix, Ferruccio Scalari
3rd X-332 Ultravox, Adriano Podenzana
Family
1st Xc 38 Pas Dosè, Andrea Serena
2nd X-40 Xengo, Sabrina Chibbaro
3rd X-452 Wind Catcher, Ciolli-Donnini
Over 50
1st X-65 Karuba, V, Magma
X-35 Italian Championships
1st HotelPlan Spirit of Nerina, Fusco Diamantini
2nd Karma, Vladimiro Pegoraro
3rd Giochelotta, Francesco Conte
A prizegiving ceremony was held in the Piazzetta of Marina di
Scarlino with presentations by Claudia Tosi, general secretary of
the Club Nautico Scarlino; Niels Jeppesen of X-Yachts; Franco
Cernigliaro of Steiner/Beretta – the title sponsors of the event;
Francesco Allegretta of Marina di Scarlino; Fabio Baffigi of X-Yachts
Italy and Guido Spadolini, Commodore of Club Nautico Scarlino.
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