Star Europeans Race 3. Image copyright Fried Elliott/www.friedbits.com
by Star Europeans media
The STAR European Championship Sailing continues in the sea in front of Viareggio, which will see its conclusion Sunday, June 6.
Crews from all over the world have now their set in Versilia sea and in the city, where many have already arrived from last week, staying in hotels, residence or homes for rent and eating in restaurants all along the coast.
Wind conditions in Viareggio are similar to those of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, where many crew members of the European were present: weak wind and short wave, with a beautiful blue sky that makes a paerfect frame for the races.
Today, Wednesday 9 June, was held the third of six races planned to start around 13:00. Crews fought with determination and tenacity, trying in every way a good placement. In fact, it has to be remember that the European Championships in Viareggio is a very important stop for the preparation and selection for the upcoming Olympic Games in London 2012 and for this reason are the best yachtsmen in the world.
Some curiosities on crews. The youngest skipper in the Championship it's Italian, his name is Michele Benamati and in August will be 16 years old. The "oldest" is Dierk Thomsen, 75 years old, from Germany. Among the athletes there are few women, including a skipper from USA and a yachtswoman from Austria.
Star Europeans after Race 3 (top 25):
Sailed:3, Discards:0, To count:3, Entries:132, Scoring system:Appendix A
Rank BowNumber Nat SailNo Fleet HelmName CrewName R1 R2 R3 Total Nett Notes weight
1st 109 GER 8414 Essener Polgar Johannes Koy Markus 1.0 2.0 6.0 9.0 9.0
2nd 90 BRA 8397 Guanabara Bay Grael Torben Ferreira Marcelo 3.0 13.0 2.0 18.0 18.0
3rd 106 CAN 8401 Vancouver Island Clarke Richard Bjorn Tyler 7.0 7.0 9.0 23.0 23.0
4th 101 USA 8273 San Diego Bay Szabo George Strube mark 16.0 11.0 3.0 30.0 30.0
5th 11 USA 8423 San Diego Bay Campbell Andrew Nichol Brad 6.0 20.0 15.0 41.0 41.0
6th 94 USA 8267 Tampa Bay Mendelblatt Mark Von Schwarz John 28.0 3.0 12.0 43.0 43.0
7th 92 POL 8417 Isolated Kusznierewicz Mateusz Zycli Dominik 4.0 24.0 17.0 45.0 45.0
8th 95 ITA 8266 Verbano Negri Diego Voltolini Enrico 20.0 4.0 21.0 45.0 45.0
9th 51 USA 8422 Lake Hopatcong Merriman Rick Sperry Austin 37.0 12.0 7.0 56.0 56.0
10th 97 FRA 8237 Nice Rohart Xavier Ponsot Pierre Alexis 33.0 10.0 13.0 56.0 56.0
11th 83 DEN 8380 Danish Andersen Benny Just Mogen 12.0 29.0 16.0 57.0 57.0
12th 80 BRA 8392 Paranoa Grael Lars Schmidt Seifert Ronald 13.0 18.0 30.0 61.0 61.0
13th 93 SWE 8387 Birka Loof Fredrik Tillander Johan 11.0 26.0 27.0 64.0 64.0
14th 44 SUI 8364 Thuner-Bielersee Marazzi Flavio De Maria Enrico 17.0 23.0 24.0 64.0 64.0
15th 67 GER 8140 Luebeck Bay Schlonski Alexander Kleen Frithjof 62.0 6.0 1.0 69.0 69.0
16th 33 POL 8412 Isolated Grabowski Maciej Lesinski Lukasz 2.0 46.0 22.0 70.0 70.0
17th 100 AUT 8368 Attersee Spitzauer Hans Luezlbauer Adi 15.0 9.0 48.0 72.0 72.0
18th 122 BRA 8283 Rio de Janeiro Brun Gastao Kunze Gustavo 21.0 22.0 31.0 74.0 74.0
19th 22 FRA 8270 Villefranche Florent Guillaume Rambeau Pascal 10.0 28.0 37.0 75.0 75.0
20th 107 CRO 8339 Kvarner Lovrovic Jr Marin Mikulicic Sinisa 8.0 48.0 23.0 79.0 79.0
21st 49 AUS 8107 Isolated Mckenzie Paul Toth Philip 39.0 41.0 8.0 88.0 88.0
22nd 84 GER 8378 Moehnesee Babendererde Johannes Jacobs Timo 48.0 17.0 26.0 91.0 91.0
23rd 88 POR 8309 Cascais Domingos Afonsos Melo Federico 19.0 21.0 52.0 92.0 92.0
24th 111 BRA 8282 Guarapiranga Pascolato Alessandro Boening Henry Raul 24.0 47.0 25.0 96.0 96.0
25th 99 BRA 8255 Guarapiranga Scheidt Robert Prada Bruno 18.0 50.0 29.0 97.0 97.0
NZL: 48th 96 NZL 8187 Isolated Pepper Hamish Monk Craig 22.0 133.0 OCS 5.0 160.0 160.0
Star Europeans 2010
