Monday, September 21, 2020
Olympic Classes - Italian Championship 2020 - Follonica ITA - Final Day - Charlie Buckingham USA Laser Champion
Winning one of the two races on the final day of the Olympic Classes International Italian Championship, Charlie Buckingham USA grasped the title in the Lasers Standard one point ahead of Robert Scheidt BRA. Juan Maegli GUA finished 3rd. ----- In the Lasers Radial, Annelise Murphy IRL was the winner in front of Silvia Zennaro ITA and Line-Flem Höst NOR. ----- Winning 5 of the 7 races, Federico Colannino ITA dominated the Finns. ------ Stellar performance also by Kevin Peponnet/Jérémie Mion FRA in the 470s ahead of Giacomo Ferrari/Giulio Calabrio ITA as runner-ups. On rank 3 followed Malte Winkel/Matti Cipra GER. Maria Bozi/Raffailina Klonaridou GRE on the 5th place were the best female team. ----- The RS:X windsurfers and the Nacra-17 catamarans were not present in Follonica at the Italian Tuscany Adriatic Sea Coast. However, the future Olympic iQFoil-Windsurfer as well as the Kiteboarders participated. ----- All ranking lists and the event Facebook page.
Winners and the first European Champions in the Formula Kite Mixed Team Relay European Championship 2020 on Lake Traun in Austria are Connor Bainbridge/Ellie Aldrige GBR. Florian Gruber/Leonie Meyer GER grasped Silver and Guy Bridge/Katie Dabson GBR Bronze. This inaugural Kitefoil Championship, the proposed discipline for the 2024 Olympics, was concluded yesterday with the final qualification runs, the Semi-Finals, and the Final. ----- The 
Carlo De Paoli ITA defended the first position in the Moths with a 5 points advantage on the tied trio Eddie Briddle GBR, Fabio Fumagalli ITA and Diego Botin ESP. 48 participants. ----- Richard Schultheis MLT remained on top of the WASZPs on the final day of the event. Emanuele Savoini ITA and Francesco Bertone ITA completed the podium. Victoria Schultheis MLT on rank 5 was the best woman. ----- The 
In the good quality Laser fleets at the Italian Olympic Classes Championship, Juan Maegli GUA is first in the 
Diego Botin ESP, normally successful 49er helmsman, has taken the overall lead in the Moths, two points ahead of Maximilian Mäge GER on rank 2. Another 2 points behind follow the tied Benoît Marie FRA and Carlo De Paoli ITA on 3rd and 4th. ----- Richard Schultheiss MLT is the new leader in the WASZP. His advance on Emanuele Savoini ITA is already 8 points. Marton Munka HUN remains on rank 3. ----- The Lake Garda wind-machine delivered yesterday as mostly always, allowing to complete three races per Class. ----- All 
Eddie Bridle GBR has taken the overall lead in the Moths after the three races held at the Foiling Week on Lake Garda yesterday. Diego Botin ESP remained on rank 2. With the discard in effect, Fabrice Rigot SUI climbed on rank 3. The previous leader Maximilian Mäge GER dropped on rank 4. ----- The WASZPs sailed their first three races with Francesco Bertone ITA leading ahead of Richard Schultheiss MLT and Marton Munka HUN. ----- The 
Yesterday, the qualifications for the Finals in Gold-, Silver- and Bronze fleets beginning today, were completed with another 5 races. With 6 bullets on the result sheet, Florian Gruber/Leonie Meier GER are leading one point ahead of the tied Connor Bainbridge/Ellie Aldrige GBR and Guy Bridge/Katie Dobson GBR on 2nd and 3rd. ----- The 
A big high-quality fleet sailed the Moth UK National Championship in Weymouth over the past weekend, and the outstanding winner after 13 races was Dylan Fletcher GBR, past 49er World Champion, with ranks 1 and 2 only on his results sheet! With a 24 points backlog, Brad Funk USA finished in 2nd, only one point ahead of Alan Adams GBR on the 3rd rank. 70 boats from 5 nations were at the start. ----- The 
Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wisc.) and Maggie Shea (Wilmette, Ill.) finished second overall in the 49erFX fleet, and Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, Calif.) climbed on rank 4 in the Laser Standard fleet. Tom Ramshaw CAN kept rank 6 in the Finns as third North American in the top-10 as well. ----- The 
Richard Schultheis/Max Körner MLT finished first ahead of his sister Antonia Schultheis/Ole Ulrich MLT. On rank 3 followed Dehn-Töfte/Dehn-Töfte DEN. ----- Too much wind on the last two days of the 29er Euro Cup Regatta held at the 2020 Kiel Week impaired sailing for the 93 teams from 9 nations which nevertheless completed 11 races in total. ----- The 
Excellent performance by Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wisc.) and Maggie Shea (Wilmette, Ill.) new on rank 2 in the 49ersFX. Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, Calif.) on the 6th place in the Lasers Standard remains in the top-10, as does Tom Ramshaw CAN as 5th in the Finns. Here the 
Finishing the day on the overall ranks 5 were Charlie Buckingham USA in the Lasers Standard and Tom Ramshaw CAN in the Finns, and also Stefanie Roble/Maggie Shea USA on rank 6 defended their place in the top-10s at the 2020 Kiel Week. See the results of 
(as per September 11th, 2020)
Stephanie Roble/Maggie Shea USA 5th in the 49ersFX, Tom Ramshaw CAN 7th in the Finns, and Charlie Buckingham USA 9th in the Lasers Standard were the North Americans delivering top-10 results on day one of the 2020 Kiel Week. Here the 
Six Olympic Classes - the 470s and RS:X windsurfers are missing - start to their competitions at the 2020 Kiel Week today. Due to Corona restrictions, various athletes, especially from important sailing nations such as AUS, NZL, CHN, GBR are missing. ----- 3 USA, 3 CAN, and 4 MEX boats are on the 
Yesterday evening, the second leg of the Figaro 3 Solitaire was concluded in Dunkerque with Armel Le Cléac'h FRA as winner 32 minutes ahead of Sam Goodchild GBR. Another 3 minutes behind followed Yann Eliès FRA in 3rd. Herewith, Le Cléac'h FRA is the new overall leader in front of the leg 1 winner Xavier Macaire FRA with a 37-minute backlog. 35 solo skippers racing. ----- The 
Part one of the Kiel Week 2020 with the International and National Classes racing was concluded yesterday. ----- The winners in the best-attended Classes were: Patryk Kowalski/Tomasz Lewandowski POL 
