Vele Di Pasqua 2008

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=140 BGCOLOR="#00FFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="387008c0egertu.jpg"> <div> <I><B>   </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>|   </B></I><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="news"><U><I><B>home</B></I></U></A><I><B> </B></I><I><B>   </B></I>                                                         <B> </B><A HREF="http://pub3.ezboard.com/baclasscatamaranforum" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pub3.ezboard.com/baclasscatamaran"><U><B>forum</B></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <I><B>Italian -unlike cold  circumstances </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>5 good races in 0-20 knts winds .</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The start of the European Acat season was  because of the early easter a few weeks earlier in the year then normal .</div> <div> 48 boats, less then normal, due to the bad weather forecast and the snow in Swiss and Germany.</div> <div> Good racing,  three races on saturday with  moderate  winds, dying in the last race . And two strong wind races on sunday.</div> <div> Unfortunately the race on monday was cancelled  after two rounds when ther was an  upcoming thunderstorm .</div> <div> In this circumstances with the ice-cold adriatic water  the committee couldn't take any risk...</div> <div> Quite a highlight was the appearance of about 6 dolphins during the saturday.  </div> <div> Imagine sailing upwind in trapeze with three 2 m dolphins between your hulls !</div> <div> Awesome ! </div> <bR> <div> The New Bimare V1  made is first racing . Roberto Casadei  Finished 4 overall .</div> <div> The impression of the boat was good, definitely a refinement of the XJ. </div> <div> Bimare has certainly  has a good boat on their hands for the coming years  leading up to the Worldcahmpionships 2010 in  the A-cat capital from Europe, Cesenatico.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Sjoerd Hoekstra ( NED)  ( Tool /  Brewin sail) won the serioes with a 1 point lead over Pieterjan Dwarshuis  ( Flyer 2 / Glaser sail) </div> <div> Michael Tobler finishing 3rd after a taking a year off from a cat  sailing last year  Michael was sailing the  Sheuer Mk 5  with the A shby sail.</div> <bR> <div> Follow this link for full results :</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.seipi.it/vdp_08/dva_rr.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.seipi.it/vdp_08/dva_rr.htm"><U><B>results</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="47eafc70.jpg" border=0 width="687" height="455" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> part of the fleet at race #1  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="480b2c90.jpg" border=0 width="690" height="457" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  Glaser Sails !  also in Europe ...</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="484aec60.jpg" border=0 width="686" height="454" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  Bloody Cold ......</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>