Swiss Nationals 2006

<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>Open Swiss Nationals 2006 , Ascona , Lago Maggiore </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Great sailing conditions , Top level 59 boat fleet.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Perfectly hosted by Yacht Club Ascona and the Swiss A-cat Association, the 2006  Swiss nationals was a great event.</I></div> <div> <I>9 races in three days , wind from 8 to 18 knots , bright weather and challenging tactical courses on Lago Maggiore .</I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Paolo Penco (ITA) succesfully defended his title on the XJ , and showed good concistency with 5 ( !) firsts .</I></div> <div> <I>Giovanni Calabria  ( Flyer Mk2) , came second , Sacha Wallmer ( SUI)  best Swiss on position 3. Sascha sailled this year a Marstrom</I></div> <div> <I>for a change .  4,5,6  where three Dutch (Dwarshuis , Hoekstra and Lambriex) all on Flyers MK1. Three Italians  ( Vaccari on Flyer mk1,Farnesi on</I></div> <div> <I>Marstrom and Casadei in XJ  came in 7,8,9 .  Second Swiss  local Club member Sergio Vela on Flyer ended 10th.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>All big guys where delighted to have an  'Never-two-hulls-in -the -water-event '  which are in fact the conditions wher the A cat is designed for...is't it.....</I></div> <div> <I><B>Reports , complete rankings and Lots of pictures can be found on :</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ycas.ch/a-cat/index.php" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ycas.ch/a-cat/index.php"><U><I><B>http://www.ycas.ch/a-cat/index.php</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>T</I><I>his event was the second in the 5 events Alpen Cup </I></div> <div> <I>For Alpen cup overall ranking :  dwonload this pdf :  </I><I> <a href="HTMLobj-806/Alpen_Cup_Ranking_List_2006_Ascona.pdf"><u>Alpen_Cup_Ranking_List_2006_Ascona.pdf</u> </a>  </I></div> <div> <I>for the A</I><I>lpen Cup Website :  </I><A HREF="http://www.alpencup.info/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.alpencup.info/"><U><I>http://www.alpencup.info</I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="31be9440.jpg" border=0 width="489" height="324" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="325eefa0.jpg" border=0 width="494" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>