Flying foils

“This boat has two main strengths: on the one hand, when you are foiling, you feel very safe, on the other, you need a great crew, capable of communicating and being in real harmony to achieve the best result.

“We spent two years preparing to race, we have been planning for the first run for months, and Garda has done us a great favour, offering us light and improving wind conditions, allowing us a great run and a successful close to the first historic day.

“We are all excited and satisfied,” said Dede De Luca, Chief Sailing Officer of Team 69F.

“Roberto Lacorte certainly made the most of his team’s experience on foil and the harmony he achieved on the test days aboard the Persico 69F; congratulations for this first place of the day. The Swiss crew knew how to make the most of the regulations, and the SuperNikka 74 team had a penalty that weighed on the ranking.”

The Run Analysis highlights four victories out of six races for SuperNikka 47. Both in very weak wind – 6 knots during the first run – and then with more sustained wind, up to 12 knots in the fifth run – Lacorte was always up to the challenge: responsive and sensitive, looking for full power even when the wind was low.

What started as a five-man fight for Lacorte turned out to be a nice ‘home derby’.

SuperNikka 74 closed with two first, three second and a fifth placement. They would have been second if the classification was that of a normal race, but penalties and electronic points relegated them to third place.

Swiss Team was consistent in their results – with two second, three third and a fourth place finish, and their attention to the GPS rewarded and elevated them to second place.

The team of the Societé Nautique de Geneve never gave up a metre and became the protagonist of a scuffia (capsize) a few steps from the mountain overlooking the lake, thus allowing the circuit to have the first epic image captured in the nascent history of these super regattas.

Showing excellent potential and growth, with a training gap that will soon be closed, the Ksenia Team of Carlo Brenco, Michele Regolo and Francesco Rubagotti and the One Up Team of Vacchino–Zaoli–Bianchi,  finished fourth and fifth in the general classification.

The Top Speed Team of the Day was FlyingNikka 74, which won the bonus point by recording the maximum top speed of the day: 24.2 knots with a wind of 12 knots.

The first Events ran from 14–19 July (event 1.1), followed by 21–26 July (event 1.2), and 14–19 September (event 2) in Gargnano on Lake Garda.

The third event will be held in Trieste, from 29 September–4 October (event 3.1) and from 13–18 October (event 3.2). The location for Event 4 has yet to be decided but the dates have already been set: 10–15 November for event 4.1 and 17–22 November for event 4.2.

Each event involves six crews each week during the Cup – from Tuesday to Thursday. The six teams will be provided with boats to train with the support of coaches and the shore team. The regattas will then be raced from Friday to Sunday.

The teams who wish to have more time to train can join the Academy at each Cup location for one week prior to the regattas to familiarise with the regatta courses.

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