Star Class European Championships get underway in Viareggio, Italy

by Star European Championship Media on 7 Jun 2010
The Star Class European Championships officially began with the Opening Ceremony in front of the headquarters of the Coast Guard of Viareggio with the Navy band concert. The crews then completed the registration and their logistical operations on Sunday, 6 June.

In front of the port of Viareggio has also played the launch of the new Star boat created for the occasion by Lillia Boatyard of Como for Torben Grael, the Brazilian sailor that won two gold medals with Star Class at Savannah's Games in 1996, Athens in 2004, and a bronze at Sydney in 2000 and the World Championship in 1990, in addition to winning the Louis Vuitton Cup with Luna Rossa at Auckland in 2000.

Torben is the current Rolex Sailor of the Year. Grael, partners with Marcelo Ferreira, and launched his boat at 15:49 to Sunday 6 June with Italian champagne. This is a boat owned Acta - Callegari, the latest version of the stars Lillia just produced.

Grael, very superstitious, said he was happy to compete with the number 90 since the Italian saying 'fear is 90' representing the moment of greatest tension and grit.

The competition at the European of Viareggio is much higher as all sailors focus their attention to the preparation and selection for the London 2012 Olympic Games and this regatta in Viareggio, decided by the International Star Class, according to the World Federvela ISAF and FIV, it is critical for crews. There are in fact some of the the most successful sailors in the world from 27 countries and 4 continents.

Typical are Robert Scheidt, (Brazil) who partners with Bruno Prada, Olympic podium in 2008; Fredrik Loof, Sweden, two bronze medals partners with Johan Tillander, Lars Grael, brother of Torben, partners with Ronald Seifert; Gustavo Lima, Brazilian, Laser world champion in 2003, then moved to the Star in Viareggio partners with Rubro Basil.

Among the Italians competing are Diego Negri, Vice world champion in 1998, 10th in the Olympics and sixth in the 2010 World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Enrico Chieffi, world champion in 1996; Nicola Celon, former Olympic, Nando Colaninno helmsman with Guido Antar Vigna.

Wind conditions in Viareggio are similar to those of the World Cup in Rio de Janer, where many crew members at the European were present, including Torben Grael: light winds and short wave, with a beautiful blue sky that is frame the races.

Each day will open the 'Star Sail Village' in front of Club Nautico Versilia in the Viareggio dock, where the public can spend time between stands and informative areas. The program includes the start of the event at 13.00 every day until Sunday 13.

2010 Star European Championship

Viareggio, 5th -13th june 2010

Overall

Rank	BowNumber	Nat	SailNo	Fleet	HelmName	CrewName	R1	Total	Nett	Notes	weight
1st	109	GER	8414	Essener	Polgar Johannes	Koy Markus	1.0	1.0	1.0
2nd	33	POL	8412	Isolated	Grabowski Maciej	Lesinski Lukasz	2.0	2.0	2.0
3rd	90	BRA	8397	Guanabara Bay	Grael Torben	Ferreira Marcelo	3.0	3.0	3.0
4th	92	POL	8417	Isolated	Kusznierewicz Mateusz	Zycli Dominik	4.0	4.0	4.0
5th	68	GER	8154	Chiemsee-Bayrisches	Schott Tobias	Linke Peter	5.0	5.0	5.0
6th	11	USA	8423	San Diego Bay	Campbell Andrew	Nichol Brad	6.0	6.0	6.0
7th	106	CAN	8401	Vancouver Island	Clarke Richard	Bjorn Tyler	7.0	7.0	7.0
8th	107	CRO	8339	Kvarner	Lovrovic Jr Marin	Mikulicic Sinisa	8.0	8.0	8.0
9th	26	ESP	7384	Laredo	Garcia-Lago Soler Fernando	Toro Pietro-Puga Jano	9.0	9.0	9.0
10th	22	FRA	8270	Villefranche	Florent Guillaume	Rambeau Pascal	10.0	10.0	10.0
11th	93	SWE	8387	Birka	Loof Fredrik	Tillander Johan	11.0	11.0	11.0
12th	01	CRO	7287	Dalmatian	Arapov Mate	Sitic Ante	12.0	12.0	12.0
13th	83	DEN	8380	Danish	Andersen Benny	Just Mogen	13.0	13.0	13.0
14th	80	BRA	8392	Paranoa	Grael Lars Schmidt	Seifert Ronald	14.0	14.0	14.0
15th	36	CAN	8427	Biscayne Bay	Hebb Stuart	Wolfs Mike	15.0	15.0	15.0
16th	100	AUT	8368	Attersee	Spitzauer Hans	Luezlbauer Adi	16.0	16.0	16.0
17th	101	USA	8273	San Diego Bay	Szabo George	Strube mark	17.0	17.0	17.0
18th	44	SUI	8364	Thuner-Bielersee	Marazzi Flavio	De Maria Enrico	18.0	18.0	18.0
19th	99	BRA	8255	Guarapiranga	Scheidt Robert	Prada Bruno	19.0	19.0	19.0
20th	88	POR	8309	Cascais	Domingos Afonsos	Melo Federico	20.0	20.0	20.0
21st	95	ITA	8266	Verbano	Negri Diego	Voltolini Enrico	21.0	21.0	21.0
22nd	122	BRA	8283	Rio de Janeiro	Brun Gastao	Kunze Gustavo	22.0	22.0	22.0
23rd	96	NZL	8187	Isolated	Pepper Hamish	Monk Craig	23.0	23.0	23.0
24th	119	ITA	8421	Lecco	Locatelli Vincenzo	Oggioni Giuseppe	24.0	24.0	24.0
25th	111	BRA	8282	Guarapiranga	Pascolato Alessandro	Boening Henry Raul	25.0	25.0	25.0
26th	72	GER	8340	Berliner	Stanjek Robert	Stanjek Philipp	26.0	26.0	26.0
27th	77	GRE	7973	Greece	Tsoulfas Theodore	Girogas John	27.0	27.0	27.0
28th	31	UKR	8314	Eastern Ukraine	Golovanov Andrii	Mosyazhenko Olexandr	28.0	28.0	28.0
29th	02	ITA	8383	Trieste	Augelli Marco	Kuhar Jacopo	29.0	29.0	29.0
30th	94	USA	8267	Tampa Bay	Mendelblatt Mark	Von Schwarz John	30.0	30.0	30.0
31st	34	UKR	8247	Dnipro	Gureyev Vasyl	Korotkov Volodymyr	31.0	31.0	31.0
32nd	98	ITA	8400	North Garda	Santoni Silvio	Toccoli Fabio	32.0	32.0	32.0
33rd	43	CRO	8280	Kvarner	Lovrovic Dan	Arapovic Antonio	33.0	33.0	33.0
34th	142	ITA	8332	Perla della Versilia	Chieffi Enrico	Corsi Manlio	34.0	34.0	34.0
35th	97	FRA	8237	Nice	Rohart Xavier	Ponsot Pierre Alexis	35.0	35.0	35.0
36th	108	ITA	8155	Roma	Poggi Giampiero	Del Col Giancarlo	36.0	36.0	36.0
37th	08	ITA	8258	South Garda	Berti David	Bradanini Giovanni	37.0	37.0	37.0
38th	91	ARG	8381	Laredo	Kouyoumdjian Juan	Colla Alejandro	38.0	38.0	38.0
39th	51	USA	8422	Lake Hopatcong	Merriman Rick	Sperry Austin	39.0	39.0	39.0
40th	27	ITA	8354	Isola Comacina	Gatti Giulio	Costa Ermes	40.0	40.0	40.0
41st	49	AUS	8107	Isolated	Mckenzie Paul	Toth Philip	41.0	41.0	41.0
42nd	39	CAN	8287	Lake Ontario Canada	Johansson Oskar	Hynes James	42.0	42.0	42.0
43rd	53	GER	8299	Ueberlingersee	Miller Mattias	Wenk Benedikt	43.0	43.0	43.0
44th	45	ITA	8220	Conero	Marcolini Francesco	Benetti Alessandro	44.0	44.0	44.0
45th	118	HUN	8076	Oreghegy	Litkey Arpat	Mesterhazy-Nagy Akos	45.0	45.0	45.0
46th	114	IRL	8418	Isolated	O'Leary Peter	Burrows David	46.0	46.0	46.0
47th	06	ITA	7488	Garda	Benamati Michele	Benamati Roberto	47.0	47.0	47.0
48th	07	RUS	8359	Volga	Berezhnoy Andrey	Masalov Sergey	48.0	48.0	48.0
49th	64	ITA	8014	Capri	Ritucci Giuseppe	Menassa Antonio	49.0	49.0	49.0
50th	84	GER	8378	Moehnesee	Babendererde Johannes	Jacobs Timo	50.0	50.0	50.0
51st	144	ITA	8164	Forte dei Marmi	Chinca Valerio	Ciano Massimo	51.0	51.0	51.0
52nd	103	AUT	8369	Carinthian	Tomasini Grinover Roberto	Bahr Gunnar	52.0	52.0	52.0
53rd	120	SWE	8351	Rasta	Lofstedt Tom	Harsberg Kasper	53.0	53.0	53.0
54th	117	POR	8276	Porto	Lima Gustavo Roxo	Basilio Rubrio	54.0	54.0	54.0
55th	71	GER	8407	Chiemsee-Bayrisches	Soeliner Walter	Soeliner Xaver	55.0	55.0	55.0
56th	59	GRE	8296	Greece	Papathanasiou Elilios	Dragoutsis Alexandros	56.0	56.0	56.0
57th	127	GER	8137	Berliner	Voigt Manuel	Sradnick Paul	57.0	57.0	57.0
58th	65	PUR	7784	Isolated	Rodriguez Ernesto	Rodriguez Jesus	58.0	58.0	58.0
59th	89	ESP	8297	Laredo	Echavarri Erasun	Rivero Fernando	59.0	59.0	59.0
60th	129	ITA	8118	Forte dei Marmi	Tarabella Andrea	Gualandri Carlo	60.0	60.0	60.0
61st	15	FRA	8196	Marseilles	Dabry Raoul	Cotte Tristan	61.0	61.0	61.0
62nd	87	USA	8279	Tempa Bay	Bonanni Claude	Burgess Richard	62.0	62.0	62.0
63rd	38	USA	8077	Lake Springfield	Jennings Jack	Sharp Brian	63.0	63.0	63.0
64th	67	GER	8140	Luebeck Bay	Schlonski Alexander	Kleen Frithjof	64.0	64.0	64.0
65th	55	ITA	8178	Alto Lario	Moschioni Vito	Bianchini Roberto	65.0	65.0	65.0
66th	112	JAP	8144	Isolated	Suzuki Kunio	Wada Daichi	66.0	66.0	66.0
67th	63	BRA	8287	Paranoa	Reis Luiz Andre	Goncalves Samuel	67.0	67.0	67.0
68th	66	SUI	7969	Thuner-Bielersee	Scheidegger Kurt	Scheidegger Markus	68.0	68.0	68.0
69th	14	ITA	8384	South Garda	Celon Nicola	Natucci Edoardo	69.0	69.0	69.0
70th	121	UKR	8119	Eastern Ukraine	Bondar Pavlo	Dmytrenko Mykola	70.0	70.0	70.0
71st	110	ITA	7881	Verbano	Racchelli Andrea	Auguadro Tiziano	71.0	71.0	71.0
72nd	130	ITA	8335	Viareggio	Righi Roberto	Bortoletto David	72.0	72.0	72.0
73rd	17	UKR	8343	Eastern Ukraine	Datsenko Konstantin	Bazurin Ilya	73.0	73.0	73.0
74th	134	ITA	8206	Perla della Versilia	Lanfranchi Alessandro	Cinquini Roberto	74.0	74.0	74.0
75th	56	GER	8149	Essener	Muellejans Christian	Morf Karsten	75.0	75.0	75.0
76th	79	NED	8070	Loosdrecht	Van Hellemond Karel	Breuseker Alex	76.0	76.0	76.0
77th	25	ITA	7503	Lago di Bracciano	Gallo Andrea	Petella Filippo	77.0	77.0	77.0
78th	60	GER	8355	Starnbergersee	Paucksch Christian	Knoll Christian	78.0	78.0	78.0
79th	13	SWE	7712	Kattegatt	Carlson Philip	Peterson Benjamin	79.0	79.0	79.0
80th	35	GER	8311	Zugspitz of Wurmsee	Hampe Axel	Conrads Chris	80.0	80.0	80.0
81st	10	UKR	8141	Eastern Ukraine	Bundiuk Velerii	Mechetin Dmytriy	81.0	81.0	81.0
82nd	29	GBR	8333	Solent	Gimson John	Greig Ed	82.0	82.0	82.0
83rd	09	ITA	8242	Garda	Boggi Lucio	Lambertenghi Sergio	83.0	83.0	83.0
84th	133	ITA	7789	Viareggio	Mari Adriano	Tofani Filippo	84.0	84.0	84.0
85th	137	ITA	7562	Viareggio	Bettarini Stefano	Giachetti Alessandro	85.0	85.0	85.0
86th	124	POL	7858	Isolated	Wierzbicki Arkadiusz	Kuznicki Tomasz	86.0	86.0	86.0
87th	75	GER	7866	Kieler	Thomsen Dierk	Behn Philip	87.0	87.0	87.0
88th	132	ITA	8330	Perla della Versilia	Mugnaini Daniele	Mugnaini davide	88.0	88.0	88.0
89th	85	ITA	7958	Lecco	Canali Massimo	Lattuada Francesco	89.0	89.0	89.0
90th	140	ITA	8402	Viareggio	Astorri Raffaello	Bandiera Enrico	90.0	90.0	90.0
91st	52	GER	8062	Starnbergersee	Meyer Manfred	Di Martino Daniele	91.0	91.0	91.0
92nd	113	ITA	8029	Roma	Simeone Luca	La Porta Manuele	92.0	92.0	92.0
93rd	42	ESP	8370	Laredo	Juarez Agustin	Farias Manuel	93.0	93.0	93.0
94th	125	AUT	7846	Haydn	Weinreich Gerhald	Mittendorfer Martina	94.0	94.0	94.0
95th	126	GER	8204	Hamburg	Von Eicken Andreas	Hobbie Dietmar	95.0	95.0	95.0
96th	23	ITA	8042	Lago di Bracciano	Fornaro Andrea	Bianchi Emiliano	96.0	96.0	96.0
97th	104	IRL	8385	Isolated	Treacy Max	Shanks Antony	97.0	97.0	97.0
98th	16	ITA	7807	Trieste	Danelon Guglielmo	Gazzetta Mattia	98.0	98.0	98.0
99th	86	SUI	8329	Zuerichsee	Wyss Daniel	Joss Urs	99.0	99.0	99.0
100th	18	ITA	7879	Lago di Bracciano	De Sangro Riccardo	Lino Giuseppe	100.0	100.0	100.0
101st	58	AUT	7458	Attersee	Oberkofler Joerg	Stelzi Thomas	101.0	101.0	101.0
102nd	76	GER	7960	Zugspitz of Wurmsee	Thurner Frank	Nitsche Kai	102.0	102.0	102.0
103rd	62	GER	8416	Andechser	Rauch Hubert	Hall Robin	103.0	103.0	103.0
104th	48	ITA	8081	Palermo	Mazzeo Giovanni	Barbera Antonio	104.0	104.0	104.0
105th	03	AUS	8219	Lake Macquarie	Baker Phillip	Reffold Simon begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting	105.0	105.0	105.0
106th	105	SUI	8316	Thuner-Bielersee	Zlot Stefan	Roeseler Ronald	106.0	106.0	106.0
107th	32	BRA	8391	Paranoa	Gonzaga Neto Admar	Figueiredo de Freita Alexandr	107.0	107.0	107.0
108th	131	ITA	7339	Forte dei Marmi	Papini Filippo	Mugnaini David	108.0	108.0	108.0
109th	102	SUI	8085	Luzern	Zimmermann lorenz	Grygoyev Marc	109.0	109.0	109.0
110th	128	ITA	8334	Forte dei Marmi	Insom Paolo	Dell'Innocenti Silvio	110.0	110.0	110.0
111th	21	ITA	8373	Alto Lario	Falciola Guido	Medolago Federico	111.0	111.0	111.0
112th	24	ITA	7276	South Garda	Fravezzi Albino	Fravezzi Fabio	112.0	112.0	112.0
113th	41	NED	8263	Medemblik	Jorissen Sander	Veldhuizen Erik	113.0	113.0	113.0
114th	04	USA	7986	Annapolis	Beigel-Vosbury Barbara	Avellon Guy	114.0	114.0	114.0
115th	28	SUI	8409	Bodensee	Gautschi Christoph	Gautschi Stephano	115.0	115.0	115.0
116th	40	SWE	8347	Kattegatt	Jorhov Henrik	Hasselgren Henrik	116.0	116.0	116.0
117th	37	ITA	8200	Capri	Improta Riccardo	Lupoli Andrea	117.0	117.0	117.0
118th	138	ITA	7882	Forte dei Marmi	Baldi Francesco	Fredianelli Paolo	118.0	118.0	118.0
119th	139	ITA	8057	Perla della Versilia	Balderi Antonio	Anguillesi Amerigo	119.0	119.0	119.0
120th	141	ITA	8375	Perla della Versilia	Antongiovanni Massimiliano	Saccenti Paolo	120.0	120.0	120.0
121st	78	AUT	8226	Traunsee	Urban Josef	Steinkogler Andreas	121.0	121.0	121.0
122nd	47	ITA	8114	Garda	Masserdotti Paolo	Tassini Massimiliano	122.0	122.0	122.0
123rd	136	ITA	7705	Perla della Versilia	Bonanno Graziano	Ticulin Massimiliano	123.0	123.0	123.0
124th	135	ITA	8363	Forte dei Marmi	D'Ottaviano Gregorio	Maccioni Massimo	124.0	124.0	124.0
125th	12	ITA	7669	Alto Lario	Carbonell Oscar Giovanni	Giani Niccolo	125.0	125.0	125.0
126th	81	ITA	7551	Salerno	Cristaldini Corrado	Dalvit Andrea	126.0	126.0	126.0
127th	20	SRB	7888	Isolated	Erac Branislav	Tosic Ozren	133.0 DNF	133.0	133.0
127th	46	HUN	8166	Oreghegy	Martin Viktor	Shapovalov Mykola	133.0 OCS	133.0	133.0
127th	61	ITA	8158	Mandello	Perelli Massimo	Paloschi Luca	133.0 DSQ	133.0	133.0
127th	57	ITA	8202	Lago di Bracciano	Nazzaro Paolo	Marullo Riccardo	133.0 OCS	133.0	133.0
127th	74	HUN	8386	Oreghegy	Tenke Tibor	Bezereti Miklos	133.0 OCS	133.0	133.0
127th	143	ITA	8317	Salerno	Tamburini Antonio	Di Maio Davide	133.0 OCS	133.0	133.0

 

The European Championship has been organized by Società Velica Viareggina, that represents the oldest association in the promotion of sailing sport of the city, organizing over almost 50 years important International races in the Star class; Club Nautico Versilia, the most important nautical club created for sailing and speedboat in the port of Viareggio, protagonist and maker of some historical and prestigious competitions; Lega Navale Italiana, that promotes and supports the pleasure craft and other activities about the sea, through training, organization of competitions, promotional and cultural initiatives; Comune di Viareggio part of the Tourism and Sports Department; and the Port Authorities - Coast Guard of Viareggio that ensure safety at sea and the maximum support on land and sea at the event, allowing proper execution of the Championship that otherwise would not have been possible.

The event also enjoys the active participation of the Viareggio Porto Spa, the Comitato Circoli Velici Versiliesi and Panathlon International Versilia.

For more information, please go to: www.stareuropean2010.it