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K6s and Viper Eurocup at Fraglia Riva Del Garda – Day 1 and 2

by David Pitman and Heather Chipperfield on 28 Jun 2017
K6s Eurocup at Fraglia Riva Del Garda Fausto Maroni
Day 1 – The K6 Eurocup started in great style on Monday 26 June at Fraglia vela Riva, Lake Garda, with bright sunshine and a warm Ora wind.

Neil Fulcher and Dave Hall showed us all their heels, but there's still 10 races to go in this five-day regatta. The fleet and their families are certainly making the most of the wonderful town of Riva del Garda.



Day 2

A difficult day for competitors on Lake Garda.

Overcast sky and rain precluded the famous Ora wind developing on the lake. After some delay the Race Officer started the two fleets well down lake on the light northerly breeze but after just one round it was abandoned for both classes.



A new start area was established but the light breeze never settled or strengthened and the fleet were eventually all towed back to the harbour.

Another difficult day for the PRO is expected today (Wednesday) with rain and thunder forecast.










K6 class Results

No.

Sail No.

Crew

R1

R2

R3

Total

1

GBR 222

Neil Fulcher, Oliver Boosey, Harry Clarke

1

2

1

4.0

2

GBR 220

Dave Hall, Bryan Sargeny, Graham Hoy 2 1 2 5.0

3

GBR 213

Nick Jones, Twinkle Jones, Steve Dewherry

3

3

3

9.0

4

GBR 216

Peter Kirkby, Richard Barker, Heather Chipperfield 6 4 4 16.0

5

AUT 146

George Blating, Guenter Blating, Valentine Blating

4

6

8

18.0

6

GBR 208

Martin Wedge, Scott Allen 8 5 5 18.0

7

GBR 172

Mike Truman, Martin Gibson, Tim Williams

5

10

7

22.0

8

GBR 195

Steve Bales, Jon Rigby, Jon Smith 7 9 6 22.0

9

GBR 22

Jeff Vander Borght, Dave Guthrie, Hugh Duncan

10

7

dns

29.0

10

GBR 135

Phil Waterfall, Chris Corner, Malcolm Hull dns 8 9 29.0

11

GBR 122

John Tabork, Chris Burrows, Richard Kidd

9

11

10

30.0



 Viper 640 class Results

No.

Sail No.

Crew

R1

R2

R3

Total

1

AUS 217

Murray Howson, Chris O’Keefe, John Parks

5

2

2

9.0

2

AUS 280

Rob Berteaux, John Stubbs, Rupert Leslie 2 1 7 10.0

3

AUS 281

Keith Swinton, Bruce Mattison, Ben Marler, Arlyn Mattison

4

5

1

10.0

4

GBR 274

Lawrence Crispin, Hector Cisneros, Andy Leigh 1 6 4 11.0

5

AUS 279

Graeme Monkhouse, Heather Monkhouse, Nick Lewins, Robby Stout

7

3

3

13.0

6

GBR 602

Duncan Adams, Craig Brown, Ryan Barnicoat 3 9 5 17.0

7

GBR 285

Dave Hitchcock, Ian Nicholson, Jamie Hitchcock

6

4

9

19.0

8

GBR 224

David Pitman, Innes McGowan, Kevin Oprey, Danielle Pitman 8 7 6 21.0

9

GBR 242

Chris Hyde, Martin Fidgeon, Sue Shaw

9

8

8

25.0

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