Primo Cup - Trophée Credit Suisse Open - Final

by Sail-World UK on 5 Feb 2007 The first weekend of the Primo Cup - Trophée Credit Suisse opened the International Monohull Racing Season in europe. This weekend the Dragon, Star, J24, Surprise and Laser SB3 raced over four days at the Yacht Club de Monaco.

Michael Cotter, Simon Brien and Davy Gomes of Ireland won the Dragon event at the first weekend of the Primo Cup. Second were Ulli Libor, Stephan Hellriegel and Peter Froeschl from Switzerland.

In the J24 class, Blandine Medecin, Philippe Gavin, Claude and Jean Rodelato, and Denis Delaveau of Moanaco were the winners ahead of the Italian crew of Claudio Buiatti.

The Laser SB3 event was another victory for the Irish. Craig Burllington with Paulia Rice and Colin Galavan taking the title ahead of Mark Rushall, James Baxter, Liz Rushall and Charlotte Savage (GBR).

In the Star class Vasil Gureyev and Volodimir Korotkov (UKR) counting five firsts and a second place. Second place went to the French pair, Regis and Vincent Berenguier with the GBR crew Graham Bailey and George Skuodas third.

The Surprise class attracted the biggest entry with 37 boats. Winner was Olivier Legeret's Sky Sweeper, Philippe Durr second and Alain Marchand third, all from Switzerland.

Final overall leading positions

Dragon - Leading positions, 26 entries:

1  IRL 196  COTTER Michael 26pts
2  SUI 299  LIBOR Ulli 27
3  DEN  3  BENDIX Jesper 34
4  NOR 282  DYVI Jan Erik 42
5  IRL 190  SORENSEN Olaf 45
6  DEN 138  JOHANSEN Peter 52

J24 - Leading positions, 18 entries:

1  MON 78  MEDECIN Blandine 8pts
2  ITA 479  BUIATTI Claudio 12
3  USA 5325  HAHAN RydlÖf 16
4  SWE 5368  WALKUSCH Klaus 23
5  MON 67  GATTOLI Paolo  25
6  MON 377  RODELATO Anne 33

Laser SB3 - Leading positions, 26 entries:

1 IRL  3257  BURLINGTON Craig 33.9pts
2 GBR  3218  RUSHALL Mark 38
3 FRA  3245  LECLAIR Xavier 43
4 FRA  3250  HONOR Nicolas 47
5 IRL  3200  CHEYNE Dave 48
6 GBR 3057  OUTUWAITE John 49

Star - Leading positions, 15 entries:

1  UKR 8205  GUREYEV Vasil /  KOROTKOV Volodimir  8pts
2  FRA 7714  BERENGUIER Regis /  BERENGUIER Vincent  14
3  GBR 8097  BAILEY Graham /  SKUODAS George 17
4  MON 8040  MARCHESI Marco /  BARRABINO Eric  27
5  ITA 8182  MUGNAINI Davide /  RIGNI Roberto  29
6  SUI 7582  TIMM Roman /  KASPAR Huber  34
7 GBR  8151  BAILEY Julia /  PFARSBERG Caspar  36

Surprise - Leading positions, 37 entries:

1  SUI 593 SKY SWEEPER -  LEGERET Olivier 19pts
2  SUI 546 FOU DU VENT -  DURR Philippe 27
3  SUI 636 ST JACQUES  -  MARCHAND Alain 29
4  ITA 1269 ONDINE  -  DE MICHELI Sacha 33.5
5  FRA 1257 ALLEGRETTO  -  GAVAIRON Arnaud 41
6  ITA 1426 5 FOR FIGHTING  -  LA TEGOLA Alberto 43