Riva Cup 2011 sees a great deal of effort to complete

by Elena Giolai on 8 Jun 2011 Riva Cup 2011, for 505, Korsar, 14’ Int. and Dyas classes, promised a spectacular regatta with over 100 boats taking part. The classes are from nine European countries, and make up the 123 crafts that competed in this year's event.

A great deal of effort was needed than usual to complete the three day regatta. The unstable weather denied the regatta the usual, regular winds that Riva del Garda is so well known for. The end result was good however, with four races completed and positive feed-back from the participants who, apart from the competition, were able to spend a few pleasant days at Trentino Garda.

The 505 class was the largest with 54 boats at the starting gate: the Danish crew of Bojsen-Moller (14-1-2-1 partials), was first with a comfortable 10 point lead over Germans Hunger-Kleiner (10-3-1-14 partials) who took second place.

In third place were Dasenbrook-Meier of Germany. The Germans also took the top two positions in the Dyas class with Suesse-Bender (5-2-1-1) and Appel-Appel ( 3-5-3-2), first and second respectively. Brandt-Barlocher of Switzerland were third having been penalized for a false start in the third race (2-9-OCS-6 partials).

The tightest race for the podium was the International 14' class (almost all exclusively British with 24 crews taking part): in first place by only one point were Attison-Tait  (1-2-1-8), second were Gilbert-Mcgraine (3-1-3-1) and third were Fritzgerald-Fritzgerald seven points behind (6-7-4-2).

In the Korsar class 21 crews, mostly German and Austrian, took part: winning by two points were Oberemm-Linnemann (2-1-4-4), second place for Mahnke-Geyer (4-3-2-7) and third for Ecknagel-Broy (14-5-3-3). Partial victories for Blum-Kornweibel (in the fourth regatta), Muelle-Dasselforfer in the third and Langer-Diestelman in the first.