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Fireball European Championship at Unione Velica Maccagno - Overall

by Frank Miller 20 Sep 06:30 PDT 14-20 September 2024

Claude Mermod & Ruedi Moser have won the Fireball European Championship at Maccagno after three races on the final day of the event.

The overnight leaders and until today the dominant team at the event, DJ Edwards & Vyv Townend, finished up second overall, two points adrift of the Swiss winners. Third overall were father and son team Martyn and Daniel Lewis.

Racing on Friday started very early, at 8am to be precise, with the intention of capturing the most of the morning breeze before it was due to fade close to lunchtime.

Conditions for races seven and eight were decent enough medium/light airs. Again the left side appeared favoured but a number of shifts confounded that direction. Claude & Reudi won race seven with overnight leaders DJ and Vyv scoring an 11th.

Claude and Ruedi scored a 2nd in race eight while DJ and Vyv carried a 26th in shifting breezes.

Race 9 the final race of the event saw the wind soften during the race and then fade to absolutely nothing leaving several boats timed out, unable to reach the shortened finish line. Claude & Reudi scored a 24th (their 2nd discard) while DJ & Vyv retired when they found themselves near the back in almost no air.

Thus the final day of racing saw a big reversal of fortune and the veteran Swiss team of Claude Mermod & Reudi Moser energe victorious.

Full results so far can be found here.

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