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2 March 2024

DRAGON WINTER SERIES: THE FINAL

Fourth and final act of the Dragon Winter Series, the Dragon Class Winter Championship, in Sanremo, on the weekend of 23/25 February. Beautiful conditions also in this last series and a program fully respected: five tests completed with one gap applied. Saturday 24 February three beautiful races with a variable wind of 200 degrees at eight knots. On Sunday 25th a westerly wind, which started at 8/10 knots and then rose to 19 knots allowed us to carry out two more good tests of the day. Dominating this last stage on the podium was ITA 79 TRANSBUNKER, helmed by Yevgeni Blaslavets together with the two brothers Andrea and Vittorio Zaoli. Seconds UAE 17, ahead of the Irish boat SIR OSSIS OF THE RIVER. In the overall ranking of the entire Dragon class Winter Championship, TRANSBUNKER confirmed first place, second place confirmed for UAE 17 and third place went to the […]
21 February 2024

THE 10TH EDITION OF THE 420&470 THE CARNIVAL RACE ENDS 15/18 February 2024

 Marina degli Aregai Great success for the tenth edition of the 420&470 The Carnival Race, organized by the Sanremo Yacht Club, with the precious support of the Cozzi Parodi Group, in the magical location of Marina degli Aregai. 180 boats for the 420 class and 9 for the 470 class, coming from 12 nations: Spain, Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Greece, Ukraine, Slovenia, Hungary, Switzerland, Turkey and Italy. With four beautiful races in perfect wind conditions of 16 knots, France triumphed in the general classification of the 420 Open class with the two crews Schemmel – Boudard and Flandorffer-Flandorffer taking first and second place respectively. Third place went to the Italians Mioni-Barbiero of Circoli SVGB/SIRENA. France also wins on the women’s podium in the 420 class with the Malou – Bourgeois crew, followed by the English Potter – Nieuwland and the Germans Bohnsack-Gienap. First female Under 17 crew are the […]
14 February 2024

Yacht Club Sanremo “The Carnival Race 420&470” 15/18 February 2024

 As every year, “The Carnival Race” returns for the Class 420&470 to Marina degli Aregai, organized both on land and at sea by the Sanremo Yacht Club. This year the competing crews who will compete for 4 days in the waters in front of the port of Marina degli Aregai in Santo Stefano al Mare are 200, there are 13 participating nations and the people present will be around 500 athletes and coaches. One of the biggest regattas in the world for the 420 class which sees the best crews arrive from all over Europe, will transform the port of Marina degli Aregai into a big party, thanks also to the precious collaboration of the Cozzi Parodi Group which in recent days has entered into a agreement with D Marine, leader in the management of Mediterranean ports. The flag-bearing teams of the Sanremo Yacht Club are 8 and will try […]
31 January 2024

The third leg of the Dragon Winter Series has ended.

The third leg of the Dragon Winter Series has ended with sixteen boats registered from nine Nations. Unfortunately the wind was the great absentee in these 3 days of regatta, allowing only two races to be completed. The level of the participating boats was very high, among which ITA 79 Transbunker took first place, with Yevgeni Braslavets at the helm, the multiple Olympic medalist in Atlanta, ahead of UAE 17, owned by Anatoly Loginov, already world champion of the class. In third place was ITA 77 DRAGON FLY by Beppe Zaoli, with a crew of young people, who proved to be a pleasant surprise in this Championship. Now all that remains is to wait for the fourth stage of the Winter Series, scheduled for the weekend of February 23/25, and then arrive at the culmination of the Class events with the Paul&Shark Trophy, in March.
26 January 2024

“INVERNO IN REGATA” AND “GORILLA GANG CUP” END WITH THE ABSOLUTE VICTORY OF SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE.

This weekend saw the conclusion of “Winter in Regatta”, the third of the four stages that make up the 40th West Liguria Winter Championship, and the third edition of the Gorilla Gang Cup Trophy, supported by Andrea Statori with his precious collaboration. It was not possible to race on Saturday due to gusts of wind up to 40 knots which forced the Committee to cancel the race. On Sunday a nice west wind at 8 knots allowed the day’s test to take place with a windward-leeward course. Absolute winner in the Overall of the “Winter in Regatta” and the “Gorilla Gang Cup”, winning both Trophies, is SUSPIRIA THE REVENGE, by Antonio Venneri, beating in its ORC 1 class GORILLA GANG XL, by Andrea Statari, and MISS K CHECKMATE, by Marco Babando.  In ORC 2 BIG BANG, by Arturo Mazzanti, asserts itself, followed by AURORA, by Paolo Bonomo and Roberto Bruno, […]
22 December 2023

The second leg of the Dragon Winter Series has ended.

 The second leg of the Dragon Winter Series took place from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th December with the usual high-level international participation. Sun and spring temperatures made the crews coming from Northern Europe happy. The wind, however, was a bit absent, still allowing three races to take place with light winds from the western quadrant. The final ranking sees TRANSBUNKER excel again, with Yevgeny Braslavets at the helm, tied with second place DRAGONDINE – ONKAHYE ASD of Marco Gerbaudo, but with the best result in the last race. Third were the Germans from JAM, fourth were the Danes from Lady in Red. They will all meet again in mid-January, precisely on the weekend of 12/14 January, for the third stage of this beautiful Championship. After five consecutive weeks of events, the Sanremo Yacht Club takes almost a month’s break before returning with numerous and important events