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Gazprom International European Dragon Championship – Day 1 Press Release
84 crews from 23 nations left the Yacht Club Sanremo dock this morning to face each other in the single race of the day which started at 11:30 .
The race was held on a windward-leeward course : the crews of Sophie (Switzerland) and Alfie (Great Britain ) initially retained command of the fleet for most of the race, but lost ground on the last beat to the Finnish crew aboard Lisa .
Overall ranking after the first day of the regatta
1 . Lisa (Finland ) : Jouko Lindgren , Tuomas Tenkanen and Calle Lindfors
2 . Sophie (Switzerland) : Pedro Andrade , Martin Westerdahl and Diogo Cayolla
3 . Debutant (Denmark) Lars Hendriksen , Kleen Frithjof and Anders Bagger
4 . Sinewave (Germany): Thomas Muller, Vincent Hoesch and Michael Lipp
5 . Tergeste (Italy): Nando Colaninno , Guido Antar Vigna and Mauro Grandone
The complete ranking is online www.yachtclubsanremo.it
Photo galleries at www.rspinto.com
The program
The Gazprom International European Dragon Championship continues until Saturday 29 March with a total of seven races planned and no more than two being sailed per day .
The countries represented
The 23 countries represented are : Antigua , Australia, Austria , Denmark, the United Arab Emirates , Estonia, Finland , France, Germany, Great Britain , Hong Kong, Ireland , Italy, Monaco , Netherlands, Norway , Portugal, Russia , United States , Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and Hungary.
The partners of the event
Gazprom International European Dragon Championship is held in partnership with Gazprom International and BMW (the main partners of the event) and Paul & Shark, Transbunker, Ulysse Nardin , Pantaenius Yacht Insurance, City of Sanremo, Royal Hotel Sanremo, Liguria , Sanremo Casino , Cozzi Parodi Group.
www.yachtclubsanremo.it
For information
Imagina
Tel. + 39 02 29403573 – Email: info@studio-imagina.it
Umberta Croce: + 39 335 8021171 – Barbara Sanicola: +39 333 3905243