Online the new site dedicated to the event, all useful news.
Riva del Garda. Works are going on to organize the
J24 World Championship 2018 which will take place in the waters of Garda Lake
from 24th to 31st August, in the same race course that from 30th May to 3rd
June will also host the 38th Open J24 National Championship, an excellent
opportunity to test the race course and the organization.
Exactly ten years after Cannigione, therefore, the prestigious event
returns to Italy: a great satisfaction for the Italian Class and for all the
J24 crews, which rewards the work and the efforts of these years.
Ten races are scheduled during which many talented crews will take
part, not only attracted by the
extraordinary race field, dominated by constant and sustained winds called “
Peler” and “ Ora”, but also by the splendid scenery of Riva del Garda – which
is located in the northern part of Garda Lake, the so-called Garda Trentino, in
a narrow gorge near the Dolomites- and the renowned organizational skills of
the Fraglia Vela Riva, one of the most prestigious sailing clubs in Italy.
The J24 is one of the most loved and popular Monotype Classes in the
world with 50,000 sailors and over 5,000 boats in almost 40 countries, with a
dynamic competitive activity both at Italian and International level.
"After the last November tour
of the Club, the members of the World Council Meeting recognized the
suitability of the structures and appreciated the professional competence of
the Fraglia Vela Riva.- so explained the President of the Italian Class
J24, Pietro Diamanti –Moreover it was
decided that at the J24 World Championship 2018 the participation will be
limited to 80 boats.
In the period between
the National Open Championship and the J24 World Championship 2018 the boats on
the carts can be left at the Circolo Vela Arco (info@circolovelaarco.com) in a
fenced yard. For more information, contact Matteo (+39 0464 505086) for a total
cost of € 150.00.
"
For better following
the J24 World Championship 2018, for downloading the race announcement and
useful information it was created a site
entirely dedicated to the World (www.j24worlds2018.it) and a Facebook page
(J/24 World Championship 2018), which will be joined by the sites of the
Fraglia della Vela Riva (www.fragliavelariva.it) and the Italian J24
(www.j24.it).
The Italian Fleet, as
host nation, has the right to have, besides the 24 pre-selected boats, other
boats for the 2017 Italian champion, for a female crew and for an Under 25, and
two boats choosed by the Italian Class. The Italian crews selected up to
ow are the Marina Militare with Bonanno Ignazio as national champion 2017, the
shipowners Pietro Diamanti, Massimo Frigerio, Marco Stefanoni with the helmsman
Francesco Bertone, Fabio De Rossi, Massimo Mariotti with Francesco Cruciani,
Eugenia De Giacomo, Ruggero Spreafico, Roberta Banfo with Luca Macchiarini,
Fabio Apollonio, Gianni Riccobono, Paolo Rinaldi, Vincenzo Mercuri with Angelo
Crepoli, the CV Arzachena with Aurelio Bini, Mariolino Di Fraia, LN Olbia with
Marco Frulio, Mauro Benfatto with Fabio Mazzoni, Roberto Dessy with Davide
Schintu, Francesca Focardi with Dario Luciani, Luca Gaglione, Massimo Ruggiero
with Giuseppe Miglietta, Francesco Mastropierro with Tony Mancina and Sandro
Negro. To complete the Italian J24 Class Fleet will be
the Andrea Fronti women's team and Matteo Bertolotti's Under 25 team. The
Council of the Class has also decided to
assign one of the two wild cards to Giuliano Catarozzi, while the second one
will be made available to the host club for one of its members. The other two
places, still to be assigned, will be awarded according to the ranking of the
first stage of the 2018 National Circuit, namely the Gulf Anzio and Neptune
Trophy.
After the Winter Championships
which have hardly engaged our Fleets in numerous racing fields, it is
restarting the 2018 National Circuit. It is divided into eight rounds from
April to early December, and will assign as usual the J24 Trophy to the best
Skippert/Shipowner and the Perpetual
Challenge Trophy Francesco Ciccolo. Also this year will be the waters in front
of Anzio-Nettuno to host the opening stage, the Anzio and Nettuno Trophy, which
will be organized from 6th to 8th April by the Yacht Club Nettuno. After the
opening round has been archived, the National Circuit will continue with the
National Regatta organized from April 30th to May 1st by the Italian Navy
League section. of Livorno within the
"International Sailing Academy and City of Livorno 2018 Sailing
Week". Soon after, the attention of all Italian and foreign crews will
certainly be turned to one of the most anticipated events of the season: the
National Open Championship. The fourth stage of the National Circuit J24 is a
pleasant reconfirmation: on September 29th and 30th, again on Garda Lake, the traditional Italian Cup will
be held by the Circolo Nautico Brenzone. We will continue with the National
Regatta at the Amici della Vela Sailing Club in the waters of Cervia on October
13th and 14th. For the sixth run, however, the J24 fleet will move to Marina di
Carrara where, on 27th and 28th October, the local Club Nautico Marina di
Carrara will organize the National Regatta. Also the seventh stage is a
novelty: the trip to the beautiful Golfo Aranci where on 10th and 11th November, the Olbia Section of the
Italian Navy League will host the National Regatta. The 2018 Circuit will end
with the Pugliese reconfirmation of the National Regatta in the welcoming
harbor of Mar Grande proposed on December 1st and 2nd by the Sailing Club
Ondabuena Academy of Taranto.
"The J24 Class represents a
piece of the Sail History and proves to be always very lively and widespread
throughout the world - commented the President of Fraglia Vela Riva,
Giancarlo Mirandola - after hosting the
National Championships in Riva del Garda in 1999 and in 2009 it is really an
honor to be able to organize the World Cup and the National Championship in the
same year. "
Official technical sponsor of the J24 World Championship 2018, will be
Alce Nero, the brand of over one thousand farmers and organic beekeepers active
since the 70s in Italy and worldwide. They will provide all the teams with
special food boxes for the whole period of the event. Over 300 references by
Alce Nero are available in 30 Countries (Europe, Asia, America) and online at:
www.alcenero.com
Ufficio stampa Associazione Italiana di Classe J24
Paola Zanoni 335/5212943- paolazanoni@icloud.co
