Porto Cervo, Italy. 5 June 2016. With eight races held over three days, the third leg of the Alcatel J\/70 Cup, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, concluded today with the victory of Franco Solerio\u2019s L\u2019elegain. The reigning Italian Champion clinched the top spot with just 2 points to spare over Alberto Rossi\u2019s Enfant Terrible in second place. Pensavo Peggio BH, owned by Filippo Pacinotti and Giuseppe Zavanone, made a strong comeback to take third place.
\nThe final race day was characterised by light and shifty Sirocco breezes, however the YCCS Race Committee, led by PRO Peter \u201cLuigi\u201d Reggio, managed to fit in two windward-leewards. With four teams closely ranked heading into the last day of competition, the battle raged on right down to the final metres of Race Eight where a bullet assured first place overall for Solerio, who also maintains the lead in the overall circuit classification. Alberto Rossi\u2019s Enfant Terrible was forced to settle for second place after three days of heated duels for the title, while a 3-6 scoreline for Pensavo Peggio brought them up to third place today.
\nThe only female helm in the Italian class, Claudia Rossi with her Petite Terrible\u2013Adria Ferries, finished in fourth place overall. Fifth place went to Magie Das Sailing Team owned by Alessandro Zampori, the highest-ranked among the Corinthian competitors.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have hosted such an exciting event the first time the Italian J\/70 has visited our waters. The teams were\u00a0 very competitive and it was great to see several ladies sailing. We look forward to seeing many of you at the J\/70 Worlds here in Porto Cervo in September 2017\u201d commented YCCS Commodore Riccardo Bonadeo during the prize giving at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
\nThe Italian J\/70 circuit continues with two legs on Lake Garda: Malcesine (23-24 July), Riva del Garda (9-11 September).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Porto Cervo, Italy. 5 June 2016. With eight races held over three days, the third leg of the Alcatel J\/70 Cup, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, concluded today with the victory of Franco Solerio\u2019s L\u2019elegain. The reigning Italian Champion clinched the top spot with just 2 points to spare over Alberto Rossi\u2019s Enfant Terrible in second place. Pensavo<\/p>\n