This past week, the YC Costa Smeralda in Porto Cervo, Sardinia, hosted the third leg of the AUDI Italian Sailing League. The Italians sailing clubs all participated on YCCS’s matched fleet of one-design J/70s. After three beautiful days of racing, the Club Vela Portocivitanova won the Audi Italian Sailing League, the second Act of the Lega Italiana Vela series in Porto Cervo. During the last day of races, the team of Club Vela Portocivitanova that consisted of Alessandro Battistelli, Alessio Marinelli, Gabriele Giardini and Sandro Iesari reconfirmed its high level of performance. Thanks to perfect teamwork and tactics, the team closed the qualification series with seven firsts, four seconds and three thirds for a 62 point total. Second place in the final ranking was the Marina Militare team. An excellent performance on the last day of racing (winning two of the four races sailed) saw the Yacht Club Adriaco team climb into third place, just one point back from second. A second to last place in the 24th race set back the Aeronautica Militare team, dropping them into fourth position. Holding onto fifth place was Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoia Napoli. The President of the Lega Italiana Vela, Roberto Emanuele de Felice, underlines the great result achieved by the teams, saying, “Once again, we witnessed an important evolution in the Lega Vela regattas: the most coordinated, most close-knit team wins. Experience, coordination and passion are the main ingredients in order to make the difference in the Lega Italiana Vela, and the Club Vela Portocivitanova gave a great lesson to everybody by performing at such a high level.” The Commodore of YC Costa Smeralda, Riccardo Bonadeo declared, “During the three days of this event organized together with Lega Italiana Vela, we had very fast and highly technical races. In particular, we are very proud of organizing sailing events that promote sailing at a club level by spreading out the culture of this sport together with its unique values: commitment, teamwork and sportsmanship. Beside the teams, I thank our sponsor AUDI. They have supported our sailing activities for years, and they provided us a wonderful party.” For more Lega Italiana Vela sailing information, click here.

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