The first of the three days of regattas of the 36th “started today with the sunMarco Rizzotti Trophy – International Optimist Class Team Race Venice”organized by the Compagnia della Vela and the Diporto Velico Veneziano.
An international invitational regatta, aimed at teams for the Optimist class, which will be held from today until Sunday outside the harbor entrance of the Lido of Venice.
It is one of the most prestigious team regattas in the world reserved for young people aged 10 to 15, which this year sees 18 teams competing to win the trophy won last year by the USA with Team Happy.
A 90 ina the boys who met this morning at the opening briefing at the “Ottavio Ghetti” Competitive Sports Center of the Compagnia della Vela in Punta Sabbioni in the municipality of Cavallino Treporti, the nautical base and secretariat of the event.
The 18 registered crews, representing 12 countries on three continents, after diving into the water on the lagoon side, they went to the regatta field located along the Cavallino coast.
60 matches were played on the day, with an average wind of between 6/7 knots which allowed the races to take place regularly. Each team is made up of 5 sailors, of which 4 are competing and one reserve.
The Rizzotti Trophy applies the Italian-style group formula, or Round Robin, where each team faces all the others. This allows the young athletes to be at sea and compete with each other until the end of the regattas.
5 teams dominated the first day, starting from last year’s winner Team Happy – USA, together with those from Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden and for Italy the Bardolino Nautical Centre.
The other two days of regatta will take place on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th May, concluding with the awards ceremony at the Camping Village Marina in Venice.
