Second day of racing for the 36th Trophy organized by the Compagnia della Vela and the Diporto Velico Veneziano
Second day of racing for the 36th “Marco Rizzotti Trophy – International Optimist Class Team Race Venice”organized by the Compagnia della Vela and the Diporto Velico Veneziano.
About 90 the kids left from 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 morning started with little wind, but then it increased during the day allowing 37 matches to take place, which added to yesterday’s saw the boys involved in almost 100 matches in two days.
Team Sweden tops the partial ranking, followed by Slovenia and in third place are the 2023 champions, Team Happy from the USA, to whom we asked for a quick comment at the end of the race: “I still don’t know how we are positioned – he commented one of the American guys – but I think good. They spent a lot to bring us here, so let’s hope we come back with the trophy!”
Games still open, last day of regattas tomorrow and at 7pm the awards ceremony at the Camping Village Marina in Venice.
The results can be consulted in real time on the official website Live Results – 36th Marco Rizzotti Trophy (rizzottisail.it)
THE RIZZOTTI TROPHY
An international invitational regatta, aimed at teams for the Optimist class, which takes place 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.
18 crews registered, representing 12 countries on three continents.
PARTICIPANTS
18 teams, 15 of which are international, 72 boats competing, 18 dinghies with coaches, 6 dinghies with 2 referees each to follow every single match of the 153 scheduled, with departures approximately every 3 minutes.
1 CRYC CORAL REEF YC -USA
2 FENERBACHE SK ISTANBUL – TURKEY
3 KBYC KEY BISCAYNE – USA
4 TEAM HAPPY – USA
5 FRANCE – National Team
6 THAILAND – National Team
7 CLUB NAUTIC CAMBRILS – SPAIN
8 SWISS GYC – SWITZERLAND
9 RYC MONACO – MONACO
10 SLOVENIA – National Team
11 CROATIA – National Team
12 STSM TRIESTE – ITALY
13 BARDOLINO NAUTICAL CENTER – ITALY
14 XII VENETO AREA – ITALY
15 PUERTO RICO – National Team
The referee team is made up of 12 referees (Umpires) of the highest technical profile, of which the Turkish Coskuner Genc Pinar is president of the Jury, as are the eight members of the Race Committee. The results and rankings are visible in real time on our Live Results – 36th Marco Rizzotti Trophy website (rizzottisail.it) and on the Rizzotti Trophy social media.
PRIZES
The prizes up for grabs are the “Marco Rizzotti” Challenge Trophy for the overall first place, which the USA Team Happy team, winner of 2023, will bring back to Venice with the intention of defending it.
The two “Fair Play” plates of the Panathlon Club of Venice in memory of Gianpaolo Righetti will reward the two teams that performed best on the regatta field and on land and the Giorgio Lauro Memorial Cup which will go to the youngest sailor of the regatta. While three glass cups will be awarded to the first three classified crews.
