Trofeo Mignani – Regata Nazionale Riccione

Riccione, May 26-27, 2012. The Club Nautico Riccione hosted the second Regata Nazionale of the season, as part of the selection of the Italian Teams for the next Europeans.

The Regata Nazionale also assigned the Manlio Mignani Trophy, to honor a race officer, great Snipe sailor, and promoter of sailing on the coast of Romagna.

Going to Riccione, a popular and fashionable resort, is always a great pleasure. Paolo Fuzzi and Giuseppe Dimilta welcome us with a extraordinary cordiality and affability, as do all the staff at the Club Nautico Riccione. Also the drinks and appetizers and dinner on Saturday night, in a pure spirit of Romagna, are always fun, including jokes and teasing.

Twenty-nine teams teams were on the starting line, representing more or less all the areas where the Snipe Class is popular in Italy, but mostly boats of Fleet Romagna.

The races, always hard fought and with constant exchanges of position, were held mainly with wind from the north, light and unstable, while the race course was crossed by strong current.

On Saturday the first two races were won by Giampiero Poggi and Eugenia Vanni, and the third by Antonio Bari and his son Alessandro.

On Sunday both of the two races were won by Pietro Fantoni and Marinella Gorgatto.

The competition was very tough for the top positions. Poggi & Vanni and Michel & Longhi concluded tied with the same points. The tie break was resolved in favor of the team from Rome for the greatest number of firsts, although the team from Trieste was very consistent, getting three second places and a third. Fantoni & Gorgatto, who discarded a fourth, were third with only one point more than the first two teams.

Other teams have shown excellent spurts. Antonio and Alessandro Bari, in addition to winning a race, finished second in another one.The teams of Paolo Lambertenghi & Silvia Pederiva, Andrea Zaoli & Davide Ortelli, and Dario Bruni & Carlo Collotta all sailed well.

Good work by the Race Committee, which handled the capricious winds well. The last race on Saturday was short, but there was concern that the wind would die. Marzia Mignani was present at the prize giving to give the trophy named after her father Manlio to the winners.

Following piadine and cassoni for everyone, as usual in Romagna!

1. ITA29685 – Giampiero Poggi & Eugenia Vanni, 1-1-(9)-3-4, tot. 9

2. ITA 30774 – Enrico Michel & Stefano Longhi, (6)-2-2-2-3, tot. 9

3. USA 30288 – Pietro Fantoni & Marinella Gorgatto, (4)-4-4-1-1, tot. 10

4. ITA 29894 – Antonio Bari & Alessandro Bari, 2-6-1-(10)-8, tot. 17

5. ITA 30009 – Paolo Lambertenghi & Silvia Pederiva, 7-3-(13)-7-2, tot. 19

6. ITA 30706 – Dario Bruni & Carlo Collotta, (13)-10-3-4-6, tot. 23

7. ITA 1 – Andrea Zaoli & Davide Ortelli, 3-5-(12)-6-10, tot. 24

8. ITA 29722 – Marco Pantano & Francesco Fontana, (17)-7-65-13, tot. 31

9. ITA 30701 – Andrea Vacchino & Matteo Buffa, 5-9-7-14(16), tot. 35

10. ITA 29863 – Chiara Magliocchetti & Erica Ferraris, 12-11-(14)-8-5, tot. 36

11. Francesco Rossi & Giancarlo Filippini; 12. Andrea Piazza & Marco Piazza; 13. Silvano Zuanelli & Flavio Rossi; 14. Andrea Milla & Simone Fraticelli; 15. Filippo Perdisa & Aimone Fabbri; 16. Giuseppe Prosperi & Claudio Castiglioni; 17. Pierpaolo Fuzzi & Davide Fuzzi; 18. Matteo Gallinucci & Gianluca Filipucci; 19. Alberto Perdisa & Marco Rinaldi; 20. Claudio Guadagni & Alessandro Amato; 21. Alberto Schiaffino & Massimo Collotta; 22. Alberto De Paoli & Anna Mosca; 23. Carlo Prati & Stefano Selleri; 24. Andrea Pesci & Lorenzo Baldi; 25. Gian Marco Pepe & Francesco Pepe; 26. Giulio Giovanella & Francesca Di Gangi; 27. Giuseppe D’Orazio & Ermanno Ruzzi; 28. Matteo Battarra & Federica Biondi; 29. Gianfranco Piselli & Giuseppe Borghese

… full results and Italian Ranking List …

Final Results
Sail Numbers & Teams
Italian Ranking List