A-Cat Euro 2012

Robert Vuilleumier has produced a fantastic video of the European Championship, packed with good action !

Europeo Classe A 2012 - Circolo Vela Arco from Roberto Vuilleumier on Vimeo

I asked the best sailors of the Euro to talk about their life as sailors, here is Landy's answer:

Starting sailing when I was 6 in a sabot, by the age of 12 I was racing the adults in my fathers NS14. When I was 18 my father and I built my first Moth. The first worlds was a disaster but the the next one I won. After that my focus moved to Olympic classes...

The A-Cat Euro 2012 is over, it is now time to look back.

First, let's talk about the location: Lake Garda, Arco and CVA proved to be an excellent place to organize the Euro. The wind conditions were excellent, hence the planned program could almost be followed to the letter. With winds in the 10-22 knots range and waves, Lake Garda is certainly...

The last race was run today, with winds in the 18-20 knots range. The overall winner is Andrew "Landy" Landenberger (AUS 308). Chris Field (GBR 7) at rank 2 is the European Champion. Brad Collet (AUS 10) gets the 3rd rank on the podium.

Andrew "Landy" Landenberger (AUS 308) secures his European Championship title already one race before the end!

Landy pictured by Roberto Vuilleumier.

Two races were scheduled for today. Landy has got the 4th rank twice, giving him an advantage of 7 points over his first follower Chris Field, which lost chance of winning the title during race 7 where he ended at rank 17.

Three nice races were run today, with wind between 10 and 15 knots. The favorites are already strongly established at the top of the ranking list. Andrew "Landy" Landenberger (AUS 308), Chris Field (GBR 7), Brad Collett (AUS 10) and Manuel Calavia (ESP 11) still have chances to win the title, all others having already collected too many points to keep a chance.

Only one race has been run on Monday, seing Andrew Landenberger (AUS 308) consolidates his position at the top with a new bullet. Donald Beike (GER 12) get the second position today, followed by Manuel Calavia (ESP 11) at rank 3, Mike Drummond (NZL 945) on 4th place and Chris Field (GBR 7) on 5th rank. No info yet why Eugenio Calabria has DNF today.

Full results.

After two races, Andrew Landenberger is leading the regatta with 4 points, followed by Chris Field and Eugenio Calabria.

It was apparently a hard race, with a few surprising DNF, eg Sjoerd Hoekstra and Paolo Penco who had 9th and 11th rank in the second race but DNF on the first.

Beside the official news on this front page, the "Sailor Speak" page will collect impressions, remarks, feedback and interviews of sailors. Stay tuned and visit the "Sailor Speak" page to read the latest gossip!

Dear competitors,

all countries have announced their selection of competitors comming to the Euro. Some countries are not using their contingent to its full extend, so we have 6 remaining slots to allocate. If you have interested sailors, please contact contingent@acateuro2012.ch as soon as possible.

Best regards, Charles