We arrived onsite at about 5pm, our boats are already on slots 54 and 55. CVA is really well organized, everyone has his numbered parking place, delimited by ropes.
Lots of champions are already onsite, some (like Landy) since 2 weeks. Should probably tell enough about their motivation ! Hervé's remark was immediate : "it will be hard to be in the first 10 during a single race...". Arno Terra (NED 27) had apparently broken his mast. However, it seems lots of spare masts are available, as people have been careful to plan for spare hardware.
Luc du Bois, twice winner of the America's Cup on Alinghi and now member of Team New Zealand for the next cup wasn't able to come to Garda for the Euro. Luc and his team will water their new boat in Oakland (NZL) soon.