March 27, 2013
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Beautiful Swiss Backdrop Makes Up For Dodgy Weather
The third Europa Cup of the season finished on Sunday 24 March in thick fog on Lake Lugano, Switzerland.
The third Europa Cup of the season finished on Sunday 24 March in thick fog on Lake Lugano, Switzerland.
In a beautiful setting and light winds, Laser sailors from 13 nations competed in the Swiss leg of the 2013 Laser Europa Cup and Euromasters Series.
A total of five races were sailed with one discard. In the 4.7 fleet Tim Leuenberg (GER), on 16 points won, followed by Paolo Mavricic (CRO) on 23 points and Alexander Ebert (GER) on 26 points in third place. The first girl in the 4.7 fleet was Francesca Bergamo (ITA) who finished with 26 points in fourth place.
Laura Cosentino (ITA) reigned in the Laser Radial fleet ahead of Maximilian Kuester (ITA) and Jon Emmet (GBR).
The podium for the Standard rig consisted of Chris Russel (IRL) who with 8 points was the overall winner, Cyrill Knecht (SUI), on 10 points, came in second and third place went to Dominykas Kneizys (LTU).
In the Standard rig for the Masterseries, Martin Klawon (GER) won with Mauro Lentini (SUI) and Enrico Negri (ITA) completing the podium.
The Euromaster Radial title went to Jon Emmet (GBR) followed by Mauro Lentini (SUI) and Enrico Negri (ITA).