Italy: Trofeo Accademia Navale for Mirco Mazzini
PRESS RELASE sent by Pier Faccin / Italian Assoc .
Livorno, May 3rd, 2015 - Mirco Mazzini wins the 32nd edition of the Trofeo Accademia Navale e città di Livorno in the A Class Catamarans.
Jacek Noetzel racing the new Exploder A15 at Sopot
Sopot Catamaran Regatta Cup 2015 , Jacek scored: OCS , 1, 1 , 2, and took overall 2nd place. Sailing on new developmentes & changes for the A15 version, testing several new settings and quite happy with speed. Jacek is part of the Polish Gul Team & UKS NAVIGO Sopot.
DNA preparing season deliveries
Good to see an A-Class Factory with boats being prepared for delivery. I know also of high loads delivery work at Exploder and Scheurer. Builders occupied in deliveries is great sign for the Class.
All looking forward to Punta Ala Worlds in September 5-12 , official event website at http://www.aclassworlds2015.it/
Pics left from DNAs at Holland Composites.
Check also traveller deck level modification on the yellow one.
New Spreader rake adjustment by Saarberg
New Spreader rake adjustment system developed by Piet Saarberg:
"We have developed a set for adjusting the spreader rake from the bottom of the mast while sailing.
It is a very neat system with a fail-safe position in case the system gets damaged and the control is lost.
Dutch Assoc @Muiderzand , by Jasper van Staveren
All images courtesy of Jasper van Staveren, www.jaspervanstaveren.com , from Dutch Assoc first 2015 season event held at Muiderzand.
As reported only one day of racing, results at http://roerkoning.nl/2015/ke_april15.htm
Elissa Speed Week 2015, Report by Bruce Mahoney & Bailey White
Elissa Speed Line Regatta Report – Houston Yacht Club, Galveston, Texas
By Bruce Mahoney and Bailey White
On April 10-12, the Houston Yacht Club did a fantastic job hosting a new "Speed" division in its 29th Annual Elissa Regatta. The idea, created by A-Class sailors at the club, was to bring together anything that's small and fast so we could share our latest developments, and to race with no ratings on different types of courses. Classes included the A Cats, Foiling Kiteboards, Windsurfers and a Flying Phantom that just arrived the day of the event.
Netherlands: 1st season event at Muiderzand by Olaf Kleijweg
Image sent by Kees Krijger taken by Olaf Kleijweg. Full gallery at Dutch Association FB https://www.facebook.com/dutchaclass/posts/1637866219776335
Results at http://roerkoning.nl/2015/ke_april15.htm
Queensland State Titles 2015 for Brad Collet
Report sent by John Dowling -
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"The last of the Championship Regattas for the Australian season was the Queensland Championship held over the Easter weekend. The venue was Hervey Bay Sailing Club which has hosted previous Australian Titles and is the proposed venue for the 2018 Worlds.
Vele di Pasqua 2015: Stefano Casadei Champ
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Cesenatico, April 6th, 2015
Cesenatico - Italy: Stefano Casadei wins the 41st edition of Vele di Pasqua in A Class category and the Città di Cesenatico Trophy.
The 41st edition of Vele di Pasqua didn’t turn as well as expected. In these days, in fact, the horrible weather conditions made it impossible to sail. Two races took place only Saturday, even though the sky was completely cloudy and partly it rained.
Italy: Guido Pirrini Passed Away
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Cesenatico , March 28th, 2015
Italian Assoc reports that Guido Pirrini has passed away.
It is with great sadness that A Cat Italia reports that Guido Pirrini has passed away on last Saturday after a short illness: nor his physical strength nor his great courage have been effective against this fate.