End of a hotly contested season

J/70 Cup 2023 – Lerici  – 20-22 October

Sunday 22^nd October 2023. The final stage of the Italian J/70 Championship was held in Lerici, Liguria, with five races completed by a thirty-strong fleet. Before the last start of the season, the Italian Championship was more open than ever and only determined on the last race. After a close race of complicated tactical choices down to the last gybe, Sofia Giondi on Wanderlust emerged the winner just ahead of Yacht Club de Monaco’s Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio (G-Spot) who finished 2^nd while Matteo Scandolera (Irruenza) came 16^th. The race for the Alphazer Trophy Energystart was won by Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio (G-Spot) who also came 4^th in the Garmin Cup ahead of Matteo Scandolera (Irruenza) 25^th, who also came 8^th in the Corinthian category.

At the end of four regattas totalling 27 races this year, the 2023 season ended on a high for the 76 teams in competition including those from Yacht Club de Monaco. Stefano Roberti (Piccinina) came 15^th just ahead of Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio (G-Spot) 16^th and Cesare Gabasio (Tinn J70) 21^st. The 2022 World Vice-Champion Pierrik Devic and his crew on Leonteq were 36^th with Louis Poons (Charisma V) and Matteo Scandolera (Irruenza) ranked 48^th  and 58^th respectively. A short break now for the Monegasques before Act 1 on 9^th November of the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series, a series of monthly regattas launched in 2013 so that international teams can compete throughout the winter.