Sailing World on Water Oct 28.22 A Cup Cyclors, TP52 SSeries, LVPP Day 1, Eurocup, IMOCA, ETNZ AC40

Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days.
The 43rd edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race started last weekend.
Across seven starts, and to the sound of the Saluting Battery’s firing cannons, an international fleet of 118 yachts commenced one of the world’s most revered offshore races, from the Grand Harbour, Valletta.
We have the Rolex start video, and from the water Giovanni Soldini reports from his Mod 70 foiling trimaran.

This is your weekly global sailing highlights show, the World on Water, for October 28, 2022.

After a quite magnificent launch party, the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team got down to business today with the first tow test runs of their stunning LEQ 12 – the testing platform for the syndicate’s one-build AC75.
And are cyclors back? American Magic was seen testing with cyclors in Pensacola.

The essential IMOCA primer for the upcoming edition of The Ocean Race, which starts on January 15, 2023.
For the first time we compare 5 cutting-edge foiling IMOCA boats in The Ocean Race Imoca fleet.
Design, performance, comfort and foils – Nothing escapes Niall’s expert eye.

See the full video at The Ocean Race dot Com or You Tube dot com forward slash e forward slash the ocean race forward slash videos.

Italians Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi win the 29er Eurocup in Riva del Garda ahead of the Irish Van Steenberge and the French Goron-Clochard
Italian podium also in the under 17 and female category, with the silver medal of Mosè Bellomi-Berti and Malika Bellomi-Conti
Next week with the Halloween Cup Optimist the 2022 sailing season on Garda Trentino ends
Riva del Garda (TN) – Perfect conclusion for the final of the 29er Eurocup, the last regatta of the season of the Fraglia Vela Riva and penultimate on the Alto Garda, which with three races held on the last day with north wind and the deserved victory of the home crew, former world class vice-champion, Demurtas-Santi, put the icing on the cake in an event that, started with uncertain weather and little wind, then recovered in the last two days in which sun, wind and regattas fought they marked the hours in the water. The event, closed with 6 qualifying races and 7 finals thanks also to the FIV Race Committee always ready in the windy hours, also represented the final stage of the “Eurocup” circuit of this youth class, which is growing year by year . In Riva del Garda this edition recorded the record of entries with the beautiful number of 150 crews from 19 nations, who colored the waters of Garda Trentino with the wind-swollen gennakers. Satisfaction for the organizing club Fraglia Vela Riva, which managed to place its top crew on the top step of the podium, after an initial fight with the French, who succumbed at the end. Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi have certainly exploited their knowledge of the place, but they have been able to control their opponents well, extending on the last day of racing, after the absolute parity on Tuesday. The Irishmen Clementine and Nathan Van Steenberge, protagonists of a great recovery, second overall and first among the mixed crews, got ahead of their rivals with a 1-3-11, finishing 13 points ahead of the second. Bad day for the Frenchmen Goron-Clochard and Revil Devaux, who did not interpret today’s race course, which required great attention with less wind. For them the worst races of the whole event, which made them slip to third and fourth place respectively. Goron-Clochard, however, confirmed themselves first in the under 17 category, ahead of the Italians (Circolo Vela Arco) Bellomi-Berti, fifth overall. Third crew under 17 the Poles Sobzak-Krolik. Italy also present in the women’s podium: between the two Swedish crews placed in first and third place with Tea Zeeberg-Cornelia Widestam and Ebba and Ellen Fredriksson, Malika Bellomi and Beatrice Conti (Circolo Vela Arco) confirmed themselves in second place.
The sailing season on Garda Trentino will end next week with the last regatta organized by the Circolo Vela Torbole, which includes a very large participation in the Halloween Cup, an Optimist regatta that this year marks another record of participants.

The relentless commissioning process of the world’s first AC40 continues down in Auckland with the auto-pilot system being put through its paces in ever more extreme conditions and scenarios.

Barcelona will see 10 TP52s battling it our for the final regatta title of the 2022 season at the 52 SUPER SERIES Barcelona Sailing Week as the world’s leading grand prix monohull circuit celebrates 10 years since the first regatta in. . . . . Barcelona. Quantum Racing are looking to clinch the 2022 title but have only five points in hand over the talented South African team on Phoenix.