Rerun of 2003?

Another light day for the International Catamaran Challenge Trophy challenger and defender elimination series in Italy

The second day of the challenger and defender series prior to the International Catamaran Challenge trophy were again plagued with light winds. The large high pressure area covering most of Europe is preventing the thermal wind to blow with its usual force.

In the circumstances the Jury made a great job succeeding in completing all the scheduled program.

At the end of day two is is likely that the final will be a repetition of 2003 match between Daniele Saragoni/Teo Di Battista and John Lovell/Charlie Ogletree. Both teams won all their flights, establishing leads which seem difficult to challenge.

One full round round robin plus three flights has been sailed in the Challenger Series while two full round robins has been sailed in the Defender Series.

Elimination series results as of May 27, 2005



Challenge Series:
Skipper Crew Club Country Score
Daniele Saragoni Teo Batiste Club Circolo Vela Cesenatico Italy 6-0
Gianluca Mughetti Gianluca Casadei Club Circolo Vela Cesenatico Italy 4-3
Pierpaolo Gori Luca Filipppi Club Nautico Rimini Italy 4-3
Matteo Monti Frederico Raffaelli Club Circolo Vela Cesenatico Italy 3-4
Marco Morelli Andreas Brolli Adriatico Wind Club Italy 3-4
Mirco Giannini Jacqueline Cooper Club Circolo Vela Cesenatico Italy 1-7

Defeneder series (USA)
Skipper Crew Club Country Score
John Lovell Charlie Ogletree Southern Yacht Club USA 4-0
Mark Murray Alejo Efre-Perez Sea Cliff Yacht Club USA 2-2
Mark Batchelor Ron Batchelor Catamaran Racing Association of Michigan USA 0-4