Light zephyr wafts Alfa Romeo to first

After day one of the Ermenegildo Zegna Trophy in Portofino

A light wind, very nearly dead calm for the first day of the Ermenegildo Zegna Trophy in Portofino.

After waiting a long time for better weather, the Committee decided to get the regatta underway at about 3.30 p.m. and then opted to shorten the course.

First past the post was Alfa Romeo, Neville Crichton’s 27-metre Sydney-Hobart winner, ahead of Idea of Raffaele Raiola from Naples with his brilliant crew including the outstanding Lorenzo Bressani and Tommaso Chieffi, and Domenico Cilenti’s Magic Jena with Mitja Kosmina from Slovenia at the helm.

The yachts came in one after the other very slowly until early evening which delayed the compilation of the adjusted time placings. Tomorrow heralds the second day of regattas, and more light winds are forecast.

POS	YACHT	OWNER	Pts
	IMS
1	SHOCKWAVE	NEVILLE CRICHTON	1
2	BUMBLE BEE 5	JOHN KAHLBETZER	2
3	IDEA	RAIOLA RAFFAELE	3
4	MY SONG	LORO PIANA PIERLUIGI	4
5	ENIGMA of LONDON	ENIGMA RACING Ltd,	5
6	MAGIC JENA	METEOR KOPER	6
7	EDIMETRA VI	GISMONDI ERNESTO C/O CEMATE	7
8	KORA	SCERNI ENRICO	8
9	821 P&B	DI TERLIZZI MASSIMO c/o TRAMITEVELA	9
10	GOOD JOB GUYS	ZORZAN BRUNO	10
11	WHITEFIN	CANESSA ALFREDO	11
12	MORGANA	DE SANTIS FRANCESCO	18
13	FARNIENTE	FIGUEREDO ANTONIO c/o PEGASO SRL	18
14	HELISARA	SALVI MARCO c/o BLU LAGOON Ltd	18
15	ALULA	VISCONTI Diego	18
16	RAINBOW	ROCCA GIAN FELICE	18
	Wally
1	MAGIC CARPET 2	LINDSAY OWEN JONES	1
2	WALLI¥O	LUCA BASSANI ANTIVARI	2
3	NARIIDA	BERGESEN	3
4	KAURIS III	TRONCHETTI PROVERA MARCO	4
5	TUAMATA	LUTI CLAUDIO	5
6	GENIE OF THE LAMP	GIANLUCA VACCHI	8
7	CARRERA	BABALOO SHIPPING	8