Cervia J/24 Winter Series- JOANNA Wins Act I

(Cervia, Italy)- With the last three races held last Sunday off the Milano Marittima beach, the first round was completed for the 2022-2023 J/24 Winter Championship in Cervia, Italy. Hosted and organized by the Nautical Club Amici Della Vela of Cervia, the fifteen teams that are entered will sail the series that runs from 23 October 2022 to 13 March 2023.

With three victories on the day, it was ITA 271 JOANNA, owned by Fabrizio Dallacasa and skippered by Andrea Collina, that compiled an impressive record of 7-1-1-1-2-4 to win the first heat with just 9 pts net.

However, not giving them an inch during this first act was ITA 499 CAPTAIN NEMO, owned and skippered by Guido Guadagni. They also had two victories in their scoreline of 1-9-2-3-1-3 for 10 pts net.

Third place went to ITA 505 JORE, owned by the brothers Alessandro and Alberto Errani and skippered by Marco Pantano. They had a reasonably consistent tally in this tough fleet, with scores of 4-4-4-6-3-1 for 16 pts net.

Rounding out the top five was Giuseppe Monari’s ITA 373 ARCHE (Massimo Magnani skippering) in fourth place and Mauro Martelli’s ITA 382 VENTO BLU in fifth place.

After the break for the Christmas holidays, the Championship will resume with the second Act which includes three weeks of sailing: February 12 and 26th and March 12th. For more Italian J/24 Class sailing information