(Tigullio, Italy)- The fourteenth of November. 1400 hours. On a lake in Italy. Mediterranean climate. Warm. Sunny. Gentle warm breeze. Anything wrong with this picture? Not if you live in Italy. Or, you live someplace else driving a desk and wish you could be there!
The beginning of the Winter Championships in Tigullio started this past weekend in Italy. For those of you so inclined, they still have room on some of their boats for refugees from America and northern Europe to join them for the next few weekends! They promise an enormous amount of generous, warm-hearted, real-Italian hospitality, fabulous food, extraordinary wines, delectable truffles, deliciously yummy breads and tasty cheeses and a lot of love to spread around to any fun-loving J/80 sailors!
The PRO managed to run two splendid races on the first day. Only a mild "scirocco" with 10-12 knots, warm, mild, dry air gracing one's skin, beautifully replenishing the strains of a weeks worth of abuse driving a desk at the office. As our Italian friends say, the Tigullio is no longer the "Gulf of Nesci" and continues to give an "elixir" for anyone taking days of sailing and racing for the benefit of their well-being. Out on the water it just so happens that JENIALE crushed the faithful with MONTPRES in second and OLD SPIRIT third. In the second race, JENIALE walked away again (next time feed them more red wine at dinner!), second was J'BES and third OLD SPIRIT. While these are just the first rounds of sailing, the next are on November 28. Still time to book Alitalia or British Airways and join them! Sailing Photos by F. Prandini. For more J/80 Italian Winter Series sailing information.
