fivepointfive - April 2023

NATIONAL REPORT - ITALY
Welcome return
to competition
The first thing to remember from the 2022 season
was the pleasure of meeting old friends again
and to feel the noise of the wind in the sails, the
wave on the bow and the emotion of racing.
Here we are again and with a few new
boats participating in the class, like Volpina III (Carcano
design, skipper Lamberto Cesari) and Twins X (design Henri
Copponex and skipper Giovanni Barone) we also have
again the boat of the Marina Militare Italliana, Grifone (Einar
Ohlson design) and for next season Posillipo (design Henri
Copponex and skipper Vittorio Pozzo)
The Italian Class has found its ‘eagle’s nest’ in Cerro di
Laveno on lago Maggiore, where most of the boats spend the
winter under the supervision of our grampa Enzo Marolli who
looks after the work that has to be done during the cold season
and knows every 5.5 Metre in Italy. Most of the skippers live
nearby and it is easy to organise an informal day of racing with
good food in early spring.
In May 2022, the Trofeo Volpina (left and above right) was held
on Lago di Como in memory of Giulio Cesare Carcano the iconic
engineer who designed the Moto Guzzi racing engines and a lot of
yachts. He was born on Mandello del Lario. There are five Volpina
5.5 boats in Italy designed by him, all very fast, beautiful, and
competitive. We made a trophy with the engine cylinder of a Falcone
500, and we really hope that this regatta will continue in the coming
years. Manuela V won the first prize (despite being the only boat not
designed by Carcano participating…well this is racing).
Fabrizio Cavazza reports on the Italian fleet and
the 2022 regatta season
Top: 5Billy5 (ITA 79, Mariacristina Rapisardi, Marco Bonzanigo, Giovanni
Arrivabene) at the 2022 German Open at Brunnen
Above: Trofeo Volpina • Below (from left): Manuela V, The Trofeo Volpina,
Crew of Volpina at Enoshima trophy
Right top: Italian Championship, ITA 6, Kukururu,
Racing at Tutzing for Enoshima trophy
Right: Teams at the 2022 Enoshima Trophy, racing on
Starnberger See for Ensoshima Trophy
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