Beautiful 5.5 Metre racing on beautiful Lake Como on opening day of Swiss/Italian Open
The combined Swiss/Italian Open began on Lake Como, Italy on Thursday 21 June with two great races in a building southerly that topped out at 12-15 knots. SUI 228, Marie Francois (Jurg Menzi, Jurgen Eiermann, Christoph Wilke) leads from current world champions BAH 22 John B(Gavin McKinney, Mathias Dahlman, Bjorn Hansen) with SUI 213 Pengouin(Hans-Peter Schmid, Gilbert Ryf) in third. While it is not the first time that the class has held the Swiss Championship in Italy, this event marks the first