{"id":5785,"date":"2025-05-31T17:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T17:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/f18-national-regatta-day-1-punta-ala\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T06:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:56:43","slug":"f18-national-regatta-day-1-punta-ala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/f18-national-regatta-day-1-punta-ala\/","title":{"rendered":"F18 National Regatta &#8211; Day 1 | Punta Ala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-32.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-32-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-32-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-32-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-32-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Punta Ala Sailing Center&#8217;s season of events officially kicked off today with the first day of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/f18-national-2025\/\">F18 National Regatta-the<\/a> third of five events on the 2025 calendar, valid for the national class ranking.<\/p>\n<p>The beach at PuntAla Camp &amp; Resort, the event&#8217;s logistics base, welcomed 22 crews ready to do battle on the race course in the beautiful scenery of the Gulf of Follonica.<br \/>\nAt 12 noon, with the Delta flag hoisted, the sea lit up with colorful sails and expectation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-33.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-33-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first race started with wind from 270\u00b0, stable intensity between 8 and 10 knots, and a technical race course with a long, clean upwind. Great start, with perfect conditions for spectacular racing.<br \/>\nBut the wind changed mood: the breeze gradually dropped, dropping to 4 knots on the committee boat. The second race was started, but the boats-after completing the upwind and starting the downwind-struggled to get going again. At that point, the Committee decided to stop racing and close the day with only one race completed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-28.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-28-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-28-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-28-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-28-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcca <strong>First trial results<\/strong>:<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd47 ITA 2 &#8211; Maurizio Stella \/ Davide Paolo Recalcati<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd48 ITA 303 &#8211; Andrea and Matteo Vigan\u00f2<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd49 ITA 11 &#8211; Matteo Fiorini \/ Lorenzo Casamenti<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/overall-result-20250531.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All results here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-37.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-37-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-37-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-37-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-37-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See you tomorrow for a second day of up to 4 trials, with the start set for 12:00 noon. Now everyone to the Beach Bar for drinks and all that remains is to hope for more generous winds tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-5.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/F18-2025-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos by Lisa Ginanni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punta Ala Sailing Center&#8217;s season of events officially kicked off today with the first day of the F18 National Regatta-the third of five events on the 2025 calendar, valid for the national class ranking. The beach at PuntAla Camp &amp; Resort, the event&#8217;s logistics base, welcomed 22 crews ready to do battle on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f18-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5785"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5861,"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5785\/revisions\/5861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centrovelicopuntaala.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}