Barcolana Young: the winners are Lisa Vucetti among the Juniors and Cristian Castellan among the Cadets

The first weekend saw hundreds of boats and three hundred swimmers: the Barcolana is in full swing, concluding its first events at sea, with the Villaggio already highly attended, and obtaining the first sporting results. The Barcolana is now one week away, and there are already over 1,400 registrations, with many of the well-known sailors spotted at sea on the occasion of the Portopiccolo Maxi Race 2021 @Barcolana, organized in partnership with the Yacht Club Portopiccolo. “The outcome of the first weekend is one-hundred percent positive: while we wait to welcome all the crews that will participate in the Barcolana, credit must be given to the young ones of the Barcolana Young, a great thank you goes to the many protagonists of the Barcolana Nuota, and the regattas of the Melges 24 and at the Portopiccolo Maxi Race 2021 @Barcolana were exciting and hard-fought”.

BARCOLANA YOUNG – We start from the Barcolana Young, which has drawn up its own final classification based on the results of the two races which took place yesterday. The lack of wind this morning, due to the upheaval and the risk of thunderstorms, kept the 220 athletes of the Optimist class on land. In the Juniors classification, first place goes to Lisa Vucetti of the SVBG, who obtained two first places; in second place, Aurora Ambroz of the Circolo Vela di Muggia, thanks to a first and third place within her own battery. Third place, instead, goes to both Enrico Coslovich from Muggia and Giuseppe Montesano (Sirena): they both earned, in fact, two second places in their respective batteries, therefore they shared the third step on the podium. Among the younger Cadets, first place goes to Cristian Castellan (Circolo della Vela di Muggia), followed by Giovanni Montesano of Sirena (3;3) and by the Slovakian Simon Hruska (2;8). Giulio Bolletti (SVOC) from Monfalcone arrived fourth with a fourth and fourteenth position, whereas the first female was awarded sixth place, the Slovene Ajda Gulic Bandelj of Jadro Koper. An exciting day at the Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano for Lisa Vaucetti who, after an “impressive career” in the optimist class, is ready for new challenges and for the change of class: after the Optimist Team Cup in Berlin, which will conclude the sporting season, she will pass to the 420 class along with Vittorio Bonifacio. In the words of the Youth Sports Director of the SVBG, Alessandro Bonifacio: “A thank you to all the athletes of the Barcolana Young, to our partners, in particular to Fondazione CRTrieste, and to the sailing clubs which have, as every year, believed in this beautiful event. Competing once more in a great celebration that unites the younger and the more expert of the Optimist class, is very satisfying for everybody”.