The final day of the Opti Meeting on Lake Garda brought strong winds up to 20 kn for the first time on this Easter weekend. New faces showed up on top of rankings. By posting a 15th and 13th Mathias Berthet NOR climbed on top of the podium, Demetrio Sposato ITA, winner of the day, moved up to 2nd just one point behind the leader. Valentin Müller GER, who lead the fleet before yesterdays races, fell back on 3rd. Best ranked US-Opti in the huge fleet of 685 Optis is Berta Puig USA from Miami on 63rd. The rankings of the Goldfleet Juniores.
No changement on the podium for the younger 'Cadetti': Mattia Cesana ITA, who won 5 of the 6 qualification races, grabbed an other race victory yesterday and won the overall with a comfortable 10 points advance on Erik Norlen SWE. Ole Scheckendiek GER remained on third. The rankings Goldfleet Cadetti. All results, the daily report and the videos.

The sun was shining again for the final day of the qualifications at the Lake Garda meeting. The southerly Ora was blowing moderatly, two more races have been added. Valentin Müller GER took over the lead in the fleet of the Juniores with two 2nd places, he is now 4 points ahead of Mathias Berthet NOR before todays final races. Roko Mohr GER remained on 3rd, on 4th Patryk Kosmalski POL is just 7 points behind the leader. As best Swiss Achille Casco SUI moved up to 16, Joshua Richner SUI improved as well to 22nd.
The younger Cadetti saw the outstanding leader Mattia Cesena ITA winning anorther race, his 5th race win in 6 races ! the second placed Erik Norlen SWE is already 8 points back, Ole Schweckendiek GERfollows on third, just ahead of the best ranked girl Aurora Palka CRO. The Swiss will all sail their final races in the silverfleet, as best ranked Stach Vleeshouwers SUI is 140est of the 223 participants. The event website including all rankings, the daily report and the video of the day.

The Optimist Meeting on Lake Garda continued yesterday with three races by Group.
The new leader in the Juniores is Valentin Müller GER, 3 points ahead of Roko Moor GER. Mathias Berthet NOR is now on the 3rd place. Ella Marsden USA as best of big US Team is 96th. Today, three more Qualification Races are on the program, and on Sunday, the 653 boats' fleet will be split in Gold-, Silver-, Bronze-, Emerald- and Pearl-fleets.
In the younger Cadetti, Mattia Cesena ITA went on with his winning streak with Ben Foox USA on 2nd as first challenger. Erik Norlen NOR and Ole Schweckendiek GER follow on 3rd and 4th at equal points.
All ranking lists, the daily news and the video of the day.

Sunshine and a moderate 10-12 kn Ora prevailed yesterday at the Optimist Lake Garda Meeting.
The elder Juniores fleet, split in five Groups, completed three races each. Noel Laukkanen FIN has taken the lead in the Juniores with two race wins in his Group. His advantage on the second-ranked Valentin Müller GER and Mathias Berthet NOR is one point. Another point back follows Monticha Busch GER as best girl. Amtor Benton USA on rank 73 is the best US helmsman.
In the younger Cadetti, Mattia Cesana ITA won both heats of his Group, followed by Ben Foox USA 2 points behind. Erik Norlen SWE is 3rd. Giorgia Bonalana ITA on the 4th place is the best girl.
The daily news, the event website with all ranking lists and the video of the day.

The Optimist Lake-Garda-Meeting began yesterday with the Nations Cup with one representative of the 22 nations from 3 continents completing three races.
Denmark finished first with Emil Kjär DEN, followed on the ranks 2 and 3 by Malta (Craig Farrugia MLT) and Norway (Mathias Berthet NOR). Roko Mohr GER on 4th missed the podium by one point only. Benton Amthor USA was on the 11th, Magnus Ringsted BER on the 18th place. The results.
Today begin the races of the full fleet with 686 Juniores (age 11-15) and 237 Cadetti (up to 11 years). The conditions will be atypical light winds and moderate temperatures. The video of day 1 and the opening ceremony as well as the event website.