234 SAILORS TURN OUT FOR ITALY'S CARNIVAL RACE
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Feb 2018
One hundred and seventeen 420 teams faced off on the waters off Yacht Club San Remo for the annual Carnival race, featuring teams from Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain and Switzerland.
Poland's Kacper Paszek/Bartosz Reiter showed tremendous form and consistency, racking up three race wins and two 4th place finishes to win by 14 points over Italy's Tommaso Cilli/Bruno Mantero. Just one point behind in third were Italy's Matthias Menis/Nicolas Starc.
Top girls teams were Julia Minana/Silvia Sebastia in 5th overall.
The five race series unfolded in moderate breeze, with gusts kicking up some challenges.
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