Blurimini 06 Qalification Match Race

At Easter it will be sailed the qualification event for the 2006 Blurimini match race, Gr. 2, event wich attracts every year many of the top match racers of the world such as James Spithill, Karol Jablonski, the Williams brothers etc.
The boats that will be used in the event will be the Bluesail sport 24 boat designed on purpose for match race events.
The strong line up of the this year's qualification event fulfills the Gr .3 criteria.

Interesting participants in the qalification event are:

Matteo Simoncelli ITA top ranked skipper and Orkun Soyer TUR Orkun Soyer, a Turkish sailor living in Switzerland Zürich, second placed in Dubai at ISAF Nationas Cup. The Blurimini qualification event will represent an important challenge, giving him the chance to measure himself with good European match racers.

Qualification line up
Matteo Simoncelli 12 ITA
Tino Ellegast 32 GER
Rasmus Viltof 52 DEN
Fabio Mazzoni 131 ITA
Simone Ferrarese 85 ITA
Jure Orel 95 SLO
Sohrab Fratz 120 GER
Lorenza Mariani 193 ITA
Orkun SOYER 257 TUR
Sasha De Micheli 360 SUI


Line up for the Gr. 2 Blurimini match race
Eugeny Neugodnikov RUS 9
Matteo Simoncelli ITA 12 SOHOLOZA
Franceso Bruni ITA 62 LUNA ROSSA CHALLENGE
Tierry Pepponnet FRA 79 K - CHALLENGE
further skippers to be confirmed, interesting facts: the strong prence of America's cup teams.

Photo (c) Blurimini

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