Commodore George Nicholson and members William Harding, Benjamin Worbs and Timothy Mueller (pictured) participated in this event which combined golf and sailing. The team put in an excellent performance and won 1st place in the sailing Regatta and 4th place in the golf competition resulting in a combined 2nd place finish overall.

Also in Porto Cervo in late June, two GYC Teams participated in the 2006 edition of Coppa Europa Smeralda. After two days of intense fleet regattas with 10 Smeralda 888’s competing in 6 windward-leeward races, victory went to the team from the Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM). The GYC teams could not keep up with the pace of the competition, which has intensified this year with new boats and new crews, but will come back next year better equipped and with more training.

In mid July, the Royal Yacht Squadron organized the Daring Class International Team Racing Regatta in Cowes. The GYC with team captain Marc Erzberger tied for 5th place after narrowly missing entry into finals to YCM, who finished 3rd. The trophy was won by RYS.

In late July the best 5.5m teams met on the Ijsselmeer, Medenblick (Netherlands), to compete for a number of prestigious trophies held over two weeks. The Scandinavian Gold Cup, the second oldest sailing trophy after the America’s Cup, was won by GYC member Hans Nadorp, keeping the Gold Cup in the GYC family following the Marazzi family triumph in its last edition. In the Open Dutch Championship, GYC member Flavio Marazzi and his crew won 1st place, followed in 2nd place by GYC Rear Commodore Peter Erzberger with GYC member Christoph Burger, beating Alinghi’s helmans and sporting manager Jochen Schümann who finished in 3rd place. In the 5.5m Word Championship, Flavio Marazzi and his crew showed their excellent form again and finished in 1st place just ahead of Jochen Schümann, with GYC member Hans Nadorp in 3rd and Peter Erzberger in 5th place out of 41 boats. Many congratulations to all teams!