CAGLIARI. The rinsing of the paddles has returned to echo in the Gulf of Angels, which hosted the 13th edition of the Ohana Mana Cup, the international kermesse of ocean racing, …
CAGLIARI. The rinsing of the paddles has once again echoed in the Gulf of Angels, which hosted the 13th edition of the Ohana Mana Cup, the international kermesse of ocean racing, a specialty of deep sea canoeing.
As expected, the Spaniard Walter Bouzan Sanchez (European champion a month ago in Cherbourg in France) was the first to cross the finish line, who completed the 13 km route (from Geremeas to Flumini) in 58’23 “minutes. in front of two Under 23s Nicolò Razeto (58’44 “) and Riccardo Minnoli (1’00” 25). Among the Sardinians, eleventh, Francesco Balsamo, standard bearer of the Cagliari section of the Naval League, two steps below the double surfski formed by Alessandro Gaudino and Marco Frau from Cagliari respectively of the Kauna Team and the Cagliari Naval League.
Seventy boats, with about a hundred competitors on board who, in addition to the waves caused by the sirocco, also had to challenge the humid heat.
The spectacular event, organized by the Kuana Team association in collaboration with Canottieri Ichnusa, had to reverse the route (in recent years the departure took place from Marina Piccola), due to the concomitance of the motorboat Grand Prix. (s.c.)