Twenty teams gathered together on the bay off Crotone, Italy to sail their third and final event of their 2017 Lega Italiano Vela (the Italian J/70 sailing league). The Club Velico Crotone organized the event. Il Circolo Canottieri Aniene was the winner of the 2017 season of the Italian Sailing League. With a flawless series, built with four firsts, one second and one third in the six races, the CCA team (Lorenzo Bressani, Luca Tubaro, Matteo Mason and Umberto Molineris) dominated the league’s finale. It was an extremely tactical first day, with a wildly shifting wind. The second day had strong winds, challenging the crews, particularly on their boat-handling and planing mode angles downwind. On the final day, it was a steady, but streaky breeze of 11-15 knots. “This season, we have rallied hard several times, and we have been able to think about the best strategies and tactics. We changed Matteo Mason’s role, adding to jib trim the role of tactician too. It was a winning choice, a necessary one for the high level of this finale, which was well above last year,” commented Lorenzo Bressani, skipper of the CCA team. Second place went to the Yacht Club Adriaco, represented by the victorious J/70 Worlds Corinthian crew (Gianfranco Noè, Emanuele Noè, Andrea Micalli and Samuele Maria Semi). Then, placing third was the Circolo della Vela Bari with crew of Simone Ferrarese, Michele Lecce, Corrado Capece Minutolo and Gianmaria Foglia. For more Italian J/70 Sailing League information, visit http://www.legavela.it/.