Melges 20 World League - The fifth event gets underway in Scarlino

by Melges 20 on 12 May 2017 Fantastic Club Nautico Scarlino, which organized and played gracious host of the 2016 Melges 20 World Championship and last weekend's Melges 32 Class, will act as ground zero for what will be a ferocious battle. Starting tomorrow, Friday May 12 and running through until Sunday, May 14, the ultimate Melges 20 fight will take place.

Thirty-three teams are confirmed to be on the starting line which includes Porto Venere Champion Vladimir Prosikhin on Nika, and fellow Russian competitor and Melges 20 World League overall leader Igor Rytov aboard Russian Bogatyrs.

These two top competitors will face off against Australia's Rodney Jones' on Cars 167, Alexander Novoselov's Victor, Achille Onorato's Mascalzone Latino, Matteo Marenghi Vaselli's Raya, Valentin Zavadnikov's Synergy and South Africa's Tina Plattner/Tony Norris on TNT.

The Corinthian division will be an equally intense fight as Emanuele Savoini at the helm of Evinrude, after a well-deserved victory in Porto Venere will aim to bring his season record to two - zero.

Melges 20 racing officially kicks off at Marina di Scarlino with the first warning signal scheduled at 13.30 on Friday, May 12th.

The Melges 20 World League European Division is supported by Helly Hansen, Garmin Marine, Toremar, Lavazza and Barracuda Communication.

2017 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 2 - Preliminary Scratch Sheet
			Bow	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	Yacht Club	Home Port	Yacht Type	Length	Rating
Racing Area: World League
	Division: One Design
			Melges 20
		1.	183	ITA 183	4 SALE	Manlio Carlo Soldani		ITA	Melges 20	20
		2.	137	RUS 137	ALEX TEAM	Alexander Mikhaylik		RUS	Melges 20	20
		3.	180	CZE 180	ALOHA	Jan Kuchar	YC CERE	Prague, CZE	Melges 20	20
		4.	288	MON 4444	ARCORA	Kalomeni Orel	YCM	Monaco, Monaco, MON	Melges 20	20
		5.	106	ITA 106	ASANTE SANA	Claudio Dutto		ITA	Melges 20	20
		6.	107	RUS 107	BLACK WOLF	Andrej Chirikov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		7.	149	ITA 149	CAMAY	Lauro Bonora		ITA	Melges 20	20
		8.	167	AUS 167	CARS 167	Rodney Jones	MHYC	Buderim, Queensland, AUS	Melges 20	20
		9.	277	JPN 277	CONTIOUS	Norikatsu Aizawa		Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JPN	Melges 20	20
		10.	185	RUS 185	ELF	Sergei Sobolev		RUS	Melges 20	20
		11.	206	ITA 206	EVINRUDE (Corinthian)	Emanuele Savoini		ITA	Melges 20	20
		12.	181	ITA 181	G3B SAILING TEAM MENDIETA	Luigi Giannattasio		SUI	Melges 20	20
		13.	104	ITA 104	GONE SQUATCHIN	Pietro Loro Piana		ITA	Melges 20	20
		14.	47	RUS 047	KOTYARA	no name		RUS	Melges 20	20
		15.	289	RUS 289	LEVIATHAN	Vadim Yakhinson		Moscow, Russia, RUS	Melges 20	20
		16.	264	POL 264	MAG TINY	Krzysztof Krempec	MAG	Gdansk, POL	Melges 20	20
		17.	270	ITA 270	MAOLCA	Manfredi Vianini Tolomei	Circolo Velico Santa Margherita Ligure	Santa Margherita Ligure, Genoa, ITA	Melges 20	20
		18.	156	RUS 156	MARUSSIA (Corinthian)	Marina Kaverzina		RUS	Melges 20	20
		19.	23	ITA 23	MASCALZONE LATINO JR	Achille Onorato	Y.C.Monaco	Milano, Italy, ITA	Melges 20	20
		20.	192	ITA 192	MEZZALUNA	Marco Franchini		ITA	Melges 20	20
		21.	161	GER 161	MOJITO (Corinthian)	Florian Rixner		GER	Melges 20	20
		22.	261	RUS 261	NIKA	Vladimir Prosikhin		RUS	Melges 20	20
		23.	184	RUS 184	NO NAME	Pavel Grachev		RUS	Melges 20	20
		24.	25	MON 25	PATH	Anatoly Karachinskiy		RUS	Melges 20	20
		25.	255	RUS 2	PIROGOVO	Alexander Ezhkov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		26.	294	RUS 294	PIROGOVO EVOLUTION	Leonid Altukhov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		27.	301	MON 301	RAYA	Matteo Marenghi Vaselli		MON	Melges 20	20
		28.	296	RUS 296	RUSSIAN BOGATYRS	Igor Rytov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		29.	265	RUS 265	RUSSOTRANS	Natalia Kravets	YC Patriot	Moscow, RUS	Melges 20	20
		30.	713	MON 713	SYNERGY GT	Valentin Zavadnikov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		31.	219	RSA 219	TNT	Tina Plattner / Tony Norris	RCYC	Cape Town, Western Cape, RSA	Melges 20	20
		32.	152	ITA 152	VANITE	Mario Aquila		ITA	Melges 20	20
		33.	275	RUS 275	VICTOR	Alexander Novoselov		RUS	Melges 20	20
2017 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 2 - Corinthian Teams - Preliminary Scratch Sheet

			Bow	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	Yacht Club	Home Port	Yacht Type	Length	Rating
Racing Area: World League
	Division: One Design
			Melges 20
		1.	206	ITA 206	EVINRUDE	Emanuele Savoini		ITA	Melges 20	20
		2.	156	RUS 156	MARUSSIA	Marina Kaverzina		RUS	Melges 20	20
		3.	161	GER 161	MOJITO	Florian Rixner		GER	Melges 20	20