2015 ORC World Championship, Barcelona – Day 1 overall

by ORC Media on 30 Jun 2015 2015 ORC World Championship – A long and hot two-hour delay today was worth the wait in the first day of racing, hosted by Real Club Nautico de Barcelona. Under the hot sun a pleasant sea breeze filled in the late afternoon to produce close competitive racing on the two windward-leeward courses set today, with the margins between the top places measured in seconds of corrected time.

Teams from five nations - Spain, Italy, Latvia, Estonia and Switzerland - are in the top-three standings in all three classes after two races, with the leaders in Classes B and C tied in points. Ninety-eight teams from 22 nations are assembled here for racing through Saturday, July 4th.

After the long delay and with the thermal wind gradually filling in enough to race, a 8.6 mile two-lap course was set for Class A. In this race the TP52's led the way around the track, but it was those who found a big left shift in the breeze who prevailed.

Jean Jacques Chaubard's GP 42 Team Vision Future from Switzerland, skippered by Mikael Mergui, was among them, winning the race by a massive 1:43 in corrected time. The margins between the next two places were much closer - 16 seconds - with Andrea Masi's Italian Swan 45 Random Research Ulika ahead of another Swan 45 - Rafael Carbonell's Rats on Fire from Spain, skippered by Manuel Doreste.

But in race two the breeze built even further, up to 16 knots, which allowed the TP's and GP's to start to fly and dominate the top of the results in this race. 2013 Class A World Champion Marco Serafini racing his TP 52 Xio from Italy burst free of the pack to be first to finish on the water and also in corrected time by 1:12 over the reigning World Champion, Alberto Rossi and his TP 52 team from Italy on Enfant Terrible Minoan Lines. Second across the finish and 24 seconds back in corrected time was Kevin Whitcraft's TP 52 THA72 from Thailand.

On the strength of a 3-2 scoreline, Rossi is leading the class results now by one point over Xio, with Team Vision Future another point back in third.

'The first race today was really tricky,' said Thommaso Chieffi, tactician on Xio. 'We got tangled up with a group on the right side of the course, when the left came in really well for the boats on that side. I think the first race of every day will be tricky like this, because in the unsettled wind the smaller boats have an advantage from building wind but also being able to tack more quickly on the shifts.

'The race committee did a great job of spacing us with the other class so there were no problems, and the courses were really good. But anything can happen at these regattas, they are tough.'

Class B today showed outstandingly close racing, with the class leaders tied on six points each after two races. Jose Maria Meseguer's Swan 42 Pez de Abril from Spain won the first race by a convincing 34 seconds on a 6.25-mile course in race one, defeating the legendary Spanish offshore champion Pedro Campos racing his Swan 42 Movistar, with another 22 seconds added in corrected time.

But the two were not so high in the standings in race two, which was won by Flavio Trusendi's IMX 45 Giumat +2 from Italy, helmed by Francesco Cruiciani. His margin of victory on the longer 7.44-mile course sailed in a little more wind - about 11 knots - was only 23 seconds over Bern Kammerlander's XP-44 Koyama skippered by Inaki Castener, who in turn was only another six seconds ahead of Vadim Lakimenko's XP-44 Amber Miles from Latvia in third, with Movistar and Pez de Abril in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

In the standings, Campos and Meseguer are tied in points, with Lakimeno in third.

In the first race of Class C it was the reigning World Champion from Italy, Giuseppe Giuffre's Low Noise team, who in racing their new Italia 9.98F called Low Noise 2 rode in on a building breeze to win the race, but by only 15 seconds in corrected time over Lluis Blanchar's Vrolijk 37 Comet@ from Spain on the short 4.7-mile course. And by only another two seconds in corrected time Comet@ finished ahead of Alberto Moro's X-37 Solventis from Spain.

In the more breezy race two, the 2013 ORC European Class C champion Sugar 2, a NM38 raced by Ott Kikkas from Estonia and skippered by Sandro Montefusco, won the race by 49 seconds in corrected time over Solventis, with the 2012 and 2013 Class C ORC World Champion Vincenzo de Blasio in third by a mere 16 seconds on the 5.5-mile course.

The standings in Class C are also tied on points, with Low Noise 2 sharing 5 points with Solventis, and a seven-point gap back to Sugar 2.

The forecast for tomorrow looks more favorable for on-time racing, so race managers are planning for two more windward-leeward races.

Full results

ORC Class A

Pos	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	Club	Finish Time	Elapsed T.	Corrected T.	Points
1	TEAM VISION FUTURE	JEAN JACQUES CHAUBARD	MERGUI MIKAEL	YC PORQUEROLLES	15:49:51	01:14:51	00:00:00	1
2	RANDOM RESEARCH ULIKA	ANDREA MASI	ANDREA MASI	CN TECNOMAR	15:55:13	01:20:13	00:02:17	2
3	ENFANT TERRIBLE MINOAN LINES	ALBERTO ROSSI	ALBERTO ROSSI	ANCONA YC	15:44:53	01:09:53	00:02:35	3
4	RATS ON FIRE	RAFAEL CARBONELL	MANUEL DORESTE	CN ARENYS	15:55:52	01:20:52	00:02:39	4
5	XIO	MARCO SERAFINI	MARCO SERAFINI	CV PORTOCIVITANOVA	15:43:56	01:08:56	00:02:47	5
6	SILVA NEO	GEHRLEIN DENNIS	GEHRLEIN DENNIS	FSC / KYC	15:52:40	01:17:40	00:02:55	6
7	TRAFALGAR	DMITRY MARTINES	LUIS DORESTE	SALINAS YC	15:56:17	01:21:17	00:03:16	7
8	STELLA	STEFANO FAVA	GIUSEPPE CAVALIERI	YC PARMA	15:56:47	01:21:47	00:03:21	8
9	THA72	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	ROYAL VARUNA YC	15:44:23	01:09:23	00:03:26	9
10	KUAN KUN	EDUARDO WONG	FEDERICO CALABRESE	YC PERUANO	15:50:38	01:15:38	00:03:38	10
11	KAJSA III	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	RCN BARCELONA	15:55:09	01:20:09	00:03:43	11
12	THETIS	LUCA LOCATELLI	LUCA LOCATELLI	YCC SMERALDA	15:57:09	01:22:09	00:03:49	12
13	MILU	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	CV FIUMICINO	15:55:43	01:20:43	00:04:11	13
14	SOLETE	JESUS TURRO	ROMAN TURRO	RCN BARCELONA	15:57:06	01:22:06	00:04:35	14
15	AIRIS	ROBERTO MONTI	CESARE BRESSAN	IL PORTODIMARE	15:46:09	01:11:09	00:04:41	15
16	AIFOS	ARMADA ESPANOLA	JAIME RODRIGUEZ TOUBES	CNR ARMADA	15:56:22	01:21:22	00:04:50	16
17	BULTACO	ANDRES VARELA ENTRECANALES	ANDRES VARELA	MARINAS MEDITERRANEO	15:51:48	01:16:48	00:05:05	17
18	OTRA VEZ	WILLIAM COATES	WILLIAM COATES	GBCA	15:52:52	01:17:52	00:05:12	18
19	PHOENIX	SERGEY GRISHIN	SERGEY GRISHIN		15:48:50	01:13:50	00:06:53	19
20	DUENDE 52	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	CN ARENYS	15:49:48	01:14:48	00:07:39	20
21	CORATGE	MANUEL JANE	ISIDRO MARTI	EVA	16:01:06	01:26:06	00:07:59	21
22	BRUJO JAZZ	SERGIO RAMIREZ	OLIVER BRAVO DE LAGUNA	RCNG CANARIA	16:04:38	01:29:38	00:08:09	22
23	JEROBOAM	CARLOS PLAZA	JUAN PLAZA	SALINAS YC	16:01:53	01:26:53	00:08:30	23

ORC Class B

Pos	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	Club	Finish Time	Elapsed T.	Corrected T.	Points
1	PEZ DE ABRIL	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	CNV DE SAN PEDRO	15:07:20	01:06:20	00:00:00	1
2	MOVISTAR	PEDRO CAMPOS	PEDRO CAMPOS	RCN SANXENXO	15:07:54	01:06:54	00:01:04	2
3	DIGITAL ALPHA	FRANCISCO RIZZO	FRANCISCO RIZZO	CO ECUADOR	15:09:22	01:08:22	00:01:53	3
4	SIDERACORDIS	PIER VETTOR GRIMANI	ANDREA TEDESCO	CD VENEZIA	15:13:18	01:12:18	00:02:03	4
5	AMBER MILES	LAKIMENKO VADIM	LAKIMENKO VADIM		15:11:06	01:10:06	00:02:14	5
6	EXTREME WAYS	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH		15:15:11	01:14:11	00:02:23	6
7	KOYAMA	BERN KAMMERLANDER	IÑAKI CASTAÑER	RCN PALMA	15:12:11	01:11:11	00:02:33	7
8	FLYER 2	CARLOS REBOLL	TONI DEL RIO	CMP OLIMPIC	15:12:56	01:11:56	00:02:43	8
9	GIUMAT +2	FLAVIO TRUSENDI	FRANCESCO CRUCIANI	YC LIVORNO	15:12:46	01:11:46	00:02:54	9
10	LE COQ HARDI	AIVAR TUULBERG	AIVAR TUULBERG	PARNU YC	15:15:52	01:14:52	00:03:19	10
11	PHONEMOVIL	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	RCN VALENCIA	15:14:47	01:13:47	00:03:20	11
12	THREE SISTERS	FIRST SAILING SRO	MILAN HAJEK	SK TRI SESTRY	15:19:47	01:18:47	00:03:49	12
13	WB FIVE	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	CN PESCARA	15:15:10	01:14:10	00:04:09	13
14	CHILI PEPPER	PHILIPPE COMTE	PHILIPPE COMTE	S.N.S.T	15:10:09	01:09:09	00:04:20	14
15	TOUCHE SUPER	OSCAR SANCHEZ	OSCAR SANCHEZ	YC PERUANO	15:11:18	01:10:18	00:04:31	15
16	FARR MARMO	ALBERTO FRANCHI	ALBERTO FRANCHI	CNM DI CARRARA	15:10:42	01:09:42	00:04:43	16
17	ADRIAN HOTELES	DANIEL ADRIAN RUERA	DANIEL ADRIAN	ACT.NAU.TENERIFE	15:14:46	01:13:46	00:05:14	17
18	REVE DE VIE	ERMANNO GALEATI	NENAD VIALI	CN SAMBENEDETTESE	15:17:13	01:16:13	00:05:20	18
19	MATARO MARINA BARCELONA	JAIME MONJO CARRION	LUIS MARTINEZ DORESTE	RCM BARCELONA	15:18:07	01:17:07	00:05:29	19
20	L'IMMENS	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	RCN BARCELONA	15:20:16	01:19:16	00:05:31	20
21	BACH YACHTING RACING TEAM	BACH YACHTING	ROY HEINER	WVA	15:14:53	01:13:53	00:05:39	21
22	ES TES UNNO - BAINBRIDGE	FRANCISCO SOLDEVILA	PEP SOLDEVILA	RCN BARCELONA	15:17:24	01:16:24	00:05:57	22
23	DES-AHOGO	MARIA MILLAN	RICARDO TEJERO	RCN BARCELONA	15:16:10	01:15:10	00:05:59	23
24	EMERGENCIES SETMIL	RAFAEL IZQUIERDO	JUAN ESCANDELL	CN ARENAL	15:22:17	01:21:17	00:06:00	24
25	RAQUERO	EUGENIO LOPEZ CHACARRA	EUGENIO LOPEZ	RCN TARRAGONA	15:16:16	01:15:16	00:06:01	25
26	DIGITAL BRAVO	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	TEAM DIGITAL	15:13:23	01:12:23	00:06:05	26
27	ENIGMA	LUIS TORT MARTIN	LUIS TORT	RCN BARCELONA	15:16:43	01:15:43	00:06:28	27
28	RUDA	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ		15:20:13	01:19:13	00:06:29	28
29	ALICE	CHRIS LE PREVOST	SIMON HENNING	GUERNSEY YC	15:18:06	01:17:06	00:07:02	29
30	CARONTE	CARLES COMAS	CARLES COMAS	RCNB	15:19:25	01:18:25	00:07:15	30
31	MAXIMO	MARIBEL CADENAS	MARIBEL CADENAS	CN EL MASNOU	15:19:09	01:18:09	00:08:27	31
32	HYDRA	OSCAR CHAVES	OSCAR CHAVES	CN EL BALIS	15:22:29	01:21:29	00:08:32	32
33	VALENTINA	THIERRY D'ARGOUBERT	JORDI GELABERTO	CNSF DE GUIXOLS	15:20:15	01:19:15	00:08:38	33
34	MIRIAPODO	LUIS ROMEU	LUIS ROMEU	RCN BARCELONA	15:24:40	01:23:40	00:09:00	34
35	OTTOVOLANTE	FABIO SANTORO	FABIO SANTORO	CV RIBELLINO	15:24:37	01:23:37	00:09:05	35
36	SLICK	CARLOS CODINA	CARLOS CODINA	CN GARRAF	15:25:15	01:24:15	00:09:12	36
37	JOT	CARSTEN HENNINGSEN	OLIVER OCHSE		15:21:18	01:20:18	00:09:25	37
38	FANDANGO 300	JAVIER SABIOTE	GABRIEL DE LLANO	RCR CARTAGENA	15:20:11	01:19:11	00:09:58	38

ORC Class C

Pos	Sail nr.	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	Club	Finish Time	Elapsed T.	Corrected T.	Points
1	ITA998	LOW NOISE II	GIUSEPPE GIUFFRE	DUCCIO COLOMBI	YC CHIAVARI	16:32:26	00:55:26	00:00:00	1
2	ESP8837	SOLVENTIS	ALBERTO MORO	MANUEL BERMUDEZ	MRCY BAYONA	16:31:46	00:54:46	00:00:17	3
3	ESP7625	TANIT IV - MEDILEVEL	MARIA JOSE VILA	IGNACIO CAMPOS	RCR ALICANTE	16:33:13	00:56:13	00:02:11	4
4	ESP8139	DEFCON SEGURIDAD	PEDRO GIL	JOSE MANUEL BALLESTER	RCN TORREVIEJA	16:36:03	00:59:03	00:02:26	5
5	ESP8377	COMET@	LLUIS BLANCHAR	LLUIS BLANCHAR	CN ARENYS	16:30:36	00:53:36	00:00:15	6
5	NED7680	YELLOW ROSE	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	JC SCHEVENINGEN	16:32:20	00:55:20	00:02:49	6
7	DEN68	HANSEN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	ROYAL DANISH YC	16:33:41	00:56:41	00:02:54	7
8	ITA15337	VALHALLA	FRANCESCO BRUNA	MARCO BRUNA	CNM DI CARRARA	16:34:36	00:57:36	00:03:05	8
9	ESP9438	MODARK	ASIER GARCIA	ASIER GARCIA		16:34:04	00:57:04	00:03:10	9
10	EST711	SUGAR 2	OTT KIKKAS	SANDRO MONTEFUSCO	PJK	16:33:55	00:56:55	00:03:13	10
11	ITA15037	SAGOLA BIOTRADING	PEPPE FORNICH	PEPPE FORNICH	YC FAVIGNANA	16:34:44	00:57:44	00:03:16	11
12	ESP5951	LA VILA - CENTRO COMERCIAL	FELIX COMAS	FELIX COMAS	CN ARENAL	16:35:56	00:58:56	00:03:18	12
13	ESP9399	DESAFINO	FERRAN AGUIRRE	MIQUEL COLOMER	CN EL BALIS	16:32:40	00:55:40	00:03:25	13
14	ITA14696	NORTHERN LIGHT by SAMER & Co	NORTHERN LIGHT SAILING TEAM	FABIO BIGNOLINI	SN PIETAS JULIA	16:39:00	01:02:00	00:03:28	14
15	ESP7875	TRAMENDU	SALVADOR VIETA	SALVADOR VIETA	RCN BARCELONA	16:35:33	00:58:33	00:03:32	15
16	ITA16406	SOUTH KENSINGTON	ALESSANDRO CONSIGLIO	STEFANO PIPITONE	CV RIBELLINO	16:36:16	00:59:16	00:03:53	16
17	ESP8267	AIRLAN AERMEC	JOAN CABRER	TEO MATHEU	RCN PALMA	16:35:05	00:58:05	00:04:15	17
18	ESP6919	SPRINGBOK III	JORDI DELGADO	JORDI DELGADO	CN EL MASNOU	16:38:59	01:01:59	00:04:16	18
19	ITA16639	TOTAL LUBMARINE SCUGNIZZA	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	CC NAPOLI	16:35:55	00:58:55	00:04:39	19
20	ESP7666	ORANGE FISH	JORDI PRENAFETA	JORDI PRENAFETA	CN PINYANA	16:37:08	01:00:08	00:04:43	20
21	ESP8466	VERTIGO DOS	ANTONIO GUASCH	ANTONIO GUASCH	CN EL BALIS	16:35:07	00:58:07	00:04:44	21
22	ITA16512	SQUALO BIANCO	CONCETTO COSTA	ALBERTO COSTA	NIC CATANIA	16:37:02	01:00:02	00:04:49	22
23	ESP7565	FANYTAS	MIQUEL BANUS	INGRID BANUS	CNP D'ARO	16:40:30	01:03:30	00:04:54	23
24	ITA18081	JULES ET JIM	SALVATORE BRUCATO	JAMES BRUCATO	VELACLUB PALERMO	16:38:03	01:01:03	00:04:57	24
25	ESP8878	ZAS SAILING	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	CARLOS FRANCES	RCN VALENCIA	16:35:20	00:58:20	00:04:58	25
26	ITA16712	ANGRY RED	DOMENICO CICALA	DOMENICO CICALA	RYCC SAVOIA	16:36:38	00:59:38	00:05:08	26
27	POR2000	MBA ATLANTICO - FAROFINO 2000	RUI RAMADA	RUI RAMADA	MRCYB / CWDS	16:36:50	00:59:50	00:05:34	27
28	GBR234	SAIOLA X	WIM VANDESANDE	WIM VANDESANDE	RCN BARCELONA	16:36:18	00:59:18	00:06:21	28
29	ITA1501	MAGICA	FERRAN MARTINEZ	MARCO CORNO	CN EL MASNOU	16:38:58	01:01:58	00:06:54	29
30	ESP7094	RAMA	JORDI BIETO	JORDI BIETO	CV GOLFUS	16:37:45	01:00:45	00:07:15	30
31	RUS2113	SYMFONY	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	KOMATEK	16:37:20	01:00:20	00:07:46	31
32	ESP9931	SWAHILI	PERE PERICOT	PERE PERICOT	RCN BARCELONA	16:39:09	01:02:09	00:07:49	32
33	FRA21878	TE HOA	GERARD FORTEA	GERARD FORTEA	CN BADALONA	16:41:55	01:04:55	00:09:16	33
34	ESP7145	JAMBO	MIGUEL FIORI	MIGUEL FIORI	CN GARRAF	16:47:04	01:10:04	00:12:19	34
35	ESP8471	FYORD	JOSE LUIS MALDONADO	JAVIER SERRANO	MARINA BURRIANANOVA	16:31:13			36