2015 Melges 20 European Championship - All set to go in Trapani

by Joy Dunigan on 2 Sep 2015 The pinnacle event for the Audi Melges 20 2015 racing season in Europe takes place this weekend in lovely Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The European Championship, which also serves as Act Five of the celebrated Audi-Tron Sailing Series, is proud to be welcoming over 30 teams to the starting line representing an impressive ten nations. Organized by B.Plan Sport and Events (BPSE) in cooperation with Melges Europe, three amazing days and a total of ten races are on schedule with a practice session on Wednesday, two September.

The competition is stacked super high as the very best teams will attend, sights firmly set on the top prize. Familiar names such as current Series leader Dario Levi on Fremito D'Arja, Agusta Corrado's Customly, Guido Miani's Out of Reach, Alexander Ezhkov on Pirogovo Sailing and Richard Davies' Section 16 are all in attendance - ready to go as they also occupy the top five slots of the 2015 Audi Melges 20 World Ranking. This event will make all the difference. The list of adversaries is long and equally distinguished such as Wes Whitmyer's Slingshot, Mirko de Falco's Peccere, Claudio Dutto's Asante Sana and Marco Francini's Mezzaluna all are full of potential and could easily find themselves in the driver's seat of this top-notch event.

World Championship excitement builds

The racing does not stop in Trapani! For the ever-growing International Melges 20 Class post-Euros, it's on to the World Championship in San Francisco hosted by The San Francisco Yacht Club on September thirty - October 3rd. Four days of sensational, bay-style racing is scheduled, not to mention a host of great parties and fun. Entries continue to build as the list becomes packed with intense competitors.

2015/16 Monaco Winter Series dates announced

Racing also continues throughout the winter season in Europe. Hot off the announcement press - be sure to save the dates and get ready to race the seriously hot, five-part Monaco Winter Series hosted by the very prestigious and ever-glamorous Yacht Club de Monaco.

· ACT 1: 2015 October 23-25
· ACT 2: 2015 November 20-22
· ACT 3: 2015 December 11-13
· ACT 4: 2016 February 12-14
· ACT 5: 2015 March 18-20

2015 Audi Melges 20 European Championship - Audi Tron Sailing Series ACT 5  - Preliminary Scratch Sheet

Bow

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Owner/Skipper

Yacht Club

Home Port

Yacht Type

Length

Rating

Racing Area: European Championship

Division: One Design

Audi Melges 20

1.

180

CZE 180

Aloha

Jan Kuchar

YC CERE

Prague, Cech rep, CZE

Audi Melges 20

20

2.

RUS 36

Anna

Vladimir Silkin

Moscow, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

3.

106

ITA 106

Asante Sana

Claudio Dutto

Riva del Garda, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

4.

124

ITA 124

Audi G-Tron F.lli Giacomel

Riccardo Simoneschi

YCI

Milano, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

5.

AUT 159

AUT 159

Klaus Shober

Austria, AUT

Audi Melges 20

20

6.

149

ITA 149

Camay

Lauro Bonora

Ravenna Yacht Club

Ferrara, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

7.

277

JPN 277

Contious

Norikatsu Aizawa

Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JPN

Audi Melges 20

20

8.

81

MON 81

Customly

Corrado Agusta

YCM

Monaco, MC, MON

Audi Melges 20

20

9.

205

RUS 205

Fische

Alexey Bunzya

Moscow, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

10.

ITA 50

Fremito D'Arja

Dario Levi

Riva del Garda, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

11.

SWE 202

Intermezzo

Johannes Lind-Widestam

NSS

Kullavik, Halland, SWE

Audi Melges 20

20

12.

RUS 47

KOTYARA

Oleg Evdokimenko

Pirogovo

Moscow, Moscow obl., RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

13.

104

USA 131

Le Rescator

Erwan Le Gall

USA

Audi Melges 20

20

14.

MON 108

Lucifer

Matteo Marenghi Vaselli

Monaco, MON

Audi Melges 20

20

15.

POL 264

MAG TINY

Krzysztof Krempec

Gdanska

Gdansk, Pomorskie, POL

Audi Melges 20

20

16.

270

ITA 167

Maolca 167

Manfredi Vianini Tolomei

Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

17.

ITA 192

Mezzaluna

Marco Franchini

Rimini, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

18.

261

RUS 261

Nika

Vladimir Prosikhi

Moscow, Russia, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

19.

RUS 173

Ost Legal

Artem Emets

Moscow, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

20.

1

MON 333

Out of Reach

Guido Miani

YCM

Monaco, MON

Audi Melges 20

20

21.

ITA 112

Peccerè

Mirko De Falco

Napoli, Italy, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

22.

RUS 185

Phantom

Ilya Pavlov

International Club Yachting & Yacht Owners

Moscow, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

23.

RUS 2

Pirogovo Sailing

Alexander Ezhkov

Moscow, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

24.

137

RUS 137

RUS 137

MIKHAYLIK ALEXANDER

Moscow, Russia

Audi Melges 20

20

25.

199

RUS 199

RUS 199

TBC TBC

Moscow, Russia

Audi Melges 20

20

26.

RUS 296

RUS 296

Igor Rytov

Navigator

Moscow, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

27.

265

RUS 265

Russotrans

Yuriy Morozov

YC Patriot

Moscow, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

28.

189

ITA 189

Sailing Lab

Andrea Bruschi

CDV ERIX

Codogno, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

29.

276

USA 16

Section 16

Richard Davies

Mumbles Yacht Club

Kenilworth, IL, USA

Audi Melges 20

20

30.

217

USA 217

Slingshot

Wes Whitmyer Jr

Stamford YC

Stamford, CT, USA

Audi Melges 20

20

31.

ITA 145

Sonica Sail

Michele Dandolo

Napoli, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

32.

MON 713

Synergy GT

Matteo Tenti / Valentin Zavadnikov

Principato di Monaco, MON

Audi Melges 20

20

33.

156

RUS 156

TBC

TBC TBC

Moscow, Russia

Audi Melges 20

20

34.

RSA 219

TNT racing

Tina Plattner/ Tony Norris

RCYC/ RMYC

Cape Town, Western Cape, RSA

Audi Melges 20

20

35.

ITA 216

Torpyone

Lorenzo Lupi

Varazze, Italy, ITA

Audi Melges 20

20

36.

RUS 25

Versya

Anatoly Karachinskiy

Moscow, RUS

Audi Melges 20

20

37.

275

RUS 275

Victor

Alexander Novoselov

Moscow, Russia

Audi Melges 20

20