Melges 24 Worlds - Day 4 - Tricky conditions paid off for Bombarda

by Melges 24 on 3 Dec 2016 The trickier conditions of today, with a light breeze from 040° that filled in only in the afternoon, forced the Race Committee to raise AP flag until 2.50pm, moment when the fleet was eventually given the preparatory signal and allowed to sail the first and only race of the day.

Embarr IRL829, for the first time since the beginning of the Championship, got out of the top five and ended the race in fifteenth position: the result obtained today has been discarded as worst of the series and still left Embarr in first position in the overall ranking, with a margin of 30 points over the second, Maidollis 3 ITA822, tenth in the race of today.

With just two races left to sail and a 15 as worst result to be discarded, the path towards success for the Irish entry by Conor Clarke seems, as far as today, the smoother ever; the Irish owner, though, doesn't want to celebrate too much in advance: 'Everything can happen - he declared - there are still two races to sail and we will be in the water competing with the same concentration as if those of tomorrow were the first races of the series'.

The fight for the rest of the podium, moreover, is still completely open: Maidollis 3 by Gianluca Perego and Air Force 1/West Marine Rigging USA820 by Bora Gulari are in play for the second and third place: the Italian boat is currently second with 51 points, discarding a 13, while the American is now third with 52 points and discarding a 26. Fourth and fifth place are respectively occupied by Brian Porter's Full Throttle USA849 (2) and Bruce Ayres' Monsoon USA851 (9), both having a total of 65 points and discarding a 20.

Leader of the day was the European vice-champion Bombarda ITA841 (1) by Andrea Pozzi, that eventually scored the first bullet of the series 'We found a good rhythm today and the crew is happy for how we brought on the whole race. The start was good and allowed us to reach the first upwind mark in first position, then we managed to maintain the speed also downwind, even if the fight with Full Throttle, Air Force 1/West Marine Rigging and Slingshot has been tough,' declared the tactician of Bombarda, Giulio Desiderato, then passing the word to the owner, Andrea Pozzi:

'Today it has been like a dream for us: we obtained a good second place in the Europeans in Hyeres, but here we have some of the greatest sailors of the World so being able to put the bow in front of theirs is a great achievement for our crew,' - declared Pozzi when back on the dock, and he proceeded: 'The venue is amazing and Miami's race course is always demanding, for the wind and the oceanic conditions. The team is very united and we are enjoying each moment of this Championship: regardless what the final result will be, our main aim for tomorrow is to have fun'.

In the Corinthian division the battle is, if possible, even harder than in the overall ranking: the leader is still Marco Zammarchi's Taki 4 ITA778 (2), 19 points and a four as discard. Second and third place belong respectively to Megan Ratliff's Decorum USA805 (3) and Tonu Toniste's Lenny EST790 (4): both crews currently have 24 points, the first discarding a 22, the second discarding a six. The fourth of the ranking, Glenda and Kevin Nixon's Accru AUS812 (8) would have to recover a great gap of disadvantage, 24 points to be precise, in order to reach the leaders and try to strive for the podium.

There are all the prerequisites to have a great show tomorrow in the water, for the last day of the 2016 Melges 24 World Championship. Preparatory signal is intended at 10.30 am and two races should be sailed. The prize giving is scheduled for the afternoon, in the Plaza of Jungle Island.

Corinthian Division (Top 5 of 37; 10 races, 1 discard)

1. Taki 4, Marco Zammarchi , ITA - [4] -3 -4 -2 -2 -1 -2 -2 -1 -2 ; 19
2. Decorum, Megan Ratliff , USA - 1 -1 -[22] -1 -6 -2 -4 -4 -2 -3 ; 24
3. Lenny, Tonu Toniste , EST - 2 -4 -2 -[6] -1 -5 -1 -1 -4 -4 ; 24
4. ACCRU, G. Nixon / K. Nixon , AUS - 3 -5 -3 -[12] -4 -3 -3 -10 -9 -8 ; 48
5. Team Kesbeke/SIKA/Gill, Ronald Veraar , NED - 6 -2 -1 -[38] -3 -18 -10 -8 -3 -5 ; 56

Overall Results (Top 5 of 74; 10 races 1 discard)

1. Embarr, Conor Clarke , IRL - 2 -1 -1 -3 -4 -5 -2 -1 -2 -[15] ; 21
2. Maidollis 3, Gian Luca Perego , ITA - 3 -5 -3 -9 -6 -2 -[13] -3 -10 -10 ; 51
3. West Marine Rigging, Bora Gulari , USA - 1 -2 -2 -16 -5 -[26] -12 -10 -1 -3 ; 52
4. Full Throttle, Brian Porter , USA - 9 -15 -18 -6 -1 -1 -7 -6 -[20] -2 ; 65
5. Monsoon, Bruce Ayres , USA - 10 -4 -13 -7 -3 -[20] -10 -4 -5 -9 ; 65

2016 Melges 24 World Championship - Final Cumulative Results    

Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 T O Total World Championship Racing One Design Division Melges 24 1.   IRL 829 Embarr Melges 24 Conor Clarke 2 1 1 3/ RDG 4 5 2 1 2 15 [15] 21.0 2.   ITA 822 Maidollis 3 Melges 24 Gian Luca Perego 3 5 3 9 6 2 13 3 10 10 [13] 51.0 3.   USA 820 West Marine Rigging Melges 24 Bora Gulari 1 2 2 16 5 26 12 10 1 3 [26] 52.0 4.   USA 849 Full Throttle Melges 24 Brian Porter 9 15 18 6 1 1 7 6 20 2 [20] 65.0 5.   USA 851 Monsoon Melges 24 Bruce Ayres 10 4 13 7 3 20 10 4 5 9 [20] 65.0 6.   USA 658 New England Ropes Melges 24 Tim Healy 7 6 14 4 2 4 18 8 15 8 [18] 68.0 7.   USA 853 ARGO Melges 24 Jason Carroll 5 3 4 13 7 16 5 5 13 23 [23] 71.0 8.   USA 547 Blind Squirrel Melges 24 John Brown 4 22 7 5 12 10 4 13 16 6 [22] 77.0 9.   USA 848 Lucky Dog /Gill Race Team Melges 24 Travis Weisleder 6 9 5 10 10 3 14 7 18 25 [25] 82.0 10.   USA 515 Jigs in Space Melges 24 Peter Duncan 8 7 11 12 8 25 9 9 7 13 [25] 84.0 11.   ITA 841 Bombarda Melges 24 Andrea Pozzi 11 19 8 3 14 13 8 12 32 1 [32] 89.0 12.   SUI 684 EFG Melges 24 Chris Rast 15 21 10 14 11 7 37 2 11 7 [37] 98.0 13.   USA 747 SlingSHOT Melges 24 Wes Whitmyer Jr 23 11 6 2 19 19 30 21 4 4 [30] 109.0 14.   ITA 735 Altea Melges 24 Andrea Racchelli 12 10 19 33 13 12 22 18 3 5 [33] 114.0 15.   ITA 778 Taki 4 (Corinthian) Melges 24 Marco Zammarchi 18 16 21 18 16 6 3 16 6 16 [21] 115.0 16.   NOR 732 Team RRH Melges 24 Peder Jahre 36 13 17 11 23 8 6 11 25 18 [36] 132.0 17.   USA 805 Decorum (Corinthian) Melges 24 Megan Ratliff 14 8 53 8 27 11 16 22 12 17 [53] 135.0 18.   USA 838 Mikey Melges 24 Kevin Welch 13 20 9 1 21 75/ DNF 26 15 22 12 [75] 139.0 19.   EST 790 Lenny (Corinthian) Melges 24 Tõnu Tõniste 16 17 16 26 15 22 1 14 21 22 [26] 144.0 20.   GBR 850 Black Seal Melges 24 Richard Thompson 20 18 22 35 9 9 46 19 8 19 [46] 159.0 21.   AUS 750 Roger That Melges 24 John Bacon 19 24 15 17 18 17 11 20 34 20 [34] 161.0 22.   CAN 629 Zingara Melges 24 Richard Reid 27 12 24 25 17 14 28 25 26 26 [28] 196.0 23.   USA 505 USA 505 Melges 24 David King 26 26 23 19 23.5/ RDG 23.5/ RDG 23 32 9 29 [32] 202.0 24.   AUS 812 ACCRU (Corinthian) Melges 24 G. Nixon / K. Nixon 17 23 20 37 22 15 15 31 33 34 [37] 210.0 25.   NED 827 Team Kesbeke /SIKA/Gill (Corinthian) Melges 24 Ronald Veraar 24 14 12 75/ DNF 20 43 31 29 14 24 [75] 211.0 26.   USA 825 Blue Moon Melges 24 Michael Goldfarb 33 29 26 20 34 30 24 28 17 21 [34] 228.0 27.   CAN 811 NA Melges 24 John Sherlock 21 28 28 27 24 75/ OCS 20 34 19 27 [75] 228.0 28.   GER 624 Kleine Rainbow Melges 24 Bent Dietrich 30 34 27 22 29 21 38 38 23 11 [38] 235.0 29.   USA 526 3 1/2 men (Corinthian) Melges 24 Stephen Suddath 39 39 25 39 30 24 29 26 30 14 [39] 256.0 30.   USA 587 OBSESSION (Corinthian) Melges 24 Gary Schwarting 25 33 35 30 32 33 36 17 39 36 [39] 277.0 31.   USA 775 Jaws (Corinthian) Melges 24 Roger Counihan 34 40 29 28 36 18 50 42 31 33 [50] 291.0 32.   USA 798 Wardance (Corinthian) Melges 24 Peter Bergendahl 31 47 33 21 31 23 40 39 63 38 [63] 303.0 33.   USA 708 Tramp (Corinthian) Melges 24 Tom Ritter 22 37 45 23 35 35 33 46 42 39 [46] 311.0 34.   GER 569 IMMAC Sputnik (Corinthian) Melges 24 GAS e.V. 28 30 36 31 26 40 43 33 47 52 [52] 314.0 35.   USA 801 Shaka (Corinthian) Melges 24 KC Shannon 42 42 30 44 37 37 17 50 28 40 [50] 317.0 36.   NED 789 Gelikt (Corinthian) Melges 24 Carlo Vroon 29 32 39 40 35/ RDG 35/ RDG 42 37 36 37 [42] 320.0 37.   USA 695 Vollebak Melges 24 Ian Schillebeeckx 35 25 43 34 39 32 51 36 29 59 [59] 324.0 38.   NOR 800 Party Girl (Corinthian) Melges 24 Jens Wathne 43 38 32 45 28 31 44 30 49 35 [49] 326.0 39.   USA 839 The 300 Melges 24 Steve Boho 52 31 37 43 38 56 19 49 66 28 [66] 353.0 40.   CAN 11 Goes To Eleven (Corinthian) Melges 24 Duncan Stamper 41 35 34 32 33 48 47 62 52 42 [62] 364.0 41.   CHI 833 Gallyas Marine Melges 24 Pablo Gallyas 32 36 42 52 56 54 65 23 45 32 [65] 372.0 42.   CAN 364 Byrr (Corinthian) Melges 24 Peter Hansen 47 49 51 42 47 28 48 24 38 69 [69] 374.0 43.   GBR 691 Team Barbarians (Corinthian) Melges 24 Stuart Simpson 53 49/SCP 31 24 45 36 70 61 50 30 [70] 379.0 44.   USA 625 Zig Zag Melges 24 Marty Jensen 75/RET 75/RET 75/RET 29 25 29 57 35 24 31 [75] 380.0 45.   USA 855 Looper (Corinthian) Melges 24 Duane Yoslov 59 50 55 41 43 27 25 52 54 45 [59] 392.0 46.   USA 738 Dark Energy (Corinthian) Melges 24 Laura Grondin 49 44 75/DNS 48 44 38 41 41 58 44 [75] 407.0 47.   USA 24 Smokin' (Corinthian) Melges 24 Kevin Clark 45 41 46 38 41 59 55 58 27 58 [59] 409.0 48.   CAN 723 723 Melges 24 Uri Saks 40 45 44 46 52 55 49 54 43 60 [60] 428.0 49.   SXM 605 Team Island Water World Melges 24 Frits Bqus 50 62 38 75/ DNF 57 44 35 53 41 51 [75] 431.0 50.   USA 140 Posse (Corinthian) Melges 24 Sallie Lang / Jan Crosbie-Taylor 54 52 41 36 50 52 54 60 40 61 [61] 439.0 51.   CAN 31 Rush Melges 24 Mike Gozzard 56 54 49 56 55 41 53 43 59 43 [59] 450.0 52.   USA 346 Voodoo (Corinthian) Melges 24 Greg Semack 65 53 58 51 49 45 21 69 57 53 [69] 452.0 53.   USA 420 Kryptonite (Corinthian) Melges 24 Glen Tonguis 57 48 61 59 46 46 27 51 64 68 [68] 459.0 54.   CAN 99 Spitfire (Corinthian) Melges 24 John Marentette 58 55 57 47 40 51 60 45 65 46 [65] 459.0 55.   USA 441 Mangu' (Corinthian) Melges 24 Owen Carolan 60 59 40 50 42 58 75/ DNS 40 56 56 [75] 461.0 56.   USA 737 Last Call (Corinthian) Melges 24 Lee Eikel 37 43 59 49 75/ RET 50 61 67 48 50 [75] 464.0 57.   CAN 262 Surprise (Corinthian) Melges 24 Dan Berezin 64 57 62 60 48 34 45 44 51 67 [67] 465.0 58.   CHI 785 Conejo Racing Melges 24 Fernando Concha 51 61 52 53 53 47 34 56 75/SCP 62 [75] 469.0 59.   GRE 256 Silver Surfer (Corinthian) Melges 24 Xenofon Gerogiannis 55 51 54 58 75/ RET 75/ RET 62 48 37 49 [75] 489.0 60.   USA 332 Scruffy! Melges 24 Brian Tyrrell 38 60 48 54 63 42 69 68 69 55 [69] 497.0 61.   USA 119 Carmelita (Corinthian) Melges 24 J A Booker 46 65 68 65 61 49 39 64 62 48 [68] 499.0 62.   GER 499 Etesian (Corinthian) Melges 24 Tim Köppe 48 58 56 75/DNF 75/ RET 75/ RET 64 27 35 75/DNC [75] 513.0 63.   CAN 91 Totally Irresponsible (Corinthian) Melges 24 Adam Affleck 62 66 66 62 58 62 67 55 46 41 [67] 518.0 64.   USA 77 Bones (Corinthian) Melges 24 Robert Harf 61 63 60 75/ RET 75/ RET 75/ RET 32 57 44 57 [75] 524.0 65.   USA 379 Nikita (Corinthian) Melges 24 Krak and Kimberly Arntson / Brian Maher 63 56 47 61 59 75/ DNF 56 65 53 64 [75] 524.0 66.   USA 419 Apex Melges 24 Kent Picknell 75/DNF 75/DNS 75/DNS 64 54 39 59 47 60 54 [75] 527.0 67.   USA 34 Bad Idea Melges 24 Scot Zimmerman 44 64 63 55 62 60 52 71 61 66 [71] 527.0 68.   USA 106 Evil Duer (Corinthian) Melges 24 Nate Duer 75/DNF 69 65 66 51 53 58 66 70 63 [75] 561.0 69.   USA 491 Opportunity Knocks (Corinthian) Melges 24 Mud Ratz 66 67 50 75/ RET 75/ DNS 75/ RET 68 59 55 47 [75] 562.0 70.   USA 414 Zoo (Corinthian) Melges 24 Christoph Kalinski 68 68 64 75/ RET 75/ RET 57 63 63 67 65 [75] 590.0 71.   USA 610 Hermes Melges 24 Tony Stanley 75/OCS 46 67 57 75/ RET 75/ DNF 66 70 68 71 [75] 595.0 72.   CHI 622 Team Obsession Chile (Corinthian) Melges 24 Jose Rubio 67 70 69 63 60 61 71 72 71 70 [72] 602.0 73.   USA 352 Banshee III Melges 24 Edward deTar 75/DNC 75/DNC 75/DNC 75/ DNC 75/ DNC 75/ DNC 75/DNC 75/DNC 75/DNC 75/DNC [75] 675.0 74.   USA 113 Liberty Melges 24 C. David Phelps 75/DNC 75/DNC 75/DNC 75/ DNC 75/ DNC 75/ DNC 75/DNC 75/DNC 75/DNC 75/DNC [75] 675.0   Melges 24 - Corinthian 1.   ITA 778 Taki 4 (C) Melges 24 Marco Zammarchi 4 3 4 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 [4] 19.0 2.   USA 805 Decorum (C) Melges 24 Megan Ratliff 1 1 22 1 6 2 4 4 2 3 [22] 24.0 3.   EST 790 Lenny (C) Melges 24 Tõnu Tõniste 2 4 2 6 1 5 1 1 4 4 [6] 24.0 4.   AUS 812 ACCRU (C) Melges 24 G. Nixon / K. Nixon 3 5 3 12 4 3 3 10 9 8 [12] 48.0 5.   NED 827 Team Kesbeke/SIKA/Gill (C) Melges 24 Ronald Veraar 6 2 1 38/ DNF 3 18 10 8 3 5 [38] 56.0 6.   USA 526 3 1/2 men (C) Melges 24 Stephen Suddath 13 12 5 14 8 7 9 6 7 1 [14] 68.0 7.   USA 587 OBSESSION (C) Melges 24 Gary Schwarting 7 8 12 8 10 11 13 3 14 10 [14] 82.0 8.   USA 775 Jaws (C) Melges 24 Roger Counihan 11 13 6 7 13 4 23 16 8 7 [23] 85.0 9.   USA 798 Wardance (C) Melges 24 Peter Bergendahl 10 18 10 3 9 6 15 13 32 12 [32] 96.0 10.   NED 789 Gelikt (C) Melges 24 Carlo Vroon 9 7 14 15 11.3/ RDG 11.3/ RDG 17 12 11 11 [17] 101.6 11.   USA 708 Tramp (C) Melges 24 Tom Ritter 5 10 17 4 12 13 12 19 16 13 [19] 102.0 12.   GER 569 IMMAC Sputnik (C) Melges 24 GAS e.V. 8 6 13 9 5 17 18 11 19 24 [24] 106.0 13.   USA 801 Shaka (C) Melges 24 KC Shannon 15 15 7 18 14 15 5 21 6 14 [21] 109.0 14.   NOR 800 Party Girl (C) Melges 24 Jens Wathne 16 11 9 19 7 10 19 9 21 9 [21] 109.0 15.   CAN 11 Goes To Eleven (C) Melges 24 Duncan Stamper 14 9 11 10 11 21 21 30 24 16 [30] 137.0 16.   CAN 364 Byrr (C) Melges 24 Peter Hansen 19 20 21 17 22 9 22 5 13 35 [35] 148.0 17.   GBR 691 Team Barbarians (C) Melges 24 Stuart Simpson 22 28/SCP 8 5 20 14 35 29 22 6 [35] 154.0 18.   USA 24 Smokin' (C) Melges 24 Kevin Clark 17 14 18 13 16 29 25 26 5 28 [29] 162.0 19.   USA 855 Looper (C) Melges 24 Duane Yoslov 27 22 24 16 18 8 7 23 26 18 [27] 162.0 20.   USA 738 Dark Energy (C) Melges 24 Laura Grondin 21 17 38/DNS 21 19 16 16 15 30 17 [38] 172.0 21.   USA 140 Posse (C) Melges 24 Sallie Lang / Jan Crosbie-Taylor 23 24 16 11 25 25 24 28 15 29 [29] 191.0 22.   CAN 99 Spitfire (C) Melges 24 John Marentette 26 26 26 20 15 24 28 18 34 19 [34] 202.0 23.   USA 420 Kryptonite (C) Melges 24 Glen Tonguis 25 19 30 26 21 20 8 22 33 34 [34] 204.0 24.   USA 737 Last Call (C) Melges 24 Lee Eikel 12 16 28 22 38/ RET 23 29 35 20 23 [38] 208.0 25.   USA 441 Mangu' (C) Melges 24 Owen Carolan 28 30 15 23 17 28 38/ DNS 14 28 26 [38] 209.0 26.   USA 346 Voodoo (C) Melges 24 Greg Semack 33 25 27 24 24 19 6 36 29 25 [36] 212.0 27.   CAN 262 Surprise (C) Melges 24 Dan Berezin 32 28 31 27 23 12 20 17 23 33 [33] 213.0 28.   GRE 256 Silver Surfer (C) Melges 24 Xenofon Gerogiannis 24 23 23 25 38/ RET 38/ RET 30 20 12 22 [38] 217.0 29.   USA 119 Carmelita (C) Melges 24 J A Booker 18 32 35 31 30 22 14 32 31 21 [35] 231.0 30.   GER 499 Etesian (C) Melges 24 Tim Köppe 20 29 25 38/ DNF 38/ RET 38/ DNF 32 7 10 38/DNC [38] 237.0 31.   CAN 91 Totally Irresponsible (C) Melges 24 Adam Affleck 30 33 34 29 27 31 33 24 18 15 [34] 240.0 32.   USA 77 Bones (C) Melges 24 Robert Harf 29 31 29 38/ RET 38/ RET 38/ RET 11 25 17 27 [38] 245.0 33.   USA 379 Nikita (C) Melges 24 Krak and Kimberly Arntson / Brian Maher 31 27 19 28 28 38/ DNF 26 33 25 31 [38] 248.0 34.   USA 491 Opportunity Knocks (C) Melges 24 Mud Ratz 34 34 20 38/ RET 38/ DNS 38/ RET 34 27 27 20 [38] 272.0 35.   USA 106 Evil Duer (C) Melges 24 Nate Duer 38/DNF 36 33 32 26 26 27 34 36 30 [38] 280.0 36.   USA 414 Zoo (C) Melges 24 Christoph Kalinski 36 35 32 38/ RET 38/ RET 27 31 31 35 32 [38] 297.0 37.   CHI 622 Team Obsession Chile (C) Melges 24 Jose Rubio 35 37 36 30 29 30 36 37 37 36 [37] 306.0