2015 ORC World Championship – New leaders emerge

by ORC Media on 1 Jul 2015 2015 ORC World Championship – With a more favorable forecast in hand despite the continued hot weather, race managers from the Real Club Nautico de Barcelona had only a brief postponement this morning before getting the fleet out of the Port Vell harbor and racing today. Two races were completed in all classes on both courses in somewhat light six to nine knot southwest wind conditions, and from this two new class leaders have emerged.

In race one, the light five to six knot breeze was still stable enough for race managers to set their courses and get started on an 8.4-mile course for Class A, 7.8-mile course for Class B, and 5.5-mile course for Class C. Like yesterday, in this race with the breeze building slightly the slower boats once again sailed in more wind and thus had an advantage in corrected time.

In Class A, race three winner was Rafael Carbonell's Swan 45 Rats on Fire from Spain, skippered by Manuel Doreste, who led two other Swan 45's, some of the furthest travelled entries at the event in second and third place: Juan Plaza's Jeroboam and Dmitry Martines's Trafalgar...both are from the Salinas YC in Ecuador.

In Class B, the race three winner was Flavio Trusendi's IMX 45 Giumat+2 from Italy, helmed by Francesco Cruiciani, the only team in the class thusfar to win two races by repeating their victory in race two. Another repeat performance was the close second place in this race earned by Bern Kammerlander's XP-44 Koyama from Spain skippered by Inaki Castener, who by only nine seconds defeated Pier Vettor Grimani's X-41 Sideracordis from Italy, skippered by Andrea Tedesco, for third place.

In Class C after a crowded general recall it was Alberto Moro's X-37 Solventis from Spain earning their first victory after a 3-2 performance yesterday, but by only an astounding five seconds in corrected time after an hour of or time on the course. Felix Comas's modified Sun Fast 3600 La Vila-Centro Comercial broke out of their mid-fleet showing yesterday to claim second in this race, a convincing 1:09 ahead of third-placed Joan Cabrer's X-37 Airlan Aermac, based in Palma.

The breeze built a little higher to almost 12 knots, then dropped a bit to 10 knots, and here is where, like yesterday, the big fast boats came into their own. Class A featured an 8.4-mile course, Class B an 8.7-mile course, and Class C a 6.3-mile course. In Class C things got a little too chaotic with too many recalls, so race managers set the black flag to keep the pre-start fleet in control and get them off the start line.

In Class A the results at the top of race four were a near-repeat of yesterday's race two, with 2013 Class A World Champion Marco Serafini racing his TP 52 Xio from Italy leading reigning Class A World Champion, Alberto Rossi and his TP 52 team from Italy on Enfant Terrible Minoan Lines, as well as the rest of the pack in real and corrected time by earning their second victory in the event. In this race there was also a newcomer to the top ranks - Andres Varela Entrecanales's X-65 Bultaco from Spain - recovering from a collision sustained yesterday in race one to get third in race four today.

This makes the standings in Class A resemble yesterday, with Rossi and his team on top with 11.5 points, but a tie in shared points in race three makes them only 1.5 points ahead of Xio after four races. And on the strength of an 11-4 scoreline today, Jean Jacques Chaubard's GP 42 Team Vision Future, skippered by Mikael Mergui with a strong French team on board, remains in third place on 22 points. This gap could very well compress considerably as discards are applied later in the week.

In Class B Giumat+2 won race four and thus becomes the only team to have three victories, but still only leads their class by two points over perennial Spanish offshore champion Pedro Campos racing his Swan 42 Movistar, who scored third in this race and has now 14 points. But if it were not for an 11th place finish in race three, the other Swan 42 who led the pack yesterday - Jose Maria Meseguer's Swan 42 Pez de Abril from Spain - might have been on top of the class today as well. Regardless, Koyama sits now in third in the standings on 18 points, with Pez de Abril only one point back.

Class C is shaping up to look as if it may be the closest class of the week, with only three points separating the top three teams after four races. A victory by the Spanish Fyord team, Jose Luis Maldonado's X-35 led by skipper Javier Serrano, in race four by only nine seconds over Michael Mollman's X-37 Hansen from Denmark was not enough to vault them into the top ranks after suffering a DSQ in race one yesterday, but their potential will become clear once discards are applied later this week.

The current class leader is yesterday's runner-up, the X-37 Solventis, ahead of Hansen by only a point, who in turn is ahead of the third-place finisher in race four and the reigning Class C World Champion, Giuseppe Giuffre's new Italia 9.98F Low Noise 2 from Italy, skippered by Duccio Colombi.

'Today on the Alpha course the wind did not seem to be building very fast, so we started with a setting that was too powerful when the breeze then built up to 10-11 knots the first race,' said Columbi. 'We were then bounced around on the right side of the field and pushed back to 15th place!

'In the second race there were more general recalls (like yesterday) - Class C has small boats, but it is definitely more aggressive! Finally we got off a start with a black flag and breeze that got up to 12 then dropped to 10 (on average): on the first beat we used the medium jib, but on the second we used the light. We started on the left side and it actually paid to be left, so we finished third. So, we are third overall to those amazing Spanish X-37's.'

Tomorrow at 1200 local time is the scheduled start of the offshore race, which is divided into two segments: a race northeast up the coast, where times will be taken at the turning mark and scored as the first offshore race. Then the fleet proceeds back to where they started in Barcelona and scored at the finish there, and scored as the long offshore race. Both are given a 1.0 points weighting, and either can be discarded if both are completed. In the event the longer of the two has to be abandoned for any reason, the results of the shorter race will then remain as non-discardable.

General Results

ORC Class A

Pos	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	Club	Type	1	2	3	4	Points
1	ENFANT TERRIBLE MINOAN LINES	ALBERTO ROSSI	ALBERTO ROSSI	ANCONA YC	TP52	3	2	4.5	2	11.5
2	XIO	MARCO SERAFINI	MARCO SERAFINI	CV PORTOCIVITANOVA	TP52	5	1	6	1	13
3	TEAM VISION FUTURE	JEAN JACQUES CHAUBARD	MERGUI MIKAEL	YC PORQUEROLLES	GP42	1	6	11	4	22
4	TRAFALGAR	DMITRY MARTINES	LUIS DORESTE	SALINAS YC	SWAN 45	7	9	3	9	28
5	RANDOM RESEARCH ULIKA	ANDREA MASI	ANDREA MASI	CN TECNOMAR	SWAN 45	2	15	8	5.5	30.5
6	THA72	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	ROYAL VARUNA YC	TP52	9	3	13.5	5.5	31
7	KUAN KUN	EDUARDO WONG	FEDERICO CALABRESE	YC PERUANO	SOTO 48	10	5	9	7	31
8	RATS ON FIRE	RAFAEL CARBONELL	MANUEL DORESTE	CN ARENYS	SWAN 45	4	19	1	10	34
9	AIRIS	ROBERTO MONTI	CESARE BRESSAN	IL PORTODIMARE	TP 52	15	4	12	8	39
10	STELLA	STEFANO FAVA	GIUSEPPE CAVALIERI	YC PARMA	SYDNEY 46	8	16	7	12	43
11	SOLETE	JESUS TURRO	ROMAN TURRO	RCN BARCELONA	G.SOLEIL 50D	14	14	4.5	13	45.5
12	SILVA NEO	GEHRLEIN DENNIS	GEHRLEIN DENNIS	FSC / KYC	GP 42	6	11	13.5	16	46.5
13	BULTACO	ANDRES VARELA ENTRECANALES	ANDRES VARELA	MARINAS MEDITERRANEO	X-65	17	8	23	3	51
14	KAJSA III	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	RCN BARCELONA	DK 46	11	20	10	14	55
15	THETIS	LUCA LOCATELLI	LUCA LOCATELLI	YCC SMERALDA	SWAN 45	12	17	15	11	55
16	PHOENIX	SERGEY GRISHIN	SERGEY GRISHIN		KER 60	19	7	17	14.5 RDG	57.5
17	MILU	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	CV FIUMICINO	MYLIUS 14E55	13	10	20	17	60
18	OTRA VEZ	WILLIAM COATES	WILLIAM COATES	GBCA	KER 43	18	12	18	15	63
19	JEROBOAM	CARLOS PLAZA	JUAN PLAZA	SALINAS YC	SWAN 45	23	23	2	20	68
20	CORATGE	MANUEL JANE	ISIDRO MARTI	EVA	SWAN 45	21	18	16	18	73
21	DUENDE 52	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	CN ARENYS	TP52	20	13	21	24 DNF	78
22	AIFOS	ARMADA ESPANOLA	JAIME RODRIGUEZ TOUBES	CNR ARMADA	COREL 45	16	22	19	21	78
23	BRUJO JAZZ	SERGIO RAMIREZ	OLIVER BRAVO DE LAGUNA	RCNG CANARIA	FIRST 47.7	22	21	22	19	84

ORC Class B

Pos	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	Club	Type	1	2	3	4	Points
1	GIUMAT +2	FLAVIO TRUSENDI	FRANCESCO CRUCIANI	YC LIVORNO	IMX 45 (SD)	9	1	1	1	12
2	MOVISTAR	PEDRO CAMPOS	PEDRO CAMPOS	RCN SANXENXO	SWAN 42 CS	2	4	5	3	14
3	KOYAMA	BERN KAMMERLANDER	IÑAKI CASTAÑER	RCN PALMA	XP-44	7	2	2	7	18
4	PEZ DE ABRIL	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	CNV DE SAN PEDRO	SWAN 42 CS	1	5	11	2	19
5	AMBER MILES	LAKIMENKO VADIM	LAKIMENKO VADIM		XP44 SPORT	5	3	7	4	19
6	DIGITAL ALPHA	FRANCISCO RIZZO	FRANCISCO RIZZO	CO ECUADOR	SWAN 42	3	12	4	6	25
7	SIDERACORDIS	PIER VETTOR GRIMANI	ANDREA TEDESCO	CD VENEZIA	X-41	4	6	3	12	25
8	WB FIVE	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	CN PESCARA	X-41	13	9	8	5	35
9	EXTREME WAYS	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH		XP-38	6	13	10	14	43
10	PHONEMOVIL	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	RCN VALENCIA	X-41 OD	11	11	14	9	45
11	ES TES UNNO - BAINBRIDGE	FRANCISCO SOLDEVILA	PEP SOLDEVILA	RCN BARCELONA	DUFOUR 44	22	7	6	15	50
12	FLYER 2	CARLOS REBOLL	TONI DEL RIO	CMP OLIMPIC	FIRST 45DK	8	18	17	11	54
13	THREE SISTERS	FIRST SAILING SRO	MILAN HAJEK	SK TRI SESTRY	FIRST 40.7	12	17	12	16	57
14	ADRIAN HOTELES	DANIEL ADRIAN RUERA	DANIEL ADRIAN	ACT.NAU.TENERIFE	FIRST 45DK	17	10	13	21	61
15	LE COQ HARDI	AIVAR TUULBERG	AIVAR TUULBERG	PARNU YC	X-41	10	16	23	13	62
16	DES-AHOGO	MARIA MILLAN	RICARDO TEJERO	RCN BARCELONA	COMET 45S	23	15	16	18	72
17	MATARO MARINA BARCELONA	JAIME MONJO CARRION	LUIS MARTINEZ DORESTE	RCM BARCELONA	COMET 41S MOD.	19	39 DSQ	9	8	75
18	L'IMMENS	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	RCN BARCELONA	SINERGIA 40	20	14	18	24	76
19	BACH YACHTING RACING TEAM	BACH YACHTING	NIC BOL	WVA	KER 11.3	21	8	39 DNF	10	78
20	REVE DE VIE	ERMANNO GALEATI	NENAD VIALI	CN SAMBENEDETTESE	G.SOLEIL 43 R	18	19	24	17	78
21	RAQUERO	EUGENIO LOPEZ CHACARRA	EUGENIO LOPEZ	RCN TARRAGONA	G.SOLEIL 45	25	21	15	25	86
22	CHILI PEPPER	PHILIPPE COMTE	PHILIPPE COMTE	S.N.S.T	FARR 40	14	31	27	19	91
23	TOUCHE SUPER	OSCAR SANCHEZ	OSCAR SANCHEZ	YC PERUANO	B&C46	15	32	31	22	100
24	ALICE	CHRIS LE PREVOST	SIMON HENNING	GUERNSEY YC	MUMM 36	29	20	28	23	100
25	ENIGMA	LUIS TORT MARTIN	LUIS TORT	RCN BARCELONA	G.SOLEIL 44 R	27	25	21	28	101
26	RUDA	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ		FIRST 40 KB	28	22	26	26	102
27	MAXIMO	MARIBEL CADENAS	MARIBEL CADENAS	CN EL MASNOU	X-41 OD	31	23	29	20	103
28	FARR MARMO	ALBERTO FRANCHI	ALBERTO FRANCHI	CNM DI CARRARA	FARR 40	16	39 DSQ	20	29	104
29	EMERGENCIES SETMIL	RAFAEL IZQUIERDO	JUAN ESCANDELL	CN ARENAL	DUFOUR 40	24	24	30	30	108
30	VALENTINA	THIERRY D'ARGOUBERT	JORDI GELABERTO	CNSF DE GUIXOLS	J 111	33	26	19	31	109
31	DIGITAL BRAVO	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	TEAM DIGITAL	SWAN 42	26	36	22	39 OCS	123
32	FANDANGO 300	JAVIER SABIOTE	GABRIEL DE LLANO	RCR CARTAGENA	A 40 RC	38	29.5	25	32	124.5
33	HYDRA	OSCAR CHAVES	OSCAR CHAVES	CN EL BALIS	G.SOLEIL 40R	32	28	33	33	126
34	MIRIAPODO	LUIS ROMEU	LUIS ROMEU	RCN BARCELONA	XP-38	34	35	35	27	131
35	OTTOVOLANTE	FABIO SANTORO	FABIO SANTORO	CV RIBELLINO	G.SOLEIL 40 C	35	29.5	32	35	131.5
36	CARONTE	CARLES COMAS	CARLES COMAS	RCNB	FARR 395	30	34	34	34	132
37	SLICK	CARLOS CODINA	CARLOS CODINA	CN GARRAF	G.SOLEIL 40S	36	33	36	36	141
38	JOT	CARSTEN HENNINGSEN	OLIVER OCHSE		PUMA 42	37	27	39 DSQ	39 DSQ	142

ORC Class C

Pos	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	Club	Type	1	2	3	4	Points
1	SOLVENTIS	ALBERTO MORO	MANUEL BERMUDEZ	MRCY BAYONA	X-37	3	2	1	14.5	20.5
2	HANSEN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	ROYAL DANISH YC	X-37	7	5	6.5	2	20.5
3	LOW NOISE II	GIUSEPPE GIUFFRE	DUCCIO COLOMBI	YC CHIAVARI	ITALIA 9.98 F	1	4	14.5	3	22.5
4	SUGAR 2	OTT KIKKAS	SANDRO MONTEFUSCO	PJK	NM38S	10	1	9	6	26
5	TOTAL LUBMARINE SCUGNIZZA	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	CC NAPOLI	NM38S	19	3	4	7	33
6	SOUTH KENSINGTON	ALESSANDRO CONSIGLIO	STEFANO PIPITONE	CV RIBELLINO	FIRST 35	16	6	8	14.5	44.5
7	AIRLAN AERMEC	JOAN CABRER	TEO MATHEU	RCN PALMA	X-37	17	15	2	13	47
8	TANIT IV - MEDILEVEL	MARIA JOSE VILA	IGNACIO CAMPOS	RCR ALICANTE	G.SOLEIL 37B	4	10	28	5	47
9	FYORD	JOSE LUIS MALDONADO	JAVIER SERRANO	MARINA BURRIANANOVA	X-35	36 DSQ	8	3	1	48
10	YELLOW ROSE	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	JC SCHEVENINGEN	X-35 OD	6	22	13	9	50
11	SAGOLA BIOTRADING	PEPPE FORNICH	PEPPE FORNICH	YC FAVIGNANA	G.SOLEIL 37 B	11	12	17	10	50
12	COMET@	LLUIS BLANCHAR	LLUIS BLANCHAR	CN ARENYS	VROLIJK 37	6	13.5	14.5	18	52
13	NORTHERN LIGHT by SAMER & Co	NORTHERN LIGHT SAILING TEAM	FABIO BIGNOLINI	SN PIETAS JULIA	DUFOUR 34 MOD.	14	11	6.5	24	55.5
14	VALHALLA	FRANCESCO BRUNA	MARCO BRUNA	CNM DI CARRARA	G.SOLEIL 37 B	8	13.5	18	19	58.5
15	DESAFINO	FERRAN AGUIRRE	MIQUEL COLOMER	CN EL BALIS	X-35	13	27	5	16	61
16	ZAS SAILING	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	RCN VALENCIA	G.SOLEIL 37-Q	25	21	16	4	66
17	ANGRY RED	DOMENICO CICALA	DOMENICO CICALA	RYCC SAVOIA	T-34	26	7	10	25	68
18	VERTIGO DOS	ANTONIO GUASCH	ANTONIO GUASCH	CN EL BALIS	SALONA 37	21	19	12	21	73
19	TRAMENDU	SALVADOR VIETA	SALVADOR VIETA	RCN BARCELONA	DEHLER 36 SQ	15	17	29.5	12	73.5
20	DEFCON SEGURIDAD	PEDRO GIL	JOSE MANUEL BALLESTER	RCN TORREVIEJA	DUFOUR 34	5	23	20	26	74
21	SQUALO BIANCO	CONCETTO COSTA	ALBERTO COSTA	NIC CATANIA	FIRST 35	22	16	26	11	75
22	JULES ET JIM	SALVATORE BRUCATO	JAMES BRUCATO	VELACLUB PALERMO	FIRST 34.7	24	18	11	22	75
23	MODARK	ASIER GARCIA	ASIER GARCIA	CNP DE LA SELVA	X-37	9	30	25	17	81
24	SAIOLA X	WIM VANDESANDE	WIM VANDESANDE	RCN BARCELONA	BH 36	28	9	27	23	87
25	FANYTAS	MIQUEL BANUS	INGRID BANUS	CNP D'ARO	DUFOUR 34	23	20	21	27	91
26	LA VILA - CENTRO COMERCIAL	FELIX COMAS	FELIX COMAS	CN ARENAL	SUN FAST 36 (MOD)	12	36 DSQ	36 DSQ	8	92
27	SPRINGBOK III	JORDI DELGADO	JORDI DELGADO	CN EL MASNOU	COMET 33	18	25	23	30	96
28	ORANGE FISH	JORDI PRENAFETA	JORDI PRENAFETA	CN PINYANA	G.SOLEIL 37B	20	24	24	29	97
29	MBA ATLANTICO - FAROFINO 2000	RUI RAMADA	RUI RAMADA	MRCYB / CWDS	MUM 30	27	26	19	28	100
30	SYMFONY	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	KOMATEK	X-35 OD	31	29	22	20	102
31	MAGICA	FERRAN MARTINEZ	MARCO CORNO	CN EL MASNOU	BAVARIA 35 MATCH	29	31	29.5	31	120.5
32	RAMA	JORDI BIETO	JORDI BIETO	CV GOLFUS	FIRST 40.7 SD	30	28	31	33	122
33	SWAHILI	PERE PERICOT	PERE PERICOT	RCN BARCELONA	A-31	32	32	32	32	128
34	TE HOA	GERARD FORTEA	GERARD FORTEA	CN BADALONA	ARCHAMBALUT	33	33	33	34	133
35	JAMBO	MIGUEL FIORI	MIGUEL FIORI	CN GARRAF	FIRST 31.7	34	34	34	35	137