2015 ORC World Championship, Barcelona – Day 4 overall

by ORC Media on 3 Jul 2015 2015 ORC World Championship – With the completion of a 62.8-mile lap of racing along the coast north of Barcelona, two new series leaders have once again risen to the top of the standings in two classes at the end of day four of competition, hosted by Real Club Nautico de Barcelona. The complete lap was scored as two races for Class A by day's end, with Classes B and C still at sea approaching nightfall.

Taking advantage of a more favorable forecast to complete the two offshore races, the fleet was sent out two hours early today by race managers in an eight to ten knot northeasterly breeze to start a race 31.9 miles upwind to the turning mark off the town of Blanes on the Costa Brava. Times were taken here and scored for race five, while the fleet then continued without stopping back to a finish positioned where they started to be then scored for the complete lap as race six.

With the course being a long starboard tack fetch and the breeze dying slowly and shifting, the big and fast boats tended to stretch out ahead of their rivals, who were left to sail longer in the dying breeze.

At the turning mark and finish of the first race (Race five in the program), Marco Serafini's TP 52 Xio from Italy was able to save her time allowance by 35 seconds over the two-day class leader and reigning World Champion, Alberto Rossi's TP 52 Enfant Terrible Minoan Lines. Third in corrected time was Eduardo Wong's new Soto Acebal-designed 48-footer Kuan Kun from Peru, skippered by Federico Calabrese, giving their best performance to date in the series.

Then after the long reach/run home, Xio was able to stretch out even more to a 4:25 corrected time lead that gave her another bullet and seize the outright lead for the series by 0.5 points. In taking a fourth in race five and a third in race six, Roberto Monti's TP 52 Airis, skippered by Cesare Bressan, vaulted up the standings from ninth to third, making it three Italian teams in the top three of Class A.

After the completion of race five in Class B, the impressive winning streak of three consecutive bullets by series leader Flavio Trusendi's IMX 45 Giumat +2 from Italy, helmed by Francesco Cruiciani, came to an abrupt end. A runner-up finish by Pedro Campos's Swan 42 Movistar from Spain to Pier Vettor Grimani's X-41 Sideracordis from Italy, skippered by Andrea Tedesco, give Campos the series lead and another Spanish flag at the top of the leaderboard after race five.

And demonstrating their mastery of offshore as well as inshore courses and overcoming any disadvantage by being slightly shorter than her rivals, Alberto Moro's X-37 Solventis from Spain, skippered by Manuel Bermudez, finished the first offshore race in Class C second to Joan Cabrer's fellow X-37 Airlan Aermec from Spain, skippered by Teo Matheu, thereby extending the thin lead they enjoyed in this class.

The Class continues to be highly contentious, with yet another black flag start used today to get the fleet off the line.

But the miles ahead in the dying breeze will test the skills of the Class B and Class C yachts for the second phase of this offshore course, and the series leads may very well change once again after a challenging evening of fighting in the zephyrs, the competition...and the time limits.

Full results

ORC Class A

Pos	Yate	Armador	Patron	Club	Modelo	1	2	3	4	5	6	Puntos
1	XIO	MARCO SERAFINI	MARCO SERAFINI	CV PORTOCIVITANOVA	TP52	5	1	6	1	1	1	15
2	ENFANT TERRIBLE MINOAN LINES	ALBERTO ROSSI	ALBERTO ROSSI	ANCONA YC	TP52	3	2	4.5	2	2	2	15.5
3	KUAN KUN	EDUARDO WONG	FEDERICO CALABRESE	YC PERUANO	SOTO 48	10	5	9	7	3	5	39
4	TRAFALGAR	DMITRY MARTINES	LUIS DORESTE	SALINAS YC	SWAN 45	7	9	3	9	6	10	44
5	AIRIS	ROBERTO MONTI	CESARE BRESSAN	IL PORTODIMARE	TP 52	15	4	12	8	4	3	46
6	TEAM VISION FUTURE	JEAN JACQUES CHAUBARD	MERGUI MIKAEL	YC PORQUEROLLES	GP42	1	6	11	4	17	8	47
7	THA72	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	ROYAL VARUNA YC	TP52	9	3	13.5	5.5	10	6	47
8	RATS ON FIRE	RAFAEL CARBONELL	MANUEL DORESTE	CN ARENYS	SWAN 45	4	19	1	10	8	7	49
9	RANDOM RESEARCH ULIKA	ANDREA MASI	ANDREA MASI	CN TECNOMAR	SWAN 45	2	15	8	5.5	14	16	60.5
10	THETIS	LUCA LOCATELLI	LUCA LOCATELLI	YCC SMERALDA	SWAN 45	12	17	15	11	5	9	69
11	STELLA	STEFANO FAVA	GIUSEPPE CAVALIERI	YC PARMA	SYDNEY 46	8	16	7	12	15	12	70
12	SOLETE	JESUS TURRO	ROMAN TURRO	RCN BARCELONA	G.SOLEIL 50D	14	14	4.5	13	16	15	76.5
13	BULTACO	ANDRES VARELA ENTRECANALES	ANDRES VARELA	MARINAS MEDITERRANEO	X-65	17	8	23	3	7	19	77
14	OTRA VEZ	WILLIAM COATES	WILLIAM COATES	GBCA	KER 43	18	12	18	15	11	4	78
15	MILU	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	CV FIUMICINO	MYLIUS 14E55	13	10	20	17	9	11	80
16	KAJSA III	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	RCN BARCELONA	DK 46	11	20	10	14	13	13	81
17	SILVA NEO	HEINZ PETES SCHMIDT	GEHRLEIN DENNIS	FSC / KYC	GP 42	6	11	13.5	16	23	20	89.5
18	PHOENIX	SERGEY GRISHIN	SERGEY GRISHIN		CUSTOM 60	19	7	17	14.5 RDG	18	18	93.5
19	CORATGE	MANUEL JANE	ISIDRO MARTI	EVA	SWAN 45	21	18	16	18	12	14	99
20	JEROBOAM	CARLOS PLAZA	JUAN PLAZA	SALINAS YC	SWAN 45	23	23	2	20	20	21	109
21	DUENDE 52	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	CN ARENYS	TP52	20	13	21	24 DNF	21	17	116
22	AIFOS	ARMADA ESPANOLA	JAIME RODRIGUEZ TOUBES	CNR ARMADA	COREL 45	16	22	19	21	19	22	119
23	BRUJO JAZZ	SERGIO RAMIREZ	OLIVER BRAVO DE LAGUNA	RCNG CANARIA	FIRST 47.7	22	21	22	19	22	*	*

ORC Class B

Pos	N.Vela	Yate	Armador	Patron	Modelo	1	2	3	4	5	6	Puntos
1	ROU1	MOVISTAR	PEDRO CAMPOS	PEDRO CAMPOS	SWAN 42 CS	2	3	5	3	2	1	16
2	ESP4225	PEZ DE ABRIL	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	SWAN 42 CS	1	5	11	2	8	2	29
3	LAT909	AMBER MILES	LAKIMENKO VADIM	LAKIMENKO VADIM	XP44 SPORT	6	4	7	5	15	4	41
4	IVB42057	DIGITAL ALPHA	FRANCISCO RIZZO	FRANCISCO RIZZO	SWAN 42	3	12	4	6	22	3	50
5	PER2015	TOUCHE SUPER	OSCAR SANCHEZ	OSCAR SANCHEZ	B&C46	15	32	31	22	4	5	109
6	ITA40091	CHILI PEPPER	PHILIPPE COMTE	PHILIPPE COMTE	FARR 40	14	31	27	19	28	7	126
7	ITA252	FARR MARMO	ALBERTO FRANCHI	ALBERTO FRANCHI	FARR 40	16	39 DSQ	20	29	17	6	127
8	ITA41048	SIDERACORDIS	PIER VETTOR GRIMANI	ANDREA TEDESCO	X-41	4	6	3	12	1	*	*
9	ITA14329	GIUMAT +2	FLAVIO TRUSENDI	FRANCESCO CRUCIANI	IMX 45 (SD)	9	1	1	1	16	*	*
10	ITA4100	WB FIVE	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	X-41	13	9	8	4	3	*	*
11	GBR100N	KOYAMA	BERN KAMMERLANDER	IÑAKI CASTAÑER	XP-44	7	2	2	7	24	*	*
12	ESP9979	PHONEMOVIL	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	X-41 OD	11	11	14	9	5	*	*
13	ESP9229	ES TES UNNO - BAINBRIDGE	FRANCISCO SOLDEVILA	PEP SOLDEVILA	DUFOUR 44	22	7	6	15	9	*	*
14	ESP9754	ADRIAN HOTELES	DANIEL ADRIAN RUERA	DANIEL ADRIAN	FIRST 45DK	17	10	13	21	6	*	*
15	EST499	LE COQ HARDI	AIVAR TUULBERG	AIVAR TUULBERG	X-41	10	16	23	13	7	*	*
16	USA38800	EXTREME WAYS	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH	XP-38	5	13	10	14	30	*	*
17	CZE117	THREE SISTERS	FIRST SAILING SRO	MILAN HAJEK	FIRST 40.7	12	17	12	16	20	*	*
18	ESP7445	DES-AHOGO	MARIA MILLAN	RICARDO TEJERO	COMET 45S	23	15	16	18	10	*	*
19	ESP6966	MATARO MARINA BARCELONA	JAIME MONJO CARRION	LUIS MARTINEZ DORESTE	COMET 41S MOD.	19	39 DSQ	9	8	14	*	*
20	ESP8785	FLYER 2	CARLOS REBOLL	TONI DEL RIO	FIRST 45DK	8	18	17	11	39 BFD	*	*
21	GBR66	L'IMMENS	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	SINERGIA 40	20	14	18	24	19	*	*
22	ITA16800	REVE DE VIE	ERMANNO GALEATI	NENAD VIALI	G.SOLEIL 43 R	18	19	24	17	18	*	*
23	ESP7111	RAQUERO	EUGENIO LOPEZ CHACARRA	EUGENIO LOPEZ	G.SOLEIL 45	25	21	15	25	12	*	*
24	DEN1108	BACH YACHTING RACING TEAM	BACH YACHTING	NIC BOL	KER 11.3	21	8	39 DNF	10	21	*	*
25	ESP10005	MAXIMO	MARIBEL CADENAS	MARIBEL CADENAS	X-41 OD	31	23	29	20	11	*	*
26	FRA43519	VALENTINA	THIERRY D'ARGOUBET	JORDI GELABERTO	J 111	33	26	19	31	13	*	*
27	BRA2490	RUDA	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ	FIRST 40 KB	28	22	26	26	25	*	*
28	ESP7647	EMERGENCIES SETMIL	RAFAEL IZQUIERDO	JUAN ESCANDELL	DUFOUR 40	24	24	30	30	23	*	*
29	LUX1544	ENIGMA	LUIS TORT MARTIN	LUIS TORT	G.SOLEIL 44 R	27	25	21	28	31	*	*
30	GBR6638R	ALICE	CHRIS LE PREVOST	SIMON HENNING	MUMM 36	29	20	28	23	34	*	*
31	FRA36940	FANDANGO 300	JAVIER SABIOTE	GABRIEL DE LLANO	A 40 RC	38	29.5	25	32	27	*	*
32	ESP6333	HYDRA	OSCAR CHAVES	OSCAR CHAVES	G.SOLEIL 40R	32	28	33	33	26	*	*
33	IVB42039	DIGITAL BRAVO	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	SWAN 42	26	36	22	39 OCS	32	*	*
34	ITA2006	OTTOVOLANTE	FABIO SANTORO	FABIO SANTORO	G.SOLEIL 40 C	35	29.5	32	35	33	*	*
35	ESP10038	MIRIAPODO	LUIS ROMEU	LUIS ROMEU	XP-38	34	35	35	27	37	*	*
36	ESP5906	CARONTE	CARLES COMAS	CARLES COMAS	FARR 395	30	34	34	34	36	*	*
37	ESP7000	JOT	CARSTEN HENNINGSEN	OLIVER OCHSE	PUMA 42	37	27	39 DSQ	39 DSQ	29	*	*
38	ESP6353	SLICK	CARLOS CODINA	CARLOS CODINA	G.SOLEIL 40S	36	33	36	36	35	*	*

ORC Class C

Pos	N.Vela	Yate	Armador	Patron	Club	1	2	3	4	5	Puntos
1	ESP8837	SOLVENTIS	ALBERTO MORO	MANUEL BERMUDEZ	MRCY BAYONA	3	2	1	14.5	2	22.5
2	ITA998	LOW NOISE II	GIUSEPPE GIUFFRE	DUCCIO COLOMBI	YC CHIAVARI	1	4	14.5	3	5	27.5
3	DEN68	HANSEN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	ROYAL DANISH YC	7	5	6.5	2	7	27.5
4	EST711	SUGAR 2	OTT KIKKAS	SANDRO MONTEFUSCO	PJK	10	1	9	6	14	40
5	ESP8267	AIRLAN AERMEC	JOAN CABRER	TEO MATHEU	RCN PALMA	17	15	2	13	1	48
6	ITA16639	TOTAL LUBMARINE SCUGNIZZA	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	CC NAPOLI	19	3	4	7	17	50
7	ESP8471	FYORD	JOSE LUIS MALDONADO	JAVIER SERRANO	MARINA BURRIANANOVA	36 DSQ	8	3	1	3	51
8	ESP7625	TANIT IV - MEDILEVEL	MARIA JOSE VILA	IGNACIO CAMPOS	RCR ALICANTE	4	10	28	5	10	57
9	NED7680	YELLOW ROSE	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	JC SCHEVENINGEN	6	22	13	9	9	59
10	ITA15037	SAGOLA BIOTRADING	PEPPE FORNICH	PEPPE FORNICH	YC FAVIGNANA	11	12	17	10	11	61
11	ESP8377	COMET@	LLUIS BLANCHAR	LLUIS BLANCHAR	CN ARENYS	6	13.5	14.5	18	13	65
12	ITA16406	SOUTH KENSINGTON	ALESSANDRO CONSIGLIO	STEFANO PIPITONE	CV RIBELLINO	16	6	8	14.5	25	69.5
13	ESP8878	ZAS SAILING	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	RCN VALENCIA	25	21	16	4	6	72
14	ITA15337	VALHALLA	FRANCESCO BRUNA	MARCO BRUNA	CNM DI CARRARA	8	13.5	18	19	15	73.5
15	ITA14696	NORTHERN LIGHT by SAMER & Co	NORTHERN LIGHT SAILING TEAM	FABIO BIGNOLINI	SN PIETAS JULIA	14	11	6.5	24	21	76.5
16	ESP9399	DESAFINO	FERRAN AGUIRRE	MIQUEL COLOMER	CN EL BALIS	13	27	5	16	19	80
17	ESP8466	VERTIGO DOS	ANTONIO GUASCH	ANTONIO GUASCH	CN EL BALIS	21	19	12	21	8	81
18	ESP7875	TRAMENDU	SALVADOR VIETA	SALVADOR VIETA	RCN BARCELONA	15	17	29.5	12	16	89.5
19	ITA16512	SQUALO BIANCO	CONCETTO COSTA	ALBERTO COSTA	NIC CATANIA	22	16	26	11	20	95
20	ESP8139	DEFCON SEGURIDAD	PEDRO GIL	JOSE MANUEL BALLESTER	RCN TORREVIEJA	5	23	20	26	22	96
21	ITA16712	ANGRY RED	DOMENICO CICALA	DOMENICO CICALA	RYCC SAVOIA	26	7	10	25	28	96
22	ESP9438	MODARK	ASIER GARCIA	ASIER GARCIA	CNP DE LA SELVA	9	30	25	17	24	105
23	GBR234	SAIOLA X	WIM VANDESANDE	WIM VANDESANDE	RCN BARCELONA	28	9	27	23	18	105
24	RUS2113	SYMFONY	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	KOMATEK	31	29	22	20	4	106
25	ITA18081	JULES ET JIM	SALVATORE BRUCATO	JAMES BRUCATO	VELACLUB PALERMO	24	18	11	22	36 DNF	111
26	POR2000	MBA ATLANTICO - FAROFINO 2000	RUI RAMADA	RUI RAMADA	MRCYB / CWDS	27	26	19	28	12	112
27	ESP5951	LA VILA - CENTRO COMERCIAL	FELIX COMAS	FELIX COMAS	CN ARENAL	12	36 DSQ	36 DSQ	8	23	115
28	ESP7565	FANYTAS	MIQUEL BANUS	INGRID BANUS	CNP D'ARO	23	20	21	27	26	117
29	ESP7666	ORANGE FISH	JORDI PRENAFETA	JORDI PRENAFETA	CN PINYANA	20	24	24	29	27	124
30	ESP6919	SPRINGBOK III	JORDI DELGADO	JORDI DELGADO	CN EL MASNOU	18	25	23	30	36 DNF	132
31	ITA1501	MAGICA	FERRAN MARTINEZ	MARCO CORNO	CN EL MASNOU	29	31	29.5	31	31	151.5
32	ESP7094	RAMA	JORDI BIETO	JORDI BIETO	CV GOLFUS	30	28	31	33	33	155
33	ESP9931	SWAHILI	PERE PERICOT	PERE PERICOT	RCN BARCELONA	32	32	32	32	30	158
34	FRA21878	TE HOA	GERARD FORTEA	GERARD FORTEA	CN BADALONA	33	33	33	34	29	162
35	ESP7145	JAMBO	MIGUEL FIORI	MIGUEL FIORI	CN GARRAF	34	34	34	35	32	169