Melges 20 Audi-Tron Sailing Series - Three times a king
by Joy Dunigan on 20 Jul 2015
Levi — Three Times A King - 2015 Melges 20 Audi-Tron Sailing Series Mauro Melandri / BPSE
Congratulations are in full order for now - three-time 2015 Audi-Tron Sailing Series winner Dario Levi on Fremito D'Arja along with tactician Niccolo Bianchi and crew members Stefano Lagi and Francesca Masotto. From the very start of this weekend's event in Porto Ercole, Levi and team laid down the law and stuck to the plan since Day One.
Agusta Corrado's Customly steadily improved his game to finish second overall, followed by first-time podium finisher Marco Franchini aboard Mezzaluna in third. Guido Miani's Out of Reach and Russia's Alexandr Ezhkov on Pirogovo Sailing completed the top five finishers for fourth and fifth.
Only one last race remained for Sunday and to no one's surprise, the very strong Russian team of Valentin Zavadnikov/Matteo Tenti on Synergy GT took final bullet honors. Corrado's persistence to chase Levi down in the overalls produced a second place finish in Race Six. Lauro Bonora's Camay captured a nice third place position.
The fourth act of the 2015 Audi-Tron Sailing Series is hosted by Circolo Nautico e della Vela Argentario, and organized by B.Plan Sport and Events (BPSE) in cooperation with Melges Europe.
The next stop for the European fleet is the European Championship taking place in Trapani on September 3-5.
Top Ten Results
(Final - After Six Races, One Discard)
1.) Dario Levi, Fremito D'Arja; 1-1-6-15-5-[22] = 28
2.) Agusta Corrado, Customly; [27]-22-1-4-2-2 = 31
3.) Marco Franchini, Mezzaluna; [20]-3-9-8-9-5 = 34
4.) Guido Miani, Out of Reach; 17-5-[25]-2-6-9 = 39
5.) Alexander Ezhkov, Pirogovo Sailing; 6-13-4-11-7-[15] = 41
6.) Wes Whitmyer Jr, Slingshot; 7-2-3-24-11-[26] = 47
7.) Mirko de Falco, Peccere; 2-16-14-[23]-8-7 = 47
8.) Manfredi Vianini Tolomei, Maolca; 5-8-16-6-[DNF]-16 = 51
9.) Hiroshi Kurakowa, Spray; [25]-9-19-3-15-6 = 52
10.) Richard Davies, Section 16; 15-10-8-19-1-[DNF] = 53
Complete Results
SAIL #
|
BOAT NAME
|
RACE 1
|
RACE 2
|
RACE 3
|
RACE 4
|
RACE 5
|
RACE 6
|
TOTALE
|
1 ITA 050
|
FREMITO D'ARJA
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
15
|
5
|
22
|
28
|
2 MON 081
|
CUSTOMLY
|
27
|
22
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
31
|
3 ITA 192
|
MEZZALUNA
|
20
|
3
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
34
|
4 MON 1
|
OUT OF REACH
|
17
|
5
|
25
|
2
|
6
|
9
|
39
|
5 RUS 2 (255)
|
PIROGOVO SAILING
|
6
|
13
|
4
|
11
|
7
|
15
|
41
|
6 USA 217
|
SLINGSHOT
|
7
|
2
|
3
|
24
|
11
|
26
|
47
|
7 ITA 112
|
PECCERE'
|
2
|
16
|
14
|
23
|
8
|
7
|
47
|
8 ITA 167
|
MAOLCA
|
5
|
8
|
16
|
6
|
DNF
|
16
|
51
|
9 JPN 126 (Bow 277)
|
SPRAY
|
25
|
9
|
19
|
3
|
15
|
6
|
52
|
10 USA 276
|
SECTION 16
|
15
|
10
|
8
|
19
|
1
|
DNF
|
53
|
11 ITA 149
|
CAMAY
|
19
|
24
|
2
|
17
|
14
|
3
|
55
|
12 ITA 42
|
BOMBARDA
|
16
|
6
|
7
|
22
|
DNF
|
4
|
55
|
13 RUS 036
|
ANNA
|
11
|
26
|
15
|
16
|
4
|
11
|
57
|
14 RUS 047
|
KOTYARA
|
8
|
25
|
17
|
5
|
10
|
20
|
60
|
15 ITA 158
|
TOMAHAWK
|
14
|
12
|
11
|
25
|
12
|
14
|
63
|
16 ITA 124
|
AUDI G TRON
|
22
|
14
|
10
|
21
|
3
|
27
|
70
|
17 MON 713
|
SYNERGY GT
|
23
|
27
|
5
|
18
|
DNF
|
1
|
74
|
18 RUS 137
|
ALEX TEAM
|
10
|
23
|
12
|
10
|
DNF
|
19
|
74
|
19 RUS 265
|
RUSSOTRANS
|
3
|
29
|
13
|
1
|
DNF
|
29
|
75
|
20 CZE 180
|
ALOHA
|
26
|
18
|
20
|
26
|
13
|
8
|
85
|
21 ITA 106
|
ASANTE SANA
|
13
|
20
|
18
|
14
|
DNF
|
21
|
86
|
22 GER 135
|
FANTASTICHINA
|
28
|
7
|
24
|
12
|
16
|
DNF
|
87
|
23 RUS 205
|
FISCHE
|
30
|
21
|
23
|
7
|
DNF
|
10
|
91
|
24 RUS 275
|
VICTOR
|
29
|
19
|
22
|
9
|
DNF
|
12
|
91
|
25 RSA 219
|
TNT RACING
|
9
|
11
|
27
|
30
|
17
|
DNF
|
94
|
26 RUS 199
|
MELGES RUSSIA
|
18
|
4*
|
32
|
13
|
DNF
|
28
|
105
|
27 SWE 202
|
INTERMEZZO
|
4
|
28
|
28
|
33
|
DNF
|
23
|
116
|
28 ITA 216
|
TORPYONE
|
12
|
17
|
33
|
31
|
DNF
|
25
|
118
|
29 MON 108
|
LUCIFER
|
32
|
15
|
21
|
20
|
DNF
|
DNF
|
123
|
30 RUS 156
|
QUANTUM
|
21
|
32
|
29
|
27
|
DNF
|
18
|
127
|
31 RUS 173
|
OST LEGAL
|
34
|
30
|
26
|
28
|
DNF
|
17
|
135
|
32 RUS 185
|
PHANTOME
|
33
|
34
|
30
|
32
|
DNF
|
13
|
142
|
33 ITA 145
|
SONICA SAIL
|
31
|
33
|
31
|
29
|
DNF
|
24
|
148
|
34 RUS 25
|
VERSYA
|
24
|
31
|
DNC
|
DNC
|
DNF
|
DNF
|
160
|
* 30% Penalty + 10
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