2016 Melges 32 Sailing Series - Act 2 - Tough fight on Day 1

by Melges 32 on 30 Apr 2016 2016 Melges 32 Sailing Series - Act 2 - A strong mistral wind greeted the fleet of eleven Melges 32s in Porto Ercole for the second act of the Sailing Series.® By no means did the big breeze make it an easy sailing game, but Richard Goransson and his Inga From Sweden team delivered an impressive six - one - one score to sit first overall.

'We are happy to have sailed well today, because it was a very tricky race course,' said Vasco Vascotto, tactician for Inga. 'It is now up to us to remain in the lead. With such a competitive fleet here in Porto Ercole, we cannot afford to take anything for granted.'

The top five is jam packed with exciting, tight competition. A three way battle has begun amongst Achille Onorato on Mascalzone Latino in second, Matteo Balestrero on La Spezia Sailing Team/Giogi in third and Fritz Homann on Wilma in fourth. They each share ten points.

Porto Venere Champion and Sailing Series® leader Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio at the helm of G-Spot, had an unsettled finish to the day placing fifth in the overall rankings.

Other standout teams of the day include Ahmet Eker on Eker coming up with third place finish in Race One, Lasse Petterson on Pippa claimed a nice top five results in Race Two and Valentin Zavadnikov's Synergy GT took third in Race Three.

Racing resumes on Saturday at 13:00 local Italy time with a forecast of a light breeze from the south-southwest. Three more races are scheduled and with the completion of six, a discard will go into play.

Top Five Results (Preliminary - After Three Races)

1.) Richard Goransson, Inga From Sweden; 6-1-1 = 8
2.) Achille Onorato, Mascalzone Latino; 1-4-5 = 10
3.) Matteo Balestrero, La Spezia Sailing Team/Giogi; 5-3-2 = 10
4.) Fritz Homann, Wilma; 4-2-4 = 10
5.) Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio, G-SPOT; 2-7-9 = 18

Results:

2016 Melges 32 Sailing Series - Act 2 - Preliminary Cumulative Results
   

Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total European Sailing Series // Act 2 Racing One Design Division Melges 32 1. 321   SWE 321 INGA Melges 32 Richard Goransson 6 1 1 8.0 2. 21   ITA 2121 MASCALZONE LATINO Melges 32 Achille e Vincenzo Onorato 1 4 5 10.0 3. 172   ITA 172 GIOGI Melges 32 Matteo Balestrero 5 3 2 10.0 4. 193   GER 193 WILMA Melges 32 Fritz Homann 4 2 4 10.0 5. 181   MON 181 G-Spot Melges 32 Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio 2 7 9 18.0 6. 159   TUR 3212 EKER Melges 32 AHMET EKER 3 6 10 19.0 7. 77   Mon 13 SynergyGT Melges32 Valentin Zavadnikov 8 9 3 20.0 8. 233   RUS 233 TAVATUY Melges 32 Pavel Kutznetsov 7 8 8 23.0 9. 194   ITA 194 VITAMINA melges 32 Andrea Lacorte 9 10 6 25.0 10. 212   NOR 212 PIPPA Melges 32 Lasse Petterson 10 5 11 26.0 11. 164   MON 1 LA PERICOLOSA Melges 32 Christian Schwoerer 11 11 7 29.0