Melges 32 European Championship - Synergy GT leads after day 1
by Joy Dunigan on 18 Jul 2014
2014 Melges 32 European Championship Carlo Borlenghi
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Day one of racing for the seventeen-strong fleet at the Melges 32 European Championship in Riva Del Garda was nothing short of spectacular. Three races under stunning conditions elevated overall leader Valentin Zavadnikov and his Synergy GT team to the top of the ranking charts, now ahead by three.
Talamone Champion Roberto Tomasini Grinover aboard Robertissima is seated in second, followed by the Melges 32 fleet's first European lady helm Claudia Rossi at the helm of Wilma placing third.
The first race of the day got underway with nice and breezy, relatively flat water conditions and an anxious, powerful fleet punching the starting line for an aggressive commencement to the European Championship. Mauro Mocchegiani at the helm of Fratelli Giacomel Audi e-Tron took the big Race One win. Tomasini Grinover was in the hunt early finishing second, while Rossi showed no fear, unintimidated by this competitive fleet to take third.
Zavadnikov, with tactician Michele Ivaldi made all the right shifts to come up with the bullet in Race Two. Again, many were in pursuit of the top spot including Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio on G Spot, Rossi, Edoardo Lupi's Torpyone and Tomasini Grinover all finishing respectively second through fifth.
The breeze built beautifully for the final race of the day on gorgeous Lake Garda. Richard Goransson's Helly Hansen Inga From Sweden blasted off the line to take an early lead. Japan's Naofumi Kamei on Mamma Aiuto! jumped the gun to be called OCS while the rest of the fleet raced to the top mark. Goransson extended to win, just ahead of Zavadnikov to finish in second. Alessandro Rombelli's Azimut by STIG, Serena di Lapigio and Tomasini Grinover battled hard for position on the last leg. Ultimately Tomasini Grinover took third position, whlle Rombelli claimed fourth. Lupi rounded out the top five. Kamei recovered well to finish sixth.
Three more races are scheduled for Friday. If fully completed, a discard will go into play after Race Six, potentially shuffling the placement of teams positions on the scoreboard.
2014 Melges 32 European Championship
Sailed: 3, Discards: 0, To count: 3, Entries: 17, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank
|
Nat
|
Sail No
|
Bow
|
Boat Name
|
Owner / Helmsman
|
Tactician
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
Nett
|
1st
|
|
13
|
77
|
SYNERGY GT
|
Valetin Zavadnikov / Leonid Lebedev
|
Michele Ivaldi
|
4.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
7.0
|
RUS
|
2nd
|
|
1
|
1
|
ROBERTISSIMA
|
Roberto Tomasini Grinover
|
Vasco Vascotto
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
10.0
|
SUI
|
3rd
|
|
212
|
212
|
WILMA
|
Claudia Rossi
|
Nicola Celon
|
2.0
|
5.0
|
7.0
|
14.0
|
ITA
|
4th
|
|
321
|
321
|
INGA FROM SWEDEN
|
Richard Goransson
|
Morgan Larson
|
5.0
|
15.0
|
1.0
|
21.0
|
SWE
|
5th
|
|
487
|
487
|
TORPYONE
|
Edoardo Lupi
|
Lorenzo Bressani
|
14.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
22.0
|
ITA
|
6th
|
|
65
|
65
|
AZIMUT by STIG
|
Alessandro Rombelli
|
Freddy Loof
|
10.0
|
8.0
|
4.0
|
22.0
|
ITA
|
7th
|
|
181
|
181
|
G SPOT
|
Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio
|
Hugo Rocha
|
11.0
|
2.0
|
10.0
|
23.0
|
MON
|
8th
|
|
187
|
187
|
GIACOMEL AUDI E-Tron
|
Mauro Mocchegiani
|
Branko Brcin
|
1.0
|
9.0
|
16.0
|
26.0
|
ITA
|
9th
|
|
667
|
667
|
BRONTOLO HH
|
Filippo Pacinotti
|
Gabrio Zandonà
|
6.0
|
6.0
|
14.0
|
26.0
|
ITA
|
10th
|
|
199
|
199
|
MAMMA AIUTO
|
Naofumi Kamei
|
Manu Weiller
|
10.0 SCP
|
10.0
|
6.0
|
26.0
|
JPN
|
11th
|
|
179
|
179
|
MALAFEMMENA
|
Arturo Di Lorenzo
|
Matteo Ivaldi
|
16.0
|
7.0
|
8.0
|
31.0
|
ITA
|
12th
|
|
176
|
176
|
MARGHERITA
|
Roberto Mazzuccato
|
Gabriele Benussi
|
8.0
|
13.0
|
11.0
|
32.0
|
ITA
|
13th
|
|
223
|
223
|
TAVATUY
|
Pavel Kuznetsov
|
Evgeniy Neugodnikov
|
9.0
|
11.0
|
15.0
|
35.0
|
RUS
|
14th
|
|
172
|
172
|
CELADRIN VITAMINA
|
Andrea Lacorte
|
Andrea Fornaro
|
13.0
|
16.0
|
9.0
|
38.0
|
ITA
|
15th
|
|
173
|
173
|
SPIRIT OF NERINA
|
Andrea Ferrari
|
Roberto Spata
|
12.0
|
14.0
|
12.0
|
38.0
|
ITA
|
16th
|
|
958
|
958
|
FRA MARTINA
|
Edoardo Pavesio
|
Tommaso Chieffi
|
15.0
|
12.0
|
13.0
|
40.0
|
ITA
|
17th
|
|
185
|
185
|
RIMYG
|
Valerio Bartoleschi
|
Carlo Gugliemo Cattaneo
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
17.0
|
51.0
|
ITA
|
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