Please select your home edition
Edition
McDYachts_Pyewacket-for-Sale_1456x180 TOP

M30 Worlds Breeze, Breaks and Bumps on Day Two

by Bunny Wayt on 3 Oct 2008
Optimumm leads M30 Worlds on Day 2 Andrew Palfrey

Last night’s rain cleared out and the morning brought sunny skies accompanied by 14-17 knot shifty westerlies to Rhode Island Sound. Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino showed their championship winning style taking bullets in two of the day’s three races to pull within two points of Guy Stening’s Optimum.

With the breeze bows were buried in the waves, several boats suffered breakage and at least one skipper got bumped on the head. The forecast calls for 13-18 knots at start time tomorrow and is anticipated to build over the course of the day.

M30 Worlds - Overall positions after 6 races:

Pos Bow/Sail Boat Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Points
1 08/ AUS 7151 Optimum Guy Stening 1 1 3 9 1 2 17.00
2 05/ ITA 2121 Masclazone Latino Vincenzo Onorato 3 10 1 1 3 1 19.00
3 11/ USA 65 Barking Mad Jim Richardson 7 2 6 11 2 5 33.00
4 22/ USA 707 Groovederci 706 Deneen Demourkas 5 6 4 7 8 7 37.00
5 23/ CAN 58 Mummy Geoff Brown 2 9 10 3 5 9 38.00
6 15/ USA 35 Groovederci 35 John Demourkas 14 5 2 12 9 4 46.00
7 17/ USA 55 Illusion John Podmajersky 11 8 9 4 10 8 50.00
8 01/ USA 691 Adrenalin Jeff Maludy 12 3 14 6 13 6 54.00
9 36/ USA 683 Turbo Duck Bodo von der Wense 13 19 8 8 6 3 57.00
10 34/ USA 316 Team BOLD Nelson Stephenson 16 7 7 14 12 10 66.00
11 31/ AUS 6100 Southern Sun Bruce Eddington 8 11 17 5 7 22 70.00
12 02/ USA 28 Coffee Grinder Jeff Gladchun 10 18 5 15 11 16 75.00
13 43/ USA 316 Skiff Sailing Gino Bottino / Joey Pasquali 17 16 16 2 15 11 77.00
14 21/ USA 21 Just Plain Nutz Norm & J. Cameron Dean 4 4 19 19 19 12 77.00
15 61/ USA 630 Siren Brian Connolly 6 12 18 18 16 14 84.00
16 12/ USA 27 Kaizen Moise Solomon/ Scott Baker 9 13 12 13 17 22 86.00
17 27/ RUS 9 Sailfish Victor Los 20 17 15 16 4 15 87.00
18 16/ USA 53 Superfly Lewis Perrin 19 21 11 10 14 13 88.00
19 28/ USA 56 Snooker Brant Russell 15 15 13 17 18 22 100.00
20 14/ USA 47 Venturesome Bob Zanetti 21 14 20 20 22 22 119.00
21 04/ USA 41 Rhumb Punch John & Linda Edwards 18 20 22 22 22 22 126.00
North Sails Loft 57 PodcastPantaenius Sail 2025 AUS FooterZhik 2024 December

Related Articles

56th La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec Leg 2 start
After a 30-hour delay, the 34 sailors were finally able to head out to sea After a 30-hour delay, the 34 sailors competing in La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec 2025 were finally able to head out to sea and face the elements. At 7 p.m. this Monday, September 15, the starting gun was fired.
Posted on 15 Sep
IRC Rating Rule unites Admirals Cup & Sardinia Cup
Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS) has announced the return of the Sardinia Cup The Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) has confirmed that the Admiral's Cup will return in 2027, building on the spectacular success of its 2025 comeback after a 22-year hiatus.
Posted on 15 Sep
Three new ORC Pacific Coast Champions crowned
22 teams from the US and Australia raced diverse designs at the Rolex Big Boat Series With a three-hour-long Bay Tour race as the final test for competitors, the 61st edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club came to a stunning close yesterday afternoon.
Posted on 15 Sep
Biotherm wins the Ocean Race Europe
For Paul, this was most satisfying of wins in a race that he planned for and targeted for many years Paul Meilhat and his crew on Biotherm are the runaway winners of the second edition of The Ocean Race Europe after adding their fourth leg win in five starts early this morning.
Posted on 15 Sep
Holcim-PRB claims 2nd place in Boka Bay
After memorable comeback in The Ocean Race Europe Leg 5 The Holcim-PRB crew claimed an outstanding second place on the fifth and final leg of The Ocean Race Europe, navigating a course full of twists and turns.
Posted on 15 Sep
Biotherm win final leg into Montenegro
To seal dominant overall victory in The Ocean Race Europe 2025 Paul Meilhat's French-flagged IMOCA Biotherm has won the fifth and final stage of The Ocean Race Europe - the 1,600-nautical mile leg from Genova, Italy to Boka Bay in Montenegro - and in doing so has confirmed a spectacular overall win.
Posted on 15 Sep
Team Malizia Third in Boka Bay
Clinching Podium Finish in Final Leg of The Ocean Race Europe 2025 After a tight battle for the podium on the fifth and final stage of The Ocean Race Europe 2025, Team Malizia crossed the finish line in Boka Bay, Montenegro, early this morning to claim third place and five points.
Posted on 15 Sep
Sydney International On-Water Boat Show Preview
Set to deliver a premium festival experience this November With just eight weeks to go, the Sydney International On-Water Boat Show is shaping up as a must-attend celebration of Australia's marine lifestyle.
Posted on 15 Sep
Olympian Wins Match Race Nationals
Nia Jerwood victorious in the Australian Women's National Match Racing Championship Two-time Olympian Nia Jerwood entered the event with little match racing experience. She proved that she has three valuable assets however: She is fast, has extraordinary powers of determination and concentration and is a very quick learner.
Posted on 15 Sep
Biggest ever OK Dinghy Worlds Opens in Italy
More than 200 OK Dinghy sailors took to the water for the practice race at Lake Garda Never, in all of history, have so many OK Dinghies gathered in one place at the same time and gone sailing. On Sunday, at Lake Garda, for the first time ever, more than 200 OK Dinghy sailors took to the water for the practice race.
Posted on 15 Sep