Miami Sailing Week Melges 24 - The gap closes

by Melges 24 Class Association on 10 Mar 2012 The Melges 24 fleet competing at Bacardi Miami Sailing Week (BMSW) sailed four more races today.

Flavio Favini at the helm of Franco Rossini's Blu Moon, hung on to be first overall.

Closing the gap by another point was Riccardo Simoneschi aboard Audi taking three out of four possible bullets on day 2, inching ever closer to the top spot. Nathan Wilmot at the helm of Conor Clarke's Embarr kept in time with the two all-Italian front-running teams to finish the day in third.

PRO Bruce Golison hinted to the fleet early on that four races may be the way to go since the breeze forecast for Saturday, the final day of Bacardi, might be extremely light in comparison to days past.

Warm temps, 10-15 knots of breeze and classic Biscayne Bay conditions enabled Simoneschi to serve up nothing but speed and great tactics from tactician Gabriele Benussi.

'It was a very good day for us,' said Simoneschi. 'We have not sailed very much this winter, so we are still shaking off the rust. I have been here so many times and the conditions are just incredible. Gabriele really did a terrific job, placing us in all the right places and we had a couple of very good starts.'

'Sunday will be lighter and surely, the approach will be more like match racing with Favini,' continued Simoneschi. 'We are already first and second. It will be very interesting to see what happens tomorrow. Flavio has to finish fourth and we have to win.'

Only one race is scheduled on Saturday.

Melges 24
		1.	10		SUI 825	Blu Moon	Melges 24	Franco Rossini / F.Favini, T.Nava, S.Rizzi, M.Ivaldi, N.Dal Ferro	2	1	1	2	4	2	2	[4]		10.0
		2.	19		ITA 819	Audi	Melges 24	Riccardo Simoneschi / lucia giogetti / vittorio rosso / g. benssi / federico buscalia	3	5	2	1	1	5	1	[5]		13.0
		3.	14		IRL 607	Embarr	Melges 24	Conor Clarke	1	2	4	6	2	6	4	[6]		19.0
		4.	12		USA 812	Brick House 812	Melges 24	Kristen Lane / charli mckee/ jonny golsberry/ willien van way / matt pistay	5	3	3	14	3	4	5	[14]		23.0
		5.	11		USA 811	WTF	Melges 24	Alan Field / strur hunt / rrik shampain / stuart curran	4	11	5	10	7	3	6	[11]		35.0
		6.	47		USA 747	Monsoon	Melges 24	Bruce Ayres / Brian Hutchinson/ dan Smigth/ Oliver Otool/ danielle sariano	7	7	7	3	8	14	8	[14]		40.0
		7.	16		USA 795	Rock N Roll	Melges 24	Argyle Campbell / bill wiggens / charlies smythe / charlie enrght / stephanie roble	6	9	8	8	12	8	3	[12]		42.0
		8.	30		GBR 830	Black Seal	Melges 24	Richard Thompson / ahawn burke/ nigel young / krista pascaton / anette viborg	12	4	6	4	10	15	9	[15]		45.0
		9.	80		USA 680	Rocksteady	Melges 24	Cary Siegler / seth siegler/cary sigler/ tom coutne/ quin tobin	10	14	22/OCS	15	6	1	7	[22]		53.0
		10.	13		USA 619	Convexity	Melges 24	Don Wilson / jennifer wilson/ taylor confield/josh mccaffrey /janes reynods	9	12	9	9	5	9	12	[12]		53.0
		11.	86		USA 786	Battle Rhythm	Melges 24	Guy Mossman / peter cranford / scott norris /	8	8	11	12	9	10	14	[14]		58.0
		12.	18		USA 118	Hot Mess	Melges 24	Rob Britts / mak liebon/ steve liebel/ dawn engozzi	17	13	14	5	11	7	11	[17]		61.0
		13.	15		USA 829	Navega Racing	Melges 24	Kurt Winkelmann / brad bostur / ed furry / chris lay	11	15	10	7	15	13	10	[15]		66.0
		14.	33		USA 533	High Voltage	Melges 24	August Hernandez / susan Oneal / zack hernandez / david hernandez / maritn jhonsson	13	6	12	11	13/Protest	12	13	[13]		67.0
		15.	21		CAN 629	Zingara	Melges 24	Richard Reid / bill goodrham / rossi miler / dave wright	15	10	13	16	19	16	20	[20]		89.0
		16.	44		USA 744	Betty	Melges 24	Jeremy Tudor / jonie tedor/ doug nickles / scott gregory / mike nicolette	16	17	18	20	18	11	17	[20]		97.0
		17.	20		USA 720	Relentless	Melges 24	Scott Foxman / thomas word/ Fred Siegert/ brian huntman	20	21	17	13	13	19	15	[21]		97.0
		18.	25		USA 125	Just Add Water	Melges 24	Roger Counihan / peter rich / todd wilson / chris dold	14	16	16	18	16	21	19	[21]		99.0
		19.	22		USA 622	Obsession	Melges 24	Gary Schwarting / collin wallsh / John jennins / james jennigs / sue mc morron	18	19	15	19	17/Protest	17	21	[21]		105.0
		20.	17		USA 312	Shockwave	Melges 24	Steven Boho / Catherine Boho	19	18	20	17	17	20	16	[20]		107.0
		21.	87		USA 687	Firewater	Melges 24	George Haynie / jesse combs/ j booker/ a. dalton	21	20	19	21	14	18	18	[21]		110.

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