2015 ORC World Championship – Finals overall - We have the winners

by ORC Media on 5 Jul 2015 2015 ORC World Championship – After a long week of light air, lengthy postponements, hot sun and even hotter competition, three ORC World Champions have endured and excelled to been crowned today in Barcelona. Two are the reigning champions from the 2014 championship in Kiel last year, and one is a veteran winner from ORC championships in past decades of sailing.

Alberto Rossi's TP 52 Enfant Terrible Minoan Lines from Italy was under pressure today, with a slim two-point lead over rival Marco Serafini's team on his TP 52 Xio. Rossi's red boat is rated just a little slower than Xio and the other TP's in the class, so their only edge was to stay close and not lose by too much boat-for-boat and let the time allowances help them to stay within two points of Xio in the corrected time results.

With three ORC and one Farr 40 World title to his credit, Rossi and team did just that today to earn their fourth ORC World title, finishing second to Xio on the water but correcting to within seven seconds of the win, with Roberto Monti's TP 52 Airis behind on the water and in corrected time.

'It was difficult because we have a top boat, but it's a 2008 design while that of our direct opponent is much more recent,' said Rossi. 'We never gave up even for a minute in the whole week of racing. The secret of so many successful championships has been in the team. It's great, we are always the same and we have never changed anyone. That's the secret.'

Rossi sailed this week the following crew: Vasco Vascotto on tactics (himself earning his 18th World Championship title in various classes), Francesco Di Caprio, Marco Carpinello, Matt Mason, Roberto Strappati, Massimo Gherarducci, Federico Giovanelli, Claudio Celon, Nicolas Dal Ferro, Daniele De Luca, Francesco Mongelli, Daniele Cassinari, and Samuele Niccolettis.

Xio wins the Silver medal by one point, and the Bronze goes to Rafael Carbonell's Swan 45 Rats on Fire, by only a two-point margin over Jean Jacques Chaubard's French team on his GP 42 Team Vision Future.

In Class B Pedro Campos's Swan 42 Movistar was not under quite the same pressure as Rossi, with a five-point margin over rival Swan 42 Pez de Abril, also from Spain, but they still had to sail clean and well in the most crowded class of 38 boats at this event, or risk losing that lead. Today they too did what was needed, finishing third to some of their closest rivals, but still maintaining enough to be four points clear to win his second ORC Worlds crown in 12 years and his 15th World Championship title among this and other classes.

'We are really happy because this has been, by far, one of the most difficult titles to get due to the number of competitors and the quality of our rivals,' said Campos. 'The consistency of our scoring has been the key. A world title is a good way to start the season. The 3 keys to win this championship for us has had been: the long work done in advance during the winter, the consistency of the scores and the offshore race - this was our best race.'

Campos had with him this week Juan Meseguer on tactics and Jaime Arbones, Lino Perez, Eduardo Marin, Luca Lanzillo, David Louzao Abelleiro, Pablo Iglesias, Javier Cela, Muis Mas, and Fernando Rodriguez Rivero.

Silver medals in the class will go to Pez de Abril, and Bronze to the Italian X-41 Sideracordis, owned by Pier Vettor Grimani from Venezia.

Like Class A, the Class C champion was an Italian reigning champion from Kiel last year, but unlike them they were here in Barcelona with a new boat, an Italia 9.98 F.

Giuseppe Giuffre's Low Noise II had a promising start by winning the first race of the series, but then stumbled in the inshore race three with a shared 15th place. But from that point on the team remained in the top five throughout the remainder of the series, and scored their second bullet today to cap off an impressive week in an especially contentious class.

'This was our fourth World Championship win, but it was the hardest for sure,' said tactician Lorenzo Bodini. 'We came this year with a new boat designed by Matteo Polli that is fast, but smaller, so we were always fighting with the bigger boats. Everyone rates so close, the sailing was always very tight, there were a lot of other Olympic sailors in the fleet who are really good, so it came down to tactics and positioning, and here we did really well. The team is very strong, it's a great pleasure to win.'

An important award in each class is the Corinthian Trophy, where all members of the crew must be ISAF Group one (amateur) sailors. Winners of this award were all from Spain, and include in Class A Andrea Masi's Swan 45 Random Research Ulika (ninth place); Jose Ignacio Vicent's X-41 Phonemovil (10th place) in Class B; and Alberto Moro's X-37 Solventis (fourth place).

'This was the most competitive ORC World Championship we have had to date,' said Bruno Finzi, Chairman of ORC. 'We want to congratulate the new World Champions, the podium finishers, and all the competitors for their hard-earned scores in a tough week, and also the outstanding organization done by the Real Club Nautico de Barcelona. They created an event with the right balance of fairness, fun and high competition suitable to this World Championship.

'We hope to see everyone again next year in July at our 2016 ORC World Championship being held in Denmark in Tuborg Harbour in Copenhagen.'

Full results

ORC Class A

Pos	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	Type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	ENFANT TERRIBLE MINOAN LINES	ALBERTO ROSSI	ALBERTO ROSSI	TP52	3	2	4.5	2	2	2	2	2	15
2	XIO	MARCO SERAFINI	MARCO SERAFINI	TP52	5	1	6	1	1	1	8	1	16
3	RATS ON FIRE	RAFAEL CARBONELL	MANUEL DORESTE	SWAN 45	4	19	1	10	8	7	1	7	38
4	TEAM VISION FUTURE	JEAN JACQUES CHAUBARD	MERGUI MIKAEL	GP42	1	6	11	4	17	8	5	5	40
5	THA72	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	TP52	9	3	13.5	5.5	10	6	3	4	40.5
6	KUAN KUN	EDUARDO WONG	FEDERICO CALABRESE	SOTO 48	10	5	9	7	3	5	6	6	41
7	AIRIS	ROBERTO MONTI	CESARE BRESSAN	TP 52	15	4	12	8	4	3	9	3	43
8	TRAFALGAR	DMITRY MARTINES	LUIS DORESTE	SWAN 45	7	9	3	9	6	10	7	9	50
9	RANDOM RESEARCH ULIKA	ANDREA MASI	ANDREA MASI	SWAN 45	2	15	8	5.5	14	16	10	14	68.5
10	THETIS	LUCA LOCATELLI	LUCA LOCATELLI	SWAN 45	12	17	15	11	5	9	14	10	76
11	SOLETE	JESUS TURRO	ROMAN TURRO	G.SOLEIL 50D	14	14	4.5	13	16	15	4	13	77.5
12	STELLA	STEFANO FAVA	GIUSEPPE CAVALIERI	SYDNEY 46	8	16	7	12	15	12	18	15	85
13	MILU	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	MYLIUS 14E55	13	10	20	17	9	11	13	12	85
14	OTRA VEZ	WILLIAM COATES	WILLIAM COATES	KER 43	18	12	18	15	11	4	20	8	86
15	BULTACO	ANDRES VARELA ENTRECANALES	ANDRES VARELA	X-65	17	8	23	3	7	19	23	11	88
16	KAJSA III	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	DK 46	11	20	10	14	13	13	12	20	93
17	SILVA NEO	HEINZ PETES SCHMIDT	GEHRLEIN DENNIS	GP 42	6	11	13.5	16	23	20	22	16	104.5
18	PHOENIX	SERGEY GRISHIN	SERGEY GRISHIN	CUSTOM 60	19	7	17	14.5 RDG	18	18	11	24 DNF	104.5
19	CORATGE	MANUEL JANE	ISIDRO MARTI	SWAN 45	21	18	16	18	12	14	17	22	116
20	JEROBOAM	CARLOS PLAZA	JUAN PLAZA	SWAN 45	23	23	2	20	20	21	16	21	123
21	DUENDE 52	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	TP52	20	13	21	24 DNF	21	17	15	17	124
22	AIFOS	ARMADA ESPANOLA	JAIME RODRIGUEZ TOUBES	COREL 45	16	22	19	21	19	22	21	19	137
23	BRUJO JAZZ	SERGIO RAMIREZ	OLIVER BRAVO DE LAGUNA	FIRST 47.7	22	21	22	19	22	23	19	18	143

ORC Class B

Pos	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	MOVISTAR	PEDRO CAMPOS	PEDRO CAMPOS	2	3	5	3	2	1	3	3	17
2	PEZ DE ABRIL	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	1	5	11	2	8	2	1	2	21
3	SIDERACORDIS	PIER VETTOR GRIMANI	ANDREA TEDESCO	4	6	3	12	1	4	7	4	29
4	DIGITAL ALPHA	FRANCISCO RIZZO	FRANCISCO RIZZO	3	12	4	6	22	5	2	5	37
5	WB FIVE	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	13	9	8	4	3	3	4	7	38
6	GIUMAT +2	FLAVIO TRUSENDI	FRANCESCO CRUCIANI	9	1	1	1	16	14	5.5	8	39.5
7	KOYAMA	BERN KAMMERLANDER	IÑAKI CASTAÑER	7	2	2	7	24	8	16	1	43
8	AMBER MILES	LAKIMENKO VADIM	LAKIMENKO VADIM	6	4	7	5	15	7	17	12	56
9	ES TES UNNO - BAINBRIDGE	FRANCISCO SOLDEVILA	PEP SOLDEVILA	22	7	6	15	9	6	13	10	66
10	PHONEMOVIL	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	11	11	14	9	5	15	14	15	79
11	EXTREME WAYS	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH	5	13	10	14	30	9	9	20	80
12	TOUCHE SUPER	OSCAR SANCHEZ	OSCAR SANCHEZ	15	32	31	22	4	10	5.5	6	93.5
13	ADRIAN HOTELES	DANIEL ADRIAN RUERA	DANIEL ADRIAN	17	10	13	21	6	16	20	14	96
14	MATARO MARINA BARCELONA	JAIME MONJO CARRION	LUIS MARTINEZ DORESTE	19	39 DSQ	9	8	14	12	12	25	99
15	DES-AHOGO	MARIA MILLAN	RICARDO TEJERO	23	15	16	18	10	18	15	9	101
16	LE COQ HARDI	AIVAR TUULBERG	AIVAR TUULBERG	10	16	23	13	7	27	10	24	103
17	BACH YACHTING RACING TEAM	BACH YACHTING	NIC BOL	21	8	39 DNF	10	21	17	22	11	110
18	REVE DE VIE	ERMANNO GALEATI	NENAD VIALI	18	19	24	17	18	19	18	13	122
19	THREE SISTERS	FIRST SAILING SRO	MILAN HAJEK	12	17	12	16	20	28	31	19	124
20	RAQUERO	EUGENIO LOPEZ CHACARRA	EUGENIO LOPEZ	25	21	15	25	12	23	24	16	136
21	FLYER 2	CARLOS REBOLL	TONI DEL RIO	8	18	17	11	39 BFD	39 BFD	21	27	141
22	MAXIMO	MARIBEL CADENAS	MARIBEL CADENAS	31	23	29	20	11	21	19	18	141
23	FARR MARMO	ALBERTO FRANCHI	ALBERTO FRANCHI	16	39 DSQ	20	29	17	13	23	23	141
24	CHILI PEPPER	PHILIPPE COMTE	PHILIPPE COMTE	14	31	27	19	28	20	8	26	142
25	L'IMMENS	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	20	14	18	24	19	26	26	31	147
26	VALENTINA	THIERRY D'ARGOUBET	JORDI GELABERTO	33	26	19	31	13	11	30	22	152
27	DIGITAL BRAVO	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	26	36	22	39 OCS	32	22	11	17	166
28	ENIGMA	LUIS TORT MARTIN	LUIS TORT	27	25	21	28	31	24	29	21	175
29	ALICE	CHRIS LE PREVOST	SIMON HENNING	29	20	28	23	34	25	25	32	182
30	RUDA	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ	28	22	26	26	25	39 DNF	33	29	189
31	FANDANGO 300	JAVIER SABIOTE	GABRIEL DE LLANO	38	29.5	25	32	27	29	27	30	199.5
32	EMERGENCIES SETMIL	RAFAEL IZQUIERDO	JUAN ESCANDELL	24	24	30	30	23	39 DNF	35	35	201
33	HYDRA	OSCAR CHAVES	OSCAR CHAVES	32	28	33	33	26	34	28	34	214
34	OTTOVOLANTE	FABIO SANTORO	FABIO SANTORO	35	29.5	32	35	33	31	39 DNC	28	223.5
35	CARONTE	CARLES COMAS	CARLES COMAS	30	34	34	34	36	30	36	37	234
36	JOT	CARSTEN HENNINGSEN	OLIVER OCHSE	37	27	39 DSQ	39 DSQ	29	32	34	38	236
37	MIRIAPODO	LUIS ROMEU	LUIS ROMEU	34	35	35	27	37	39 DNF	39 DNC	33	240
38	SLICK	CARLOS CODINA	CARLOS CODINA	36	33	36	36	35	33	32	36	241

ORC Class C

Pos	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	LOW NOISE II	GIUSEPPE GIUFFRE	DUCCIO COLOMBI	1	4	15.5	3	5	2	2	1	18
2	HANSEN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	7	5	7.5	2	7	1	1	3	26
3	FYORD	JOSE LUIS MALDONADO	JAVIER SERRANO	36 DSQ	8	4	1	3	5	8	7	36
4	SOLVENTIS	ALBERTO MORO	MANUEL BERMUDEZ	3	2	1	14.5	2	14	16	2	38.5
5	SUGAR 2	OTT KIKKAS	SANDRO MONTEFUSCO	10	1	10	6	14	6	4	5	42
6	TANIT IV - MEDILEVEL	MARIA JOSE VILA	IGNACIO CAMPOS	4	10	29	5	10	4	5.5	9	47.5
7	TOTAL LUBMARINE SCUGNIZZA	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	19	3	5	7	17	8	7	4	51
8	AIRLAN AERMEC	JOAN CABRER	TEO MATHEU	17	15	3	13	1	3	10	8	53
9	SAGOLA BIOTRADING	PEPPE FORNICH	PEPPE FORNICH	11	12	18	10	11	15	5.5	11	75.5
10	YELLOW ROSE	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	6	22	14	9	9	7	13	24	80
11	SOUTH KENSINGTON	ALESSANDRO CONSIGLIO	STEFANO PIPITONE	16	6	9	14.5	25	12	11	16	84.5
12	ZAS SAILING	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	25	21	17	4	6	9	9	36 DSQ	91
13	VERTIGO DOS	ANTONIO GUASCH	ANTONIO GUASCH	21	19	13	21	8	10	20	6	97
14	LA VILA - CENTRO COMERCIAL	FELIX COMAS	FELIX COMAS	12	36 DSQ	2	8	23	21	22	14	102
15	VALHALLA	FRANCESCO BRUNA	MARCO BRUNA	8	13.5	19	19	15	19	19	10	103.5
16	COMET@	LLUIS BLANCHAR	LLUIS BLANCHAR	6	13.5	15.5	18	13	23	24	15	104
17	SQUALO BIANCO	CONCETTO COSTA	ALBERTO COSTA	22	16	27	11	20	11	15	12	107
18	DESAFINO	FERRAN AGUIRRE	MIQUEL COLOMER	13	27	6	16	19	24	18	13	109
19	NORTHERN LIGHT by SAMER & Co	NORTHERN LIGHT SAILING TEAM	FABIO BIGNOLINI	14	11	7.5	24	21	27	26	18	121.5
20	SYMFONY	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	31	29	23	20	4	13	17	20	126
21	TRAMENDU	SALVADOR VIETA	SALVADOR VIETA	15	17	30.5	12	16	36 DNF	21	17	128.5
22	MODARK	ASIER GARCIA	ASIER GARCIA	9	30	26	17	24	20	14	19	129
23	ANGRY RED	DOMENICO CICALA	DOMENICO CICALA	26	7	11	25	28	25	12	36 DSQ	134
24	MBA ATLANTICO - FAROFINO 2000	RUI RAMADA	RUI RAMADA	27	26	20	28	12	26	3	22	136
25	SAIOLA X	WIM VANDESANDE	WIM VANDESANDE	28	9	28	23	18	18	28	23	147
26	DEFCON SEGURIDAD	PEDRO GIL	JOSE MANUEL BALLESTER	5	23	21	26	22	29	27	36 DSQ	153
27	JULES ET JIM	SALVATORE BRUCATO	JAMES BRUCATO	24	18	12	22	36 DNF	36 DNF	23	21	156
28	ORANGE FISH	JORDI PRENAFETA	JORDI PRENAFETA	20	24	25	29	27	16	30	27	168
29	FANYTAS	MIQUEL BANUS	INGRID BANUS	23	20	22	27	26	28	25	25	168
30	MAGICA	FERRAN MARTINEZ	MARCO CORNO	29	31	30.5	31	31	17	31	29	198.5
31	RAMA	JORDI BIETO	JORDI BIETO	30	28	32	33	33	22	33	26	204
32	SPRINGBOK III	JORDI DELGADO	JORDI DELGADO	18	25	24	30	36 DNF	36 DNC	36 DNC	36 DNF	205
33	TE HOA	GERARD FORTEA	GERARD FORTEA	33	33	34	34	29	30	29	28	216
34	SWAHILI	PERE PERICOT	PERE PERICOT	32	32	33	32	30	36 DNF	32	30	221
35	JAMBO	MIGUEL FIORI	MIGUEL FIORI	34	34	35	35	32	36 DNF	34	31	235