2014 Audi Melges 20 World Championship - It's go time in Garda
by Melges 20 on 27 Aug 2014
2014 Audi Melges 20 World Championship Joy Dunigan
2014 Melges 20 World Championship - Registration, measurement and practice day are officially complete at the 2014 Audi Melges 20 World Championship, hosted by Fraglia Della Vela Riva. An unprecedented 57 entries will take to the starting line tomorrow, Wednesday, 27 August for the first of four competitive days of premium performance racing.
The weather pattern in Garda over the last few days has been a bit on the light and rainy side. Even today, teams waited for several hours before leaving the docks to practice due to no breeze. They tinkered with the boats, walked the docks, had lunch at some of Riva's beautiful outdoor cafe's, while others relaxed in the Audi hospitality area and caught-up up on sleep due to jetlag. The breeze came up around 3 p.m. and teams rushed off the docks to practice. Unfortunately, no practice race was held as a storm developed with incredible wind forcing everyone back to shore.
The entry list is star-studded, not to mention loaded from top to bottom with some of the very best amatuer drivers in the world.
'It is impossible to predict what will happen on Lake Garda over the next few days and with 57 teams on the line it will surely will be a spectacular event,' said International Audi Melges 20 Class Chairman, Manfredi Vianini Tolomei. 'So much work has gone into making the next four days unforgettable. From the Melges organization, to the International Class Association as well as the regional fleets, everyone has worked very hard to make it the greatest regatta ever. We are happy to have so many entries and among them, two lady helms as well as three youth sailors - one of them also a helm.'
'The Audi Melges 20 is fitting for sailors of every age, gender and level of experience. I am very proud to chair this class and think that on Lake Garda, our owners will race hard with great sportsmanship, honesty and through many friendships,' concluded Vianini Tolomei.
Racing commences at 12:30 p.m. with a maximum of three races scheduled.
2014 Audi Melges 20 World Championship Current Entries:
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Sail Number |
Yacht Name |
Owner's Name |
Home Port |
Yacht Type |
Length |
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1. |
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ITA 205 |
3menda |
Federico Albano |
La Spezia, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
2. |
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CZE 180 |
Aloha |
Jan Kuchar |
Prague, Czech rep, CZE |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
3. |
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RUS 36 |
Anna |
Vladimir Silkin |
Moscow, RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
4. |
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RUS 7 |
ANYWAYANYDAY |
Kirill Podolsky |
RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
5. |
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ITA 106 |
Asante Sana Sailing Team |
Claudio Dutto |
Riva del Garda, Trento, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
6. |
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ITA 124 |
Audi G-Tron F.lli Giacomel |
Roberto Martinez |
Milano, MI, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
7. |
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CAN 170 |
Batteries 4 Bacio |
Rhonda Joyce |
Toronto, Ont, CAN |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
8. |
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USA 231 |
Blind Squirrel |
John Brown |
Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
9. |
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ITA 149 |
CAMAY |
Lauro Bonora |
Ferrara, Ferrara, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
10. |
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ITA 027 |
Chimera |
Marco Gambarella |
Palermo, Palermo, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
11. |
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SUI 206 |
Cold Duck |
August Schram |
Bad Goisern, Öberösterreich, AUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
12. |
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JPN 277 |
Contious |
Norikatsu Aizawa |
Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JPN |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
13. |
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MON 81 |
Customly |
Corrado Agusta |
Monaco, MON |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
14. |
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GER 135 |
Fantastichina |
Fritz Homann |
München, BY, GER |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
15. |
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RUS 262 |
Fly or die |
Denis Lankin |
RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
16. |
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ITA 50 |
Fremito D'arja |
Dario Levi |
London, GBR |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
17. |
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ITA 181 |
Hanneken |
Simone Anichini |
Florence, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
18. |
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GER 164 |
Hellcat |
Juergen Fuchs |
Munich, Bavaria, GER |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
19. |
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ITA 157 |
ITA 157 |
Francesco Farneti |
Rimini, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
20. |
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RUS 047 |
Kotyara |
Oleg Evdokimenko |
Moscow, RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
21. |
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ITA 107 |
Leviathan |
Davide Albertini Petroni |
Milano, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
22. |
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MON 108 |
Lucifer |
Matteo Marenghi Vaselli |
Fontvieille, MON |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
23. |
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JPN 271 |
Mamma Aiuto! |
Naofumi Kamei |
Tokio, Baleares, JPN |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
24. |
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ITA 167 |
Maolca |
Manfredi Vianini Tolomei |
Milan, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
25. |
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GER 204 |
Maroi |
Jan Kowalski |
München, BY, GER |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
26. |
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ITA 23 |
Mascalzone Latino |
Achille Onorato |
Milano, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
27. |
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ITA 192 |
Mezza Luna |
Marco Franchini |
ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
28. |
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MON 333 |
Monaco Racing Fleet |
Guido Miani |
Monaco, MON |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
29. |
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MON 104 |
Money Time |
Philippe Pizzichini |
Monaco, MON |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
30. |
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AUT 159 |
N.N. |
Klaus Schober |
Zell am See, AUT |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
31. |
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USA 1315 |
Ninkasi |
John Taylor |
Jupiter, FL, USA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
32. |
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RUS 173 |
Ost Legal |
Vladimir Lipavsky |
Moscow, RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
33. |
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RUS 44 |
Ottobre Rosso |
Artem Kuznetsov |
RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
34. |
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ITA 112 |
Peccere' |
Mirko de Falco |
Napoli, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
35. |
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RUS 002 |
Pirogovo Sailing |
Alexandr Ezhkov |
Moscow, RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
36. |
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ITA 136 |
Raffica |
Pasquale Orofino |
Naples, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
37. |
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USA 14 |
Red Sky Sailing Team |
Paul Reilly |
Chicago, IL, USA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
38. |
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RUS 156 |
RUS 156 QUANTUM |
Marina Chubkina |
RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
39. |
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ITA 199 |
Rush Diletta PRIMED |
Mauro Mocchegiani |
ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
40. |
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RUS 265 |
Russotrans |
Yuriy Morozov |
Moscow, RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
41. |
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ITA 189 |
Sailing Lab |
Andrea Bruschi |
Codogno, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
42. |
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USA 13131 |
Samba Pa Ti |
John Kilroy |
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
43. |
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USA 276 |
Section 16 |
richard Davies |
Winnetka, IL, USA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
44. |
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USA 008 |
Shimmer |
Russ Lucas |
Bay Head, NJ, USA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
45. |
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USA 217 |
Slingshot |
Wes Whitmyer Jr |
Stamford, CT, USA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
46. |
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JPN 233 |
Sokokumaru |
Sumio Shimoyama |
Tokyo, JPN |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
47. |
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ITA 154 |
Spirit of Nerina |
Mirko Bargolini / Francesco Scarselli |
Albavilla, Como, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
48. |
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ITA 65 |
STIG |
Alessandro Rombelli |
Milano, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
49. |
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MON 713 |
Synergy |
Valentine Zavadnikov |
Moscow, RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
50. |
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ITA 125 |
T2R |
Tommaso Pavan |
Vicenza, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
51. |
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ITA 137 |
Tachicardia |
Michele Dandolo |
Napoli, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
52. |
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ITA 158 |
Tomahawk |
Stefano Santucci |
Roma, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
53. |
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ITA 220 |
Turnover |
Renato Vallivero |
Mongrando, Biella, ITA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
54. |
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DEN 150 |
upupup |
Bo Boje Pedersen |
Copenhagen, DEN |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
55. |
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RUS 25 |
Versya |
Anatoly Karachinskiy |
Moscow, RUS |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
56. |
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CAN 222 |
Wild Deuces |
Paul Currie |
Toronto, Ont, CAN |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
57. |
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USA 311 |
Wildman |
Liam Kilroy |
San Francisco, CA, USA |
Audi Melges 20 |
20 |
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