Big fleet racing in store for Sailing Series Melges 20 - Act 4

by Melges 20 on 30 Jun 2016 The entry list for the final 2016 Sailing Series® Melges 20 event is long, lean and mean with more than 50 teams scheduled to attend, and will potentially surpass all-time Class attendance records with 15 different nations from around the world being represented: Austria, Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.

This event is on target to be one of the most incredible Melges 20 regattas ever. It will be completely jam-packed with over-the-top competitive racing as the World Championship in Scarlino is fast approaching, and teams begin to aim for 'the big one' with razor-sharp focus.

And after all, Riva del Garda is one of the Class' most favorite venues. It offers up the perfect opportunity for many teams to further dial-in those last little details that could potentially result in a major win in August.

Many champions will be present as the Riva del Garda wind factory cranks up and runs solid for three days, Friday through Sunday with eight races planned.

The likes of reigning World Champion John Kilroy on Samba Pa Ti, Miami Winter Series Champion Liam Kilroy on Wildman, Richard Davies' Section 16, Alessandro Rombelli's STIG, European World Series leader Guido Miani on Out of Reach, Michael Illbruck's Pinta and of course, current World Series ranking leader Matteo Marenghi Vaselli aboard Raya are among the teams to watch.

2016 Melges 20 Sailing Series // Act 4 - Preliminary Scratch Sheet

			Bow	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	Yacht Club	Home Port	Yacht Type	Length	Rating
Racing Area: European Sailing Series // Act 4
	Division: One Design
			Melges 20
		1.	81	MON 81	081	Corrado Agusta	YCM	Monaco, MC, MON	Melges 20	20
		2.	137	RUS 137	ALEX TEAM	Alexander Mikhaylik		RUS	Melges 20	20
		3.	180	CZE 180	Aloha	Jan Kuchar	YC CERE	Prague, Czech rep, CZE	Melges 20	20
		4.	106	ITA 106	ASANTE SANA	Claudio Dutto		ITA	Melges 20	20
		5.	666	RUS 666	BLACK SHEEP	Ruslan Mukhametzyanov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		6.	149	ITA 149	CAMAY	Lauro Bonora		ITA	Melges 20	20
		7.	414	GBR 414	Cinghiale	Rob Wilber	New York Yacht Club	Branford, CT, USA	Melges 20	20
		8.		ITA 206	Evinrude	Emanuele Savoini	LNI sez GENOVA	Pino torinese, Torino, ITA	Melges 20	6,10
		9.	135	NED 135	Fantastichina	Wilma Homann	BYC	Muenchen, Bavaria, GER	Melges 20	20
		10.	205	RUS 205	FISHE	Alexey Bunzya		RUS	Melges 20	20
		11.	50	ITA 50	FREMITO D'ARJA	Dario Levi		ITA	Melges 20	20
		12.	181	ITA 181	HANNEKEN (Corinthian)	Simone Anichini		ITA	Melges 20	20
		13.	202	SWE 202	INTERMEZZO (Corinthian)	Johannes Lind-Widestam		SWE	Melges 20	20
		14.	157	ITA 157	ITA 157	Francesco Farneti	C.N. RIMINI	Rimini, Rimini, ITA	MELGES 20	20
		15.	47	RUS 47	KOTYARA	Oleg Evdokimenko		RUS	Melges 20	20
		16.	107	RUS 107	LEVIATHAN	Maxim Titarenko		RUS	Melges 20	20
		17.	264	POL 264	MAG TINY	Krzysztof Krempec		POL	Melges 20	20
		18.	270	ITA 270	MAOLCA	Manfredi Vianini Tolomei	Circolo Velico Santa Margherita Ligure	Santa Margherita Ligure, Genoa, ITA	Melges 20	20
		19.	156	RUS 156	MARUSSIA	Marina Kaverzina		RUS	Melges 20	20
		20.	23	ITA 23	MASCALZONE LATINO JR.	Achille Onorato		ITA	Melges 20	20
		21.	192	ITA 192	MEZZALUNA	Marco Franchini		ITA	Melges 20	20
		22.	196	USA 196	MIDNIGHT SUN	Alexis Michas		USA	Melges 20	20
		23.	161	GER 161	MOJITO	Florian Rixner	Bayerischer Yacht Club e.V.	Krailling, Bavaria, GER	Melges 20	20
		24.	159	AUT 159	N.N.	Klaus Schober	Yacht Club Zell am See	Zell am See, Salzburg, AUT	Melges 20	20
		25.	261	RUS 261	NIKA	Vladimir Prosikin		RUS	Melges 20	20
		26.	333	MON 333	OUT OF REACH	Guido Miani		MON	Melges 20	20
		27.	236	USA 236	Pacific Yankee	Drew Freides	New York Yacht Club, Cal Yacht Club, San Diego Yacht Club	Pacific Palisades, CA, USA	Melges 20	20
		28.	25	MON 25	PATH	Anatoly Karachinskiy		MON	Melges 20	20
		29.	401	USA 4014	PINTA	Michael Illbruck		USA	Melges 20	20
		30.	255	RUS 2	PIROGOVO	Alexander Ezhkov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		31.	294	RUS 294	PIROGOVO EVOLUTION	Leonid Altunov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		32.	166	ITA 166	POMPA PA' (Corinthian)	Vittoriano Neri		ITA	Melges 20	20
		33.	231	SUI 231	POURSUITE	Bernard Borter	CVV	Pully, Suisse, SUI	Melges 20	20
		34.	301	MON 301	RAYA	Matteo Marenghi Vaselli		MON	Melges 20	20
		35.	44	RUS 044	RED OCTOBER	Artem Kuznetsov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		36.	276	RUS 276	ROCKNROLLA	Dmitry Samokhin		RUS	Melges 20	20
		37.	296	RUS 296	RUSSIAN BOGATYRS	Igor Rytov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		38.	265	RUS 265	RUSSOTRANS	Yuriy Morozov	YC Patriot	Moscow, RUS	Melges 20	20
		39.	313	USA 13131	Samba Pa Ti	John Kilroy	San Francisco YC	San Francisco, CA, USA	Melges 20	20
		40.	16	SUI 16	Section 16	Richard Davies	Mumbles Yacht Club	Zurich, Zurich, SUI	Melges 20	20
		41.	154	ITA 154	SPIRIT OF NERINA	Mirko Bargolini	C. V. Canot. Domaso	Erba, como, ITA	Melges 20	20
		42.	109	ITA 109	SPIRIT OF NERINA CDV ERIX	Andrea Ferrari		ITA	Melges 20	20
		43.	65	ITA 65	STIG	Alessandro Rombelli		ITA	Melges 20	20
		44.		JPN 233	SWIFT MAGIC	Naoki Hirakawa	Hayama Marina Yacht Club	Higashioosaka city, Oosaka prefecture, JPN	Melges 20	20
		45.	713	MON 713	SYNERGY GT	Valentin Zavadnikov		MON	Melges 20	20
		46.	210	AUS 13	TBA	Guido Belgiorno-Nettis	MHYC	Sydney, NSW, AUS	Merges 20	20
		47.	219	RSA 219	TNT racing	Tina Plattner/ Tony Norris	RMYC	Cape Town, Western Cape, RSA	Melges 20	20
		48.	158	ITA 158	TOMAHAWK	Stefano Santucci	Yacht Club Gaeta E.V.S.	Roma, ITA	Melges 20	20
		49.	275	RUS 275	VICTOR	Alexander Novoselov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		50.	311	USA 311	WildMan	Liam Kilroy	San Francisco YC	San Francisco, CA, USA	Melges 20	20
		51.	216	JPN 216	Yasha Samuray	Ishida Yukihiro		vigo, pontevedra, JPN	Melges 20	20

2016 Melges 20 Sailing Series // Act 4 - Corinthian Teams - Preliminary Scratch Sheet
			Bow	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	Yacht Club	Home Port	Yacht Type	Length	Rating
Racing Area: European Sailing Series // Act 4
	Division: One Design
			Melges 20
		1.	181	ITA 181	HANNEKEN	Simone Anichini		ITA	Melges 20	20
		2.	202	SWE 202	INTERMEZZO	Johannes Lind-Widestam		SWE	Melges 20	20
		3.	166	ITA 166	POMPA PA'	Vittoriano Neri		ITA	Melges 20	20