Today's Melges 24 Worlds action on Lake Garda, Italy was fast, furious and fantastic fun.
With six races now complete the discard came into play and the Gold and Silver fleets were decided.
The final two qualifying races were sailed in a shifty Ora southerly wind that put the tacticians well and truly through their paces. With massive gains and losses to be made it was all about managing risk as effectively as possible.
Tonight reigning 2011 European Champion Gullisara stands at the top of the ranking and appears be frightened by nothing. For Carlo Fracassoli's crew the term 'conservative' has no meaning and their often daring tactical choices always seemed to reap rewards, striking fear into the heart of their opponents. A third place followed by a win keeps them at the top of the table by just a single point from their fellow Italian aboard Saetta. Having been able to discard their 19 points garnered by fouling the Z-flag in race one, Seatta's Alberto Bolzan and Nathan Wilmot, still aspire to the title and have Gullisara in their sights.
Moth World Champion Bora Gulari, aboard West Marine Rigging New England Ropes, claimed victory in the fifth race and followed that with a fourth place to claim the final place on the podium. Disqualification from the third race has clearly not dented the determination of the American who may be nine points behind the leaders but is still definitely in play. As is Riccardo Simoneschi's Audi Ultra supported by Eberhard & Co, who sailed with great consistency all day and goes into the second half of the championship in fourth overall, three points behind Gulari and a single point ahead of Christopher Rast sailing EFG Bank and Flavio Favini helming Franco Rossini's Blu Moon. Japan's Kan Yamamada, sailing Mamma Aiuto! scored a tenth in race four but went onto a second in race six and now lies in seventh overall.
Andrea Rachelli's Altea, who led the standings early in the championship, won his division in race five, but a fifteenth place in race six drops him down to eighth place overall. The other overall race winner today was the Estonian team of Peter Saraskin aboard Lumi, but this brief moment of brilliance couldn't make up for an otherwise moderate performance so he is in 20th overall.
In the Corinthian standings Lorenzo Gemini's SIV Arborea is confirmed as leader, but in hot pursuit are Marrakesh Express, led by Augusto Poropat, who put in a solid 5, 3 day and is now ahead the Norwegian Storm Capital Sail Racing led by Oyvind Jahre and Estonia's Tonu Toniste. Without doubt the two best Corinthian performances today came from Francesco Barbi's Etabeta and Geoff Carveth sailing Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team who each won both races in their groups.
With the competitors now divided into Gold and Silver Fleets it will be another early start tomorrow as racing is scheduled to start in the northern Peler wind at 08.00. The committee reserves the right to run up to two races in the Peler on a single course with the fleets starting consecutively and in total they aim to achieve three races tomorrow with the afternoon races back on the two courses north and south in the southerly Ora.
Melges 24 World Championship Gold fleet
No
Numero
Nome
Punti
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
ITA 803
carlo fracassoli, 11, AVAV
12,0
(12)
5
2
1
3
1
2
ITA 716
Alberto Bolzan, 20, Yacht club cortina d'ampezzo
13,0
(19)
1
1
2
4
5
3
USA 820
bora gulari, 30, Bayview Yacht Club
21,0
8
7
(dsq)
1
1
4
4
ITA 819
RICCARDO SIMONESCHI, 32, YCCS
24,0
(7)
5
2
7
7
3
5
SUI 654
Christopher Rast, 47, RCO / TYC
25,0
(31)
1
3
7
8
6
6
SUI 825
flavio favini, 28, yacht club lugano
25,0
1
(15)
6
6
6
6
7
JPN 809
Kan Yamada, 52, HMYC
26,0
3
7
(dsq)
4
10
2
8
ITA 735
andrea racchelli, 115, cvci
32,0
2
6
8
(18)
1
15
9
ITA 798
Enrico Zennaro, 45, Orza MInore
33,0
8
11
(13)
8
2
4
10
SUI 599
Jean-Marc MONNARD, 23, CVVT
36,0
3
(21)
20
4
2
7
11
ITA 693
Matteo Balestrero, 108, circolo velico la spezia
39,0
4
(dsq)
1
14
18
2
12
CZE 828
Petr Fiala, 22, YC Cere
39,0
(31)
2
4
3
13
17
13
NED 765
Ben Koppelaar, 12, WV Flevomare
45,0
17
4
5
10
(36)
9
14
ITA 521
Lorenzo Gemini, 86, C, YACHT CLUB CAGLIARI
50,0
6
13
3
(25)
10
18
15
GER 731
Markus Wieser, 31, DTYC- BYC
52,0
1
8
19
21
(36)
3
16
ITA 636
augusto poropat, 04, C, FRAGLIA VELA RIVA
54,0
5
(25)
15
3
20
11
17
NOR 751
Oyvind Jahre, 89, C, T?nsberg Seilforening
55,0
18
18
4
2
(41)
13
18
ITA 722
TOMMASO DEL RIO, 2, CN LIVORNO
55,0
2
8
24
16
5
(33)
19
EST 790
Tonu Toniste, 124, C, KALEV JAHTKLUBI
60,0
(35)
3
5
5
22
25
20
EST 791
Peter Saraskin, 103, Kalev
62,0
14
3
30
(35)
14
1
21
JPN 797
Tetsuya Matsunaga, 53, TBA
64,0
33
9
10
5
(40)
7
22
GER 582
Kicker Schaefer, 63, BYC
65,0
11
6
9
9
18
(24)
23
ITA 822
Giovanni PIZZATTI, 9, FV DESENZANO
67,0
26
17
6
6
(27)
12
24
EST 573
Jaak Jogi, 91, C, KALEV YACHT CLUB
68,0
(46)
19
21
12
5
11
25
DEN 782
Kim Christensen, 118, Egaa Sejlklub
68,0
23
(12)
7
8
21
9
26
ITA 689
Ruggero Conte, 104, FRAGLIA VELA MALCESINE
68,0
13
(ocs)
11
13
7
24
27
ITA 638
Marco Cavallini, 123, C, C.V.G.
69,0
10
10
20
10
(43)
19
28
GBR 694
Geoff Carveth, 94, C, RORC
76,0
21
(42)
16
23
8
8
29
ITA 628
alessio marinelli, 119, C, YACHT CLUB SANREMO
78,0
10
26
7
(31)
9
26
30
GER 677
Maximilian Weiss, 35, C, DTYC - BYC
80,0
(45)
10
8
11
30
21
31
DEN 612
Kris Houmann, 26, C, Frederikshavn Sejlklub
80,0
(49)
14
13
22
23
8
32
ITA 730
francesco barbi, 113, C, Associazione Nautica Sebina (A
81,0
22
(36)
23
27
4
5
33
ITA 778
Giacomo Fossati, 5, Yacht Club Italiano
81,0
9
13
12
24
23
(30)
34
GER 690
Sven Christian Koch, 102, Segler-Vereinigung Heiligenhaf
81,0
15
14
15
(33)
12
25
35
NOR 600
Kristoffer Spone, 112, KNS
83,0
7
4
27
(dsq)
15
30
36
FRA 639
Christophe Barrue, 54, Coych
86,0
5
(28)
28
20
11
22
37
USA 855
Don Jesberg, 41, San Francisco Yacht CLub
88,0
(46)
17
19
15
25
12
38
FIN 529
Sami Ekblad, 121, C, NPS
92,0
(27)
27
17
23
12
13
39
ITA 793
Marco Schirato, 8, C, C.V.Gargnano
95,0
16
32
9
21
(45)
17
40
RUS 817
STANISLAV PSHENICHNYKH, 109, RUS7
95,0
22
18
18
(35)
19
18
41
EST 826
Ants Haavel, 126, Tallinn Kalev Yacht Club
96,0
(37)
27
10
19
17
23
42
CZE 704
Tomas Musil, 43, YC RODOP
97,0
36
15
21
11
(49)
14
43
AUT 681
Franz Urlesberger, 80, C, UYC Wg
98,0
28
11
23
15
21
(36)
44
ITA 766
Mario Ziliani, 75, CV3V Trevignano Romano
99,0
20
2
11
27
27
(29)
45
SWE 532
Ingemar Sundstedt, 13, -
104,0
4
29
(37)
17
34
20
46
GER 543
Markus Reger, 71, C, SCBC
105,0
9
(51)
12
14
38
32
47
DEN 358
Thomas Sorensen, 83, Arhus Sejlklub
110,0
24
16
22
19
29
(45)
48
ITA 383
andrea casale, 58, Yacht Club Italiano
113,0
15
(41)
36
12
15
35
49
NED 789
Carlo Vroon, 10, C, WV Breskens
114,0
(50)
9
28
13
48
16
50
SUI 821
Joerg Hotz, 79, Zurich Yacht Club
115,0
(19)
30
22
24
29
10
51
NOR 649
Jens Wathne, 56, C, Haugesund SF
115,0
14
20
14
(44)
28
27
52
BEL 569
Louis Balcaen, 15, C, R.B.S.C
120,0
30
20
14
33
(35)
23
53
NED 645
john den engelsman, 29, knzrv muiden
121,0
6
24
(dns)
9
37
33
54
GER 322
Max Rieger, 74, W?rttembergischer Yacht Club
124,0
23
33
(48)
20
26
22
55
AUT 406
Christoph Skolaut, 88, Union Yacht Club Mondsee
126,0
(44)
35
32
16
6
37
56
FIN 651
Kristian Raij, 16, C, EMK
129,0
26
16
(dnc)
32
13
42
57
FIN 425
Matias Seppovaara, 19, C, Helsingfors segelklubb
130,0
12
23
31
50
(60)
14
58
NED 715
Wietze Zetzema, 59, WYC Waterland
131,0
53
21
24
18
(55)
15
59
EST 646
Rene Treifeldt, 46, C, Kalev Yacht Club
133,0
20
31
16
26
40
(59)
60
GBR 557
David Rowen, 6, NRV/RORC
134,0
(dsq)
12
42
30
31
19
61
DEN 574
Mia Ipsen, 38, C, Sailing Aarhus
135,0
16
29
(ocs)
31
16
43
62
SUI 705
Hendrik Witzmann, 40, C, YCBG
136,0
32
(45)
40
26
28
10
63
FRA 370
Regis Bouyer, 57, C, CNTL - MARSEILLE
136,0
30
31
25
(40)
22
28
Le penalità del punteggio sono le seguenti:
SUI 654
Christopher Rast, 47, RCO / TYC
prova 1
31, 31 --> 43 punti, zfp
SUI 825
flavio favini, 28, yacht club lugano
prova 2
15, 15 --> 27 punti, zfp
ITA 636
augusto poropat, 04, C, FRAGLIA VELA RIVA
prova 2
25, 25 --> 37 punti, zfp
GER 582
Kicker Schaefer, 63, BYC
prova 2
6, 6 --> 18 punti, zfp
DEN 782
Kim Christensen, 118, Egaa Sejlklub
prova 2
12, 12 --> 24 punti, zfp
DEN 612
Kris Houmann, 26, C, Frederikshavn Sejlklub
prova 1
49, 49 --> 61 punti, zfp
ITA 766
Mario Ziliani, 75, CV3V Trevignano Romano
prova 2
2, 2 --> 14 punti, zfp
NED 789
Carlo Vroon, 10, C, WV Breskens
prova 1
50, 50 --> 62 punti, zfp
SUI 821
Joerg Hotz, 79, Zurich Yacht Club
prova 1
19, 19 --> 31 punti, zfp
NOR 649
Jens Wathne, 56, C, Haugesund SF
prova 2
20, 20 --> 32 punti, zfp
NED 645
john den engelsman, 29, knzrv muiden
prova 2
24, 24 --> 36 punti, zfp
SUI 705
Hendrik Witzmann, 40, C, YCBG
prova 2
45, 45 --> 57 punti, zfp
Melges 24 - SILVER
No
Numero
Nome
Punti
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
FRA 471
Gabriel SKOCZEK, 90, YC LA GRANDE MOTTE
137,0
(39)
34
33
38
3
29
2
GER 683
Christopher Gelsdorf, 1, C, Yacht Club Radolfzell
141,0
38
26
18
(39)
20
39
3
SUI 682
Sacha De Micheli, 97, Circolo Velico Lago di Lugano
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