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2015 Melges 20 European Championship - All set to go in Trapani

by Joy Dunigan on 2 Sep 2015
2015 Melges 20 European Championship 2014 BPSE | M.Melandri
The pinnacle event for the Audi Melges 20 2015 racing season in Europe takes place this weekend in lovely Trapani, Sicily, Italy. The European Championship, which also serves as Act Five of the celebrated Audi-Tron Sailing Series, is proud to be welcoming over 30 teams to the starting line representing an impressive ten nations. Organized by B.Plan Sport and Events (BPSE) in cooperation with Melges Europe, three amazing days and a total of ten races are on schedule with a practice session on Wednesday, two September.

The competition is stacked super high as the very best teams will attend, sights firmly set on the top prize. Familiar names such as current Series leader Dario Levi on Fremito D'Arja, Agusta Corrado's Customly, Guido Miani's Out of Reach, Alexander Ezhkov on Pirogovo Sailing and Richard Davies' Section 16 are all in attendance - ready to go as they also occupy the top five slots of the 2015 Audi Melges 20 World Ranking. This event will make all the difference. The list of adversaries is long and equally distinguished such as Wes Whitmyer's Slingshot, Mirko de Falco's Peccere, Claudio Dutto's Asante Sana and Marco Francini's Mezzaluna all are full of potential and could easily find themselves in the driver's seat of this top-notch event.

World Championship excitement builds

The racing does not stop in Trapani! For the ever-growing International Melges 20 Class post-Euros, it's on to the World Championship in San Francisco hosted by The San Francisco Yacht Club on September thirty - October 3rd. Four days of sensational, bay-style racing is scheduled, not to mention a host of great parties and fun. Entries continue to build as the list becomes packed with intense competitors.

2015/16 Monaco Winter Series dates announced

Racing also continues throughout the winter season in Europe. Hot off the announcement press - be sure to save the dates and get ready to race the seriously hot, five-part Monaco Winter Series hosted by the very prestigious and ever-glamorous Yacht Club de Monaco.

· ACT 1: 2015 October 23-25
· ACT 2: 2015 November 20-22
· ACT 3: 2015 December 11-13
· ACT 4: 2016 February 12-14
· ACT 5: 2015 March 18-20

2015 Audi Melges 20 European Championship - Audi Tron Sailing Series ACT 5  - Preliminary Scratch Sheet
      Bow   Sail Number Yacht Name Owner/Skipper Yacht Club Home Port Yacht Type Length Rating
Racing Area: European Championship
  Division: One Design  
      Audi Melges 20
    1. 180 CZE 180 Aloha Jan Kuchar YC CERE Prague, Cech rep, CZE Audi Melges 20 20
    2.
RUS 36 Anna Vladimir Silkin
Moscow, RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    3. 106 ITA 106 Asante Sana Claudio Dutto
Riva del Garda, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    4. 124 ITA 124 Audi G-Tron F.lli Giacomel Riccardo Simoneschi YCI Milano, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    5.
AUT 159 AUT 159 Klaus Shober
Austria, AUT Audi Melges 20 20
    6. 149 ITA 149 Camay Lauro Bonora Ravenna Yacht Club Ferrara, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    7. 277 JPN 277 Contious Norikatsu Aizawa
Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JPN Audi Melges 20 20
    8. 81 MON 81 Customly Corrado Agusta YCM Monaco, MC, MON Audi Melges 20 20  
    9. 205 RUS 205 Fische Alexey Bunzya
Moscow, RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    10.
ITA 50 Fremito D'Arja Dario Levi
Riva del Garda, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    11.
SWE 202 Intermezzo Johannes Lind-Widestam NSS Kullavik, Halland, SWE Audi Melges 20 20
    12.
RUS 47 KOTYARA Oleg Evdokimenko Pirogovo Moscow, Moscow obl., RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    13. 104 USA 131 Le Rescator Erwan Le Gall
USA Audi Melges 20 20  
    14.
MON 108 Lucifer Matteo Marenghi Vaselli
Monaco, MON Audi Melges 20 20
    15.
POL 264 MAG TINY Krzysztof Krempec Gdanska Gdansk, Pomorskie, POL Audi Melges 20 20
    16. 270 ITA 167 Maolca 167 Manfredi Vianini Tolomei
Santa Margherita Ligure, Genova, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    17.
ITA 192 Mezzaluna Marco Franchini
Rimini, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    18. 261 RUS 261 Nika Vladimir Prosikhi
Moscow, Russia, RUS Audi Melges 20 20  
    19.
RUS 173 Ost Legal Artem Emets
Moscow, RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    20. 1 MON 333 Out of Reach Guido Miani YCM Monaco, MON Audi Melges 20 20
    21.
ITA 112 Peccerè Mirko De Falco
Napoli, Italy, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    22.
RUS 185 Phantom Ilya Pavlov International Club Yachting & Yacht Owners Moscow, RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    23.
RUS 2 Pirogovo Sailing Alexander Ezhkov
Moscow, RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    24. 137 RUS 137 RUS 137 MIKHAYLIK ALEXANDER
Moscow, Russia Audi Melges 20 20  
    25. 199 RUS 199 RUS 199 TBC TBC
Moscow, Russia Audi Melges 20 20  
    26.
RUS 296 RUS 296 Igor Rytov Navigator Moscow, RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    27. 265 RUS 265 Russotrans Yuriy Morozov YC Patriot Moscow, RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    28. 189 ITA 189 Sailing Lab Andrea Bruschi CDV ERIX Codogno, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    29. 276 USA 16 Section 16 Richard Davies Mumbles Yacht Club Kenilworth, IL, USA Audi Melges 20 20
    30. 217 USA 217 Slingshot Wes Whitmyer Jr Stamford YC Stamford, CT, USA Audi Melges 20 20
    31.
ITA 145 Sonica Sail Michele Dandolo
Napoli, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    32.
MON 713 Synergy GT Matteo Tenti / Valentin Zavadnikov
Principato di Monaco, MON Audi Melges 20 20
    33. 156 RUS 156 TBC TBC TBC
Moscow, Russia Audi Melges 20 20  
    34.
RSA 219 TNT racing Tina Plattner/ Tony Norris RCYC/ RMYC Cape Town, Western Cape, RSA Audi Melges 20 20
    35.
ITA 216 Torpyone Lorenzo Lupi
Varazze, Italy, ITA Audi Melges 20 20
    36.
RUS 25 Versya Anatoly Karachinskiy
Moscow, RUS Audi Melges 20 20
    37. 275 RUS 275 Victor Alexander Novoselov
Moscow, Russia Audi Melges 20 20  
 


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