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Marinepool Melges 24 Europeans – Unexpected conditions change ranking

by Melges 24 on 7 Sep 2016
Day 3 - Marinepool Melges 24 European Championship Pierrick Contin http://www.pierrickcontin.fr/
An Easterly breeze blowing around 18 knots, much stronger than forecasted, has characterized the third day of racing here in Hyères.

The crews have been facing challenging conditions in terms of wind and waves, in the day that represented the turning mark of this Marinepool Melges 24 European Championship 2016 hosted by COYCH in cooperation with the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) and French Melges 24 Class Association.

Benedek Fluck, IM24CA Championship Coordinator for the European Melges 24 events, made some reflections on the Championship that has now less than half way to go. 'The Championship is going great, we have had very good weather conditions that allowed the fleet to finish each race in sixty to seventy minutes,' he said, and then added: 'The ranking is challenging and I think that until the last day there will be a great fight for the podium'.



Today's challenging conditions were great fun for all the crews and proved that Melges 24 is a safe and fun boat for everybody, not only for professional sailors, as demonstrated by the wide number of crews competing in the Corinthian fleet. 'Melges 24 can be considered a sort of family boat that is fun to sail in many different conditions and Melges is the best class in the world', declared Michael Tarabochia from Germany who sails on White Room along with his two sons Luis and Marco, respectively helmsman and bowman, and that is currently fifth in the Corinthian ranking.



It was a good day also for the French crew Euro-Voiles helmed by Christophe Barrue, that for the first time in this Championship raised the French flag over the fleet, gaining a first place in race number 8 with a good margin over the opponents. 'Winning in your home country is always reason of great happiness. Today we had a good start but what really helped was the downwind leg, where we were very fast with the gennaker. Moreover, the choice of the tactician to stay on the right side of the course, paid well'.

In the overall ranking, after today's races, there is a new leader, the reigning World Champion EFG by Christopher Rast. The team expressed its satisfactions through the words of the only woman on board, Danielle Rast, who wanted to underline how much she would like to have more women in the sailing world and, in particular, in Melges 24 class. 'There should be more girls in the sailing world and the Melges 24 is a great boat to be on, being the crew made by five people, it is perfect to do a mixed team of men and women. It's not only a guys' world and I would love to be in a female crew'. Mother since a few months, she also added: 'EFG team will fight hard in the next three races, my son Connor won't let us go home unless he gets on the podium!'



The overall ranking sees today EFG SUI684 in first place with 31 points, followed in the top five by Gill Race Team GBR694 (35), Marrakech Express ITA636 (44), Bombarda ITA841 (50) and Lenny EST790 (51).

In the Corinthian division, Lenny doesn't manage to overcome the five points gap that divides the team from Gill Race Team, that firmly maintains the first position with 19 points. Taki 4 ITA778 (31), Storm Capital Sail Racing NOR751 (31) and White Room GER677 (56) occupy the third, fourth and fifth positions, respectively.



Pos Competitors P Net r.1 r.2 r.3 r.4 r.5 r.6 r.7 r.8 r.9
1

EFG 
 RAST Christopher
 ZAUGG Patrick 
 KORNEV Nikolay 
 RAST Danielle 
 FERRAGLIA Matteo 

31.00 6
6.0
4
4.0
5
5.0
4
4.0
1
1.0
3
3.0
2
2.0
6
6.0
7
7.0
2

GILL RACE TEAM 
 CARVETH Geoff
 QUINTON Miles 
 BURLTON craig 
 ALTON Catherine 
 BRUSHETT Adam 

35.00 4
4.0
3
3.0
3
3.0
2
2.0
4
4.0
2
2.0
10
10.0
7
7.0
13
13.0
3

MARRAKECH EXPRESS 
 IVALDI Matteo
 DI TERLIZZI Angelo 
 GIANNINI Marco 
 CANEPA Pietro 
 RAMIAN Mateo 

44.00 9
9.0
12
12.0
1
1.0
3
3.0
10
10.0
6
6.0
1
1.0
11
11.0
3
3.0
4

BOMBARDA 
 POZZI Andrea
 DESIDERATO Guilio 
 CIAMPALINI Stefano 
 DAL FERRO Nicolas 
 ZERMINI Carlo 

50.00 8
8.0
5
5.0
2
2.0
13
13.0
2
2.0
9
9.0
5
5.0
22
22.0
6
6.0
5

LENNY 
 TONISTE Tonu
 TONISTE Toomas 
 MAIKI Saaring 
 OTSASOO Tammo 
 ROHTLA Andres 

51.00 1
1.0
2
2.0
29
29.0
5
5.0
5
5.0
12
12.0
11
11.0
4
4.0
11
11.0
6

FGF SAAILING TEAM 
 BAKOCZY Robert
 ROZSNYAY Domonkos 
 TAKACSY Levente 
 TAKACSKY Kristof 
 BUZA Bence 

57.00 2
2.0
13
13.0
4
4.0
10
10.0
11
11.0
8
8.0
12
12.0
8
8.0
2
2.0
7

TAKI 4 
 BERTOLA Niccolo
 FOSSATI Giacomo 
 BANNETTA Giovanni 
 DE CHIARA Matteo 
 ZAMMARCHI Marco 

58.00 3
3.0
10
10.0
19
19.0
1
1.0
7
7.0
27
27.0
8
8.0
5
5.0
5
5.0
8

STORM CAPITAL SAIL RACING 
 JAHRE Peder
 BRISEID Stian 
 DENNECHE Sivert 
 ORVIN Marius 
 GUNDERSEN Ane 

61.00 5
5.0
6
6.0
20
20.0
8
8.0
3
3.0
4
4.0
7
7.0
12
12.0
16
16.0
9

ALTEA 
 RACCHELLI Andrea
 BONINI Gaudenzio 
 VIERNA Alberto 
 BERTIN AnneSoizic 
 DE MARI Giorgio 

76.00 BFD 
55.0
7
7.0
17
17.0
6
6.0
38
38.0
1
1.0
3
3.0
3
3.0
1
1.0
10

EURO VOILES 
 BARRUE Christophe
 INFANTE Denis 
 JARICOT Vincent 
 CLERGUE Sebastien 

108.00 26
26.0
35
35.0
27
27.0
12
12.0
15
15.0
5
5.0
13
13.0
1
1.0
9
9.0
11

MIMOSA 
 MATTSSON Jan
 STAFFAN Lindberg 
 ITKONEN Pyry 
 KONTULAINEN Marianna 
 REKONEN Matti Pekka 

108.00 11
11.0
9
9.0
14
14.0
25
25.0
12
12.0
13
13.0
16
16.0
26
26.0
8
8.0
12

TEAM KESBEKE/SIKA/GILL 
 VERAAR Ronald
 BLOK Eelco 
 BROUWER Joost 
 MOMMERSTEEG Pim 

109.00 25
25.0
8
8.0
21
21.0
14
14.0
6
6.0
26
26.0
4
4.0
9
9.0
22
22.0
13

IMAGINE 
 ROWEN David
 LEA Jamie 
 SCHWARDT Jim 
 WILLIAMSON Rachel 
 SEIDL Anna 

110.00 7
7.0
18
18.0
12
12.0
9
9.0
34
34.0
17
17.0
6
6.0
27
27.0
14
14.0
14

WHITE ROOM 
 TARABOCHIA Luis
 BUEHLER Sebastian 
 TARABOCHIA Marco 
 TARABOCHIA Michael 
 MULLER Dominik 

113.00 28
28.0
16
16.0
16
16.0
15
15.0
8
8.0
10
10.0
15
15.0
23
23.0
10
10.0
15

MELGES.DK 
 HOUMANN Kris
 DAMDGAARD Rasmus 
 MELSEN Rasmus 
 BRAAD STEEN Soren 

114.00 13
13.0
30
30.0
9
9.0
24
24.0
9
9.0
16
16.0
14
14.0
17
17.0
12
12.0
16

MUSTORACING 
 SCHAFER Christian
 HOESCH Adrian 
 EICH Edwin 
 ROTHLAUF Walter 
 OCZYCZ Oliver 

122.00 15
15.0
14
14.0
25
25.0
16
16.0
24
24.0
22
22.0
33
33.0
2
2.0
4
4.0
17

MAS-WOLFPACK RACING 
 ERIKSEN Fredrik
 MORTENSEN Jon aksel 
 FISCHER Andreas 
 ANDERSEN Magnus 
 JACOBSEN Aksel 

133.00 12
12.0
22
22.0
8
8.0
17
17.0
OCS 
55.0
18
18.0
18
18.0
20
20.0
18
18.0
18

BLOW-SLAM RACING 
 NERGAARD Peder
 HELGENSEN Morten 
 RUBINSTEIN Eivind 
 NORDENSTROM Nils 

150.00 20
20.0
1
1.0
31
31.0
28
28.0
36
36.0
7
7.0
22
22.0
16
16.0
25
25.0
19

BLACK SEAL 
 THOMPSON Richard
 YOUNG Nigel 
 ALSGAARD Rie 
 KEMP Frederic 
 O'KEEFFE Ewan 

154.00 42
42.0
15
15.0
7
7.0
18
18.0
13
13.0
25
25.0
34
34.0
18
18.0
24
24.0
20

SALTY DOG 
 WARRER Peter
 LEHEM SLETTEN Mathias 
 KRISTENSEN Soren 
 OSTERGARD Andre 
 BORRESKOV Mathias 

155.00 14
14.0
11
11.0
15
15.0
7
7.0
29
29.0
33
33.0
23
23.0
30
30.0
26
26.0
21

SCHOENHERR 
 URLESBERGER Franz
 TITTES Christoph 
 HAUER Willibald 
 BAYER Hansi 
 MOSER Udo 

171.00 31
31.0
24
24.0
37
37.0
29
29.0
18
18.0
15
15.0
9
9.0
10
10.0
35
35.0
22

IMMAC 24 
 GRUNDLER Stefan
 HARDER Kai 
 BORDOLO Bea 
 STHAMER Frithjof 
 RICHTER Frithjof 

176.00 17
17.0
34
34.0
33
33.0
23
23.0
14
14.0
20
20.0
21
21.0
25
25.0
23
23.0
23

ARCTUR 
 YANO Andriy
 PISKUNOV Viktor 
 BABKIN Andriy 
 KRYVOSHEYEV Yuriy 
 IGNATIEV Andrii 

186.00 23
23.0
38
38.0
10
10.0
31
31.0
17
17.0
28
28.0
42
42.0
19
19.0
20
20.0
24

SKANEGASEN 
 FRIDH Martin
 WENNERDAHL Julia 
 HOFVANDER TRULSSON Ylva 
 REUTERSKIOLD Jacob 
 TEDIN Hannes olsson 

191.00 27
27.0
19
19.0
11
11.0
42
42.0
42
42.0
11
11.0
24
24.0
42
42.0
15
15.0
25

PURE 
 SCHINEIS Michael
 SCHARNAGL Stefan 
 SCHINEIS Philipp 
 HOLLENDER Peter 
 HOLLERMANN Simona 

202.00 35
35.0
27
27.0
28
28.0
43
43.0
22
22.0
19
19.0
37
37.0
13
13.0
21
21.0
26

ANDELE 
 HOTZ Jorg
 HOTZ Anja 
 NERACHER Michael 
 ENGSTROM Alexander 
 DE NARDIS Camillo 

207.00 10
10.0
45
45.0
30
30.0
30
30.0
23
23.0
31
31.0
17
17.0
35
35.0
31
31.0
27

SITTING DUCK 
 AKERSON Carl
 CARLSSON Lars 
 CARLSSON Glenn 
 SJOBERG Hans 
 THORDEN Carl 

208.00 24
24.0
28
28.0
24
24.0
19
19.0
OCS 
55.0
14
14.0
27
27.0
33
33.0
39
39.0
28

TOP GUN 
 HAVN Peter
 ANDERSEN Soren 
 BOEL RASMUSSEN Josefine 
 SCHALDEMOSE Kristian 

218.00 16
16.0
44
44.0
43
43.0
33
33.0
19
19.0
21
21.0
39
39.0
28
28.0
19
19.0
29

KLEIN RAINBOW 
 DIETRICH Bent
 TRCKA Martin 
 BLACKER Noah 
 MEYERS Howard 
 AUDYOVA Marketa 
 BARRUE Marie 

227.00 43
43.0
31
31.0
6
6.0
11
11.0
40
40.0
32
32.0
28
28.0
36
36.0
DNS 
55.0
30

MISS DEVIL 
 SKALEN Tomas
 PETTERSSON Fredrik 
 PETTERSSON SAND Jonas 
 ABERG Anders 

229.00 39
39.0
17
17.0
35
35.0
27
27.0
16
16.0
54
54.0
29
29.0
32
32.0
34
34.0
31

CYTRUS 
 RENKER Christoph marti
 SCHUEPBACH Markus 
 ROEMER Markus 
 WUETHRICH Beat 
 OGGENFUSS Esther 

231.00 BFD 
55.0
29
29.0
26
26.0
21
21.0
41
41.0
51
51.0
19
19.0
14
14.0
30
30.0
32

CINGHI-AILE 
 GOOD Michael
 HANHART Katharina 
 CASTELLAN Nino 
 METTLER Christian 
 TZESCHLOCK Regina 

239.00 36
36.0
37
37.0
13
13.0
BFD 
55.0
26
26.0
34
34.0
38
38.0
38
38.0
17
17.0
33

HOD 
 BUJAKY Attila
 KRISCH Janos 
 GOND Gergely 
 SZELLEM Balazs 
 GRAFEL Vince 

242.00 18
18.0
46
46.0
22
22.0
26
26.0
27
27.0
48
48.0
30
30.0
45
45.0
28
28.0
34

YES SIR NO SIR 
 HAAVEL Tonis
 LUKA Eerik 
 GRIGORJEV Raul 
 TERAS Erki 
 REIMAN Ardo 

244.00 40
40.0
50
50.0
18
18.0
34
34.0
31
31.0
23
23.0
DNF 
55.0
21
21.0
27
27.0
35

KORUTV.FI 
 HAKOLA Tomi
 HELLMAN Henrik 
 SALLINEN Anssi 
 SILEN Oliver 
 CLARIJS Kelly ann 

244.00 21
21.0
36
36.0
23
23.0
20
20.0
21
21.0
50
50.0
51
51.0
37
37.0
36
36.0
36

GELIKT 
 VROON Carlo
 DE BLOCK Yves 
 KAMSTRA Einte 
 VAN VOLLENHOVEN Friso 

250.00 22
22.0
33
33.0
DNF 
55.0
22
22.0
49
49.0
36
36.0
31
31.0
24
24.0
33
33.0
37

HURRICANE 
 SVANBERG Riikard
 SEVEDAG Axel 
 WINZELL Jonas 
 ENGLUNG Borje 

262.00 30
30.0
20
20.0
45
45.0
41
41.0
48
48.0
38
38.0
36
36.0
15
15.0
37
37.0
38

SEVEN-FIVE-NINE 
 CSOLTO Akos
 BUKI Gabor 
 BUKI Zsolt 
 SZABOLCS Bence 

268.00 BFD 
55.0
21
21.0
42
42.0
36
36.0
35
35.0
24
24.0
26
26.0
41
41.0
43
43.0
39

NEFELI 24 
 KARRIE Peter
 SCHOLLMAYER Martin 
 ROSSKOPF Martin 
 PAYA Victor 
 GONZALEZ Alejandro 

273.00 34
34.0
25
25.0
47
47.0
44
44.0
39
39.0
37
37.0
20
20.0
29
29.0
45
45.0
40

ATENA 
 JERKOVIC Jure
 JERKOVIC Emil 
 JERKOVIC Natasa 
 ZAJC Robert 
 KMETEC Blaz 

284.00 29
29.0
23
23.0
41
41.0
37
37.0
30
30.0
35
35.0
43
43.0
53
53.0
46
46.0
41

IMMAC SPUTNIK 
 BRINKMANN Conrad
 HOFFMANN Ddirk 
 REISS Rudolf 
 NIEMANN Frank 
 DUC Nam luu 

293.00 19
19.0
47
47.0
40
40.0
32
32.0
43
43.0
43
43.0
35
35.0
34
34.0
BFD 
55.0
42

BARMALEY 
 GUREYEV Vasyl
 SHAFRANYUK Andriy 
 LEVCHENKO Sergiy 
 KANDYBA Viktor 
 MOSHKOVSKIY Vitaliy 

294.00 33
33.0
26
26.0
36
36.0
35
35.0
25
25.0
29
29.0
DNF 
55.0
DNC 
55.0
DNC 
55.0
43

SNUGASABUG 
 BOUYER Regis
 MATHIEU Sebastien 
 PACELLE Jonathan 
 LE PESTEUR Alexis 

302.00 32
32.0
42
42.0
32
32.0
53
53.0
44
44.0
39
39.0
45
45.0
39
39.0
29
29.0
44

EXILIA 
 PIHLGREN Carl johan
 ADICKES Patrik olsson 
 BORRE Krisstoffer 
 MAGNUSSON Jonas 

315.00 38
38.0
39
39.0
46
46.0
40
40.0
32
32.0
40
40.0
41
41.0
44
44.0
41
41.0
45

NEW TRICKS 
 STONE Ben
 DAWSON STONE Camilla 
 STONE Hamish 
 SQUIRRELL James 
 MAYHEW Jamie 

321.00 45
45.0
32
32.0
34
34.0
39
39.0
37
37.0
46
46.0
48
48.0
40
40.0
50
50.0
46

LAIKA 
 BURKE Lennart
 WILL Josef 
 STEFFAN Maximilian 
 SCHMIDT Daniel 
 MULLER Johan 

330.00 BFD 
55.0
41
41.0
44
44.0
48
48.0
20
20.0
44
44.0
50
50.0
43
43.0
40
40.0
47

MARUSIA 
 DYVINETS Oleg
 DYVINETS Nikita 
 AKYNSHYN Alexey 
 ZINNATULLIN Vadym 

331.00 DNF 
55.0
DNS 
55.0
DNS 
55.0
38
38.0
46
46.0
49
49.0
25
25.0
31
31.0
32
32.0
48

ANGRY DRAGON 
 VOITH Norbert
 HOLLWERTH Lukas 
 NEIDHARDT Martin 
 HOFF Oskar 

337.00 44
44.0
48
48.0
38
38.0
49
49.0
28
28.0
52
52.0
44
44.0
48
48.0
38
38.0
49

THE DOGS.....! 
 BROWN Alen
 TRELIVING Paul 
 COOPER George 
 BIRKBEECK Gary 

358.00 41
41.0
51
51.0
49
49.0
45
45.0
47
47.0
45
45.0
32
32.0
52
52.0
48
48.0
50

DISCO VOLANTE 
 GASTL Sebatian
 BEULKE Nikolaus 
 BEULKE Stefanie 
 GALL Nina 
 KOUNAS Faidon 

359.00 DNF 
55.0
DNS 
55.0
DNS 
55.0
47
47.0
33
33.0
30
30.0
40
40.0
50
50.0
49
49.0
51

IMMAC DIGIDRONE-SOLUTIONS 
 ENGLER Laila
 SCHOKE Marianne 
 ABLATICO alejandro 
 WALLER Majnus 
 VOSSWINKEL Franziska 

360.00 37
37.0
49
49.0
50
50.0
46
46.0
45
45.0
42
42.0
BFD 
55.0
47
47.0
44
44.0
52

BAD GIRL 
 FOGDE Kim Koch
 CARLSEN Christian 
 GRONNING Morten 
 BERGRENHOLZ Joachim 
 BARRETT Jonathan 

378.00 BFD 
55.0
DNF 
55.0
39
39.0
51
51.0
52
52.0
41
41.0
47
47.0
51
51.0
42
42.0
53

MAD COW 
 CLAEYSSENS Peter
 VERHULST Thierry 
 LENZ Erric 
 LACHAPELLE Thierry 

384.00 46
46.0
43
43.0
48
48.0
52
52.0
50
50.0
53
53.0
49
49.0
49
49.0
47
47.0
54

GOLD DOG 2 
 GONCALVES Julien
 MOZZANINO Timothy 
 GONCALVES Nicolas 
 BATAILLE Ossian 
 BONNERY Gauthier 

386.00 BFD 
55.0
40
40.0
DNS 
55.0
50
50.0
51
51.0
47
47.0
46
46.0
46
46.0
51
51.0
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Consistency and competition Day 3 of the Dragon World Championship by Tivoli Hotels & Resorts brought another day of top-level competition in Vilamoura, as the international fleet completed two races as scheduled.
Posted on 14 May
Formula Kite Europeans in Urla day 1
Smaller kites shrink the riders and mix the fleet Brave riders grabbed their opportunities on day one of the 2025 Formula Kite European Championships, in Urla, Turkiye.
Posted on 14 May
Banger Racing, Back Racing and No Racing
Racing on the cheap, a return to racing for young Aussies, and ILCA struggles We start with racing on the cheap at the Colander Cup, then focus on a return to racing for the Aussies at the Youth Worlds, moving on to a complete lack of racing at the ILCA Worlds, and then looking at how SailGP should be back out on the water.
Posted on 14 May
44Cup Porto Cervo starts tomorrow
This event sees the high performance one design owner-driver fleet back up to 11 in number RC44 racing returns to Europe tomorrow with the start of the 44Cup Porto Cervo, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
Posted on 14 May
New study in Vendée Globe could be a game changer
Research is being carried out by a bio-engineering specialist into human performance What effect does racing alone around the world on a high performance IMOCA yacht have on the human body and mind?
Posted on 14 May
ILCA 6 Women's and ILCA 7 Men's Worlds day 3
The wind stays away and the day is cancelled once more For the third consecutive day, the ILCA World Championship race course remained stalled under a windless sky. A dense fog clung to the Olympic Sailing Center, muting the horizon and chilling the air to a damp 17 degrees C.
Posted on 14 May
World Sailing Inclusion Championships preview
Event will bring together an expected 215 sailors from around the world, to Oman The Sultanate of Oman has been chosen to host the first edition of the new World Sailing Inclusion Championships.
Posted on 14 May
The last 18' skiff champion before one design
Michael Spies won the 1993 and 1995 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championships When Michael Spies won the 1993 and 1995 World 18 footer championships, in his Julian Bethwaite-designed Winfield Racing skiff, he became the last winner of the title before the introduction of the new one-design 18 footer won its first title in 1996.
Posted on 14 May
More join the Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta
18 entries representing Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, NSW and Victoria so far Eighteen entries representing Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, NSW and Victoria have so far been received for the 2025 Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta (AWKR).
Posted on 14 May
Breiana Whitehead set for Formula Kite Europeans
The Australian kitefoiler is back on the international stage this week Australian kitefoiler Breiana Whitehead is back on the international stage this week, as she lines up against top level competition at the 2025 Formula Kite European Championships in Urla, Türkiye from May 14 to 19.
Posted on 14 May