Big fleet racing in Store for Melges 20s in Porto Venere

by Melges 20 on 7 Apr 2017 The first European Melges 20 World League event is upon us this weekend with more than 30 teams registered. Melges 20s representing nine different countries will attend, kicking off what will be one of the most sensational seasons of sportboat racing anywhere in the world!

The Melges 20 World League season officially got underway earlier at the Miami Winter Series in February and March. Now, it's time for the European Division to strut its stuff with a grand schedule of racing taking place over the next five months - Porto Venere, Scarlino (May 12-14), Zadar in Croatia (June 9-11), followed by the European Championship in Sibenik (July 12-15), and the grand Russian Championship in Riva Del Garda, Italy (Sept 1-3). Click here to view a complete 2017 Melges 20 events schedule.

For the start, with all guns ablaze the best of the best return to the Melges 20 stage. 2016/17 Monaco Winter Series Champion Alezander Ezhkov aboard Pirogovo Sailing, Igor Rytov's Russian Bogatyrs, Manfredi Vianini Tolomei's Maolca, Achille Onorato's Mascalzone Latino Jr., Marco Francini's Mezzaluna, Matteo Marenghi Vaselli's Raya, Valentin Zavadnikov's Synergy GT and Poland's Krzyztof Krempec on Mag Tiny are all in attendance just to name a few.

Three days of racing are scheduled in Porto Venere, commencing on Friday, and completing on Sunday.

At the end of the Porto Venere event, the general Melges World League overall international ranking will count more than sixty boats classified. Click here to view the current Melges 20 World League results.

The Melges 20 World League European Division races in Porto Venere are sponsored by the Comune di Porto Venere and organized in collaboration with the Comitato dei Circoli del Golfo, Porto Venere Sviluppo srl and Porto Venere Servizi.

2017 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 1 - Final Scratch Sheet

   

			Bow	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	Yacht Club	Home Port	Yacht Type	Length	Rating
Racing Area: World League
	Division: One Design
			Melges 20
		1.	183	ITA 183	4 SALE	Manlio Carlo Soldani	Circolo Velico Canottieri Intra	Domodossola, VB, Italia	Melges 20	20
		2.	137	RUS 137	ALEX TEAM	Alexander Mikhaylik		RUS	Melges 20	20
		3.	288	USA 401	ARCORA	Kalomeni Orel	YCM	Monaco, Monaco, MON	Melges 20	20
		4.	106	ITA 106	ASANTE SANA	Claudio Dutto		ITA	Melges 20	20
		5.	149	ITA 149	CAMAY	Lauro Bonora		Ferrara, ITA	Melges 20	20
		6.	167	AUS 167	CARS 167	Rodney Jones	MHYC	Buderim, Queensland, AUS	Melges 20	20
		7.	81	MON 081	COIMMVEST	Corrado Agusta		MON	Melges 20	20
		8.	277	JPN 277	CONTIOUS	Norikatsu Aizawa		Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JPN	Melges 20	20
		9.	185	RUS 185	ELF	Sergey Sobolev	Moscow	Moscow, RUS	Melges 20	20
		10.	109	ITA 109	ERIX 1	Federico Terenzani	Circolo Vela Erix	ITA	Melges 20	20
		11.	110	ITA 10	ERIX 2	Andrea Onnis	Circolo Vela Erix	ITA	Melges 20	20
		12.	206	ITA 206	EVINRUDE	Emanuele Savoini	L.N.I. Sez Genova	Pino Torinese, Torino, ITA	Melges 20	20
		13.	181	ITA 181	G3B SAILING TEAM MENDIETA	Luigi Giannattasio	CN Pully	Paudex, SUI	Melges 20	20
		14.	125	ITA 125	GONE SQUATCHIN	Pietro Loro Piana		ITA	Melges 20	20
		15.	202	SWE 202	INTERMEZZO	Johannes Lind-Widestam	NSS	Kullavik, Halland, SWE	Melges 20	20
		16.	289	RUS 289	LEVIATHAN	Vadim Yakhinson		Moscow, Russia, RUS	Melges 20	20
		17.	264	POL 264	MAG TINY	Krzysztof Krempec	Gdansk	Gdansk, 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	Y.C.Monaco	Milano, Italy, ITA	Melges 20	20
		21.	192	ITA 192	MEZZALUNA	Marco Franchini	club nautico rimini	RIMINI, ITA	Melges 20	20
		22.	161	GER 161	MOJITO (Corinthian)	Florian Rixner	Bayerischer Yacht Club e.V.	Krailling, Bavaria, GER	Melges 20	20
		23.	65	RUS 261	NIKA	Vladimir Prosikhin	Saint Petersburg (Russia) YC	Monaco, MON	Melges 20	20
		24.	184	RUS 184	no name	Pavel Grachev		RUS	Melges 20	20
		25.	255	RUS 2	PIROGOVO	Sergey Kuznetsov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		26.	301	MON 301	RAYA	Matteo Marenghi Vaselli	Yacht Club Monaco	Monaco, MON	Melges 20	20
		27.	296	RUS 296	RUSSIAN BOGATYRS	Igor Rytov		RUS	Melges 20	20
		28.	208	POL 208	STARTELEKOM	Waldemar Salata		POL	MElges 20	20
		29.	713	MON 713	SYNERGY GT	Valentin Zavadnikov		MON	Melges 20	20
		30.	219	RSA 219	TNT	Tina Plattner Tony Norris	RCYC	Cape Town , Western Cape , RSA	Melges 20	20
		31.	152	ITA 152	VANITE	Mario Aquila		ITA	Melges 20	20
		32.	275	RUS 275	VICTOR	Alexander Novoselov		RUS	Melges 20	20
2017 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 1 - Corinthian Teams - Final Scratch Sheet

			Bow	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	Yacht Club	Home Port	Yacht Type	Length	Rating
Racing Area: World League
	Division: One Design
			Melges 20
		1.	161	GER 161	MOJITO	Florian Rixner	Bayerischer Yacht Club e.V.	Krailling, Bavaria, GER	Melges 20	20