Onorato conquers Scarlino edition of 2017 Melges 20 World League

by Melges 20 on 15 May 2017 Congratulations to Achille Onorato and crew members Cameron Appleton on tactics and Stefano Ciampalini aboard Mascalzone Latino, Jr. - they are 2017 Melges 20 Scarlino Champions!

Additional kudos go to Marina Kaverzina and her Marussia crew consisting of Sergey Peshkov and Valery Zatsarinskiy. They overtook the lead from Emanuele Savoini's Evinrude on the final day to win the Corinthian Scarlino title.

An additional three races were held on the final day with Onorato winning the first heat, ultimately helping seal the deal on his very first major win of the 2017 season.

The big move the day, and certainly the event, goes to second runner-up Krzysztov Krempec on Mag Tiny. Overnight, he along with crew members Tomislav Basic and Ivan Ivankovic were seated in tenth. Today, with a very profitable two-one-thirteen performance, Krempec sits on the podium in second place.

Porto Venere overall Champion Vladimir Prosikhin on Nika remains on the podium, but this time in third. Igor Rytov's Russian Bogatyrs had a great event to finish in fourth, followed by Manfredi Vianini Tolomei's Maolca in fifth.

A tremendous round of appreciation and gratitude go to all the competitors, as well as the Race Committee, Marina di Scarlino and Club Nautico Scarlino for their great support and partnership.

The Melges World League, European Division counts on the valuable support of: Helly Hansen as the official clothing sponsor with its Melges World League Race Loft dedicated to both sailors and all fans of the sport of sailing. Garmin Marine is the official timekeeper, and Lavazza keeps the Melges World League fully fueled with the Italian taste of its signature coffee. Toremar shares Melges' DNA in which binds it to the sea. All official photo and video images are from the creative and driven talents of Barracuda Communication.

On Deck

The next Melges 20 World League event takes place next weekend in Akiya, Japan for the Melges Spring Regatta on May 20-21. In Europe, the fleet looks ahead to Zadar, Croatia on June 9-11, leading up to the European Championship in Sibenik on July 12-15. In North America, the fleet prepares for some fantastic summer sailing at the Sail Newport Regatta on July 7-9 as the lead up to the U.S. Nationals on August 17-19 and the Worlds in early October!

Top Ten Results (Final - After Six Races, One Discard)

1.) Achille Onorato, Mascalzone Latino, Jr.; 3-1-2-[9]-8 = 15
2.) Krzysztof Krempec, Mag Tiny; [33/UFD]-5-1-2-1-13 = 22
3.) Vladimir Prosikhin, Nika; 2-[15]-3-3-6-9 = 23
4.) Igor Rytov, Russian Bogatyrs; 1-3-20-[33/UFD]-3-2 = 29
5.) Manfredi Vianini Tolomei, Maolca; 6-7/RDG-7/RDG-6-[10]-6 = 32
6.) Alexander Ezhkov, Pirogovo; 4-12-4-7-[21]-11 = 38
7.) Rodney Jones, Cars 167; [18]-7-5-9-4-14 = 39
8.) Matteo Marenghi Vaselli, Raya; 14/RDG-2-[25]-11-7-7 = 41
9.) Oleg Evdokimenko, Kotyara; 5-[14]-7-13-13-5 = 43
10.) Tina Plattner/Tony Norris, TNT; 9-[22]-12-17-12-1 = 51

Top Five Melges 20 World League Results (After Four Events)

1.) Igor Rytov, Russian Bogatyrs = 50 pts.
2.) Drew Freides, Pacific Yankee = 37 pts.
3.) Liam Kilroy, Wildman = 32 pts.
4.) Rob Wilber, Cinghiale = 31 pts.
5.) Jim Wilson, Oleander = 29 pts.

2017 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 2 - Preliminary Cumulative Results

Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 T O Total World League Racing One Design Division Melges 20 1. 23   ITA 23 MASCALZONE LATINO JR Melges 20 Achille Onorato 3 1 2 1 9 8 [9] 15.0 2. 264   POL 264 MAG TINY Melges 20 Krzysztof Krempec 33/UFD 5 1 2 1 13 [33] 22.0 3. 261   RUS 261 NIKA Melges 20 Vladimir Prosikhin 2 15 3 3 6 9 [15] 23.0 4. 296   RUS 296 RUSSIAN BOGATYRS Melges 20 Igor Rytov 1 3 20 33/UFD 3 2 [33] 29.0 5. 270   ITA 270 MAOLCA Melges 20 Manfredi Vianini Tolomei 6 7/RDG 7/RDG 6 10 6 [10] 32.0 6. 255   RUS 2 PIROGOVO Melges 20 Alexander Ezhkov 4 12 4 7 21 11 [21] 38.0 7. 167   AUS 167 CARS 167 Melges 20 Rodney Jones 18 7 5 9 4 14 [18] 39.0 8. 301   MON 301 RAYA Melges 20 Matteo Marenghi Vaselli 14/RDG 2 25 11 7 7 [25] 41.0 9. 47   RUS 047 KOTYARA Melges 20 Oleg Evdokimenko 5 14 7 13 13 5 [14] 43.0 10. 219   RSA 219 TNT Melges 20 Tina Plattner / Tony Norris 9 22 12 17 12 1 [22] 51.0 11. 183   ITA 183 4 SALE Melges 20 Manlio Carlo Soldani 11 23 8 19 19 3 [23] 60.0 12. 137   RUS 137 ALEX TEAM Melges 20 Alexander Mikhaylik 13 26 19 5 5 18 [26] 60.0 13. 192   ITA 192 MEZZALUNA Melges 20 Marco Franchini 8 4 6 16 27 31 [31] 61.0 14. 106   ITA 106 ASANTE SANA Melges 20 Claudio Dutto 21 11 17 10 11 12 [21] 61.0 15. 289   RUS 289 LEVIATHAN Melges 20 Vadim Yakhinson 23 20 9 15 8 10 [23] 62.0 16. 713   MON 713 SYNERGY GT Melges 20 Valentin Zavadnikov 15 6 10 23 14 20 [23] 65.0 17. 180   CZE 180 ALOHA Melges 20 Jan Kuchar 10 27 11 27 2 17 [27] 67.0 18. 185   RUS 185 ELF Melges 20 Sergei Sobolev 17 25 13 14 15 15 [25] 74.0 19. 288   MON 4444 ARCORA Melges 20 Kalomeni Orel 28 8 15 18 16 19 [28] 76.0 20. 149   ITA 149 CAMAY Melges 20 Lauro Bonora 14 10 14 21 23 21 [23] 80.0 21. 104   ITA 104 GONE SQUATCHIN Melges 20 Pietro Loro Piana 12 13 22 12 26 24 [26] 83.0 22. 275   RUS 275 VICTOR Melges 20 Alexander Novoselov 16 16 30 4 25 28 [30] 89.0 23. 25   MON 25 PATH Melges 20 Anatoly Karachinskiy 30 17 24 29 18 4 [30] 92.0 24. 181   ITA 181 G3B SAILING TEAM MENDIETA Melges 20 Luigi Giannattasio 25 30 16 8 24 25 [30] 98.0 25. 265   RUS 265 RUSSOTRANS Melges 20 Natalia Kravets 22 9 27 25 22 27 [27] 105.0 26. 277   JPN 277 CONTIOUS Melges 20 Norikatsu Aizawa 7 21 28 24 29 26 [29] 106.0 27. 156   RUS 156 MARUSSIA (Corinthian) Melges 20 Marina Kaverzina 27 29 26 22 17 16 [29] 108.0 28. 206   ITA 206 EVINRUDE (Corinthian) Melges 20 Emanuele Savoini 24 19 29 20 28 22 [29] 113.0 29. 294   RUS 294 PIROGOVO EVOLUTION Melges 20 Leonid Altukhov 20 18 23 28 31 29 [31] 118.0 30. 184   RUS 184 MEDYZA Melges 20 Pavel Grachev 26 33/RET 18 33/BFD 20 23 [33] 120.0 31. 152   ITA 152 VANITE Melges 20 Mario Aquila 29 24 21 30 30 33/DNF [33] 134.0 32. 107   RUS 107 BLACK WOLF Melges 20 Andrej Chirikov 31 28 31 26 32 30 [32] 146.0    2017 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 2 - Corinthian Teams - Preliminary Cumulative Results Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 T O Total World League Racing One Design Division Melges 20 1. 156   RUS 156 MARUSSIA Melges 20 Marina Kaverzina 27 29 26 22 17 16 [29] 108.0 2. 206   ITA 206 EVINRUDE Melges 20 Emanuele Savoini 24 19 29 20 28 22 [29] 113.0