Please select your home edition
Edition
Stoneways Marine 2021 - LEADERBOARD

M30 Worlds Breeze, Breaks and Bumps on Day Two

by Bunny Wayt on 3 Oct 2008
Optimumm leads M30 Worlds on Day 2 Andrew Palfrey

Last night’s rain cleared out and the morning brought sunny skies accompanied by 14-17 knot shifty westerlies to Rhode Island Sound. Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino showed their championship winning style taking bullets in two of the day’s three races to pull within two points of Guy Stening’s Optimum.

With the breeze bows were buried in the waves, several boats suffered breakage and at least one skipper got bumped on the head. The forecast calls for 13-18 knots at start time tomorrow and is anticipated to build over the course of the day.

M30 Worlds - Overall positions after 6 races:

Pos Bow/Sail Boat Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
Points
1 08/ AUS 7151 Optimum Guy Stening 1 1 3 9 1 2 17.00
2 05/ ITA 2121 Masclazone Latino Vincenzo Onorato 3 10 1 1 3 1 19.00
3 11/ USA 65 Barking Mad Jim Richardson 7 2 6 11 2 5 33.00
4 22/ USA 707 Groovederci 706 Deneen Demourkas 5 6 4 7 8 7 37.00
5 23/ CAN 58 Mummy Geoff Brown 2 9 10 3 5 9 38.00
6 15/ USA 35 Groovederci 35 John Demourkas 14 5 2 12 9 4 46.00
7 17/ USA 55 Illusion John Podmajersky 11 8 9 4 10 8 50.00
8 01/ USA 691 Adrenalin Jeff Maludy 12 3 14 6 13 6 54.00
9 36/ USA 683 Turbo Duck Bodo von der Wense 13 19 8 8 6 3 57.00
10 34/ USA 316 Team BOLD Nelson Stephenson 16 7 7 14 12 10 66.00
11 31/ AUS 6100 Southern Sun Bruce Eddington 8 11 17 5 7 22 70.00
12 02/ USA 28 Coffee Grinder Jeff Gladchun 10 18 5 15 11 16 75.00
13 43/ USA 316 Skiff Sailing Gino Bottino / Joey Pasquali 17 16 16 2 15 11 77.00
14 21/ USA 21 Just Plain Nutz Norm & J. Cameron Dean 4 4 19 19 19 12 77.00
15 61/ USA 630 Siren Brian Connolly 6 12 18 18 16 14 84.00
16 12/ USA 27 Kaizen Moise Solomon/ Scott Baker 9 13 12 13 17 22 86.00
17 27/ RUS 9 Sailfish Victor Los 20 17 15 16 4 15 87.00
18 16/ USA 53 Superfly Lewis Perrin 19 21 11 10 14 13 88.00
19 28/ USA 56 Snooker Brant Russell 15 15 13 17 18 22 100.00
20 14/ USA 47 Venturesome Bob Zanetti 21 14 20 20 22 22 119.00
21 04/ USA 41 Rhumb Punch John & Linda Edwards 18 20 22 22 22 22 126.00
GP WatercraftSwitch One DesignHyde Sails 2024 - One Design

Related Articles

Seafly Open at Blakeney
A superb weekend for the fleet on the north Norfolk coast At this time of year I am reminded of Stanley Holloway's famous monologue, "Albert and the Lion" which tells of a family visit to Blackpool seaside in which Albert is swallowed whole by a lion in the zoo... I'm sure some of you will recall it.
Posted today at 11:16 am
Dolan at front of the pack in Solitaire du Figaro
The fleet are now crossing the Bay of Biscay in Leg 2 Irish sailor Tom Dolan is on the leading edge of the pack in the second leg of the Solitaire du Figaro Paprec, with 385 miles (~710 kilometres) remaining in the leg that will finish in Vigo, in northern Spain.
Posted today at 10:40 am
Merlin Rocket Women's Championship
A windy forecast kept numbers low but all those who attended had a fantastic weekend This weekend Nine Merlin Rockets travelled to Brightlingsea for the Women's Championship. A windy forecast kept numbers low but all those who attended had a fantastic weekend!
Posted today at 8:56 am
Hampton welcomes the Merlin Rocket fleet
Combination of DeMay Vintage and Thames Series racing As the visitors pulled into the car park on the Middlesex bank, under a heavy drizzle, it seemed like it was going to be one of those days — slipping around on their lovely varnished decks.
Posted today at 8:40 am
Cape 31 Med Circuit Round 5 at Palma
Exactly what we hoped for for a series finale Palma gave us exactly what we hoped for when we added it into the 2025 calendar — three days of sun, sea breeze, and thrilling one-design racing hosted by Club Nàutic S'Arenal for the Cape 31 Race Circuit finale.
Posted today at 8:04 am
2025 EurILCA Europa Cup HUN
A record-breaking 177 competitors from 16 countries The 2025 EurILCA Europa Cup HUN in Balatonfüred featured a record-breaking 177 competitors from 16 countries, including Olympians and top sailors.
Posted today at 5:46 am
Scorpion Welsh Championship at Bala
First class race management, safety, galley and bar Firstly, a big thank you to Bala Sailing Club for hosting the event, first class race management, safety, galley and bar. A weekend that had lots of weather and wind, gave for exciting reaches and sometimes pretty shifty conditions.
Posted today at 5:29 am
OK Dinghy Worlds at Lake Garda Day 1
Nick Craig starts title defence with two solid race wins The 2025 OK Dinghy World Championship began on Lake Garda on Monday with two races in sublime conditions that left everyone with smiles from ear to ear, albeit with sore legs and tired bodies.
Posted today at 5:23 am
56th La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec Leg 2 start
After a 30-hour delay, the 34 sailors were finally able to head out to sea After a 30-hour delay, the 34 sailors competing in La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec 2025 were finally able to head out to sea and face the elements. At 7 p.m. this Monday, September 15, the starting gun was fired.
Posted on 15 Sep
Royal Thames YC Winter Team Racing Programme
A variety of events are now open for entry The Royal Thames Yacht Club is the premier keelboat team racing club in the UK running a large number of events (racing and training) in the club's outstanding fleet of Sonars and sending teams to top international events.
Posted on 15 Sep