Pacinotti's Brontolo dominates to win first European Melges 20 World League event

by International Melges 20 Class Association 23 Apr 2018 05:15 BST 20-22 April 2018

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division, Forio d'Ischia - Filippo Pacinotti, BRONTOLO © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

The first event of the 2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division is now complete and rounds of congratulations go to the strong colors of Italy's Filippo Pacinotti helming Brontolo with tactician Manu Weiller, and crew members Federico Michetti and Leonor Ramia. On the Forio d'Ischia race course, Pacinotti showed top performance, in particular, he captured three out of six possible race wins. Mathematically, the award and victory was his before the last race even started.

"It was a great regatta and a perfect result. In so many ways it was very unexpected, considering I have not had much success racing the Melges 20, which I've only sailed sporadically," said Pacinotti. "Here in Forio, we really guessed everything from the set-up, to the tactics, but we are very aware that this will not always be the case. The season is long. For us as a team, the important focus will be on those events that take place in September and October."

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division, Forio d'Ischia Champions - Filippo Pacinotti, BRONTOLO - photo © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

"Being here in front of everyone makes this victory an emotional one, because this was built from afar, fighting for many years in the Melges 32 Class. Being back in the big Melges family and competing in the Melges World League, with a result like this, fills us with great happiness."

Behind Pacinotti, whose success is attributed to superior speed over the competition in light to average wind conditions on the final two days in Forio d'Ischia - it was without a doubt a real battle with continuous jostling of positions.

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division, Forio d'Ischia - Vladimir Prosikhin, NIKA - photo © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

The final podium included Vladimir Prosikhin at the helm of Nika (Michele Ivaldi, tactician) in second place, with third going to Rob Wilber's Cinghiale (Charlie McKee, tactician). Completing the top five respectively included Achille Onorato's Mascalzone Latino Jr. and Alexandr Ezhkov's Pirogovo Sailing.

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division, Forio d'Ischia - Rob Wilber, CINGHIALE - photo © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

Russia's Victor Novoselov aboard Quantum becomes the first European Corinthian Melges 20 Champion of 2018 (finished fifteenth overall).

The 2018 Melges 20 World League moves on to the Tuscan regatta race course at Marina di Scarlino on May 25-27.

The Melges World League is supported by Helly Hansen, Toremar, North Sails, Garmin Marine and Lavazza. We are also thankful for the support of our local partners Alilauro, Medmar, Nastro Azzurro, Costanzo, Cenatiempo.

Melges World League has signed and adopts the code of ethics of the Charta Smerarlda strongly promoting the values of One Ocean Foundation.

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division, Forio d'Ischia - photo © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

Full Results

2018 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 1 - 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
1.	667	ITA 667	BRONTOLO RACING	Melges 20	Filippo Pacinotti	1	2	3	1	1	3	[3]	8.0
2.	261	RUS 261	NIKA	Melges 20	Vladimir Prosikhin	2	7	10	4	6	1	[10]	20.0
3.	414	GBR 414	CINGHIALE	Melges 20	Rob Wilber	4	9	6	3	3	7	[9]	23.0
4.	23	MON 23	MASCALZONE LATINO JR	Melges 20	Achille Onorato	10	10	1	5	5	27	[27]	31.0
5.	255	RUS 2	PIROGOVO SAILING	Melges 20	Alexandr Ezhkov	24	11	8	8	2	6	[24]	35.0
6.	264	POL 264	MAG TINY	Melges 20	Krzysztof Krempec	8	14	14	2	8	5	[14]	37.0
7.	296	RUS 296	RUSSIAN BOGATYRS	Melges 20	Igor Rytov	7	13	2	11	9	10	[13]	39.0
8.	275	RUS 275	VICTOR	Melges 20	Alexander Novoselov	26	8	12	10	10	2	[26]	42.0
9.	265	RUS 265	RUSSOTRANS	Melges 20	Yurii Morozov	14	15	13	19	4	4	[19]	50.0
10.	270	ITA 270	MAOLCA	Melges 20	Manfredi Vianini Tolomei	18	5	4	6	24	17	[24]	50.0
11.	167	ITA 167	CALVI NETWORK	Melges 20	Carlo Alberini	12	1	5	22	27	14	[27]	54.0
12.	192	ITA 192	MEZZALUNA	Melges 20	Marco Franchini	9	6	26	15	23	11	[26]	64.0
13.	410	ITA 410	GONE SQUATCHING	Melges 20	Pietro Loro Piana	22	12	7	18	7	23	[23]	66.0
14.	289	RUS 289	LEVIATHAN	Melges 20	Maxim Titarenko	3	25	27	9	22	8	[27]	67.0
15.	155	MON 5	QUANTUM (Corinthian)	Melges 20	Victor Novoselov	29	3	15	24	18	12	[29]	72.0
16.	301	MON 301	RAYA	Melges 20	Matteo Marenghi Vaselli	5	22	19	27	15	13	[27]	74.0
17.	154	ITA 154	SPIRIT OF NERINA	Melges 20	Andrea Ferrari	11	19	9	29	14	21	[29]	74.0
18.	137	RUS 137	ALEX TEAM (Corinthian)	Melges 20	Alexander Mikhaylik	19	26	17	14	13	15	[26]	78.0
19.	81	ITA 67	SEASE	Melges 20	Franco Loro Piana	28	21	28	7	17	9	[28]	82.0
20.	199	RUS 199	LUCKY	Melges 20	Leonid Altukhov	17	4	16	25	21	25	[25]	83.0
21.	184	RUS 184	MEDYZA	Melges 20	Pavel Grachev	6	20	23	23	20	16	[23]	85.0
22.	136	ITA 136	RAFFICA (Corinthian)	Melges 20	Pasquale Orofino	20	29	11	12	19	24	[29]	86.0
23.	181	ITA 181	MENDIETA G3B Sailing Team	Melges 20	Luigi Gianattasio	16	17	25	20	16	22	[25]	91.0
24.	206	ITA 206	SIDERVAL (Corinthian)	Melges 20	Marco Giannini	25	16	20	26	11	20	[26]	92.0
25.	189	ITA 189	KINDAKO	Melges 20	Stefano Visintin	15	24	22	13	28	18	[28]	92.0
26.	158	ITA 158	TOMAHAWK	Melges 20	Stefano Santucci	13	18	18	17	29	28	[29]	94.0
27.	152	ITA 152	VANITE	Melges 20	Mario Aquila	27	28	24	16	12	26	[28]	105.0
28.	185	RUS 185	ELF	Melges 20	Sergey Sobolev	21	27	21	21	26	19	[27]	108.0
29.	25	MON 25	PATH	Melges 20	Anatoly Karachinskiy	23	23	31/DNF	28	25	31/DNS	[31]	130.0
30.	107	RUS 107	BLACK WOLF	Melges 20	Andrej Chirikov	31/DNS	31/DNS	31/DNS	31/DNS	31/DNS	31/DNS	[31]	155.0

2018 Melges 20 World League European Division // Event 1 - 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
1.	155	MON 5	QUANTUM	Melges 20	Victor Novoselov	29	3	15	24	18	12	[29]	72.0
2.	137	RUS 137	ALEX TEAM	Melges 20	Alexander Mikhaylik	19	26	17	14	13	15	[26]	78.0
3.	136	ITA 136	RAFFICA	Melges 20	Pasquale Orofino	20	29	11	12	19	24	[29]	86.0
4.	206	ITA 206	SIDERVAL	Melges 20	Marco Giannini	25	16	20	26	11	20	[26]	92.0