2018 Melges 20 World League at Club Nautico Marina di Scarlino

2018 Melges 20 World League at Club Nautico Marina di Scarlino - Overall

by IM20CA 28 May 2018 03:08 BST 25-27 May 2018

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division - Scarlino Champions, PACIFIC YANKEE © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

Congratulations are in full order for American Drew Freides at the helm of Pacific Yankee, with tactician Paul Goodison and crew member Charlie Smythe - they are 2018 Melges 20 World League, Scarlino Champions. They completed their mission to win Scarlino, the second round of competition on the European circuit.

"We have officially gotten off on the right foot here in Europe," said winner Drew Freides. "But, we have a lot of opponents that are very well prepared which is going to make the rest of the season very, very interesting. We still have some things that we want to work on, in particular our sails. Otherwise, we are quite centered and being able to work on things with our success in Scarlino makes for a great way to face future Melges 20 World League events."

With this win, Freides' first seasonal success in Europe is noted and has immediately made it very clear to the competition - that on the road leading to the World Championship scheduled for Cagliari in October, he is the team to beat.

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division - Scarlino, Krzysztov Krempec, MAG TINY - photo © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

Three additional races were completed on the final day of racing, and apart from Freides confirming and securing the top spot on the podium, the fight for the remaining places ignited. Second runner-up Kryzysztof Krempec on MAG TINY (Tomislav Basic, tactician), and current World League Ranking Leader Vladimir Prosikhin aboard NIKA (Michele Ivaldi, tactician) in third, both had a successful day with one race win each, as did Filippo Pacinotti's BRONTOLO (Manu Weiller, tactician).

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division - Scarlino, Vladimir Prosikhin, NIKA - photo © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

A spectacular performance by Italy's Marco Giannini racing SIDERVAL has awarded him the Corinthian first place position, finishing up an impressive sixth in the open division.

2018 Melges 20 World League, European Division - Scarlino Corinthian Champions, SIDERVAL - photo © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

Next weekend, June 1-3, the Melges 32 World League cranks up on the same Marina di Scarlino race course.

The Melges World League is supported by Helly Hansen, Garmin Marine, North Sails, Toremar, Lavazza, and Melges Europe in collaboration with Club Nautico Scarlino, Rigoni di Asiago, Resort Baia Scarlino and Scarlino Yacht Service.

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 - Scarlino - photo © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication

Overall Results:

	Bow	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	T O	Total
1.	1	PACIFIC YANKEE	Drew Freides	1	1	5	2	11	5	6	[11]	20.0
2.	264	MAG TINY	Krzysztof Krempec	4	2	4	11	12	1	26	[26]	34.0
3.	261	NIKA	Vladimir Prosikhin	12	18	1	5	1	2	28	[28]	39.0
4.	167	CALVI NETWORK	Carlo Alberini	5	3	15	6	32/BFD	8	9	[32]	46.0
5.	667	BRONTOLO RACING	Filippo Pacinotti	9	5	2	17	16	22/SCP	1	[22]	50.0
6.	206	SIDERVAL (Corinthian)	Marco Giannini	3	29	8	7	14	14	10	[29]	56.0
7.	255	PIROGOVO SAILING	Alexandr Ezhkov	8	15	9	14	2	22	12	[22]	60.0
8.	275	VICTOR	Alexander Novoselov	24	8	19	4	8	3	19	[24]	61.0
9.	23	MASCALZONE LATINO JR	Achille Onorato	27	22	32/DNS	1	7	9	2	[32]	68.0
10.	265	RUSSOTRANS	Yurii Morozov	18	23	6	21	9	7	8	[23]	69.0
11.	301	RAYA	Matteo Marenghi Vaselli	7	27	13	20	5	6	22	[27]	73.0
12.	47	KOTYARA	Oleg Evdokimenko	15	13	17	8	10	16	11	[17]	73.0
13.	192	MEZZALUNA	Marco Franchini	6	4	11	23	27	19	13	[27]	76.0
14.	154	SPIRIT OF NERINA	Andrea Ferrari	19	12	18	28	22	4	5	[28]	80.0
15.	267	SEASE	Franco Loro Piana	20	7	32/RET	15	20	12	7	[32]	81.0
16.	184	MEDYZA	Pavel Grachev	17	6	7	25	23	26	4	[26]	82.0
17.	189	KINDAKO	Stefano Visintin	22	17	3	13	3	27	25	[27]	83.0
18.	713	SYNERGY	Valentin Zavadnikov	25	16	20	3	17	10	18	[25]	84.0
19.	181	MENDIETA G3BAU	Luigi Gianattasio	21	9	16	27	6	18	17	[27]	87.0
20.	270	MAOLCA	Manfredi Vianini Tolomei	2	26	12	12	21	20	24	[26]	91.0
21.	156	MARUSSIA (Corinthian)	Marina Kaverzina	10	20	14	19	15	24	30	[30]	102.0
22.	180	ALOHA	Jan Kuchar	14	32/DNF	32/DNS	10	4	11	32/DNF	[32]	103.0
23.	137	ALEX TEAM (Corinthian)	Alexander Mikhaylik	23	11	24	22	13	17	20	[24]	106.0
24.	185	ELF	Sergey Sobolev	16	25	21	9	26	15	21	[26]	107.0
25.	158	TOMAHAWAK	Stefano Santucci	11	10	23	18	25	29	29	[29]	116.0
26.	236	CRO-A-SAIL	Miroslav Reljanovic	29	19	27	16	29	30	3	[30]	123.0
27.	289	LEVIATHAN	Maxim Titarenko	13	24	10	24	30	25	27	[30]	123.0
28.	106	BOOGIE (Corinthian)	Pierluigi Giannatasio	31	14	32/RET	26	19	21	16	[32]	127.0
29.	410	GONE SQUATCHING	Pietro Loro Piana	28	32/DNF	26	30	18	23	14	[32]	139.0
30.	202	INTERMEZZO (Corinthian)	Johannes Lind-Widestam	30	21	25	31	24	28	15	[31]	143.0
31.	149	SESTELEMENTO (Corinthian)	Oscar Farace	26	28	22	29	28	31	23	[31]	156.0

Corinthian Teams:

	Bow	Yacht Name	Owner/Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	T O	Total
1.	206	SIDERVAL	Marco Giannini	3	29	8	7	14	14	10	[29]	56.0
2.	156	MARUSSIA	Marina Kaverzina	10	20	14	19	15	24	30	[30]	102.0
3.	137	ALEX TEAM	Alexander Mikhaylik	23	11	24	22	13	17	20	[24]	106.0
4.	106	BOOGIE	Pierluigi Giannatasio	31	14	32/RET	26	19	21	16	[32]	127.0
5.	202	INTERMEZZO	Johannes Lind-Widestam	30	21	25	31	24	28	15	[31]	143.0
6.	149	SESTELEMENTO	Oscar Farace	26	28	22	29	28	31	23	[31]	156.0