2018 Melges 24 European Sailing Series: XV Lino Favini Cup sets sails for final regatta
by IM24CA 11 Oct 2018 19:17 BST
12-14 October 2018
2017 Lino Favini Cup - Day 2 © IM24CA / Zerogradinord
The finale of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series will begin tomorrow, on Friday October 12th at noon in Luino, Italy.
Nineteen Melges 24 teams representing seven nations will have a great weekend sailing on the Eastern shore of Lake Maggiore, locally said Verbàno. A maximum of eight races will determine the winner of the 2018 Melges 24 European Sailing Series, 2018 Italian Melges 24 Tour, 2018 Melges 24 Swiss champion and the winner of the event itself.
Lino Favini Cup, taking place for the 15th time already, is dedicated to Lino Favini, a great sailor of Verbàno and father of Flavio Favini, one of the most highly-regarded international sailors: this year Flavio Favini besides of hosting the event, will also be involved in the regatta in the role of helmsman for Gianluca Perego's Maidollis, reigning Melges 24 European and 2017 World Champion. With Favini and Perego also fellow sailors Tiziano Nava and Giovanni Ferrari from well-awarded Blu Moon will make the competition harder for the others.
From the entry list we'll find also current ranking leader both in overall and Corinthian division - Italian Marco Zammarchi's Taki 4 with Niccolo Bertola-Giacomo Fossati tandem onboard, reigning European champions; German family team, White Room of Michael Tarabochia with his sons and friends occupying the fifth and second placement in overall and Corinthian rankings respectively; Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team from Great Britain with Geoff Carveth in helm, the winner of the 2017 series (currently sixth in Overall and third in Corinthian rank).
Great to see the team from the longest distance ending their season in Luino - Bo Boje Pedersen's Upupup from Denmark with match racer Joachim Aschenbrenner calling the tactics, who has all chances to climb up from the ninth placement on the overall ranking. The entries from Hungary, Austria, Italy and Switzerland will make the geography and competitiveness only stronger and more international.
See the entry list here
Top 10 teams of the Overall ranking, reflecting also top four teams in Corinthian division:
1. Corinthian TAKI 4 ITA778 Niccolo Bertola 175.0 pts
2. MAIDOLLIS ITA854 Carlo Fracassoli 218.0 pts
3. WAR CANOE USA841 Mike Goldfarb 274.0 pts
4. GENERAL LEE ITA793 Mario Ziliani 282.0 pts
5. Corinthian WHITE ROOM GER677 Luis Tarabochia 287.0 pts
6. Corinthian GILL RACE TEAM GBR694 Geoff Carveth 302.0 pts
7. Corinthian LENNY EST790 Tõnu Tõniste 314.0 pts
8. ALTEA ITA722 Andrea Racchelli 368.0 pts
9. UPUPUP DEN837 Bo Boje Pedersen 378.0 pts
10. ARKANOE by MONTURA ITA809 Sergio Caramel 402.0 pts
Overall standings of the series
Corinthian division ranking
The ranking of the Italian Melges 24 Tour (after five regattas) sees now Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team (GBR694, 468 pts) with Geoff Carveth in helm on top of the ranking. Only one point separates them from Mario Ziliani's General Lee (ITA793, 467 pts) being second. Swiss Jörg Hotz' Andele climbed to the third position (SUI821, 423 pts) after the regatta in Domaso. While reigning Melges 24 World Champion Andrea Racchelli on his Altea (ITA722) was not competing in Domaso, he is on the fourth position now with 391 pts followed by the reigning Corinthian European Champion Taki 4 (ITA778, 388 pts) by Marco Zammarchi.
Current ranking of the 2018 Italian Melges 24 Tour after five Acts
Associazione Velica Alto Verbano will be the host of this international Melges 24 regatta for the fourth time already co-organized by International Melges 24 Class Association, with the precious support of Lino Town Council and of Chamber Of Commerce of Varese.
From Thursday October 11th, the participants will be able to complete their registration, while the first warning signal is scheduled for Friday October 12th at 12.00, right after the Skippers Meeting taking place at the AVAV headquarters. The regatta will end with the prizegiving on Sunday afternoon as the final possible warning signal will be no later than 14:30.