2019 Melges 20 World League - European Division Leg 1, Villasimius - Day 2

by Melges World League 28 Apr 2019 02:08 BST 26-28 April 2019

Great day of sailing today on the race course of Villasimius, where the first European leg of the Melges 20 World League is taking place. Strong breeze, once again from the SW and with gusts up to 25 knots, allowed the fleet two complete two more races.

In such conditions of breeze and sea, crew experience is not a minor detail: the boat that could best interpret and benefit from the heavy conditions of today was Igor Rytov's Russian Bogatyrs, one of the veterans (and among the most successful teams) of the Melges 20 Class. The Russian sailors immediately set the pace of the day, finding themselves perfectly at ease in today's challenging conditions, scoring a second and a first place in the two races completed.

With these partial scores (which add up to 4-7-2 of yesterday) Russian Bogatyrs, now at 16 points, gains an important margin over the group of pursuers led by the compatriot Pirogovo Sailing by Alexandr Ezhkov (11-4) who follows with 11 points of delay, and with a single point of advantage over the duo composed by Fremito d'Arja by Dario Levi (11-4) and by an increasingly convincing Boogie by the young Pierluigi Giannattasio (6-5). Alessandro Rombelli's reigning World Champion Stig (14-6) completes the provisional top five.

With these results, Igor Rytov really seems to have shortened the distance to another success in the Melges 20 World League, but tomorrow, last day of racing, Russian Bogatyrs will have to keep up the good work to defend himself from many top teams on the race course.

Tomorrow, with conditions that are expected to be similar to those of today, some more exciting sailing is awaited on the race course of Villasimius.

Meanwhile, the Corinthian division is led by Marco Giannini's Siderval (4-14 today), 7th in the general ranking.

Full results available here.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Bow No	Sail No	Yacht Name	Owner / Skipper	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	296	RUS 296	RUSSIAN BOGATYRS	Igor Rytov	4	7	2	2	1	16
2	255	RUS 2	PIROGOVO SAILING	Alexandr Ezhkov	9	5	3	8	2	27
3	50	ITA 50	FREMITOD'ARJA	Dario Levi	6	1	6	11	4	28
4	300	ARG 300	BOOGIE	Pierluigi Giannattasio	2	2	13	6	5	28
5	65	ITA 65	STIG	Alessandro Rombelli	1	4	12	14	6	37
6	667	ITA 667	BRONTOLO RACING	Filippo Pacinotti	5	UFD	1	5	7	40
7	206	ITA 206	SIDERVAL (Corinthian)	Marco Giannini	3	15	8	4	14	44
8	215	ITA 217	CAPIRINHA JR	Alessandro Agostinelli	15	3	20	9	3	50
9	267	ITA 267	SEASE	Franco Loro Piana	12	11	9	12	8	52
10	21	ITA 6	MASCALZONE LATINO JR	Achille Onorato	16	8	7	15	10	56
11	410	ITA 410	GONE SQUATCHING	Pietro Loro Piana	18	6	DPI	10	12	58
12	713	MON 713	SYNERGY	Valantin Zavadnikov	11	14	10	3	RET	60
13	137	RUS 137	ALEX TEAM‑ (Corinthian)	Alexander Mikhaylik	10	UFD	4	13	11	60
14	301	MON 301	RAYA	Matteo Marenghi Vaselli	19	9	5	7	DSQ	62
15	270	RUS 309	NIKA	Vladimir Prosikhin	7	12	11	17	15	62
16	189	ITA 189	KINDAKO	Stefano Visintin	8	10	19	16	13	66
17	106	ARG 1	MENDIETA	Luigi Giannattasio	13	DSQ	21	1	DNF	79
18	185	RUS 185	ELF	Sergey Sobolev	20	13	18	19	9	79
19	184	RUS 184	MEDUZA	Pavel Grachev	14	UFD	14	18	16	84
20	261	RUS 261	FURIA ROJA	Vadim Yakimenko	17	16	16	RET	17	88
21	182	ITA 182	JAMMIN	Gian Marco Mariotti	21	17	15	20	18	91
Corinthian Teams
1	206	ITA 206	SIDERVAL	Marco Giannini	3	15	8	4	14	44
2	137	RUS 137	ALEX TEAM‑	Alexander Mikhaylik	10	UFD	4	13	11	60