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2020 Melges 24 European Sailing Series in Torbole, Italy - Overall

by IM24CA 10 Aug 2020 02:11 BST 7-9 August 2020

Sparkling final for the Melges 24 European Sailing Series regatta in Torbole, where a fleet of sixteen boats from seven nations has completed a series of eight races to crown the winner of the first event of the 2020 season.

At the eve of the final day, Altea ITA722 by Andrea Racchelli and Taki 4 ITA778 by Marco Zammarchi were tied in points at the top of the standings and the expectations for the last day of racing were high: the Race Committee was forced to leave the fleet ashore for approximately two hours with respect to the scheduled starting time, waiting for the breeze to stabilize and eventually calling the boats on the race course for the last two races of the weekend.

After a tight duel at only a few lengths of distance, Altea gained the bullet in Race 7, immediately followed by Taki 4 and White Room GER677 by Michael Tarabochia: in this way, Andrea Racchelli and his crew gained one-point margin over Taki 4 and started their final run towards the victory of the event.

In the eighth and final race, Altea definitely put the seal on her success: with Melgina ITA693 by Paolo Brescia gaining the last victory of the series and Altea finishing on second place, the crew by Andrea Racchelli was crowned winner of the first event of the 2020 Melges 24 European Sailing Series.

Silver medal, just three points behind, for Taki 4 by Marco Zammarchi with Niccolo Bertola at the helm, also the winner of the Corinthian division, and bronze medal for the reigning Italian champions onboard Melgina by Paolo Brescia.

The Corinthian ranking, led by the already mentioned Taki 4, sees Miles Quinton's Gill Race Team GBR694 in second place and Akos Csolto's Seven_Five_Nine HUN759 in third.

After the inaugural event on Garda Lake, the Melges 24 fleet will gather again on Attersee (Austria) at the end of the month of August.

Overall Results:

Pos Sail No Team Pts R1 R2 R3 R4
        R5 R6 R7 R8
1 ITA 722 Andrea Racchelli, Gaudenzio Bonini, Federico Zam, Michele Gregoratto, Matteo Ram, CVCI
Altea
18,0 (9) 2 3 2
        1 7 1 2
2 ITA 778 Marco Zammarchi, CORINTHIAN, Giacomo Fossati, Giovanni Bann, Bertola Niccolo', Pietro Seghe, YCI
Taki 4
21,0 2 1 6 4
        2 (8) 2 4
3 ITA 693 Brescia Paolo, Ariberto Strobino, Stefano Orl, Jas Farnetti, Simon Sivitz, Yacht Club Italiano
Melgina
28,0 (11) 3 8 1
        4 4 7 1
4 ITA 689 Michele Paoletti, Giulia Pignolo, Pietro Perelli, Diego Paoletti, Giovanna Micol, Svbg
Strambapapà
28,0 3 6 1 (7)
        3 6 4 5
5 GBR 694 Miles Quinton, CORINTHIAN, Geoff Carveth, Oliver Wells, Adam Brushett, Suzy Russell, RORC
GILL RACE TEAM
34,0 7 4 5 (8)
        6 1 5 6
6 HUN 759 Ákos Csoltó, CORINTHIAN, Balázs Tomai, Botond Weöres, Mihály Kása, BYC
Seven_Five_Nine
38,0 5 5 2 5
        8 (9) 6 7
7 GER 677 Tarabochia Luis, CORINTHIAN, Sebastian Bühler, Marvin Frisc, Marco Tarabochia, Michael Tara, YCL
white room
44,0 4 8 9 (10)
        7 5 3 8
8 SLO 726 Jure Jerkovic, CORINTHIAN, Emil Jerkovic, Blaz Kmetec, Tina Mrak, Dejan Presen, SD Gibanca
Atena
47,0 8 10 4 3
        (ufd) 3 9 10
9 EST 790 Tonu Toniste, CORINTHIAN, Toomas Toniste, Maiki Saaring, Tammo Otsasoo, Henri Tauts, Kalevi Jahtklubi
Lenny
49,0 1 7 7 9
        10 (14) 12 3
10 SUI 821 Hotz Jörg, CORINTHIAN, Felix Sarnthein, Michael Loose, Myrlin Tappolet, Rafael Bommer, Zürcher Yacht Club
Andele
59,0 6 9 (14) 6
        9 12 8 9
11 GER 504 Gastl Sebastian, CORINTHIAN, Johannes Kaske, Raoul Heraeus, Julian Autenried, Bayerischer Yacht-Club
Disco Volante
77,0 15 13 10 (16)
        5 11 10 13
12 ITA 636 Roberto Doria, CORINTHIAN, Davide Rapotez, Simone Viduli, Massimiliano Palmisano, Massim, Soc. Triestina Sport del Mare
Marrakech Express
81,0 12 12 13 15
        (ufd) 2 13 14
13 GER 327 Thiermann Martin, CORINTHIAN, Maximilan Thierman, Johannes T, Nathalie Wojzok, Lorenz Suchy, YCN
Ballyhoo Reloaded
81,0 10 11 11 11
        13 (dns) 14 11
14 ITA 528 Fabio Rochelli, CORINTHIAN, Daniela Semec, Pietro Fantoni, Lambertenghi P Antonia Contin, SvBarcola Grignano
Zero24
87,0 (16) 16 12 14
        12 10 11 12
15 ITA 433 Alfredo Liverani, CORINTHIAN, Riccardo Schiavi, Cristina Fab, Roberto De Palo, Umberto Geros, Circolo Velico Ravennate
Wayset
96,0 14 15 (16) 12
        11 13 15 16
16 GER 647 Jannes Wiedemann, CORINTHIAN, Hanna Busch, Jan Herrmann, Tom Tschilov, Victor Pruchniew, Wse.V
Ace
99,0 13 14 15 13
        14 15 (16) 15

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