Melges 24 Worlds - In first day of Helsinki two races and four winners

by Melges 24 on 1 Aug 2017

Barmaley - Day 1 - Melges 24 World Championships 2017 Pierrick Contin http://www.pierrickcontin.fr/

A cloudy afternoon, characterized by light and shifty breeze, accompanied the first day of racing of the Melges 24 fleet in Helsinki, from today officially involved in the 2017 Melges 24 World Championship organized by the International Melges 24 Class Association together with the Finnish Melges 24 Class Association and hosted by the Helsingfors Segelklubb. Fifty-nine boats from fifteen nations will compete, until Friday, August 4th, to determine who is going to be the next Melges 24 World Champion, after the Conor Clarkes' Embarr from Ireland that won the title in Miami in 2016.

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Despite the light wind conditions, the Race Committee presided by PRO Madis Ausman managed to make the fleet complete two races. The challenge immediately begun: the first victory of the series went to the Italian entry Altea (1-22 today) by Andrea Racchelli, second in the Worlds of Middlefart and winner of the 2016 Melges 24 European Sailing Series. The Italian boat, though, because of a 22nd place obtained in race number two, couldn't maintain the leadership of the provisional ranking, slipping in sixth place overall after the first two races of the series.

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The bullet from the race number two was scored by Monsoon (6-1), helmed by Bruce Ayres with Mike Buckley calling the tactics: the American entry revealed itself as the most consistent boat of the fleet today, obtaining the leadership of the provisional ranking, where it is followed by Gian Luca Perego's Maidollis (5-10): the Italian entry boasts on board the presence of the renowned couple that already won the Melges 24 Worlds in 2012 with Enrico Fonda calling tactics and Carlo Fracassoli helming.

Third place in the overall ranking goes to Ukrainian Vasyl Gureyev's Barmaley (9-9 overall/3-3 Corinthian) that, thanks to the consistent placements of today, takes the provisional lead also in the Corinthian division. The top-three of the category reserved to non-professional sailors is completed by the reigning World Champions aboard Marco Zammarchi'sTaki 4 with Niccolò Bertola in helm (11-13/4-5) and Dutch Team Kesbeke/Sika/Gill with Ronald Veraar helming (7-17/1-9).

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Tomorrow, second day of racing in the waters of Helsinki, the Race Committee will call the fleet on the race course for a first start at 11:00 am. Weather forecasts expect sunnier and windier windy conditions than those we had today.

Overall Results

Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 59, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Boat	Nat	Sailno	Fleet	HelmName	CrewName	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1	Monsoon	USA	851		Bruce Ayres	Mike Buckley, George Peet, Jeff Reynolds, Jessica Koenig	6.0	1.0	7.0	7.0
2	MAIDOLLIS	ITA	854		Carlo Fracassoli	Enrico Fonda, Giovanni Ferrari, Luca Perego, Stefano Lagi	5.0	10.0	15.0	15.0
3	Barmaley	UKR	661	Corinthian	Vasyl Gureyev	Andriy Shafranyuk, Vitaliy Moshkovskiy, Sergiy Levchenko, Sergiy Koval	9.0	9.0	18.0	18.0
4	MiKEY	USA	838		Kevin Welch	MacDonald Ross, Jason Rhodes, Ian Sloan, Serena Vilage	10.0	11.0	21.0	21.0
5	Imagine	GBR	557		David Rowen	Jamie Lea , Tim Schwerdt, Fred Kemp	19.0	3.0	22.0	22.0
6	Altea	ITA	722		Andrea Racchelli	Gaudenzio Bonini, Claudio Ceradini, Alberto Verna, Matteo Ramian	1.0	22.0	23.0	23.0
7	Team Kesbeke/Sika/Gill	NED	827	Corinthian	Ronald Veraar	Eelco Blok, Pim Mommersteeg, Joost Brouwer	7.0	17.0	24.0	24.0
8	Taki 4	ITA	778	Corinthian	Niccolò Bertola	Giacomo Fossati, Giovanni Bannetta, Matteo de Chiara, Marco Zammarchi	11.0	13.0	24.0	24.0
9	Baghdad II	NOR	400		Kristoffer Spone	Christen Horn Johannessen, Børre Hekk Paulsen, Sigurd Hekk Paulsen	22.0	7.0	29.0	29.0
10	Kiss	GBR	645	Corinthian	David Pinner	Gemma Baker, Jonathan Baker, Daniel Ager, Toby Wincer	25.0	5.0	30.0	30.0
11	IMMAC 24	GER	688	Corinthian	Stefan Gründler	Paul Kuebel, Franziska Vosswinkel, Johannes Beyer, Tim Kilian Krämer	17.0	16.0	33.0	33.0
12	War Canoe	USA	841		Mike Goldfarb	Morten Henriksen, David Brink, Mark Strub	32.0	2.0	34.0	34.0
13	Infinity	SVK	828		Daniel Kris	Michal Hruby, Martin Jarombek, Martin Zachvej	31.0	6.0	37.0	37.0
14	white room	GER	677	Corinthian	Luis Tarabochia	Sebastian Buehler, Michael Tarabochia, Marco Tarabochia, Dominik Mueller	8.0	29.0	37.0	37.0
15	Yes Sir No Sir	EST	646	Corinthian	Tõnis Haavel	Eerik Luka, Ardo Reiman, Erki Teras, Anu Reiman	12.0	26.0	38.0	38.0
16	H&M Arkkitehdit	FIN	642	Corinthian	Rasmus Päivärinta	Miika Kalliokari, Miikka Raininko, Ville Rimpiläinen, Maija Knutti	18.0	20.0	38.0	38.0
17	Lenny	EST	790	Corinthian	Tõnu Tõniste	Toomas Tõniste, Tammo Otsasoo, Maiki Saaring, Andres Rohtla	36.0	4.0	40.0	40.0
18	Lucky Dog / Gill Race Team	USA	848		Travis Weisleder	John Bowden, Dave Hughes, Wilson Stout, Collin Kirby	15.0	25.0	40.0	40.0
19	Slippery When Wet	GER	499	Corinthian	Koeppe Tim	Philipp Gläser, Gunnar Wessel, Phillip Davis	33.0	8.0	41.0	41.0
20	KORUTV.FI	FIN	742	Corinthian	Tomi Hakola	Henrik Hellman, Mari Põldmaa, Pavel Tolonen, Peter Flinkman	27.0	14.0	41.0	41.0
21	Musto Racing	Ger	803	Corinthian	Christian Schäfer	Adrian Hoesch, Edwin Eich, Walter Rothlauf, Oliver Oczycz	30.0	12.0	42.0	42.0
22	SWE 715	SWE	715	Corinthian	Jonas Berntsson	Magnus Lundberg, Claes Meldgaard, Anton Olsson, Ludvig Meldgaard	23.0	19.0	42.0	42.0
23	Team RRH	NOR	732		Eivind Melleby	Stian Ness Rørvik, Jan Borø, Jan Fredrik Dyvi	4.0	39.0	43.0	43.0
24	Exilia Racing	SWE	683	Corinthian	Carl-Johan Pihlgren	Mattias Allroth, Kristoffer Borre, Jonas Magnusson	29.0	15.0	44.0	44.0
25	Seven_Five_Nine	HUN	759		Àkos Csoltó	Balàzs Tomai, Botond Weöres, Gàbor Pesti	3.0	42.0	45.0	45.0
26	upupup	DEN	837		Bo Boje Pedersen	Joachim Achenbrenner, Ditlev Jeppe, Sorensen Kristian , Casper Ladefoged	16.0	31.0	47.0	47.0
27	MÅS Wolfpack	NOR	724	Corinthian	Jon Aksel Mortensen	Aksel Jacobsen, Maxime Brackman, Magnus Andersen, Andreas Fischer	21.0	27.0	48.0	48.0
28	Gill Race Team	GBR	694	Corinthian	Geoff Carveth	Christian Birrell, Miles Quinton, Daniel Schieber, Liam Gardner	13.0	37.0	50.0	50.0
29	Storm Capital Sail Racing	NOR	751		Øyvind Jahre	Giulio Desiderato, Marius Orvin, Sivert Denneche, Ane Gundersen	26.0	24.0	50.0	50.0
30	Black Seal	GBR	822		Richard Thompson	Nigel Young, Rie Gaalsgard, Anette Damsgaard, Michael Claxton	24.0	28.0	52.0	52.0
31	IMMAC Sputnik	GER	569	Corinthian	Conrad Brinkmann	Dirk Hoffmann, Rudolf Reiss, Till Zarncke, Antonia Sebastian	39.0	18.0	57.0	57.0
32	SLAM & BLOW	NOR	787		Peder Nergaard	Morten Helgesen, Eivind Rubinstein, Petrus Eide	20.0	38.0	58.0	58.0
33	Party Girl	NOR	649	Corinthian	Jens Wathne	Jørgen Wathne, Mikkel Berger, Henrik Rye Jakobsen	35.0	23.0	58.0	58.0
34	Mimosa	FIN	529		Jan Mattsson	Marianna Kontulainen, Matti Rekonen, Staffan Lindberg, Pyry Itkonen	14.0	47.0	61.0	61.0
35	Renegade	NOR	592	Corinthian	Christoffer Jakobsen	Henrik Hansen, Knut Hodneland, Daniel Høgtun, Lene Johansen	40.0	21.0	61.0	61.0
36	FGF Sailing Team	HUN	728		Bakóczy Róbert	Rozsnyay Domonkos, Takàcsy Kristóf, Takàcsy Levente, Buza Bence	2.0	60.0 BFD	62.0	62.0
37	Nefeli 24	GER	673	Corinthian	Peter Karrié	Martin Schollmayer, Alejandro Gonzàlez, Alejandro Manuel, Anxo Santos	34.0	36.0	70.0	70.0
38	Slingshot	USA	747		Wes Whitmyer	John Biehl, Jonathan Goldsberry, William Hardesty III, Salvador Sanchez	28.0	44.0	72.0	72.0
39	Blind Squirrel	USA	547		John Brown	Kevin Jewett, Matt Pistay, Jack Brown, Carl Horrocks	43.0	30.0	73.0	73.0
40	Arkanoè Aleali by Montura	ITA	139	Corinthian	Sergio Caramel	Filippo Orvieto, Margherita Zanuso, Riccardo Gomiero, Federico Gomiero	41.0	35.0	76.0	76.0
41	PURE	AUT	716	Corinthian	Michael Schineis	Philipp Schineis, Simona Hoellermann, Martin Lux, Emil Huber	45.0	33.0	78.0	78.0
42	Miss Devil	SWE	666	Corinthian	Tomas Skålén	Fredrik Pettersson, Anders Åberg, Jonas Petersson Sand	49.0	32.0	81.0	81.0
43	FLEX TRIM/VILSUND BLUE	DEN	765	Corinthian	Jesper Toft	Philipp Schineis, Simona Hoellermann, Martin Lux, Emil Huber	50.0	34.0	84.0	84.0
44	Parody	NOR	418		Henrik Larsen	Knut Osen, Magnus Borgersen, Sigve Kjelstrup, Annette Haugsdal	37.0	49.0	86.0	86.0
45	IMMAC Digidrone-Solutions	GER	582	Corinthian	Laila Engler	Michele Benvenuti, Alejandro Ablatico, Oscar Klock, Marianne Schoke	47.0	40.0	87.0	87.0
46	??	DEN	777		Søren Rasmussen	Filip Hansen, Mathias Jespersen, Elisabeth Uldal, Amamda Uldal	42.0	48.0	90.0	90.0
47	Disco Volante	GER	504	Corinthian	Sebastian Gastl	Albert Johannes Buitenhuis, Nikolaus Beulke, Stefanie Beulke, Sophie v.Waldow	38.0	54.0	92.0	92.0
48	Cinghi-aile	SUI	382	Corinthian	Michael Good	Katharina Hanhart, Michael Neracher, Nino Castellan, Regina Tzeschlock	48.0	45.0	93.0	93.0
49	Joker (4sale25k)	FIN	650	Corinthian	Heikki Pulsa	Perttu Rönkkö, Taneli Oksama, Karoliina Pohjanheimo, Heikki Vesalainen	44.0	50.0	94.0	94.0
50	VIERINAMWECKLA	GER	730	Corinthian	Marcus Moerchen	Maximilian Merz, Fernando Dinkelmeyer, Jonas Frei	57.0	41.0	98.0	98.0
51	ROCKSTAR!	FIN	662		Jaakko Perimaa	Juhani Lehtonen, Timo Suojärvi, Ville Harkke, Mika Malm	52.0	46.0	98.0	98.0
52	Laika	GER	191	Corinthian	Lennart Burke	Daniel Schmidt, Josef Will, Maximilian Steffan, Johan Müller	56.0	43.0	99.0	99.0
53	Råålig	SWE	411		Andersson Lennart	Pålsson Torsten, Hampus Pålsson, Anton Pålsson	51.0	51.0	102.0	102.0
54	Wild Thing	SWE	684	Corinthian	Martin Fridh	Julia Wennerdahl, Ylva Ylva Hofvander Trulsson, Jacob Reuterskiold, Jan-Erik Jånsson	46.0	60.0 BFD	106.0	106.0
55	Stormfokk	NOR	632	Corinthian	Mauritz Talseth	Ole Ottesen, Vegard Kristensen, Charlotte Hay, Vilde Larsen	54.0	52.0	106.0	106.0
56	Pärske Sailing Academy	FIN	476		Vertti Niemi	Sara Tyynysniemi, Ben von Rozell, Jasu Viding	55.0	53.0	108.0	108.0
57	Pyydys	FIN	214	Corinthian	Mikko Hongell	Mikko Laine, Juuso Salmi, Joonas Kuutti, Severi Sopenlehto	53.0	55.0	108.0	108.0
58	Visitlohja2	FIN	316	Corinthian	Henrik Sinivuori	Kari Urpo Sinivuori, Kaisa Sinivuori, Lars Berghäll, Pia Pulkkinen	60.0 TLE	56.0	116.0	116.0
59	Opus K of Lohja	FIN	262	Corinthian	Arto Sjöholm	Jussi Luokkakallio, Jukka Saren, Jori Nikander	60.0 TLE	57.0	117.0	117.0

Corinthian Fleet

Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Entries: 35, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Boat	Nat	Sailno	Fleet	HelmName	CrewName	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1	Barmaley	UKR	661	Corinthian	Vasyl Gureyev	Andriy Shafranyuk, Vitaliy Moshkovskiy, Sergiy Levchenko, Sergiy Koval	3.0	4.0	7.0	7.0
2	Taki 4	ITA	778	Corinthian	Niccolò Bertola	Giacomo Fossati, Giovanni Bannetta, Matteo de Chiara, Marco Zammarchi	4.0	6.0	10.0	10.0
3	Team Kesbeke/Sika/Gill	NED	827	Corinthian	Ronald Veraar	Eelco Blok, Pim Mommersteeg, Joost Brouwer	1.0	10.0	11.0	11.0
4	Kiss	GBR	645	Corinthian	David Pinner	Gemma Baker, Jonathan Baker, Daniel Ager, Toby Wincer	11.0	2.0	13.0	13.0
5	IMMAC 24	GER	688	Corinthian	Stefan Gründler	Paul Kuebel, Franziska Vosswinkel, Johannes Beyer, Tim Kilian Krämer	7.0	9.0	16.0	16.0
6	Slippery When Wet	GER	499	Corinthian	Koeppe Tim	Philipp Gläser, Gunnar Wessel, Phillip Davis	15.0	3.0	18.0	18.0
7	Lenny	EST	790	Corinthian	Tõnu Tõniste	Toomas Tõniste, Tammo Otsasoo, Maiki Saaring, Andres Rohtla	18.0	1.0	19.0	19.0
8	Musto Racing	Ger	803	Corinthian	Christian Schäfer	Adrian Hoesch, Edwin Eich, Walter Rothlauf, Oliver Oczycz	14.0	5.0	19.0	19.0
9	KORUTV.FI	FIN	742	Corinthian	Tomi Hakola	Henrik Hellman, Mari Põldmaa, Pavel Tolonen, Peter Flinkman	12.0	7.0	19.0	19.0
10	white room	GER	677	Corinthian	Luis Tarabochia	Sebastian Buehler, Michael Tarabochia, Marco Tarabochia, Dominik Mueller	2.0	18.0	20.0	20.0
11	Yes Sir No Sir	EST	646	Corinthian	Tõnis Haavel	Eerik Luka, Ardo Reiman, Erki Teras, Anu Reiman	5.0	16.0	21.0	21.0
12	Exilia Racing	SWE	683	Corinthian	Carl-Johan Pihlgren	Mattias Allroth, Kristoffer Borre, Jonas Magnusson	13.0	8.0	21.0	21.0
13	H&M Arkkitehdit	FIN	642	Corinthian	Rasmus Päivärinta	Miika Kalliokari, Miikka Raininko, Ville Rimpiläinen, Maija Knutti	8.0	13.0	21.0	21.0
14	SWE 715	SWE	715	Corinthian	Jonas Berntsson	Magnus Lundberg, Claes Meldgaard, Anton Olsson, Ludvig Meldgaard	10.0	12.0	22.0	22.0
15	MÅS Wolfpack	NOR	724	Corinthian	Jon Aksel Mortensen	Aksel Jacobsen, Maxime Brackman, Magnus Andersen, Andreas Fischer	9.0	17.0	26.0	26.0
16	Gill Race Team	GBR	694	Corinthian	Geoff Carveth	Christian Birrell, Miles Quinton, Daniel Schieber, Liam Gardner	6.0	24.0	30.0	30.0
17	IMMAC Sputnik	GER	569	Corinthian	Conrad Brinkmann	Dirk Hoffmann, Rudolf Reiss, Till Zarncke, Antonia Sebastian	20.0	11.0	31.0	31.0
18	Party Girl	NOR	649	Corinthian	Jens Wathne	Jørgen Wathne, Mikkel Berger, Henrik Rye Jakobsen	17.0	15.0	32.0	32.0
19	Renegade	NOR	592	Corinthian	Christoffer Jakobsen	Henrik Hansen, Knut Hodneland, Daniel Høgtun, Lene Johansen	21.0	14.0	35.0	35.0
20	Nefeli 24	GER	673	Corinthian	Peter Karrié	Martin Schollmayer, Alejandro Gonzàlez, Alejandro Manuel, Anxo Santos	16.0	23.0	39.0	39.0
21	PURE	AUT	716	Corinthian	Michael Schineis	Philipp Schineis, Simona Hoellermann, Martin Lux, Emil Huber	24.0	20.0	44.0	44.0
22	Arkanoè Aleali by Montura	ITA	139	Corinthian	Sergio Caramel	Filippo Orvieto, Margherita Zanuso, Riccardo Gomiero, Federico Gomiero	22.0	22.0	44.0	44.0
23	Miss Devil	SWE	666	Corinthian	Tomas Skålén	Fredrik Pettersson, Anders Åberg, Jonas Petersson Sand	28.0	19.0	47.0	47.0
24	Disco Volante	GER	504	Corinthian	Sebastian Gastl	Albert Johannes Buitenhuis, Nikolaus Beulke, Stefanie Beulke, Sophie v.Waldow	19.0	31.0	50.0	50.0
25	FLEX TRIM/VILSUND BLUE	DEN	765	Corinthian	Jesper Toft	Philipp Schineis, Simona Hoellermann, Martin Lux, Emil Huber	29.0	21.0	50.0	50.0
26	IMMAC Digidrone-Solutions	GER	582	Corinthian	Laila Engler	Michele Benvenuti, Alejandro Ablatico, Oscar Klock, Marianne Schoke	26.0	25.0	51.0	51.0
27	Joker (4sale25k)	FIN	650	Corinthian	Heikki Pulsa	Perttu Rönkkö, Taneli Oksama, Karoliina Pohjanheimo, Heikki Vesalainen	23.0	29.0	52.0	52.0
28	Cinghi-aile	SUI	382	Corinthian	Michael Good	Katharina Hanhart, Michael Neracher, Nino Castellan, Regina Tzeschlock	27.0	28.0	55.0	55.0
29	VIERINAMWECKLA	GER	730	Corinthian	Marcus Moerchen	Maximilian Merz, Fernando Dinkelmeyer, Jonas Frei	33.0	26.0	59.0	59.0
30	Laika	GER	191	Corinthian	Lennart Burke	Daniel Schmidt, Josef Will, Maximilian Steffan, Johan Müller	32.0	27.0	59.0	59.0
31	Wild Thing	SWE	684	Corinthian	Martin Fridh	Julia Wennerdahl, Ylva Ylva Hofvander Trulsson, Jacob Reuterskiold, Jan-Erik Jånsson	25.0	36.0 BFD	61.0	61.0
32	Stormfokk	NOR	632	Corinthian	Mauritz Talseth	Ole Ottesen, Vegard Kristensen, Charlotte Hay, Vilde Larsen	31.0	30.0	61.0	61.0
33	Pyydys	FIN	214	Corinthian	Mikko Hongell	Mikko Laine, Juuso Salmi, Joonas Kuutti, Severi Sopenlehto	30.0	32.0	62.0	62.0
34	Visitlohja2	FIN	316	Corinthian	Henrik Sinivuori	Kari Urpo Sinivuori, Kaisa Sinivuori, Lars Berghäll, Pia Pulkkinen	36.0 TLE	33.0	69.0	69.0
35	Opus K of Lohja	FIN	262	Corinthian	Arto Sjöholm	Jussi Luokkakallio, Jukka Saren, Jori Nikander	36.0 TLE	34.0	70.0	70.0