Melges 20 World League - Russia's Ezhkov turns up the speed on Day 1

by Melges 20 on 10 Jun 2017 The International Melges 20 Class Association (IM20CA) has officially made its racing debut in Zadar, Croatia at the third European Melges 20 World League event, hosted at D-Marin Dalmacija. Absolute perfect conditions prevailed for the start giving way to three races, resulting in a very exciting, top-three podium finish.

It was an impressive day for event leader Alexander Ezhkov's Pirogovo. After three races in an ideal 12-13 knots of breeze out of the Northwest, he, along with tactician Daniil Adzintsou and crew Alexander Ekimov submitted a one – two - one scorecard to now lead the event by seven points.

Krzysztof Krempec's Mag Tiny from Poland is the only other boat besides Ezhkov that managed a single-digit day bringing him to finish up in second overall, fifteen points ahead of Vladimir Prosikhin's Nika in third.

Alexander Novoselov's Victor, with two of Italy's most well-known 49er sailors - Stefano Cherin and Andrea Tesei, won the second race of the day to conquer fourth overall, tied in points with South Africa's Tina Plattner and Tony Norris on TNT in fifth.

Russian colors fly high above the Corinthian standings also with 2017 Scarlino Champion Marina Kaverzina on Marussia in the lead. Wilma Homann's Fantastichina sits second, followed by Japan's Koji Matsumoto aboard Tempus in third.

The excitement resumes in Zadar tomorrow at 13.00 with three more races scheduled.

The Melges 20 World League European Division is supported by Helly Hansen, Garmin Marine, Toremar, Lavazza and Barracuda Communication.

Top Five Results (Preliminary - After Three Races):

1.) Alexander Ezhkov, PIROGOVO; 1-2-1 = 4
2.) Krzysztof Krempec; MAG TINY; 5-4-2 = 11
3.) Vladimir Prosikhin, NIKA; 2-15-9 = 26
4.) Alexander Novoselov, VICTOR; 3-1-23 = 27
5.) Tina Plattner/Tony Norris, TNT; 7-12-8

Top Five Melges 20 World League Results (After Five Events):

1.) Igor Rytov, RUSSIAN BOGATYRS = 67 pts.
2.) Vladimir Prosikhin, NIKA = 38 pts.
3.) Drew Freides, PACIFIC YANKEE = 37 pts.
4.) Achille Onorato, MASCALZONE LATINO = 36 pts.
5.) Rodney Jones, CARS 167 = 33 pts.

2017 Melges 20 World League European Division - Event 3 - Preliminary Cumulative Results

Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total World League Racing One Design Division Melges 20 1. 255   RUS 2 PIROGOVO Melges 20 Alexander Ezhkov 1 2 1 4.0 2. 264   POL 264 MAG TINY Melges 20 Krzysztof Krempec 5 4 2 11.0 3. 261   RUS 261 NIKA Melges 20 Vladimir Prosikhin 2 15 9 26.0 4. 275   RUS 37 VICTOR Melges 20 Alexander Novoselov 3 1 23 27.0 5. 219   RSA 219 TNT Melges 20 Tina Plattner / Tony Norris 7 12 8 27.0 6. 301   MON 301 RAYA Melges 20 Matteo Marenghi Vaselli 9 16 3 28.0 7. 228   MON 4444 ARCORA Melges 20 Orel Kalomeni 4 5 19 28.0 8. 47   RUS 47 KOTYARA Melges 20 Oleg Evdokimenko 11 17 4 32.0 9. 294   RUS 294 PIROGOVO EVOLUTION Melges 20 Leonid Altukhov 20 7 5 32.0 10. 167   AUS 167 CARS 167 Melges 20 Rodney Jones 12 3 21 36.0 11. 270   ITA 270 MAOLCA Melges 20 Manfredi Vianini Tolomei 21 8 7 36.0 12. 156   RUS 156 MARUSSIA (Corinthian) Melges 20 Marina Kaverzina 6 27 6 39.0 13. 149   ITA 149 CAMAY Melges 20 Lauro Bonora 18 10 13 41.0 14. 137   RUS137 ALEX TEAM Melges 20 Alexander Mikhaylik 10 18 18 46.0 15. 192   ITA 192 MEZZALUNA Melges 20 Marco Franchini 17 6 24 47.0 16. 44   RUS 044 RED OCTOBER Melges 20 Artem Kuznetsov 22 9 16 47.0 17. 23   ITA 23 MASCALZONE LATINO JR Melges 20 Guido Miani 24 13 10 47.0 18. 183   ITA 183 4 SALE Melges 20 Manlio Carlo Soldani 8 26 14 48.0 19. 296   RUS 296 RUSSIAN BOGATYRS Melges 20 Igor Rytov 16 21 12 49.0 20. 713   MON 713 SYNERGY GT Melges 20 Valentin Zavadnikov 13 14 25 52.0 21. 289   RUS 289 LEVIATHAN Melges 20 Vadim Yakhinson 14 29 11 54.0 22. 180   CZE 180 ALOHA Melges 20 Jan Kuchar 28 11 15 54.0 23. 185   RUS 185 ELF Melges 20 Sergei Sobolev 19 23 17 59.0 24. 181   ITA 181 G3B SAILING TEAM MENDIETA Melges 20 Luigi Giannattasio 15 19 29 63.0 25. 220   JPN 220 SWIFT MAGIC Melges 20 Naoki Hirakawa 25 25 20 70.0 26. 184   RUS 184 MEDYZA Melges 20 Pavel Grachev 23 22 26 71.0 27. 265   RUS 265 RUSSOTRANS Melges 20 Natalia Kravets 29 24 22 75.0 28. 152   ITA 152 VANITE Melges 20 Mario Aquila 30 20 31 81.0 29. 135   NED 135 FANTASTICHINA (Corinthian) Melges 20 Wilma Homann 27 31 28 86.0 30. 277   JPN 277 TEMPUS (Corinthian) Melges 20 Koji Matsumoto 33 28 27 88.0 31. 107   RUS 107 BLACK WOLF Melges 20 Andrej Chirikov 26 30 35/DNF 91.0 32. 208   POL 208 STARTELEKOM Melges 20 Waldemar Salata 31 33 30 94.0 33. 161   GER 161 MOJITO (Corinthian) Melges 20 Florian Rixner 32 32 33 97.0 34. 125   GER 92 MAROI Melges 20 Fritz Homann 34 34 32 100.0   2017 Melges 20 World League European Division - Event 3 - Corinthian Teams - Preliminary Cumulative Results Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total World League Racing One Design Division Melges 20 1. 156   RUS 156 MARUSSIA Melges 20 Marina Kaverzina 6 27 6 39.0 2. 135   NED 135 FANTASTICHINA Melges 20 Wilma Homann 27 31 28 86.0 3. 277   JPN 277 TEMPUS Melges 20 Koji Matsumoto 33 28 27 88.0 4. 161   GER 161 MOJITO Melges 20 Florian Rixner 32 32 33 97.0