International Melges 20 World Championship at Coconut Grove Sailing Club - Overall
by Hannah Noll 8 Apr 2019 02:19 BST
4 -7 April 2019
Alessandro Rombelli and the Italian STIG team of Francesco Bruni, Giorgio Tortarolo, and Tea Faoro are the winners of the 2019 Melges 20 World Championship hosted by the Coconut Grove Sailing Club in Miami, Florida. Rhonda Joyce and the Grinning Streak team of Jeremy Edwards and Tony Bowman earn the Corinthian World Championship title. Tight competition characterized the championship; the top four teams were only a few points apart, locked in a tight battle throughout the final day.
Heartbreaker by Bob Hughes with Federico Michetti and Manu Weiller finished in second place, giving a warm, happy embrace to the Stig team after the finish. Russian Bogatyrs by Igor Rytov with Konstantin Besputin and Anton Sergeev, always a tough team to beat, finished in third place. Daniel Thielmans Kuai and Vladimir Prosikhins Nika rounded out the podium.
Rombelli started the regatta on a difficult note with an OCS in the first race, but constant improvement in the scoreboard throughout the event proved to be successful. STIG won Race Nine by a massive margin more than one minute before the next boat (an incredible feat in the Melges 20 class). We are super happy, said Rombelli, We have been strong here in Miami; in 2011, we won the Gold Cup, and now weve won the Worlds. Miami is the place for STIG. The fleet at the Worlds was very strong with close racing, and eventually we won with a good margin, so we are very happy.
The International Melges 20 Class Association extends its deep gratitude to Coconut Grove Sailing Club, the CGSC Race Committee Team of 24 volunteers led by PRO Blake Middleton, Regatta Chair Ron Rostorfer and Dottie Rostorfer, Shake-A-Leg, Melges USA and Melges Europe.
Onward and upward The Melges 20 Class and the Melges World League now look to Europe and Asia for racing, then back to North America for next winters Miami Winter Series. The 2020 World Championship will be in Europe, and the 2021 World Championship will be back in North America.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Bow No | Sail No | Yacht Name | Skipper / Crew# | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | Pts |
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| 1 | 65 | ITA 65 | STIG | Alessandro Rombelli / Francesco Bruni / Giorgio Tortarolo / Tea Faoro | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | 88 | USA 88 | Heartbreaker | Robert Hughes / Manu Weiller / Federico Michetti | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 41 |
| 3 | 898 | RUS 898 | Russian Bogatyrs | Igor Rytov / Besputin Konstantin / Sergeev Anton | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 44 |
| 4 | 76 | USA 7676 | Kuai | Daniel Thielman / Jeremy Wilmot / Alec Anderson / Rayleen Thielman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | 309 | RUS 309 | Nika | Vladimir Prosikhin / Morgan Reeser / Charlie Smythe | 4 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 58 |
| 6 | 306 | USA 306 | Talisman | John Sommi / Victor Diaz de Leon / Jeff Reynolds | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 61 |
| 7 | 190 | BRA 190 | Portobello | Cesar Gomes Neto / Cesar Gomes / Thiago Fett / John Bowden | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 64 |
| 8 | 414 | USA 414 | Cinghiale | Robert Wilber / Charlie McKee / Matt Woodworth | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 68 |
| 9 | 303 | USA 303 | Midnight Blue | Jason Michas / Scott Nixon / Keiran Searle | 15 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 72 |
| 10 | 14 | USA 14 | Red Sky Sailing Team | Paul Reilly / Andy Burdick / Joey Melo | 10 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 74 |
| 11 | 250 | USA 250 | Boo‑Fu | Sam Barron‑Fox / Chris Draper / Simon Hiscocks | 8 | ZFP | 7 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 86 |
| 12 | 312 | ARG 1 | Eulogia G3BAU Sailing Team | Luigi Giannattasio / Col Sébastien / Salvà Federica / Gabbi Francesco | 11 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 91 |
| 13 | 305 | USA 305 | Midnight Sun | Alexis Michas / Sam Rogers / John Wallace | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 102 |
| 14 | 15 | AUS 308 | Dark Star | John Bacon / Darren Jones / David Swampson / Danielle Smythe | 7 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 107 |
| 15 | 23 | SWE 202 | Intermezzo | Johannes Lind Widestam / Jonas Kjellberg / Tomislav Basic | 14 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 115 |
| 16 | 217 | ITA 217 | Caipirinha JR | Alessandro Agostinelli / Gabriele Benussi / Francesco Rubagotti | 20 | 11 | 16 | 9 | DSQ | 4 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 123 |
| 17 | 228 | USA 228 | Electric Blue | Tim Desmond / Jim Myers / Justin Hood | 12 | 22 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 134 |
| 18 | 214 | CAN 214 | Grinning Streak (C) | Rhonda Joyce / Jeremy Edwards / Tony Bowman | 17 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 149 |
| 19 | 290 | USA 290 | Blind Squirrel | John Brown / Jeff Bonanni / Jimmy Kennedy / Danielle Septembre | 19 | 19 | 20 | DNF | 20 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 155 |
| 20 | 238 | USA 238 | The 300 | Steven Boho / Chad Hough / Ted Keller | 21 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 162 |
| 21 | 222 | ITA 149 | Sestelemento | Oscar Farace / Mattia De Bernardi / Francesco Ivaldi / Francesco De Bernardi | 18 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 164 |
| 22 | 8 | GER 161 | Mojito (Shimmer) (C) | Florian Rixner / Norbert Peter / Elena Rixner | 22 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 176 |
