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
2019 Melges 20 World League - European Division: Day 2 © Melges World League / Barracuda Communication
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 |
