Melges 24s put on a show at the International Sailing Week in Trieste

22.09.2023

September 22, 2023 – Trieste, Italy - The second long weekend of racing of the Yacht Club Adriaco's International Sailing Week opens with the spotlight on the Melges 24 fleet that has competed in the first three races of the programme valid as a stage of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2023.

Today's day with a wind direction of 185 degrees and an intensity of 7 to 20 knots bears the heavy signature of Giovanna Micol's Strambapapà with Michele Paoletti at the helm who, with three bullets, immediately put the turbo boost to their ranking. On the perfect day of the reigning European and Italian champion, who moreover "plays at home", the German team of Michael Tarabochia's White Room (4,3,3 10pts) and the British Gill Race Team of Miles Quinton (2,2,7 11pts) try to keep up with the leader.

The provisional top five is completed by Hungary's Chinook of Akos Csolto in fourth place (3.6.4 13pts) and Barbara Bomben's AleAli Eurocart (5.4.6 15pts).

Giovanna Micol - Strambapapà - "It was an absolutely perfect day for our team, which was at ease on this racecourse and in these very variable wind conditions. We were always able to be very fast and make the right choices in terms of positioning on the racecourse. We are only at the beginning of this three-day event, and we have to keep racing thinking one race at a time. Thanks to the Race Committee for their excellent work today.”

  1. ITA 689 STRAMBAPAPA´ Micol Giovanna Paoletti Michele SNPJ / SVBG 1 1 1 3 
  2. GER 677 WHITE ROOM Tarabochia Michael Tarabochia Luis Bayrische Y.C. 4 3 3 10 
  3. GBR 694 GILL RACE TEAM Quinton Miles Craveth Geoff 2 2 7 11 
  4. HUN 850 CHINOOK Csolto Akos Csolto Akos 3 6 4 13 
  5. ITA 139 ALEALI EUROCART Bomben Barbara Noè Gianfranco S.N. Pietas Julia 5 4 6 15 
  6. ITA 809 ARKANOE BY MONTURA Caramel Sergio Caramel Sergio Il Portodimare 11 5 2 18 
  7. GER 503 WORKING GIRL Stoppenbrink Felix Von Waldow Frederik 7 9 5 21 
  8. ITA 791 ZUXU Dolcetta Serena Planine Maurizio Y.C. Adriaco 6 7 9 22 
  9. ITA 636 MARRAKECH EXPRESS Rapotez Davide Rapotez Davide S.T. Sport del Mare 12 8 8 28 
  10. CRO 827 BLUE LABEL Jelaca Davor Petrovic Hrvoje 9 10 11 30 
  11. ITA 297 MIG Gianni Alessandro Carciotti Luca S.N. Laguna 8 13 14 35 
  12. ITA 538 ARIEL Desirò Damiano Desirò Damiano Il Portodimare 10 15 10 35 
  13. ITA 454 SKORPIOS Venuti Alberto Rodda Tito Y.C. Adriaco 14 11 13 38 
  14. SLO 564 PAC-MAN Mahne Kalin Alan Mahne Kalin Alan J.K. Skipper Maribor 15 12 12 39 
  15. CRO 792 JOYRUNNER Tomic Boris Tomic Boris J.K. Split 13 17 15 45 
  16. GER 579 FOXYDRY Antoniazzi Luca Antoniazzi Massimiliano Y.C. Adriaco 17 14 20 RET 51 
  17. ITA 633 WADADLI Facchini Gianandrea Bottura Raul C.V. Ravennate 19 16 16 51 
  18. ITA 455 WHITE RAVEN Isidori Giuseppe Isidori Giuseppe C.V. Ravennate 18 18 17 53 
  19. ITA 748 DAITO NANO Orioli Dino Orioli Dino Y.C. Portopiccolo 16 20 DNS 20 DNS 56

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