Official Melges 32 Blog

The Melges 32 Spring and Summer racing schedule is in fast forward motion as the second edition of the 2010 Audi Sailing Series in Scarlino just concluded revealing reigning World Champion Pieter Taselaar on Bliksem as champion. In just a short week-and-a-half, more exciting racing awaits the international fleet. The very first Melges 32 European Championship takes place in Cagliari, Italy with 19 entries scheduled to appear and simultaneously, the East Coast Championship rocks Rye, N.Y. hosted by the American Yacht Club (also the location of the 2011 U.S. National Championship) with 13, double the participation level in 2009.

Shortly thereafter, we&rsquoll look to the warm month of June to Porto Cervo, Italy for the third Audi Sailing Series Event and Invitational, and Newport, R.I. for the Northeast Regatta happening simultaneously (25-27) on both sides of the Atlantic. The month of July is red hot. The final act of the 2010 European Audi Sailing Series Event No. 4 takes place in Malcesine, Italy on beautiful Lake Garda on July 16-18. Completing the month perfectly, in exquisite Harbor Springs, Mich. USA the U.S. National Championship gets under way on July 29-August 1, where as many as 20 teams will take to the line. Every team that will be at Nationals anticipates heavy duty competition in San Francisco, Calif. at the 2010 World Championship on September 22-25, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club.

Because many of these events are concurrent, the below checklists and gentle reminders have been assembled for your convenience. Please read through each very carefully so that you and your team can plan accordingly. Best of luck and fast racing to all the teams. The IM32CA is excited about seeing each and every team on the line!

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1.) Filippo Pacinotti/Freddy Loof, Brontolo; 5-1-4 = 10
2.) Pieter Taselaar/Jeremy Wilmot, Bliksem; 1-2-8 = 11
3.) Luca Lalli/Lorenzo Bressani, BLinSailing.com; 3-6-2 = 11
4.) Carlo Alberini/Gabriele Benussi, Calvi Network; 9-4-3 = 16
5.) Edoardo Lupi/Branko Brcin, Torpyone; 11-7-1 = 19
6.) Mauro Mocchegiani/Matteo Ivaldi, Rush Diletta; 2-8-9 = 19
7.) Lanfranco Cirillo/Michele Paoletti, Fantastica; 13-3-7 = 23
8.) Edoardo Pavesio/Michele Giovannini, Maserati Fra Martina; 7-5-13 = 25
9.) Francesco Martino/Vasco Vascotto, Pilot Italia; 4-13-11 = 28
10.) Ferdinando Battistella/Sandro Montefusco, Cuervo Y Sobrinos; 15-9-5 = 29
11.) Peter Rogers/Ruaridh Scott, Highlife; 6-11-14 = 31
12.) Wolfgang Stolz/Steve Mohr, Opus One; 16-10-6 = 32
13.) Kees Kahn/Rutger Krijger, ROARK; 14-12-10 = 36
14.) Carlo Pesenti/Pietro D’Ali, i.nova.2; 10-14-12 = 36
15.) Martin Knetig/Martin Trcka, Black Mamba; 8-16-16 = 40
16.) Roberto Pardini/Salvatore Pardini, Janas; 12-15-15 = 42
17.) Francesco Sarena/Giorgi Valerio, H2SO4; 17-17-17 = 51

Racing has concluded in Scarlino for event 2 of the 2010 Melges 32 Audi Sailing Series. Check out some Cool Photos by Max Ranchi of the action. Stay close to melges32.com as more news is forthcoming…

A very special thanks to Italian photographer extraordinaire Max Ranchi for sending along these photos after a wonderful day of practice sailing aboard Francesco Martino’s Pilot Italia!
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The Notice of Race and Entry Form for the 2010 Melges 32 European Championship taking place on May 13-16, in Cagliari, Italy is now available. Be sure to submit your entry right away as the deadline for submissions is next Friday, May 7. Crew Declarations are due for this major intercontinental event on Thursday, April 29.

Special thanks to all teams that have submitted their Crew Declarations. Your timeliness is much appreciated. For those of you who still need to submit, COMPLETE AN ONLINE CREW DECLARATION now.

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The second stage of the 2010 Audi Melges 32 Sailing Series takes place this weekend, April 30 – May 2 on the western coast of Italy hosted by Club Nautico Scarlino. Assembled and standing in order for yet another spectacular showdown are 18 phenomenal teams comprised of some of the worlds greatest sailors.

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1 ) ITA 164 Fantastica, 1-1-5-1-1-6-2 pt. 11
2 ) ITA 187 Rush Diletta, 3-4-9-3-7-2-5 pt. 24
3 ) ITA 186 Calvi Network, 4-2-1-7-4-11-10 pt. 28
4 ) ITA 667 Brontolo, 11-5-6-9-2-5-1 pt. 28
5 ) ITA 23 B Lin Sailing, 2-3-3-12-6-4-12 pt. 30
6 ) ITA High Life, 8-8-4-2-17,2-3-8 pt. 33
7 ) ITA 141 Fra Martina, 6-10-8-10-5-1-9 pt. 39
8 ) GER 206 Opus One, 5-6-7-8-10-14-3 pt. 39
9 ) ITA 161 Pilot Italia, 13-7-2-8,2-8-13-4 pt. 42,2
10 ) ITA 487 Torpyone, 9-11-12-4-3-9-14 pt. 48
11 ) CZE 204 Black Mamba, 10-13-14-6-11-12-7 pt. 59
12 ) ITA 177 Cuervo Y Sobrinos, 7-12-10-15-9-8-15 pt. 61
13 ) ITA 172 Janas, 12-9-11-14-13-7-13 pt. 65
14 ) NED 209 Roark, 14-14-15-13-12-10-11 pt. 74
15 ) ITA 33 I-NOVA, 15-15-13-11-19,2-15-6 pt. 75
16 ) ITA 182 H2SO4, 16-16-16-16-15-16-16 pt. 95

1 ) ITA 164 Fantastica, 1-1-5-1-1-6 pt. 9
2 ) ITA 186 Calvi Network, 4-2-1-7-4-11 pt. 18
3 ) ITA 23 B Lin Sailing, 2-3-3-12-6-4 pt. 18
4 ) ITA 187 Rush Diletta, 3-4-9-3-7-2 pt. 19
5 ) ITA High Life, 8-8-4-2-17,2-3 pt. 25
6 ) ITA 667 Brontolo, 11-5-6-9-2-5 pt. 27
7 ) ITA 141 Fra Martina, 6-10-8-10-5-1 pt. 30
8 ) ITA 487 Torpyone, 9-11-12-4-3-9 pt. 36
9 ) GER 206 Opus One, 5-6-7-8-10-14 pt. 36
10 ) ITA 161 Pilot Italia, 13-7-2-8,2-8-13 pt. 38,2
11 ) ITA 177 Cuervo Y Sobrinos, 7-12-10-15-9-8 pt. 46
12 ) CZE 204 Black Mamba, 10-13-14-6-11-12 pt. 52
13 ) ITA 172 Janas, 12-9-11-14-13-7 pt. 52
14 ) NED 209 Roark, 14-14-15-13-12-10 pt. 63
15 ) ITA 33 I-NOVA, 15-15-13-11-19,2-15 pt. 69
16 ) ITA 182 H2SO4, 16-16-16-16-15-16 pt. 79