Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2024 in Riva del Garda, Day 2

Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2024 in Riva del Garda, Day 2 – Triple victory for Razjaren

by International Melges 24 Class Association 7 July 06:26 HKT
5-7 July 2024

The second day of the sixth event of the 2024 Melges 24 European Sailing Series, Act 2 of the Italian Melges 24 Tour and Italian Championship, came to life with exciting racing led by Fraglia Vela Riva. The standout competitor was Ante Cesics Razjaren (1-1-1 today), who scored three points and took the lead in the provisional rankings, albeit tied on points with early leader Luka Sangulins Panjic (2-2-9).

In the double-digit Ora winds typical of Lake Garda, the enormous competitiveness of the Croatian Melges 24 class was clearly evident and established itself as a benchmark for all Melges 24 competitors.

With two races remaining, Akos Csolto’s Chinook (4-3-4) is third overall, proving his leadership in the highly competitive Corinthian fleet. Michael Tarabochia’s White Room (5-4-8), piloted by his son Luis, and Sergio Caramel’s Arkanoé (7-9-3) are also excelling in the Corinthian division, ranking second and third respectively in the non-professional crew rankings.

The final day of racing begins at 12:00 with the two remaining races to complete the eight-race program (no starts after 14:30).

The event will conclude with an awards ceremony during which Luca Ferron, a marine artist known for his “sail” creations, will present one of his works to the overall winner.

Results after day 2: (Top Ten, 6 races, 1 discarded result)

1. RAZJAREN CRO867 Ante4 Cesic 3-3-(5)-1-1-1 9 points
2. PANJIC CRO739 Luka Šangulin 1-1-3-2-2-(9) 9 points
3. CHINOOK (COR) HUN850 Akos Csolto 2-(4)-2-4-3-4 15 points
4. MELGINA ITA854 Paolo Brescia 6-7-1-3-(8)-6 23 points
5. POINT ONE CRO803 Karlo Kuret 5-2-7-6-7-(10) 27 points
6. WHITE ROOM (COR) GER677 Luis Tarabochia 7-5-6-5-4-(8) 27 points
7. ARKANOE (COR) ITA809 Sergio Caramel (10)-6-4-7-9-3 29 points
8. VERTIGO (COR) ITA730 Antonio Masoli 8-(17)-14-9-5-7 43 points
9. ZHIK RACE TEAM (COR) GBR694 Geoff Carveth 4-11-8-(19;DNC)-19;DNC-2 44 points
10. PURE A(COR) UT716 Michael Schineis 9-10-10-(11)-6-11 46 points

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