Melges 32 Europeans: No Racing, Title To Be Decided On Sunday

by Joy Dunigan

Melges 32 teams scheduled to compete at the 2010 Audi European Championship were unable to leave the dock due to a mistral of 30 knots in Cagliari.

All racing has been postponed until Sunday, when the race committee will attempt to kick things off around 9:00 a.m. Still challenging for the title are the English teams of Joe Woods on Red in first place with Paul Goodison on tactics and Peter Rogers on Highlife. In third, the Italian Lanfranco Cirillo on Fantastica and Luca Lalli on B.LinSailing.com.

Top 10 results (after 5 races)
1.) Joe Woods/Paul Goodison, Red; 1-6-1-13-1= 22
2.) Peter Rogers/Ruaridh Scott, Highlife; 2-1-5-5-7 = 23
3.) Lanfranco Cirillo/Michele Paoletti, Fantastica; 4-2-6-2-9 = 23
4.) Luca Lalli/Lorenzo Bressani, BLinSailing.com; 3-5-3-3-10 = 24
5.) John Kilroy/Stu Bannatyne, Samba Pa Ti; 8-9-4-1-5 = 27
6.) Jean-Francois Cruette/Christian Ponthieu, Teasing Machine; 7-4-9-12-6 = 41
7.) Filippo Pacinotti/Freddy Loof, Brontolo; 13-7-2-16-12 = 49
8.) Andrea Cecchetti/Vasco Vascotto, Bagua; 10-11-7-6-16 = 50
9.) Wolfgang Stolz/Sten Mohr, Opus One; 9-12-8-7-11 = 50
10.) Mauro Mocchegiani/Matteo Ivaldi, Rush Diletta; 13-14-13-8-4 = 52

Melges 32 Europeans