Record numbers anticipated

At the Moby M30 World Championship in Porto Cervo

Entries for the Moby Mumm 30 World Championship 2007 are approaching record levels with 44 boats enrolled to date. The event, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS), will take place in Porto Cervo from 1-7 October with the participants - currently from 15 nations - doing battle in windward-leeward races on the renowned regatta course off the northeastern coast of Sardinia.

This is the 11th running of the M30 World Championships and the third time the event has been held in Italy. The record for participants is 45, which was reached at the 2001 Championship held in Cagliari, Sardinia, yet with any last minute additions for the 2007 event, the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda could very well blaze a new record.

Current World Champion Erik Maris will be present aboard Twins (FRA) to defend his title against entrants from Australia, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and USA. Among the 15-strong Italian contingent will be Federico Strocchi’s Cheyenne, winner of the Italian M30 Circuit 2007. Cheyenne will be up against strong competition from Matrix Arca TX Active, owned by Luigi Melegari and Gianmarco Rinaldi, with America’s Cup veteran Tommaso Chieffi calling tactics.

M30 one-design racing is notoriously competitive and sailors to watch will also include reigning Farr 40 World Champion and former M30 World Champion (2000) Vincenzo Onorato with his Mascalzone Latino (ITA) and American Deneen Demourkas, who placed sixth behind Maris at last year’s M30 Worlds, with her boat Groovederci. Jim Richardson, President of the Farr 40 class, will also compete with his Barking Mad alongside Terry Hutchinson, America’s Cup tactician and former J/24 World Champion.

Many of the Italian boats have just completed an event at nearby Porto Rafaele and have had a chance to come to grips with conditions off Porto Cervo, but the Pre-World competition scheduled to take place on 2-3 October should iron out any advantage the home teams may have gained.

“The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda is delighted to be able to close our sailing season at Porto Cervo, in this our 40th Anniversary year, with a World Championship of this calibre,” affirmed YCCS Commodore Gianfranco Alberini. “With so many top-class sailors coming to our shores we expect a week of racing that will be not only very intense but also a great deal of fun.”

The first M30 was launched in August 1995 and 12 years on more than 200 boats have been built. The boat was designed with simplicity, speed and, above all, fun sailing in mind. The size of the fleet due to assemble in Porto Cervo is a reflection of the M30’s popularity and their ability to provide great racing for both amateur and professional sailors.

Entries:

Boat/sail no/owner/helm
1 ANN BE FRA 18325 Yoann Rihomme Vincent Aillaud
2 ASSOTUBI MUMMYONE ITA 3003 Mingozzi / Bonora Fracassoli Carlo
3 BAGUA ITA 3036 Andrea Cecchetti Andrea Cecchetti
4 BARKING MAD USA 65 James B. Richardson James B. Richardson
5 BRED FRA 1 TBC Claudio Recchi
6 CHEYENNE ITA 13078 Federico Strocchi Federico Strocchi
7 CYCLONE FRA 18933 Alfa Marilu SARL / SNBSM Francais Lebourdais
8 DAY ONE FRA18386 Day Philipp Schoeller
9 DANGEROUS BUT FUN MON20003 Michele Perris Michele Perris
10 DILETTA ITA3063 Mauro Mocchegiani Mauro Mocchegiani
11 ENFANT TERRIBLE ITA 3078 Serena Gianluigi Serena Gianluigi
12 GROOVEDERCI USA 706 Deneen B. Demourkas Deneen B. Demourkas
13 HIROSHI ITA 3023 Armando Giulietti Armando Giulietti
14 JOE FLY 3005 Giovanni Maspero Giovanni Maspero
15 JOULES ASTERIX GBR 3093 R Louis Browne David Evans
16 JUGA 2 RUS 6553 Los Victor Bryuzga Sergey
17 LA MARACHELLA DI DRI DRI' ITA 3076 Gimmelli Leopoldo, Pecorella Marco Pecorella Marco
18 LE COQ - Carlo di Borbone Carlo di Borbone
19 LETTO DI PLETTO SWE 2 Jan Hagg Cristian Backhausen
20 MAGA JOANNA ITA 3087 Luigi Parente Paolo Parente
21 MAMMY IRL 30 Diarmuid Foley Diarmuid Foley
22 MASCALZONE LATINO ITA 2121 Vincenzo Onorato Vincenzo Onorato
23 MATRIX ARCA TX ACTIVE ITA 3111 Melegari / Rinaldi Luigi Melegari
24 MEZZA LUNA FIN 10581 Harri Roshier Anssi Lyden
25 MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MAGIC ITA 3064 Franchini \ Gasperoni \ Zaoli Marco Franchini
26 NANTES SAINT-NAZAIRE FRA 18328 Sportive APCC voile sportive Ronan Dreano
27 NEW CALEDONIA FRA 988 Vincent Portugal Pierre Loic Berthet
28 OC FORTITUDO SAILING TEAM - OC Fortitudo Sailing Team S.a.s. TBC
29 OGUZHAN JR TUR 9992 Sedat Gulcaglayan Sinan Sumer
30 OMEGA PLANET OCEAN SUI 309 Patrick Ducommun Patrick Ducommun
31 OPTIMUMM AUS7151 Guy Stening Guy Stening
32 ORLOFF FRA 18328 APCC VOILE Sportive Ronan Dreano
33 RAIN BOW GER 4640 Bent B. Dietrich Bent B. Dietrich
34 RARA AVIS RUS 18306 Arkadly Sverlov Anna Basalkina
35 SPIRIT OF SIMONE - MASERATI ITA 3020 Jacopo Bianchetti Furio Monaco
36 STORM SYSTEM ITA 3040 Pier Luigi Loro Piana Pier Luigi Loro Piana
37 TENDER TO RAPETEUS - Jean luc Pronier Romain Gibon
38 THULE MON 1 Fausto Rubbini Farnetti Francesco
39 TOPAS GER5373 Harald Bruning Harald Bruning
40 TRIPLE P NED 6922 Fezi Khaleghi Yazdi Fezi Khaleghi Yazdi
41 TWINS FRA007 Erik Maris Erik Maris
42 UKA UKA ITA 3049 Lorenzo Santini Luca Valerio
43 WHITE SHARK GBR 30 R Geof Gibbons Geof Gibbons
44 ZUXU EST381 Peter Sharashkin Peter Sharashkin