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Andrea Pozzi and Bombarda nose ahead at the Melges 32 World Championship

Thursday September 27th 2012, Author: Joy Dunigan, Location: United States

Three more races were held today at the 2012 Melges 32 World Championship. With two more days left to race, the pressure to do well is intense as Bombarda's Andrea Pozzi, with tactician Gabriele Benussi, sit atop the leaderboard ahead by two points.

Second overall is John Kilroy Jnr on Samba Pa Ti who felt the full effects of a great day of successful racing with Paul Goodison on tactics. Ben Schwartz on Pisces, with Chris Rast as tactician, is now third. Tied on points with Schwartz, seated fourth and fifth respectively are Steve Howe's Warpath and Alec Cutler's Hedgehog.

The day started out with light, challenging and very shifty conditions. With the breeze at only 5-7 knots, every mark rounding meant that the NYYC Race Committee had to work just that much harder to keep up with the ever shifting wind. Japan's Keisuke Suzuki, with tactician Jesper Radich, on Swing played the shifts just right enabling him to turn up the heat in Race One and establish a massive lead from the get-go. Suzuki lead, then extended throughout the race securing an almost 10-boat length advantage to win over second place finisher Schwartz. Pozzi was third.

Kilroy claimed an event milestone as his team currently is the first challenger at Worlds to carry three bullets in their scoreline. Kilroy came on strong and focused in the second and third race of the day taking both wins, landing him an impressive second place overall, up from yesterday's eighth position.

Pozzi had a great first two races, which ultimately helped him sustain the lead, finishing third and second. Roberto Tomasini Grinover on Robertissima had a nice day to take third in race two. Finally, Jason Carroll's Argo Team looked to be back on track as they finished second in Race Six of the championship, followed by Howe in third.

Defending Melges 32 World Champion William Douglass showed up on the course today with his Goombay Smash crew in the most unusual of sailing attire - complete head-to-toe, day-glo orange, skin-tight body suits (with matching shoes nonetheless). 

Two more races, with the option for a third, are scheduled for Friday, September 28 with a start of 11.00.

Results:

 

Pos Sail no Boat Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Dis Net
1 ITA 229 Bombarda Andrea Pozzi 1 6 9 3 2 26 [26] 21
2 USA 13131 Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy 20 8 1 12 1 1 [20] 23
3 USA 230 Pisces Benjamin Schwartz 4 1 19 2 4 13 [19] 24
4 USA 32917 Warpath Stephen Howe 2 15 4 7 8 3 [15] 24
5 BER 1 Hedgehog Alec Cutler 5 7 2 4 7 6 [7] 24
6 USA 2 Goombay Smash William Douglass 3 3 12 29 9 9 [29] 36
7 USA 169 Bliksem Pieter Taselaar 7 16 6 11 5 11 [16] 40
8 USA 136 Rougarou Andy Lovell Burt Benrud 14 5 16 13 6 4 [16] 42
9 ITA 487 Torpyone Edoardo Lupi 8 4 3 6 22 22 [22] 43
10 SUI 1 Robertissima 1 Roberto Tomasini Grinover 6 21 5 20 3 14 [21] 48
11 ITA 2121 Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato 12 2 13 19 19 7 [19] 53
12 ITA 212 Fantastica Lanfranco Cirillo 11 14 7 26 16 15 [26] 63
13 USA 128 Argo Jason Carroll 9 27 14 31 13 2 [31] 65
14 USA 180 Volpe Ryan DeVos 13 9 10 24 21 12 [24] 65
15 USA 157 Mojo Steve Rhyne 19 12 27 16 17 8 [27] 72
16 JPN 199 Mamma Aiuto Naofumi Kamei 16 10 22 14 10 24 [24] 72
17 JPN 233 Swing Keisuke Suzuki 15 13 34/DNF 1 23 25 [34] 77
18 IVB 007 INTAC Mark Plaxton 23 11 8 25 18 20 [25] 80
19 JPN 218 Esmeralda Makoto Uematsu 21 28 17 10 14 19 [28] 81
20 USA 174 Leenabarca Alex Jackson 28 24 11 9 30 10 [30] 82
21 USA 1215 Delta Dalton DeVos 26 18 15 18 11 23 [26] 85
22 USA 134 Catapult Joel Ronning 10 17 29 30 29 5 [30] 90
23 USA 211 Arethusa Philip Lotz 25 25 18 5 26 18 [26] 91
24 USA 184 Bronco Michael Dominguez 18 23 23 21 12 17 [23] 91
25 USA 201 Groovederci Deneen Demourkas 17 29 25 17 24 21 [29] 104
26 JPN 203 Yasha Samurai Yukihiro Ishida 24 22 24 27 20 16 [27] 106
27 SWE 321 Inga From Sweden Richard Goransson 32 19 34/OCS 22 15 29 [34] 117
28 JPN 5095 SLED Takashi Okura 34/DNF 34/DNC 20 8 32 31 [34] 125
29 USA 162 Zetiana Alexis Michas 27 31 21 15 31 32 [32] 125
30 USA 208 Celeritas Malcolm Gefter 22 26 30 23 27 33 [33] 128
31 USA 1315 Ninkasi John Taylor 31 20 26 33 28 27 [33] 132
32 USA 126 Flat Stanley T. Sheehan / T. McSweeney 30 34/DNF 28 32 25 28 [34] 143
33 JPN 210 Quetefeek Daisuke Kimura 29 30 31 28 33 30 [33] 148

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