First blood to Section 16
Richard Davies on Section 16 along with tactician Chris Rast and crew member Manuel Modena are the Porto Venere Melges 20 Sailing Series Champions this year.
Rast and Modena are new to the Section 16 team, but not so new to success in the Melges classes, in particular the Melges 24. Rast is the reigning Melges 24 World Champion. Modena won the 2005 Worlds on the bow alongside America's Cup veteran Jimmy Spithill.
The overcast, windy conditions clearly played to Davies' best advantage as his daily 2-1-2 performance sealed the deal on the first event of the 2016 Melges 20 Sailing Series.
Guido Miani's Out of Reach earned MVP of the event, bouncing back effectively from a couple of boat troubles to place second overall. Miani collected more bullets than anyone else this weekend - an impressive total of five out of the eight races completed.
Michael Illbruck's Pinta completed the podium positions placing third overall.
The 2016 Porto Venere Corinthian title went to Wilma Homann on Fantastichina! Homann rose to the occasion on Saturday and held her own through the final races on Sunday. Congratulations also to runner up Valerio Galati, the very cool named under-30.
The Melges 20 season continues on May 6-8 when the fleet moves on to Porto Ercole, Italy.
Results
| Pos | Sail no | Yacht | Owner/Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Net |
| 1 | SUI 16 | SECTION 16 | Richard Davies | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 2 | MON 333 | OUT OF REACH | Guido Miani | 25 | 1 | 42/DNS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 |
| 3 | USA 4014 | PINTA | Michael Illbruck | 22 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 48 |
| 4 | ITA 65 | STIG | Alessandro Rombelli | 10 | 31 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 64 |
| 5 | ITA 192 | MEZZALUNA | Marco Franchini | 6 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 7 | 70 |
| 6 | MON 301 | RAYA | Matteo Marenghi Vaselli | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 42/DNS | 5 | 19 | 25 | 71 |
| 7 | ITA 23 | MASCALZONE LATINO JR. | Achille Onorato | 17 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 73 |
| 8 | RUS 296 | RUSSIAN BOGATYRS | Igor Rytov | 13 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 74 |
| 9 | RUS 276 | ROCKNROLLA | Dmitry Samokhin | 20 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 75 |
| 10 | POL 264 | MAG TINY | Krzysztof Krempec | 21 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 78 |
| 11 | ITA 050 | FREMITO D'ARJA | Dario Levi | 33 | 33 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 81 |
| 12 | RUS 47 | KOTYARA | Oleg Evdokimenko | 16 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 82 |
| 13 | RUS 2 | PIROGOVO | Alexander Ezhkov | 12 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 90 |
| 14 | GER 135 | FANTASTICHINA (Corinthian) | Wilma Homann | 9 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 95 |
| 15 | DEN 150 | UPUPUP | Bo Boje Pedersen | 14 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 42/DNS | 96 |
| 16 | ITA 149 | CAMAY | Lauro Bonora | 8 | 22 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 20 | 105 |
| 17 | RUS 261 | NIKA | Vladimir Prosikin | 18 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 109 |
| 18 | MON 713 | SYNERGY GT | Valentin Zavadnikov | 24 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 42/UFD | 13 | 110 |
| 19 | ITA 270 | MAOLCA | Manfredi Vianini Tolomei | 28 | 19 | 12 | 29 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 124 |
| 20 | ITA 104 | #MELGES 20 NEXT (Corinthian) | Valerio Galati | 19 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 42/UFD | 10 | 27 | 125 |
| 21 | SWE 202 | INTERMEZZO (Corinthian) | Johannes Lind-Widestam | 4 | 24 | 34 | 24 | 26 | 7 | 42/UFD | 8 | 127 |
| 22 | ITA 112 | PECCERE' | Mirko De Falco | 15 | 16 | 29 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 128 |
| 23 | RUS 294 | PIROGOVO EVOLUTION | Leonid Altunov | 5 | 4 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 134 |
| 24 | ITA 158 | TOMAHAWK | Stefano Santucci | 23 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 139 |
| 25 | RSA 219 | TNT racing | Tina Plattner/ Tony Norris | 3 | 35 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 42/DNS | 149 |
| 26 | POL 208 | STARTELEKOM | Valdemar Salata | 37 | 28 | 32 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 150 |
| 27 | ITA 157 | ITA 157 | Francesco Farneti | 27 | 27 | 22 | 42/UFD | 7 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 153 |
| 28 | SUI 231 | POURSUITE | Bernard Borter | 11 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 164 |
| 29 | ITA 106 | ASANTE SANA | Claudio Dutto | 7 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 165 |
| 30 | RUS 107 | LEVIATHAN | Maxim Titarenko | 26 | 36 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 42/UFD | 26 | 171 |
| 31 | RUS 137 | ALEX TEAM | Alexander Mikhaylik | 32 | 20 | 16 | 42/UFD | 23 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 177 |
| 32 | ITA 154 | SPIRIT OF NERINA (Corinthian) | Mirko Bargolini | 29 | 34 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 36 | 19 | 184 |
| 33 | RUS 185 | ELF | Sergei Sobolev | 35 | 11 | 36 | 28 | 28 | 38 | 23 | 29 | 190 |
| 34 | ITA 181 | HANNEKEN (Corinthian) | Simone Anichini | 36 | 17 | 31 | 42/DNS | 42/DNS | 21 | 13 | 34 | 194 |
| 35 | RUS 275 | VICTOR | Alexander Novoselov | 31 | 30 | 19 | 33 | 35 | 27 | 34 | 33 | 207 |
| 36 | RUS 25 | PATH | Anatoly Karachinskiy | 30 | 14 | 28 | 42/DNS | 42/DNS | 31 | 21 | 42/DNS | 208 |
| 37 | AUT 159 | N.N. (Corinthian) | Klaus Schober | 38 | 37 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 234 |
| 38 | GER 161 | MOJITO (Corinthian) | Florian Rixner | 39 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 29 | 35 | 243 |
| 39 | RUS 156 | MARUSSIA | Marina Kaverzina | 34 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 42/DNS | 36 | 25 | 42/DNS | 247 |
| 40 | ITA 109 | CIRCOLO VELA ERIX | Circolo Vela Erix . | 40 | 40 | 42/DNF | 42/DNS | 42/DNS | 39 | 42/DNF | 42/DNF | 287 |










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