World Offshore Doubles: Colombre parties in Monfalcone, all winners
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The Monfalcone Yacht Club hosted the 2025 edition of the World Offshore Worlds in Doubles, an ORC-branded event that has been enjoying great success with participants in recent seasons. There were in fact 57 participating boats, with ten nations represented on the water to photograph a truly international event.
The program included two races, one coastal and one long offshore; no racing between the buoys was planned. The Race Committee was forced to cancel the first one, so the Worlds was all played out in the offshore race, with varying lengths for the three racing classes: about 190 nautical miles for Class A, 167 for Class B, and 150 for Class C.
World Offshore Doubles: the winners
Great performance by Neo Yachts in the largest and best performing fleet in the championship: it was the team of Mia Gioia (Neo 430 Roma), flying the German flag and helmed by Martin Buck and Yves de Block, that crossed the finish line with a total time of 27 hours, 53 minutes and 44 seconds. The margin of 51 minutes on corrected time over the first of the pursuers secured the Germans victory in Class A and the title of World Champions.
In second place were Italy’s Mecube (Farr 400), owned by Riccardo De Roia and Andrea Micalli, and Germany’s Neomind (Neo 430 Roma, GER), helmed by Sascha Schroder and Manuel Polo.
On a 167-nautical-mile course, Class B offered a gripping challenge where experience made the difference. Colombre (JPK 10.80) helmed by Massimo Juris and Pietro Luciani, emerged victorious with a handicap win and a total time of 27 hours and 29 minutes. Colombre’s team adds the world seal to its European and Italian titles, the latter won at the end of August on the Triestina della Vela race course.
On the Class B podium is the German Release team (Salona 41), with Maximilian Miller and Kubber Clemens aboard, and the FIRST 36 helmed by the boat’s designer, Samuel Manuard, together with Slovenian Jure Jerman.
In the fleet of lighter and smaller boats, the C, Altissimus (Corby 25), with experienced Swedish duo Lars Bergkvist and Anders Dahlsjo aboard, took the handicap victory after sailing 148 nautical miles in 27 hours and 11 minutes.
The first to cross the finish line in Class C, the fastest of the entire fleet in real time, was Lady Day 998 (Italia 9.98), helmed by Corrado Annis and Alberto Lonza (among the best connoisseurs of the Gulf of Trieste) who finished in just 25 hours, 10 minutes and 58 seconds. This performance earned the reigning Italian Lady Day champions world silver. Third place went to X Lady (X-332 Sport), with Luca Barozzi and Vincenzo Bonaguri aboard.
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