RS21 World Championship 2024 at L'Escala

RS21 World Championship 2024 at L'Escala - Overall

by RS Sailing 30 Sep 23:58 NZDT 21-28 September 2024

After a final day of epic conditions in the Bay of Roses in L'Escala, Spain, the 2024 RS21 World Champions are crowned.

Italian team, Stenghele, helmed by Pietro Negri with crew Niccolo Bianchi, Giovanni Meloni and Camilla Cordero di Montezemolo, takes gold with 59 points after 9 races. Despite a tie in third place with 63 points, the runner-up position goes to Fremito D'Arja of Dario Levi, Jas Farneti, Stefano Cherin and Fausto Surini.

Defending World Championship team Caipirinha of Martin Reintjes, Francesco Rubagotti, Daniele Cassinari and Giulio Desiderato completes an all-Italian podium, a nationality that dominated the race.

Italian team, Stenghele, helmed by Pietro Negri with crew Niccolo Bianchi, Giovanni Meloni and Camilla Cordero di Montezemolo win the RS21 World Championship 2024 - photo © Code Zero Digital

In the Corinthian category, Lithuanian team Storm of Raimondas Siugzdinis, Klaudio Kliucinskas, Egle Kivisikk and Andrius Ramonaitis take gold. Silver goes to ITA 238 formed by Riccardo Benvenuto, Riccardo Vincenzi, Duccio Abolaffio and Diego Larcher. Bronze goes to Italian team Nox Oceani 285 owned by Andrea Nocella, who sailed with a crew made up of Andrea de Matteis at the helm, Riccardo Serra, Matteo Paulon, Tito Morbiducci and Giorgio Nocella.

Nox Oceani 285 are double-decorated, also winning the Under 23 category. Silver goes to the Italian Nordés of Camilla Michelini, crewed by Alessandro Bossi, Sara Rolle, Giorgia Caropreso, Tommaso Comelli and Federico Bossi. Third goes to another Italian team, Nox Oceani 231 owned by Andrea Nocella, with a team made up of Francesco Columbano, Luca De Matteis, Salvatore Garippa, Claudio Sechi and Riccardo-Hai Gessa.

RS21 World Championship 2024 - photo © Code Zero Digital

It's been an action-packed week at Club Nàutic L'Escala. The prize-giving ceremony in Regatta Village bought the event to a close on Saturday 28th September. Speeches were given by the president of the Club Nàutic l'Escala Narcís Carreras, the Commercial Director of RS Sailing, Michiel Geerling, the president of the Catalan Sailing Federation Josep Maria Isern and the Mayor of L'Escala Josep Bofill.

With the lowering of the class flag, the RS21 World Championship, which brought together 164 RS21 sailors from 10 countries and two continents, said goodbye. The conditions have been tough and variable. Sailors experienced first-hand the champagne-sailing thermal winds typical of L'Escala on the first day, with wind speeds and gusts increasing with westerly and northerly winds of the last few days.

RS21 World Championship 2024 - photo © Code Zero Digital

The regatta has been very competitive. There were several changes at the top of the leaderboard throughout the week, with very tight differences in points. A sign, without a doubt, of the excitement of one-design racing and the high level of competitiveness within the class.

Relive the experience and witness the action on the RS21 Facebook and Instagram pages.

Event website: www.rs21worldchampionships2024.com

Overall Results: (See also www.hubsail.it/classifica/60000)

Pos	Sail no	Team	Owner	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	ITA 336	Stenghele	Pietro Negri	10	3	‑20	5	1	5	6	5	4	39
2	ITA 288	Fremito D'arja	Dario Levi	8	7	1	‑21	4	3	8	1	10	42
3	ITA 296	Caipirinha	Martin Reintjes	2	8	11	9	6	4	‑20	2	1	43
4	ITA 325	BEYOND FREEDOM 2	Gianluca Grisoli	‑24	5	4	2	2	14	1	14	8	50
5	AUS 326	Nutcracker	Robert Davis	12	4	6	6	7	11	2	7	‑13	55
6	ITA 244	TORPYONE	Edoardo Lupi	4	11	3	7	17	1	‑18	4	12	59
7	ITA 228	DIVA	ferdinando battistella	1	14	12	13	‑16	2	11	10	2	65
8	GBR 324	KIDZINK	Charlotte Borghesi	5	10	10	12	10	8	‑19	6	6	67
9	ITA 292	DAS SAILING TEAM	Alessandro Zampori	3	18	2	1	3	20	15	15	‑20	77
10	ITA 260	KINDAKO	STEFANO VISINTIN	14	13	8	4	14	7	24	‑27	3	87
11	ITA 327	Brontolo	Filippo Pacinotti	16	‑17	15	8	8	12	4	8	16	87
12	LTU 308	STORM		7	‑19	18	3	12	18	14	3	15	90
13	GBR 252	Dark and Stormy	Liam Willis	11	1	13	18	20	‑21	13	12	11	99
14	ITA 238	ITA238	Riccardo Benvenuto	9	21	5	19	18	‑22	9	13	5	99
15	ITA 295	Les Freaks	Marco Pocci	17	31	27	‑33	5	13	7	9	7	116
16	ITA 285	nox oceani 285	Francesca de Natale Sifola Galiani	20	‑25	19	15	13	10	3	16	23	119
17	ITA 338	KODA	Paolo Borghesi	6	15	16	10	23	15	‑25	23	17	125
18	ITA 226	Hidrogeno21	Davide Casetti	23	6	23	22	24	6	5	‑28	21	130
19	ITA 293	FRECCIA BLU	Andrea Musone	13	24	14	16	11	17	23	‑31	18	136
20	POL 247	ULTRASTAR	Marta Gwiazda	31	‑32	30	14	15	16	16	11	9	142
21	GBR 341	Sailingfast.co.uk	Duncan Hepplewhite	15	22	22	17	25	9	‑28	21	22	153
22	ITA 230	Magique et Terrible Sailing Team	andrea dallora	19	20	9	27	9	‑28	22	26	26	158
23	POL 278	Euro Shipping	Krzysztof Marianski	18	2	24	20	‑33	29	17	30	24	164
24	IRL 290	Zaddy	Philip Bendon	‑28	23	25	26	22	24	12	18	14	164
25	ITA 328	ASANTE SANA	Claudio dutto	30	16	17	24	19	23	26	17	DNF	172
26	ITA 234	Nordés	Camilla Michelini	25	‑34	26	11	21	27	27	19	25	181
27	GRE 233	CRETA FARMS	Babis Psomiadis	26	9	29	‑34	31	19	21	20	28	183
28	LTU 248	Orbitos	Sailing Energy	‑29	27	28	28	27	26	10	24	19	189
29	POL 249	Flota‑Online	Szymon Bienkowski / Flota‑Online	22	28	7	‑36	30	35	33	29	27	211
30	ITA 231	NOX OCEANI 231	Andrea Nocella	‑35	12	32	25	32	34	31	34	29	229
31	NED 303	303	Aquavitesse B.V	32	30	33	23	38	25	29	22	DNF	232
32	GBR 343	Dragon II	Nick Kirk	21	33	21	31	28	32	DNC	DNC	DNC	248
33	ESP 284	Mar d'Empúries	Toni Castells	27	26	‑38	35	34	31	34	33	32	252
34	NED 246	Rafiki	Michiel Geerling	33	36	31	30	37	‑38	32	25	31	255
35	NED 306	El Capitanoss	Aquavitesse	‑38	29	34	37	36	33	30	32	30	261
36	TUR 298	AMBIANCE	ISMAIL UZUNLAR	37	39	DNF	29	26	36	35	DNC	DNC	284
37	GBR 315	5 o'clock somewhere race team	Ben Rolfe	36	35	35	38	29	30	DNS	DNC	DNC	285
38	GBR 310	GBR310	PAUL RAVENHILL	39	40	37	40	39	DNS	36	35	DNF	299
39	GBR 305	Beer O'Clock	Reddington	34	38	36	32	DNF	39	DNF	DNC	DNC	302
40	NED 304	Oranje Neus	Aquavitesse Bruinisse	40	37	39	39	35	37	DNC	DNC	DNC	309