Daniel Thielman (USA) won the 2021 Melges 20 World Championship was held December 9-12 in Miami, FL. With 18 teams representing five countries, Thielman’s crew (above) of Alec Anderson, Lucas Calabrese, and Rayleen Thielman dominated the 10-race series, posting all top seven scores to win with a race to spare. Finishing 13 points back in second was Igor Rytov (RUS) with Harry Roepers (USA) another ten points back in third.
Final Results (10 races, 1 discard)
1. Daniel Thielman, USA – 3 -5 -1 -4 -1 -1 -2 -7 -2 -[19/DNS]; 26
2. Igor Rytov, RUS – 4 -10 -2 -3 -5 -6 -1 -[11] -6 -2; 39
3. Harry Roepers, USA – 10 -6 -9 -1 -[19/RET] -7 -9 -2 -4 -1; 49
4. Rhonda Joyce, CAN – 11 -1 -3 -8 -3 -4 -7 -3 -9 -[17]; 49
5. Alexis Michas, USA – 6 -2 -6 -5 -6 -10 -8 -6 -10 -[11]; 59
6. John Sommi, USA – 2 -3 -8 -2 -10 -[13] -12 -5 -8 -10; 60
7. Vladimir Prosikhin, MON – 1 -11 -[17] -13 -8 -2 -6 -10 -13 -4; 68
8. Jason Michas, USA – 12 -4 -10 -[15] -4 -5 -3 -15 -11 -9; 73
9. Paul Reilly, USA – 9 -7 -7 -16 -2 -[18] -18 -1 -15 -7; 82
10. Peter McClennen, USA – 7 -9 -15 -[18] -14 -8 -4 -12 -7 -6; 82
11. Andrea Rossi, ITA – 5 -[17] -5 -12 -12 -11 -13 -13 -5 -8; 84
12. Sam Barron-Fox, USA – 8 -12 -[16] -14 -7 -3 -11 -14 -3 -14; 86
13. Bianca Limonta Davide Castelli, ITA – 14 -7 -4 -6 -13 -9 -15 -4 -[17] -15; 87
14. Jennifer Canestra, USA – [17] -16 -12 -17 -15 -12 -5 -8 -1 -16; 102
15. KC Shannon, USA – 16 -14 -13 -7 -11 -14 -14 -[17] -14 -5; 108
16. Mark Bremer, USA – 15 -15 -11 -11 -17 -15 -17 -[18] -12 -3; 116
17. Oleg Evdokimenco, RUS – [18] -8 -18 -10 -9 -17 -10 -16 -16 -13; 117
18. Devin McGranahan, USA – 13 -13 -14 -9 -16 -16 -16 -9 -[18] -12; 118
Source: scuttlebutt – https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2021/12/12/2021-melges-20-world-championship/
