Punta Ala Worlds 2015: Glenn Ashby was crowned today as the 2015 World Champ.  Mischa Heemskerk was the closest contender and the two sailors went for some great match races. Solid performance also for Manuel Calavia finishing in 3rd place -

In the Silver fleet Daniele Menegatti was 1st, Mariano Martinez 2nd and Phil Muyzers 3rd. Full results both fleets at www.aclassworlds2015.it/overall-results.html -  Full report and photos from the day on the weekend.

Results have been updated with the 7th race for both fleets. You can find them attached below at http://www.aclassworlds2015.it/overall-results.html

Thursday saw two races held in medium to a hard breeze plus high chop, together with the great scenery from Punta Ala all making an historic day of racing in the A-Class with high performance sailing showed from both fleets in the need to adapt their handling to both extremes in the same day of competition.

Glenn Ashby won the two races held today in medium to a good breeze with gorwing chop at Punta Ala bay waters in the beatiful Italian Tuscany region.

7 races now are completed for both fleets. Official websites shows now only 6, but Ahsby is leading with all first places. Check his interview below after today's racing.

Daniele Menegatti , Mariano Martinez, Hervé Ledue , Julio Saubidet &Alexander Zylka lead the pack in the Silver fleet.

Updated Results attached after the 5th race for Gold & Silver Fleet. Glenn Ashby leads with 5 wins over five races as reported in previous pos. In the SIlver fleet Julio Saubidet from Argentina is leading, followed by Hervé Ledue and Danielle Menegatti.

Results attached and at http://www.aclassworlds2015.it/daily-ranking.html

5 wins for Glenn Ashby after same numbers of races held at Punta Ala, four form the qualy and one of from the Finals that was held today for Silver & Gold fleets after the B group completed their 4th race (earlier on the day), that was cancelled yesterday due to a major wind shift as reported by Steve Brewin in video below.

Images MV / Catsailingnews.com - Updated Results for Day 2, Glenn Ashby & Mischa Heemserk lead after 3 races. Two races held in each fleet today, but only one race computed for each group on a cancellation and a protest for each fleet respectively: http://www.aclassworlds2015.it/giorno%202.pdf

Mischa Heemskerk got 30 mins ahead of the 2nd place so their 4th race was cancelled.  In the other fleet Manuel Calavia filled a protest after the 4th one in his group.

All Images MV / Catsailingnews.com - 173 boats for an historical event for the A-Class at Punta Ala. A perfect venue that today provided excellent racing conditions with mixed wind range from calm to a good medium breeze.

All images by Emil Landry,  report sent by Lars Schroeder:

"The Danes were back at the very nice sailing club in Kaløvig, where the Worlds were raced in 2011.

Weather gods looked in our direction for a first day with perfect racing in 6-8 m/s, , flat water and sunny skies. Good mix of flying and non flying boat in front.

Second day, more sunshine, enjoyable atmosphere at the harbour, food and good coffee. But no wind....so weather gods didn´t care for the sailors that day !

Sopot A-class Cup 2015 , report by Jacek Noetzel

"Eight races were held for the Sopot Cup 2015, 4 per day. On the first day four competitors won one race each (Tymek Bendyk, Kuba Surowiec, Marcin Badzio, Jacek Noetzel). On the last day Marcin Badzio dominated the fleet in light wind and scored 4 bullets. Polish A-class competitors were preparing for the A-class World Championships next September 5 in Italy.

Images Henk de Graad. Sunday saw little racing at Hellecat for the 2015 Dutch Nats. Only one race was held with only one sailor participating, Alexander Zylka went out as the rest of the fleet stayed on the beach on 22-30knots winds forecast.  Mischa , Glenn and the rest of the fleet got DNS, and the top two spots were left as yesterday after Mischa's 5 consecutive bullets: http://www.a-cat.org/?q=node/597