Sailor · 2019–2025

Paolo Brescia

yacht club italiano Melges 24 Handicap Fireball

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Events: 8
Win rate: 0%
Podium rate: 13%
Typically beats: 81%
Best class ranking: #57
Longest win streak: 2

Biggest lift: Jas Farneti
Nemesis: Bruce Ayres
Rival: Peter Karrié
Best day: 24 Jan 2025
Signature result: 4th of 68

Partnerships · 14 sailors

Filippo Vulcanile · Bellatrix, Melgina, MELGINA · Fireball, Melges 24 3events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 1 of 21 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together(+5 vs. without) · best 2nd · Mar 2025 – Sep 2025
Jas Farneti · Melgina, MELGINA · Melges 24 3events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 3 events · 2 of 25 races won Beat 87% of the fleet together(+11 vs. without) · best 4th · Oct 2019 – Sep 2025
Alberto Strobino · Melgina · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 7th · Oct 2019 – Oct 2019
Alexander Gabriel Harej · Melgina · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 9th · Mar 2025 – Mar 2025
Succi Mattia · Melgina · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 9th · Mar 2025 – Mar 2025
Giovanni Meloni · Melgina · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 7th · Oct 2019 – Oct 2019
Stefano Orlandi · Melgina · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 8 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 6th · Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
Stefano Cherin · Melgina · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 9th · Mar 2025 – Mar 2025
Simon Sivitz Kosuta · Melgina · Melges 24 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 7th · Oct 2019 – Oct 2019
Armatore Paolo Brescia · Melgina · Handicap 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 78% of the fleet together · best 42nd · Oct 2024 – Oct 2024

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 8

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
24 Sep 2025	Melges 24 World Championship 2025	MELGINA	Melges 24	Skipper	4th / 68
26 Jul 2025	Fireball d'Oro International Regatta	Bellatrix	Fireball	Skipper	2nd / 18
3 Mar 2025	2025 Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta	Melgina	Melges 24	Owner	9th / 21
24 Jan 2025	2025 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series - Event 2	Melgina	Melges 24	Skipper	4th / 19
13 Oct 2024	Barcolana 2024	Melgina	Handicap	Person in charge	42nd / 184
26 Jan 2024	2024 Bacardi Invitational Winter Series - Event 2	Melgina	Melges 24	Other	6th / 21
8 Oct 2019	2019 Melges 24 World Championship	Melgina	Melges 24	Other	7th / 61
20 Sep 2019	2019 Melges 24 Tour - Act 4 - Pre-Worlds	Melgina	Handicap	Other	9th / 23

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Helm	457 provisional	#3309 band 1442–7073	—
Melges 24 Helm	327 provisional	#57 band 33–117	—

1 more class, not yet ranked

Fireball · Helm · 7 races, 1 event · rating 113

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	7 events	0 wins	beats 80%
As crew	1 events	0 wins	beats 78%

Positions: Owner (1) · Person in charge (1)

How they race

Closer	−22 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−22 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	75%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	88%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Peter Karrié	48	20–28
Laura Grondin	46	26–20
Richard Reid	34	17–17
Cuyler Morris	31	16–15
Dan Berezin	31	28–3
Peter McClennen	31	22–9
Andrea Racchelli	30	18–12
Andrea Pozzi	25	8–17
Stuart Simpson	24	21–3
Jaime Torres	24	23–1
Geoff Fargo	23	10–13
John Spierling	22	21–1

Most-beaten opponent: Dan Berezin (28–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Beat
2025	4	83%
2024	2	76%
2019	2	77%

Boats

MELGINA · Melges 24, Handicap · 7 events · 2019–2025
Bellatrix · Fireball · 1 events · 2025

Where they race

Unknown · 2 events
Miami, FL, USA · 2 events
Trieste, Italy · 1 events
Gulf of Trieste, Italy · 1 events
Via Degli Oleandri, 10, Villasimius CA, Sardinia, Italy · 1 events
Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 457, #3,309. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.