Sport It could hardly have been closer. After eight races at the Melges Reunion, Michele Paoletti’s Strambapapà and Croatia’s Razjaren, helmed by Karlo Kuret, finished the regatta tied on 21 points. Only the tie-break rule separated the two crews, crowning Strambapapà the winner of the 2026 Italian Melges 24 National Championship, the second event of the Trofeo Gaudì, and the seventh event of the 2026 Melges 24 European Sailing Series.