Day 3 : Laser Radial & Laser Overall Results and ISAF Report on Santander 2014 Worlds Overall Results: Laser 1 NED Nicholas Heiner 11.00 2 USA Charlie Buckingham 18.00 3 AUS Tom Burton 18.00 4 BRA Robert Scheidt 19.00 5 BRA Bruno Fontes 23.00 6 GBR Nick Thompson 25.00 7 SWE Jesper Stalheim 26.00 8 GBR Lorenzo Chiavarini 27.00 9 AUS Ryan Palk 28.00 10 ITA Giovanni Coccoluto 30.00 Radial 1 CHN Dongshuang Zhang 11.00 2 SWE Josefin Olsson 17.00 3 NED Marit Bouwmeester 18.00 4 CZE Veronika Kozelska Fenclova 19.00 5 LTU Viktorija Andrulyte 19.00 6 USA Erika Reineke 23.00 7 FIN Tuula Tenkanen 30.00 8 GBR Chloe Martin 33.00 9 BEL Emma Plasschaert 36.00 10 BEL Evi Van Acker 37.00 For full Overall result sheet click link below sailing.org/events/isafworlds/results-santander2014.php Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds - Light winds and current test sailors The third day of racing at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships was a tough affair with light winds and a strong current testing the sailors After a long wait ashore and a further one afloat waiting for the wind to arrive and stabilize there was little chance the 6-8 knot breeze would hang around for more than one race but in the end all of the fleets got some racing in. In the light winfd the current was again the dominant factor with several lines across the course areas. Add that to a few odd shifts and competitive fields and it made for an interesting day. In the one Laser gold fleet race fortunes were changed by the black flag starting penalty after the fleet failed to start first time. Series leader Robert Scheidt (BRA) was one of nine sailors to be disqualified for breaking the start line early. His only consolation was that he was in the good company of current European Champion Tonci Stipanovic (CRO) and 2003 World Champion, Gustavo Lima (POR). Andrew Maloney (NZL) had no such worries having a good second windward leg to climb from fourth to first on the second windward leg to lead and take the race victory. Maloney explained, There were a lot of current lines out there. I had a great start and went right for the current and rounded the top mark about fifth. On the second upwind I got a good lift off the current on the right and held on for a shift that got me up to first. Charlie Buckingham (USA) started at the starboard end and also went right for the current. When finding out about his elevation to second overall after finishing behind Maloney he said, We have not had much hiking so far in this championship and there is still a long way to go. I have got to stay focused. Tom Burton (AUS), who maintained his third place overall after scoring an eighth, described his race as, Another solid day. The breeze was up and down and the tide was a big factor. It was a bit snakes and ladders. If you tried too hard and changed too much you could easily miss both the current and the wind changes. At least I dont have to change the third place sticker on my sail. Burton is the only man to have all his scores in single figures. Meanwhile with chops and changes across the fleet the new overall leader is Nicholas Heiner (NED) who took a solid third, I had a comfortable lead in the first beat and good downwind then somehow on the second beat, I just got outside the current line like about 5 metres outside and the guys below me just drove through my dirty wind. It is a different kind of sailing but I will sleep well tonight as always. Laser Radial Starting at the first attempt Dongshuang Zhang (CHN) and Josefin Olsson (SWE) hit the front of the Laser Radial gold fleet at the first mark and remained there for the rest of the race. Olsson said, It was a good race. I had a really good start at the pin end and tacked straight away across the fleet and it was good. I rounded the first mark just behind Dongshuang and then we were able to control the fleet for the rest of the race. Behind them Silvia Zennaro (ITA) was steadily closing the gap from 10th to finish a close third to Olsson. Zhang and Olsson sailed themselves into first and second overall whilst the previous leaders Veronica Fenclova (CZE) and Victoria Andrulyte (LTU) suffered a 31st and 24th that they have discarded to leave them fourth and fifth overall. Fenclova explained, It was really crazy. I had a really bad start and normally, on this course, the right pays because of the current but after our start there was a left hand shift. But really it was the start that hurt me. Marit Bouwmeester (NED) is following her declared conservative route and posted an eighth to leave her as the only sailor with all single figure results. If the present light conditions and tricky currents remain these could be very valuable.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:21:16 +0000
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