Mike Maier takes Finn Masters lead in Barbados

by Robert Deaves on 7 Jun 2017 Six time Finn World Masters champion Michael Maier, from Czech Republic, has taken the lead in Barbados after another tough and windy day out on Carlisle Bay. Rafa Trujillo, from Spain, drops to second while Piet Eckert, from Switzerland, moves up to third.

The strong winds is not making anything easy for the 140 Finn Masters enjoying a fabulous championship in Barbados and for the third day in a row, the morning started with 20-24 knots on the race course. With an upper wind limit to start at 20 knots the fleet was held on shore as news from the course changed from heavy seas and 20-24 knots to moderating seas at 18-20 knots.

However on arrival, it was clear that it was going to be another big day with a huge cross swell keeping everyone on their toes.

Yellow fleet was again perhaps the easier of the two fleets to race in and this was capitalised on by last year’s fourth placed Eckert, who led all the way round in huge seas and winds going well past the recorded 22-23 knots. Fellow Swiss, Christoph Burger, also found some pace to cross second while Karl Purdie, from New Zealand, continued his good form with a third. Attrition downwind was high and for most, the goal was just to survive to the mark.

Trujillo built a nice lead in the Blue fleet, chased by Vladimir Krutskikh, of Russia and Marc Allain des Beauvais, of France, with Maier close behind. Trujillo extended on the fleet only to fall into a hole on the final approaches to the finish line. Maier capitalised on that and passed him, only to nearly lose it again as he headed for the wrong finish mark. He recovered and crossed just ahead of Trujillo with Allain des Beauvais sailing a great race to cross third.

With that, the Race Committee took the wise decision to send everyone in for the day. There is only so much fun you can have that is good for you.

Allain des Beauvais summed up the feeling of most people here when he said, “This is a fantastic venue. This is the first time I am sailing my Finn in hot water, and the first time I am sailing with flying fish, taking off in front of me, it is very nice. The beer is fine, the sun is fine, the beach is white, this is absolutely terrible, where will we find this again next time. It’s impossible to conceive.”

“The wind is a bit tricky but it has no density so we can sail when it is windy because it’s not so strong. Today I took the risk of the windshift on the left and was about to cover the fleet and two or three good tacks and the second upwind. I was a bit slow downwind because I am old, but at the finish we were lucky at the last mark with a right wind shift and I passed Krutskihk and finished third.”

On Wednesday the day begins with the Annual Masters Meeting, where, among other business, the 2019 venue will be decided between Skovhoved in Denmark, and Marsala in Sicily.

The 2017 Finn World Masters consists of a seven race series from Monday to Thursday, followed by a final race and a medal race on Friday.

Results after three races

1 CZE 1 Michael Maier, GM 4
2 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo, M 4
3 SUI 86 Piet Eckert, M 7
4 FRA 75 Laurent Hay, GM 8
5 RUS 73 Vladimir Krutskikh, M 8
6 NZL 111 Karl Purdie, GM 15
7 SUI 7 Christoph Burger, M 17
8 GBR 21 Michael de Courcy, GM 21
9 GBR 2 Allen Burell, GM 24
10 GER 501 Fabian Lemmel, M 25

Full results Day 2 - Races 1-3 

No	Sailno	Name	Points	1	2	3
1	CZE 1	Michael Maier, GM	4,0	2	1	1
2	ESP 100	Rafael Trujillo, M	4,0	1	1	2
3	SUI 86	Piet Eckert, M	7,0	3	3	1
4	FRA 75	Laurent Hay, GM	8,0	1	2	5
5	RUS 73	Vladimir Krutskikh, M	8,0	2	2	4
6	NZL 111	Karl Purdie, GM	15,0	3	9	3
7	SUI 7	Christoph Burger, M	17,0	4	11	2
8	GBR 21	Michael de Courcy, GM	21,0	7	5	9
9	GBR 2	Allen Burell, GM	24,0	12	3	9
10	GER 501	Fabian Lemmel, M	25,0	16	4	5
11	NZL 2	Raymond Hall, GM	27,0	10	13	4
12	SUI 83	Beat Steffen, M	31,0	14	9	8
13	SVK 470	Andrej Holak, M	33,0	13	6	14
14	USA 74	Henry Sprague, L	33,0	15	10	8
15	FRA 99	Marc Allain des Beauvais, GGM	34,0	26	5	3
16	FIN 201	Kristian Sjoberg, GM	34,0	13	14	7
17	RSA 51	Philip Baum, GGM	34,0	8	12	14
18	NED 29	Bas de Waal, GM	35,0	9	16	10
19	GBR 65	David Potter, GM	37,0	5	16	16
20	DEN 6	Lars Hall, GM	39,0	18	15	6
21	GBR 720	Julian Smith, GM	39,0	10	14	10
22	USA 9	Rob Coutts, GGM	40,0	6	23	11
23	CHI 12	Antonio Poncell, GM	43,0	5	8	30
24	RUS 41	Felix Denikaev, GM	44,0	8	21	15
25	AUS 61	Mark Jackson, GM	44,0	11	18	15
26	AUT 7	Michael Gubi, GM	46,0	14	7	25
27	NED 31	Hans Zuurendonk, GM	46,0	16	7	23
28	GBR 10	Robert Deaves, GM	50,0	22	10	18
29	FIN 112	Seppo Ajanko, GGM	52,0	11	17	24
30	FIN 22	Ville Valtonen, GM	54,0	24	17	13
31	SUI 25	Till Klammer, M	56,0	15	28	13
32	GER 960	Klaus Antrecht, GGM	59,0	25	18	16
33	BRA 177	Andre Mirsky, M	62,0	28	12	22
34	GBR 86	Fergus Allan, GM	63,0	17	27	19
35	NED 62	Tim van Rootselaar, GM	65,0	19	29	17
36	RUS 21	Vladimir Butenko, GM	65,0	18	24	23
37	AUS 267	Darren Gilbert, GM	66,0	9	25	32
38	GER 226	Uwe Fernholz, GM	67,0	6	29	32
39	USA 11	Scott Griffiths, GM	72,0	23	37	12
40	FRA 38	Michel Audoin, GGM	74,0	27	19	28
41	GER 251	Mark-Raimondo Bayer, M	75,0	29	13	33
42	RUS 51	Mikhail Petriga, GGM	75,0	27	15	33
43	NZL 20	Christopher Wells, GM	76,0	21	28	27
44	GBR 17	Paul Blowers, GM	78,0	30	20	28
45	FIN 228	Harri Kokko, M	79,0	40	22	17
46	DEN 21	Otto Strandvig, GM	80,0	dns	4	6
47	GER 707	Ulrich Breuer, GM	83,0	7	6	dnf
48	SWE 75	Johan Wijk, GM	84,0	20	52	12
49	RUS 212	Lanfranco Cirillo, GM	84,0	22	24	38
50	GBR 1	Sander Kooij, GM	85,0	38	27	20
51	GER 145	Kai-Uwe Göldenitz, GM	86,0	25	32	29
52	GBR 52	Will Patten, GM	90,0	33	22	35
53	GBR 750	Ivan Burden, M	90,0	34	34	22
54	NED 67	Ronald Ruiter, M	92,0	33	34	25
55	NZL 10	David Hoogenboom, GGM	93,0	4	19	dsq
56	GBR 93	Tim Simpson, GM	93,0	32	40	21
57	AUS 305	David Bull, L	93,0	21	32	40
58	GBR 20	Andy Denison, GM	93,0	36	36	21
59	USA 12	Steve Landeau, GM	94,0	17	dnf	7
60	DEN 1	Frank Hansen, GGM	94,0	37	31	26
61	GBR 62	Jerry Andrews, GM	96,0	35	30	31
62	GER 111	Rainer Haacks, GM	98,0	20	8	dnf
63	AUT 350	Peter Groegl, GM	98,0	28	33	37
64	SWE 91	Par Friberg, GM	99,0	42	26	31
65	GBR 37	Steve Hayles, M	100,0	19	11	dnf
66	DEN 80	Michael Staal, GM	100,0	12	dns	18
67	CZE 222	Petr Vinkl, GM	100,0	34	42	19
68	SWE 2	Svante Collvin, GM	100,0	35	31	34
69	GBR 35	Soeren Vonsild, GM	104,0	37	21	46
70	SWE 14	Stefan Nordstrom, GM	106,0	dns	25	11
71	AUS 6	Robert Buchanon, GGM	107,0	32	39	36
72	SWE 71	Jonas Andersson, M	109,0	41	39	29
73	RSA 571	Andreas Bohnsack, GM	115,0	48	43	24
74	GBR 80	Ray New, GGM	117,0	43	35	34
75	GER 202	Rolf Elsaesser, GGM	119,0	38	41	40
76	AUS 68	Jay Harrison, GGM	120,0	47	38	35
77	GER 57	Heinz Wendel, GGM	121,0	36	43	42
78	GBR 787	Steve Popple, GM	123,0	30	23	dne
79	GBR 33	Kieron Holt, M	125,0	52	47	26
80	GBR 42	Richard Phillips, GGM	128,0	42	42	44
81	NZL 23	Alan Dawson, GGM	129,0	23	36	dnf
82	SUI 63	Thomas Gautschi, GM	130,0	dns	30	30
83	AUT 19	Gerald Raschke, GGM	131,0	44	50	37
84	GBR 100	Matthew Walker, M	131,0	49	44	38
85	AUT 21	Erich Scherzer, GGM	131,0	44	46	41
86	NED 13	Harold Lensing, GGM	132,0	41	44	47
87	SUI 1	Hans Fatzer, GGM	133,0	24	dns	39
88	GER 69	Thomas Huber, GM	133,0	40	45	48
89	GER 122	Holger Krasmann, GM	134,0	31	33	dnf
90	GBR 635	Robin Toozs-Hobson, GM	134,0	39	51	39
91	NED 34	Stephan van Bloemendaal, M	136,0	50	41	45
92	GER 17	Kai Schrader, GM	138,0	48	dns	20
93	USA 101	Peter Frissell, GGM	138,0	31	37	dnf
94	GBR 13	Roman Khodykin, M	141,0	dns	35	36
95	RSA 574	David Kitchen, GGM	142,0	51	48	43
96	AUT 302	Alfred Braumueller, GGM	150,0	55	54	41
97	GBR 58	Paul Brown, GGM	151,0	43	38	dns
98	GER 256	Peter Langer-Langmaack, GGM	156,0	54	53	49
99	GER 112	Egbert Vincke, L	157,0	45	dns	42
100	GER 103	Ralf-Udo Lemke, GGM	160,0	dsq	20	ocs
101	GBR 564	Peter Vinton, GM	160,0	47	dns	43
102	USA 40	Charles Rudinsky, L	160,0	45	45	dnf
103	SUI 57	Rudolf Baumann, GGM	163,0	46	47	dnf
104	NZL 3	Ben Winters, L	165,0	46	49	dnf
105	NED 8	Rodrick Casander, L	166,0	dsq	26	dns
106	GBR 739	Paul Ward, GM	166,0	26	dns	dns
107	NZL 19	Denis Mowbray, GGM	167,0	dns	dns	27
108	GER 909	Udo Murek, GM	169,0	29	dnf	dnf
109	RSA 600	Arend van Wamelen, GM	169,0	53	46	dnf
110	USA 99	Stephen Fuccillo, GGM	170,0	56	dns	44
111	FIN 145	Mathias Tallberg, GM	179,0	39	dns	dnf
112	GER 214	Bernd Schulz-Stuecher, GM	180,0	dne	40	dnf
113	SUI 3	Carlo Lazzari, GM	197,0	57	bfd	dns
114	USA 801	Eric Stiverson, GM	210,0	dns	dns	ocs
115	AUS 98	James Ley, L	210,0	dns	dns	dnf
115	AUT 322	Wilhelm Kasinger, GGM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	CAN 3	Ian Bostock, GGM	210,0	dns	dns	dnf
115	CZE 22	Milos Mares, M	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	GBR 4	Russell Ward, GM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	GBR 67	Gary Pearson, GM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	GBR 553	Paul Beasley, GGM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	GBR 775	Stewart Mitchell, GM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	GBR 721	Graham Dale-Jones, L	210,0	dns	dns	dnf
115	GBR 777	Howard Sellars, L	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	GER 62	Uwe Barthel, GGM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	GER 293	Georg Siebeck, L	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	MON 234	Michael Kurtz, GGM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	NED 72	LacusJan Groenhout, GM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	NZL 193	Gerrit Bearda, GGM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	NZL 213	Maurice Duncan, L	210,0	dns	dns	dnf
115	RSA 570	Gerd Bohnsack, SL	210,0	dnf	dns	dns
115	SUI 2	Helmut Klammer, L	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	SVK 11	Robert Poor, M	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	SWE 20	Gosta Eriksson, GGM	210,0	dns	dnf	dns
115	SWE 44	Bengt Stromberg, GGM	210,0	dsq	dns	dns
115	SWE 100	HansPeter Hylander, GGM	210,0	dns	dns	dns
115	USA 32	Charles Heimler, GGM	210,0	dns	dns	dns

  
Scoring penalties are as follows: 

	GBR 720	Julian Smith, GM	race 1	10, 10 --> 15 points, scp
	CZE 222	Petr Vinkl, GM	race 3	19, 19 --> 24 points, scp
	GBR 80	Ray New, GGM	race 1	43, 43 --> 48 points, scp
	GBR 635	Robin Toozs-Hobson, GM	race 1	39, 39 --> 44 points, scp
	USA 801	Eric Stiverson, GM	race 3	ocs, 70 --> 70 points, scp