Rafa Trujillo back in charge as wind ease for Finn Masters in Barbados
by Robert Deaves on 8 Jun 2017
Day 3 of the 2017 Finn World Masters in Barbados Robert Deaves
After two days of very strong winds, the third day of the Finn World Masters in Barbados brought a much needed relief to sailors, with slightly lighter winds, though the racing was perhaps even tougher as almost everyone was now racing rather than just surviving. Rafa Trujillo, from Spain, retakes the lead at the top of the 140 boat fleet with a win in Blue fle et. Michael Maier, from Czech Republic, drops to second, and Piet Eckert, from Switzerland, remains in third.
Allen Burrell, from Great Britain, dominated yellow fleet, leading round the top mark and extending on the chasing pack led by the French sailors Marc Allain des Beauvais and Laurent Hay. The downwind was almost sedate compared to recent days, but the upwinds were still a tough slog against the short step waves, with the occasional huge swell rolling across the course area. Eventually Allain des Beauvais pulled away for second with Christoph Burger, of Switzerland, crossing third.
The Blue fleet contained the past three former champions with Trujillo sailing away for an easy win. There was a giant battle for second place between Eckert and 2015 Masters champion, Vladimir Krutskikh, from Russia. Eventually Krutskikh crossed ahead of Eckert, while Maier recovered to cross fourth and remain second overall.
Seventh placed overall, Karl Purdie from New Zealand, did have the day he was hoping for after a series of mistakes left him ninth in the race but he spoke well of the venue.
“It’s awesome to be here in Barbados. The water is so warm, the winds are fantastic. I couldn’t image a better place for the Finn World Masters. It’s a shame I had a bad day today, but it’s just a fantastic place to be, the people are really friendly. Good courses, good waves. The beach is good but it’s better out on the water.”
“The competition is really good. If you make a stupid mistake you are really punished for it. I think each year the standard had gone up, especially from the last time I competed in La Rochelle. It’s a good contest.”
Burger’s third place lifts him to sixth overall.
'This is obviously quite a special place. No one really knew what to expect but we found really nice conditions with pretty strong winds so far. Today was actually the first day with little bit less. The wind shifts a lot, with a lot of puffs, which makes it really interesting and quite a few lead changes through the races and it’s really enjoyable because you don’t really sail a 1one-way track too much.”
In the morning the Annual Masters Meeting took place in the Barbados Yacht Club. Among the decisions taken were to formally adopt a Masters Europeans to follow on and complement the good work done by the club in Tihany, Hungary, over the last six years with the Euro Cup. Then the vote for the 2019 Finn World Masters took place with a very close decision in favour of the Royal Danish YC at Shovskoved, Denmark.
Otto Strandvig, of Denmark, had jointly presented the bid with Lars Hall. Strandvig said of Barbados.
“It’s perfect, with great racing, and excellent wind, Today was a little bit less wind, and it was really good, just a pleasure to be here.”
“The completion is really tough. It’s really difficult up there, and there are a lot of good sailors, different strength winds, a bit of current so a lot of competition. It has been really nice and warm, the people are friendly. It’s a great party and everything has been well organised.”
On 2019, “It’s going to be a really nice regatta. We are starting the planning the organisation as soon as we get home from here. Shovskoved is a great venue and we promise lots of beer and partying.”
While there have been enough races for a valid series, one more is needed to be completed to introduce a discard and to have a medal race.
Two races are scheduled for Thursday to complete the opening series before Friday’s Final Race and then the medal race to decide the 2017 Finn Masters World Champion.
Results after four races
1 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo, M 5
2 CZE 1 Michael Maier, GM 8
3 SUI 86 Piet Eckert, M 10
4 RUS 73 Vladimir Krutskikh, M 10
5 FRA 75 Laurent Hay, GM 12
6 SUI 7 Christoph Burger, M 20
7 NZL 111 Karl Purdie, GM 23
8 GBR 2 Allen Burrell, GM 26
9 GER 501 Fabian Lemmel, M 30
10 GER 707 Ulrich Breuer, GM 30
Full Results:
Results Day 3 - Races 1-4
No |
Sailno |
Name |
Points |
1 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
ESP 100 |
Rafael Trujillo, M |
5,0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
CZE 1 |
Michael Maier, GM |
8,0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
SUI 86 |
Piet Eckert, M |
10,0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
RUS 73 |
Vladimir Krutskikh, M |
10,0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
FRA 75 |
Laurent Hay, GM |
12,0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
SUI 7 |
Christoph Burger, M |
20,0 |
4 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
NZL 111 |
Karl Purdie, GM |
23,0 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
8 |
8 |
GBR 2 |
Allen Burell, GM |
26,0 |
12 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
9 |
GER 501 |
Fabian Lemmel, M |
30,0 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
GER 707 |
Ulrich Breuer, GM |
30,0 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
NZL 2 |
Raymond Hall, GM |
33,0 |
10 |
13 |
4 |
6 |
12 |
GBR 21 |
Michael de Courcy, GM |
35,0 |
7 |
5 |
9 |
14 |
13 |
FRA 99 |
Marc Allain des Beauvais, GGM |
36,0 |
26 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
14 |
SUI 83 |
Beat Steffen, M |
40,0 |
14 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
15 |
FIN 201 |
Kristian Sjoberg, GM |
45,0 |
13 |
14 |
8 |
10 |
16 |
NED 29 |
Bas de Waal, GM |
45,0 |
9 |
16 |
10 |
10 |
17 |
SVK 470 |
Andrej Holak, M |
46,0 |
13 |
6 |
15 |
12 |
18 |
RUS 41 |
Felix Denikaev, GM |
52,0 |
8 |
21 |
16 |
7 |
19 |
AUS 61 |
Mark Jackson, GM |
55,0 |
11 |
18 |
15 |
11 |
20 |
CHI 12 |
Antonio Poncell, GM |
56,0 |
5 |
8 |
31 |
7 |
21 |
USA 9 |
Rob Coutts, GGM |
56,0 |
6 |
23 |
11 |
16 |
22 |
DEN 6 |
Lars Hall, GM |
56,0 |
18 |
15 |
7 |
16 |
23 |
GBR 720 |
Julian Smith, GM |
57,0 |
10 |
14 |
11 |
17 |
24 |
GBR 65 |
David Potter, GM |
61,0 |
5 |
16 |
16 |
24 |
25 |
FIN 22 |
Ville Valtonen, GM |
63,0 |
24 |
17 |
14 |
8 |
26 |
NED 31 |
Hans Zuurendonk, GM |
66,0 |
16 |
7 |
24 |
19 |
27 |
BRA 177 |
Andre Mirsky, M |
68,0 |
28 |
12 |
23 |
5 |
28 |
GBR 10 |
Robert Deaves, GM |
73,0 |
22 |
10 |
18 |
23 |
29 |
SUI 25 |
Till Klammer, M |
78,0 |
15 |
28 |
13 |
22 |
30 |
FIN 112 |
Seppo Ajanko, GGM |
80,0 |
11 |
17 |
25 |
27 |
31 |
NED 62 |
Tim van Rootselaar, GM |
86,0 |
19 |
29 |
18 |
20 |
32 |
RUS 21 |
Vladimir Butenko, GM |
88,0 |
18 |
24 |
23 |
23 |
33 |
GER 226 |
Uwe Fernholz, GM |
92,0 |
6 |
29 |
32 |
25 |
34 |
RUS 212 |
Lanfranco Cirillo, GM |
93,0 |
22 |
24 |
38 |
9 |
35 |
GBR 17 |
Paul Blowers, GM |
93,0 |
30 |
20 |
28 |
15 |
36 |
GBR 86 |
Fergus Allan, GM |
93,0 |
17 |
27 |
20 |
29 |
37 |
DEN 21 |
Otto Strandvig, GM |
94,0 |
dns |
4 |
6 |
14 |
38 |
RUS 51 |
Mikhail Petriga, GGM |
94,0 |
27 |
15 |
33 |
19 |
39 |
AUS 267 |
Darren Gilbert, GM |
95,0 |
9 |
25 |
33 |
28 |
40 |
FRA 38 |
Michel Audoin, GGM |
96,0 |
27 |
19 |
29 |
21 |
41 |
SWE 75 |
Johan Wijk, GM |
97,0 |
20 |
52 |
13 |
12 |
42 |
GER 251 |
Mark-Raimondo Bayer, M |
97,0 |
29 |
13 |
34 |
21 |
43 |
GER 960 |
Klaus Antrecht, GGM |
98,0 |
25 |
18 |
17 |
38 |
44 |
NZL 20 |
Christopher Wells, GM |
100,0 |
21 |
28 |
28 |
18 |
45 |
GBR 1 |
Sander Kooij, GM |
102,0 |
38 |
27 |
20 |
17 |
46 |
RSA 51 |
Philip Baum, GGM |
104,0 |
8 |
12 |
14 |
dns |
47 |
USA 74 |
Henry Sprague, L |
104,0 |
15 |
10 |
9 |
dsq |
48 |
GER 111 |
Rainer Haacks, GM |
109,0 |
20 |
8 |
dnf |
11 |
49 |
FIN 228 |
Harri Kokko, M |
110,0 |
40 |
22 |
17 |
31 |
50 |
NZL 10 |
David Hoogenboom, GGM |
111,0 |
4 |
19 |
dsq |
18 |
51 |
GER 145 |
Kai-Uwe Göldenitz, GM |
111,0 |
25 |
32 |
29 |
25 |
52 |
DEN 1 |
Frank Hansen, GGM |
112,0 |
37 |
31 |
26 |
13 |
53 |
USA 11 |
Scott Griffiths, GM |
114,0 |
23 |
37 |
12 |
42 |
54 |
GBR 93 |
Tim Simpson, GM |
114,0 |
32 |
40 |
22 |
20 |
55 |
GBR 37 |
Steve Hayles, M |
115,0 |
19 |
11 |
dnf |
15 |
56 |
AUT 7 |
Michael Gubi, GM |
117,0 |
14 |
7 |
26 |
dns |
57 |
NED 67 |
Ronald Ruiter, M |
119,0 |
33 |
34 |
25 |
27 |
58 |
GBR 52 |
Will Patten, GM |
125,0 |
33 |
22 |
35 |
35 |
59 |
CZE 222 |
Petr Vinkl, GM |
126,0 |
34 |
42 |
19 |
26 |
60 |
SWE 91 |
Par Friberg, GM |
127,0 |
42 |
26 |
31 |
28 |
61 |
RSA 571 |
Andreas Bohnsack, GM |
128,0 |
48 |
43 |
24 |
13 |
62 |
SWE 14 |
Stefan Nordstrom, GM |
129,0 |
dns |
25 |
12 |
22 |
63 |
USA 12 |
Steve Landeau, GM |
130,0 |
17 |
dnf |
7 |
36 |
64 |
DEN 80 |
Michael Staal, GM |
132,0 |
12 |
dns |
19 |
26 |
65 |
GBR 750 |
Ivan Burden, M |
133,0 |
34 |
34 |
22 |
43 |
66 |
AUS 305 |
David Bull, L |
139,0 |
21 |
32 |
41 |
45 |
67 |
GBR 35 |
Soeren Vonsild, GM |
140,0 |
37 |
21 |
47 |
30 |
68 |
AUS 6 |
Robert Buchanon, GGM |
140,0 |
32 |
39 |
36 |
33 |
69 |
SWE 2 |
Svante Collvin, GM |
143,0 |
35 |
31 |
34 |
43 |
70 |
SUI 1 |
Hans Fatzer, GGM |
144,0 |
24 |
43 |
40 |
37 |
71 |
SWE 71 |
Jonas Andersson, M |
144,0 |
41 |
39 |
30 |
34 |
72 |
GER 202 |
Rolf Elsaesser, GGM |
154,0 |
38 |
41 |
40 |
35 |
73 |
NZL 23 |
Alan Dawson, GGM |
158,0 |
23 |
36 |
dnf |
29 |
74 |
GBR 20 |
Andy Denison, GM |
163,0 |
36 |
36 |
21 |
dns |
75 |
GBR 80 |
Ray New, GGM |
163,0 |
43 |
35 |
35 |
45 |
76 |
AUS 68 |
Jay Harrison, GGM |
163,0 |
47 |
38 |
36 |
42 |
77 |
GER 122 |
Holger Krasmann, GM |
164,0 |
31 |
33 |
dnf |
30 |
78 |
GBR 13 |
Roman Khodykin, M |
166,0 |
dns |
35 |
37 |
24 |
79 |
GBR 62 |
Jerry Andrews, GM |
167,0 |
35 |
30 |
32 |
dns |
80 |
GER 57 |
Heinz Wendel, GGM |
167,0 |
36 |
44 |
43 |
44 |
81 |
AUT 350 |
Peter Groegl, GM |
169,0 |
28 |
33 |
38 |
dsq |
82 |
SUI 63 |
Thomas Gautschi, GM |
171,0 |
dns |
30 |
30 |
41 |
83 |
GER 17 |
Kai Schrader, GM |
172,0 |
48 |
dns |
21 |
33 |
84 |
USA 101 |
Peter Frissell, GGM |
172,0 |
31 |
37 |
dnf |
34 |
85 |
AUT 19 |
Gerald Raschke, GGM |
172,0 |
44 |
50 |
37 |
41 |
86 |
GBR 635 |
Robin Toozs-Hobson, GM |
173,0 |
39 |
51 |
39 |
39 |
87 |
RSA 574 |
David Kitchen, GGM |
175,0 |
51 |
48 |
44 |
32 |
88 |
AUT 21 |
Erich Scherzer, GGM |
181,0 |
44 |
47 |
41 |
49 |
89 |
GBR 42 |
Richard Phillips, GGM |
181,0 |
42 |
42 |
45 |
52 |
90 |
NED 13 |
Harold Lensing, GGM |
184,0 |
41 |
45 |
48 |
50 |
91 |
NED 34 |
Stephan van Bloemendaal, M |
184,0 |
50 |
41 |
46 |
47 |
92 |
GER 69 |
Thomas Huber, GM |
187,0 |
40 |
46 |
49 |
52 |
93 |
GBR 787 |
Steve Popple, GM |
193,0 |
30 |
23 |
dne |
dns |
94 |
GBR 33 |
Kieron Holt, M |
196,0 |
52 |
47 |
27 |
dns |
95 |
USA 40 |
Charles Rudinsky, L |
196,0 |
45 |
45 |
dnf |
36 |
96 |
GBR 100 |
Matthew Walker, M |
198,0 |
49 |
44 |
39 |
56 |
97 |
AUT 302 |
Alfred Braumueller, GGM |
198,0 |
55 |
54 |
42 |
47 |
98 |
GER 103 |
Ralf-Udo Lemke, GGM |
200,0 |
dsq |
20 |
ocs |
40 |
99 |
GER 909 |
Udo Murek, GM |
200,0 |
29 |
dnf |
dnf |
31 |
100 |
GBR 58 |
Paul Brown, GGM |
200,0 |
43 |
38 |
dns |
49 |
101 |
NZL 3 |
Ben Winters, L |
204,0 |
46 |
49 |
dnf |
39 |
102 |
GBR 564 |
Peter Vinton, GM |
204,0 |
47 |
dns |
43 |
44 |
103 |
NED 8 |
Rodrick Casander, L |
206,0 |
dsq |
26 |
dns |
40 |
104 |
GER 256 |
Peter Langer-Langmaack, GGM |
210,0 |
54 |
53 |
50 |
53 |
105 |
GER 112 |
Egbert Vincke, L |
211,0 |
45 |
dns |
42 |
54 |
106 |
NZL 19 |
Denis Mowbray, GGM |
215,0 |
dnf |
dns |
27 |
48 |
107 |
USA 99 |
Stephen Fuccillo, GGM |
218,0 |
56 |
dns |
44 |
48 |
108 |
SUI 57 |
Rudolf Baumann, GGM |
220,0 |
46 |
48 |
dnf |
56 |
109 |
RSA 600 |
Arend van Wamelen, GM |
220,0 |
53 |
46 |
dnf |
51 |
110 |
FIN 145 |
Mathias Tallberg, GM |
225,0 |
39 |
dns |
dnf |
46 |
111 |
GBR 739 |
Paul Ward, GM |
233,0 |
26 |
dns |
dns |
57 |
112 |
SWE 44 |
Bengt Stromberg, GGM |
242,0 |
dsq |
dns |
dns |
32 |
113 |
SWE 100 |
HansPeter Hylander, GGM |
247,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
37 |
114 |
SVK 11 |
Robert Poor, M |
248,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
38 |
115 |
GER 214 |
Bernd Schulz-Stuecher, GM |
250,0 |
dne |
40 |
dnf |
dns |
116 |
SUI 3 |
Carlo Lazzari, GM |
254,0 |
57 |
bfd |
dns |
57 |
117 |
GBR 777 |
Howard Sellars, L |
256,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
46 |
118 |
NZL 193 |
Gerrit Bearda, GGM |
261,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
51 |
119 |
CZE 22 |
Milos Mares, M |
263,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
53 |
120 |
RSA 570 |
Gerd Bohnsack, SL |
264,0 |
dnf |
dns |
dns |
54 |
121 |
USA 801 |
Eric Stiverson, GM |
265,0 |
dns |
dns |
ocs |
55 |
122 |
USA 32 |
Charles Heimler, GGM |
265,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
50 |
123 |
SWE 20 |
Gosta Eriksson, GGM |
268,0 |
dns |
dnf |
dns |
58 |
124 |
GBR 77 |
Stewart Mitchell, GM |
269,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
59 |
124 |
GER 293 |
Georg Siebeck, L |
269,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
59 |
126 |
GBR 67 |
Gary Pearson, GM |
275,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
55 |
127 |
MON 234 |
Michael Kurtz, GGM |
278,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
58 |
128 |
GBR 721 |
Graham Dale-Jones, L |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dnf |
60 |
129 |
AUS 98 |
James Ley, L |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dnf |
dns |
129 |
AUT 322 |
Wilhelm Kasinger, GGM |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
dns |
129 |
CAN 3 |
Ian Bostock, GGM |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dnf |
dns |
129 |
GBR 4 |
Russell Ward, GM |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
dns |
129 |
GBR 553 |
Paul Beasley, GGM |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
dns |
129 |
GER 62 |
Uwe Barthel, GGM |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
dns |
129 |
NED 72 |
LacusJan Groenhout, GM |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
dns |
129 |
NZL 213 |
Maurice Duncan, L |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dnf |
dns |
129 |
SUI 2 |
Helmut Klammer, L |
280,0 |
dns |
dns |
dns |
dns |
Scoring penalties are as follows:
|
GER 707 |
Ulrich Breuer, GM |
race 5 |
6, 6 --> 11 points, scp |
|
CHI 12 |
Antonio Poncell, GM |
race 5 |
7, 7 --> 12 points, scp |
|
GBR 720 |
Julian Smith, GM |
race 1 |
10, 10 --> 15 points, scp |
|
NZL 20 |
Christopher Wells, GM |
race 5 |
18, 18 --> 23 points, scp |
|
DEN 1 |
Frank Hansen, GGM |
race 5 |
13, 13 --> 18 points, scp |
|
CZE 222 |
Petr Vinkl, GM |
race 3 |
19, 19 --> 24 points, scp |
|
DEN 80 |
Michael Staal, GM |
race 5 |
26, 26 --> 31 points, scp |
|
GBR 35 |
Soeren Vonsild, GM |
race 5 |
30, 30 --> 35 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 |
|
GBR 100 |
Matthew Walker, M |
race 5 |
56, 56 --> 66 points, scp |
|
GBR 739 |
Paul Ward, GM |
race 5 |
57, 57 --> 67 points, scp |
|
USA 801 |
Eric Stiverson, GM |
race 3 |
ocs, 70 --> 70 points, scp |
|
USA 32 |
Charles Heimler, GGM |
race 5 |
50, 50 --> 55 points, scp |
|
GBR 67 |
Gary Pearson, GM |
race 5 |
55, 55 --> 65 points, scp |
|
MON 234 |
Michael Kurtz, GGM |
race 5 |
58, 58 --> 68 points, scp |
|
GBR 721 |
Graham Dale-Jones, L |
race 5 |
60, 60 --> 70 points, scp |
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