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Perfect score for Rafa Trujillo & Laurent Hay at Finn World Masters

by Robert Deaves on 9 Jun 2017
Day 4 of the Finn World Masters in Barbados Claire ADB
The defending Finn World Masters champion, Rafa Trujillo, from Spain, added two more bullets on the penultimate day of the Finn World Masters in Barbados and moves into a four point lead at the top. Laurent Hay, from France, also won both his races to move up from fifth to second, while Vladimir Krutskikh, from Russia, moves up one place to third.

The 140 boat fleet, for everyone except the top 10, will now sail one Final Race on Friday, before the Medal Race, which will be sailed just off the Barbados Yacht Club in Carlisle Bay.



Anyone dreaming of a relaxing Caribbean sojourn at these Finn Masters will have been sorely disappointed as the conditions on the water have been about as challenging and tough as any Finn World Masters in recent memory. The upside is that the sea is warm, the air is warm, the sailing is awesome and the beach side is simply fabulous. The racing this week has also been great and very competitive.



It was another tough day on the water with 18-22 knots, a short chop and again a huge swell crossing the course making the downwinds quite tricky to navigate.



Most of the big names were in the Yellow fleet today. Mike Maier, from Czech Republic, led round the top mark in the first race, but then started sailing downwind rather than heading for the outer loop and gave up valuable distance to Trujillo, who later took the lead and crossed the finish ahead of Krutskikh and Marc Allain des Beauvais of France. Maier slipped to fourth. In the second race Trujillo led throughout, this time winning from Krutskikh and Maier.

In Blue fleet Hay was just as dominant to produce a brilliant day on the water. In the first race he won from Uli Breuer, of Germany and Kristian Sjoberg, of Finland. More new faces appeared at the front in the second race with Karl Purdie of New Zealand and Paul Blowers of Britain, crossing second and third.



Ten boats will compete for the medals tomorrow. Eight have the possibility to win the Finn World Masters title, while all have a chance at winning a medal of some colour. All the medals in the Masters and Grand Masters categories will also be decided in the medal race. However, as the only Grand Grand Master in the Medal Race, Marc Allain des Beauvais, has already done enough to retain his Grand Grand Master title, while Henry Sprague, of the USA, has also built enough of a lead in the Legend category to reclaim the title he last won in 2015.

Rob Coutts, of USA and New Zealand, placed fourth in the first race of the day. He is very happy he decided to bring his Finn to Barbados.



“It has been very good, no question about it. It has been a tough competition and everyone sails in a Corinthian manner; it’s fantastic. The race committee and our own class officers have done an excellent job bringing it here. It’s all very good.”

Steve Hayles, from Britain, normally seen on much bigger boats, has only been sailing the Finn for a few years but considers it a very tough challenge.



“Racing the Finn is really tough, and not really my normal deal. I am lucky enough to sail on the TP52 circuit and the racing out here in Finns is a lot tougher. The water is a bit warmer, but it’s an amazing fleet, with amazing quality sailors, a tough boat, and tough but fantastic conditions.”



On sailing in Barbados “Barbados is an awesome place to go sailing. Not many of us have been here before, but there is a fantastic breeze, testing conditions, big waves, and a bit of tide and current. It’s just a really tough race course. You bring a tough boat in a tough fleet, in tough and testing conditions and at the end of it, a fantastic atmosphere, and Barbados for sure is a fantastic place to go sailing.”

The Final Race on Friday is scheduled for the slightly earlier time of 11.30 with the Medal Race expected to start around 13.00. Then begins the job of packing 140 Finns into 18 containers to begin the long journey home.







Results after six races:

1 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo, M 5
2 FRA 75 Laurent Hay, GM 9
3 RUS 73 Vladimir Krutskikh, M 10
4 CZE 1 Michael Maier, GM 11
5 SUI 86 Piet Eckert, M 15
6 FRA 99 Marc Allain des Beauvais, GGM 17
7 SUI 7 Christoph Burger, M 21
8 NZL 111 Karl Purdie, GM 22
9 GER 707 Ulrich Breuer, GM 25
10 GBR 2 Allen Burrell, GM 26

Results Day 4 - Races 1-6

Scores take into account 1  discard 

No Sailno Name Points 1 2 3 5 6 7
1 ESP 100 Rafael Trujillo, M 5,0 1 1 (2) 1 1 1
2 FRA 75 Laurent Hay, GM 9,0 1 2 (5) 4 1 1
3 RUS 73 Vladimir Krutskikh, M 10,0 2 2 (4) 2 2 2
4 CZE 1 Michael Maier, GM 11,0 2 1 1 (4) 4 3
5 SUI 86 Piet Eckert, M 15,0 3 3 1 3 5 (8)
6 FRA 99 Marc Allain des Beauvais, GGM 17,0 (26) 5 3 2 3 4
7 SUI 7 Christoph Burger, M 21,0 4 (11) 2 3 6 6
8 NZL 111 Karl Purdie, GM 22,0 3 (9) 3 8 6 2
9 GER 707 Ulrich Breuer, GM 25,0 7 6 6 (6) 2 4
10 GBR 2 Allen Burell, GM 26,0 (12) 3 10 1 7 5
11 NZL 2 Raymond Hall, GM 35,0 10 (13) 4 6 8 7
12 GER 501 Fabian Lemmel, M 37,0 (16) 4 5 5 9 14
13 CHI 12 Antonio Poncell, GM 41,0 5 8 (31) 7 7 9
14 FIN 201 Kristian Sjoberg, GM 42,0 13 (14) 8 10 3 8
15 NED 29 Bas de Waal, GM 45,0 9 (16) 10 10 5 11
16 GBR 21 Michael de Courcy, GM 46,0 7 5 9 14 11 (15)
17 DEN 21 Otto Strandvig, GM 48,0 (dns) 4 6 14 14 10
18 USA 9 Rob Coutts, GGM 51,0 6 (23) 11 16 4 14
19 SVK 470 Andrej Holak, M 55,0 13 6 15 12 (dnf) 9
20 SUI 83 Beat Steffen, M 57,0 14 9 8 9 17 (24)
21 BRA 177 Andre Mirsky, M 58,0 (28) 12 23 5 11 7
22 SWE 75 Johan Wijk, GM 58,0 20 (52) 13 12 8 5
23 USA 74 Henry Sprague, L 63,0 15 10 9 (dsq) 16 13
24 RUS 41 Felix Denikaev, GM 65,0 8 21 16 7 13 (29)
25 FIN 22 Ville Valtonen, GM 66,0 (24) 17 14 8 21 6
26 GBR 720 Julian Smith, GM 66,0 10 14 11 (17) 13 13
27 DEN 6 Lars Hall, GM 67,0 18 15 7 16 (dns) 11
28 AUS 61 Mark Jackson, GM 67,0 11 18 15 11 12 (26)
29 NZL 10 David Hoogenboom, GGM 71,0 4 19 (dsq) 18 14 16
30 GBR 37 Steve Hayles, M 74,0 19 11 (dnf) 15 10 19
31 RSA 51 Philip Baum, GGM 75,0 8 12 14 (dns) 18 23
32 GBR 65 David Potter, GM 76,0 5 16 16 (24) 20 19
33 GER 111 Rainer Haacks, GM 78,0 20 8 (dnf) 11 19 20
34 NED 62 Tim van Rootselaar, GM 81,0 19 (29) 18 20 12 12
35 GBR 17 Paul Blowers, GM 84,0 (30) 20 28 15 18 3
36 USA 12 Steve Landeau, GM 88,0 17 (dnf) 7 36 10 18
37 SUI 25 Till Klammer, M 88,0 15 28 13 22 (29) 10
38 FRA 38 Michel Audoin, GGM 94,0 27 19 (29) 21 15 12
39 DEN 80 Michael Staal, GM 95,0 12 (dns) 19 26 9 24
40 FIN 112 Seppo Ajanko, GGM 96,0 11 17 25 (27) 22 21
41 GER 251 Mark-Raimondo Bayer, M 97,0 29 13 (34) 21 16 18
42 NED 31 Hans Zuurendonk, GM 98,0 16 7 24 19 32 (dns)
43 GBR 10 Robert Deaves, GM 100,0 22 10 18 23 (39) 27
44 GBR 1 Sander Kooij, GM 100,0 (38) 27 20 17 21 15
45 SWE 14 Stefan Nordstrom, GM 107,0 (dns) 25 12 22 25 23
46 RUS 21 Vladimir Butenko, GM 108,0 18 24 23 23 20 (30)
47 RUS 212 Lanfranco Cirillo, GM 110,0 22 24 (38) 9 17 38
48 GER 960 Klaus Antrecht, GGM 111,0 25 18 17 (38) 24 27
49 USA 11 Scott Griffiths, GM 112,0 23 37 12 (42) 15 25
50 RUS 51 Mikhail Petriga, GGM 114,0 27 15 (33) 19 25 28
51 AUS 267 Darren Gilbert, GM 116,0 9 25 (33) 28 23 31
52 FIN 228 Harri Kokko, M 122,0 (40) 22 17 31 30 22
53 GBR 86 Fergus Allan, GM 123,0 17 27 20 29 30 (dnf)
54 NZL 20 Christopher Wells, GM 123,0 21 28 28 18 23 (35)
55 GBR 93 Tim Simpson, GM 125,0 32 (40) 22 20 34 17
56 RSA 571 Andreas Bohnsack, GM 133,0 (48) 43 24 13 27 26
57 NED 67 Ronald Ruiter, M 133,0 33 (34) 25 27 31 17
58 GER 145 Kai-Uwe Göldenitz, GM 133,0 25 32 29 25 22 (33)
59 GER 17 Kai Schrader, GM 142,0 48 (dns) 21 33 24 16
60 CZE 222 Petr Vinkl, GM 144,0 34 (42) 19 26 28 32
61 SUI 63 Thomas Gautschi, GM 148,0 (dns) 30 30 41 26 21
62 GBR 52 Will Patten, GM 153,0 33 22 35 35 28 (39)
63 SWE 91 Par Friberg, GM 154,0 (42) 26 31 28 36 33
64 AUS 305 David Bull, L 159,0 21 32 41 (46) 31 34
65 GBR 20 Andy Denison, GM 161,0 36 36 21 (43) 37 31
66 GER 226 Uwe Fernholz, GM 162,0 6 29 32 25 (dnf) dns
67 SUI 1 Hans Fatzer, GGM 162,0 24 (43) 40 37 33 28
68 GBR 33 Kieron Holt, M 165,0 52 47 27 (dns) 19 20
69 SWE 71 Jonas Andersson, M 170,0 (41) 39 30 34 26 41
70 GER 122 Holger Krasmann, GM 176,0 31 33 (dnf) 30 43 39
71 AUS 6 Robert Buchanon, GGM 177,0 32 39 36 33 (44) 37
72 GER 909 Udo Murek, GM 179,0 29 (dnf) dnf 31 27 22
73 NZL 23 Alan Dawson, GGM 179,0 23 36 (dnf) 29 40 51
74 GBR 635 Robin Toozs-Hobson, GM 179,0 39 (51) 39 39 32 25
75 GBR 13 Roman Khodykin, M 181,0 (dns) 35 37 24 53 32
76 GBR 80 Ray New, GGM 181,0 (43) 35 35 45 37 29
77 DEN 1 Frank Hansen, GGM 182,0 37 31 26 13 (dnf) dns
78 USA 101 Peter Frissell, GGM 182,0 31 37 (dnf) 34 42 38
79 GBR 35 Soeren Vonsild, GM 183,0 37 21 (47) 30 43 47
80 SWE 2 Svante Collvin, GM 183,0 35 31 34 (43) 42 41
81 AUT 350 Peter Groegl, GM 184,0 28 33 38 (dsq) 45 40
82 AUT 7 Michael Gubi, GM 187,0 14 7 26 (dns) dns dns
83 AUS 68 Jay Harrison, GGM 192,0 47 38 36 42 29 (49)
84 GER 202 Rolf Elsaesser, GGM 195,0 38 41 40 35 41 (44)
85 RSA 574 David Kitchen, GGM 200,0 (51) 48 44 32 34 42
86 USA 40 Charles Rudinsky, L 201,0 45 45 (dnf) 36 33 42
87 AUT 19 Gerald Raschke, GGM 202,0 44 (50) 37 41 40 40
88 GBR 62 Jerry Andrews, GM 203,0 35 30 32 (dns) 36 dns
89 GBR 750 Ivan Burden, M 204,0 34 34 22 44 (dnf) dns
90 NED 34 Stephan van Bloemendaal, M 204,0 (50) 41 46 48 35 34
91 GER 57 Heinz Wendel, GGM 213,0 36 44 43 45 (46) 45
92 NED 8 Rodrick Casander, L 214,0 (dsq) 26 dns 40 48 30
93 GBR 42 Richard Phillips, GGM 214,0 42 42 45 (53) 49 36
94 NZL 3 Ben Winters, L 218,0 46 49 (dnf) 39 41 43
95 RSA 600 Arend van Wamelen, GM 224,0 53 46 (dnf) 51 38 36
96 AUT 21 Erich Scherzer, GGM 224,0 44 47 41 (49) 46 46
97 GBR 564 Peter Vinton, GM 228,0 47 (dns) 43 44 48 46
98 FIN 145 Mathias Tallberg, GM 230,0 39 (dns) dnf 46 38 37
99 NED 13 Harold Lensing, GGM 234,0 41 45 48 50 (52) 50
100 GER 69 Thomas Huber, GM 237,0 40 46 49 52 50 (53)
101 GER 112 Egbert Vincke, L 237,0 45 (dns) 42 55 52 43
102 AUT 302 Alfred Braumueller, GGM 242,0 (55) 54 42 47 51 48
103 GER 256 Peter Langer-Langmaack, GGM 255,0 (54) 53 50 54 50 48
104 SVK 11 Robert Poor, M 257,0 (dns) dns dns 38 44 35
105 GBR 58 Paul Brown, GGM 257,0 43 38 (dns) 50 56 dns
106 SUI 57 Rudolf Baumann, GGM 258,0 46 48 (dnf) 57 55 52
107 GBR 787 Steve Popple, GM 263,0 30 23 dne (dns) dns dns
108 USA 99 Stephen Fuccillo, GGM 265,0 56 (dns) 44 48 47 dns
109 GER 103 Ralf-Udo Lemke, GGM 270,0 (dsq) 20 ocs 40 dsq dns
110 GBR 100 Matthew Walker, M 272,0 49 44 39 (dns) dns dns
111 SWE 100 HansPeter Hylander, GGM 282,0 (dns) dns dns 37 35 dns
112 NZL 19 Denis Mowbray, GGM 286,0 (dnf) dns 27 49 dns dns
113 USA 801 Eric Stiverson, GM 290,0 (dns) dns ocs 56 49 45
114 GBR 77 Stewart Mitchell, GM 293,0 (dns) dns dns 55 54 44
115 SWE 20 Gosta Eriksson, GGM 297,0 (dns) dnf dns 59 51 47
116 GER 62 Uwe Barthel, GGM 298,0 (dns) dns dns dns 39 49
117 SUI 3 Carlo Lazzari, GM 300,0 57 (bfd) dns 58 45 dns
118 CZE 22 Milos Mares, M 301,0 (dns) dns dns 53 56 52
119 GBR 739 Paul Ward, GM 306,0 26 (dns) dns dns dns dns
120 NZL 193 Gerrit Bearda, GGM 309,0 (dns) dns dns 52 47 dnf
121 SWE 44 Bengt Stromberg, GGM 312,0 (dsq) dns dns 32 dnf dns
122 NZL 213 Maurice Duncan, L 313,0 (dns) dns dnf dns 53 50
123 AUS 8 James Ley, L 315,0 (dns) dns dnf dns 54 51
124 RSA 570 Gerd Bohnsack, SL 319,0 (dnf) dns dns 54 55 dns
125 GER 214 Bernd Schulz-Stuecher, GM 320,0 dne 40 (dnf) dns dns dns
126 GBR 777 Howard Sellars, L 327,0 (dns) dns dns 47 dnf dns
127 USA 32 Charles Heimler, GGM 336,0 (dns) dns dns 51 dnf dns
128 GER 293 Georg Siebeck, L 340,0 (dns) dns dns 60 dns dns
129 MON 234 Michael Kurtz, GGM 350,0 (dns) dns dns dns dns dns
130 SUI 2 Helmut Klammer, L 350,0 (dns) dns dns dns dns dns
131 GBR 67 Gary Pearson, GM 350,0 (dns) dns dns dns dns dns
132 GBR 721 Graham Dale-Jones, L 350,0 (dns) dns dnf 61 dnf dns
133 AUT 322 Wilhelm Kasinger, GGM 350,0 (dns) dns dns dns dns dns
133 CAN 3 Ian Bostock, GGM 350,0 (dns) dns dnf dns dns dns
133 GBR 4 Russell Ward, GM 350,0 (dns) dns dns dns dns dns
133 GBR 553 Paul Beasley, GGM 350,0 (dns) dns dns dns dns dns
133 NED 72 LacusJan Groenhout, GM 350,0 (dns) dns 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
  DEN 80 Michael Staal, GM race 5 26, 26 --> 31 points, scp
  NZL 20 Christopher Wells, GM race 5 18, 18 --> 23 points, scp
  CZE 222 Petr Vinkl, GM race 3 19, 19 --> 24 points, scp
  GBR 635 Robin Toozs-Hobson, GM race 1 39, 39 --> 44 points, scp
  GBR 80 Ray New, GGM race 1 43, 43 --> 48 points, scp
  DEN 1 Frank Hansen, GGM race 5 13, 13 --> 18 points, scp
  GBR 35 Soeren Vonsild, GM race 5 30, 30 --> 35 points, scp
  GBR 100 Matthew Walker, M race 5 dns, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  GBR 100 Matthew Walker, M race 7 dns, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  USA 801 Eric Stiverson, GM race 3 ocs, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  GBR 739 Paul Ward, GM race 5 dns, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  GBR 739 Paul Ward, GM race 7 dns, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  USA 32 Charles Heimler, GGM race 5 51, 51 --> 56 points, scp
  MON 234 Michael Kurtz, GGM race 5 dns, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  MON 234 Michael Kurtz, GGM race 7 dns, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  SUI 2 Helmut Klammer, L race 7 dns, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  GBR 67 Gary Pearson, GM race 5 dns, 70 --> 70 points, scp
  GBR 721 Graham Dale-Jones, L race 5 61, 61 --> 70 points, scp

 

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