49er World Championship Preview

by John Curnow, Sail-World.com on 27 Aug 2017 Starting on Monday in Porto, Portugal, are we to see the changing of the guard in the 49er? In the Men's Division, there are plenty of new faces from Australia and New Zealand, as well as Croatia. Gold Medallists from Rio, NZL’s Pete Burling is sailing in the VOR with Brunel, and crewmate Blair Tuke is on board MAPFRE.

Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen (AUS) took Gold at the London Olympics, where Burling and Tuke took Silver, then swapped places for Rio. Outteridge and Jensen are presently on sabbatical, awaiting to see if the stars might align, and whether the next AC is to be held in 2021. If so, then they might sail the Olympic Class, but right now it is all about the young guns of David Gilmour and Joel Turner (AUS), who won Gold at Kieler Woche. Team GBR were the Gold Medallists a month later at the same venue for the European Championships with Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Stuart Bithell, finishing ahead of the Australians by just the one point with fellow Team GBR sailors, James Peters and Fynn Sterritt winning the Bronze.

Equally, the Phillips brothers (Will and Sam from AUS) did well in Aarhus with Silver, ahead of their previously named compatriots who were the Bronze Medallists, which makes Gilmour and Turner the most consistent performers on the 2020 circuit at present. Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussel from AUT won the Gold there.

Sime Fantela, Gold Medallist in the 470 with Igor Marenic at Rio has moved over to the skiff, and so this too provides for even more interest in this exciting class. Equally, crews in the 49FX are keen to start to show dominance, so racing there is to be not only entertaining, but valuable for building the form guide.

Entry List:

49er Entries

Sail Number	Boat	Skipper	Club
GBR 288		Oliver ALDRIDGE   Jamie JOBSON	Parkstone Yacht Club
DEN 362	Jenny	Joakim SALSKOV-IVERSEN   Markus Oliver NIELSEN	Hellerup Sejlklub
BRA 55	Spondi	Dante BIANCHI   Thomas LOW-BEER	ICRJ
NED 491	Delta Lloyd	Scipio HOUTMAN	KNZRV
DEN 247		Frederik JUST MELSON   Jakob PRECHT JENSEN	Aarhus Sejlklub
AUS 91	Mate	David GILMOUR   Joel TURNER	Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
USA 41	Tweedledee	Christopher RAST   Trevor BURD	MBYC/TYC/CGSC
NED 194	Broko	Cas van DONGEN	WVOP
GBR 245	Windswept	Gillies MUNRO   Daniel HARRIS	Royal Findhorn Yacht Club
GER 220	Makani	Nils CARSTENSEN   Jan FRIGGE	Flensburger Segel-Club e. V.
ESP 97		Diego BOTIN le CHEVER   Iago LOPEZ MARRA	RCMSantander
SUI 111	Team TILT	Sebastien SCHNEITER   Lucien CUJEAN	Société Nautique de Genève
GER 59	AUDI IMMAC TEAMSH	Justus SCHMIDT   Max BOEHME	Kieler Yacht-Club e. V.
CRO 83	D-Marine	Sime FANTELA   Mihovil FANTELA	Sv Krsevan Zadar
AUS 66		Will PHILLIPS   Sam PHILLIPS	SSCBC
GBR 494	The Stephen Bradbury	Lachlan PEARMAN   Matthew BARKER	Datchet Water Sailing Club
POR 27		Jorge LIMA   José Luis COSTA	FPV / CNC
GBR 618	Attwater / Harken	Henry LLOYD WILLIAMS   Will ALLOWAY	lymington
IRL 689		Cian BYRNE   Patrick CROSBIE	RCYC
IRL 99	MG	Matthew McGOVERN   Robert GILMORE	ballyholme/royal ulster
GER 202		Jakob MEGGENDORFER   Andreas SPRANGER	Bayerischer Yacht Club
BRA 15		Robert SCHEIDT   Gabriel BORGES	CBVela
GBR 118	Scarlett	Chris TAYLOR   Sam BATTEN	RYA
POR 256		Francisco MAIA   Afonso MAIA	FPV / CVA
SWE 21		Fritiof HEDSTRÖM   Otto HAMEL	Göteborgs kungliga segelsällskap
OMA 145	Oman 49er	Musab AL HADI   Clement PEQUIN	Mussanah Sport City
JPN 847		Shingen FURUYA   Shinji HACHIYAMA	SPN
POR 22		Rodolfo PIRES   Gonçalo PIRES	FPV/ICMP
CAN 760	Corava Kokos	William JONES   Evan DEPAUL	Royal Hamilton Yacht Club
FRA 221	CONAGOR / Batistyl / IBA / SAUR / Decathlon	Lucas RUAL   Emile AMOROS	APCC / CNP
ITA 88	FSE Robline	Uberto CRIVELLI VISCONTI   Gianmarco TOGNI	C.C.Aniene
FRA 969		Gabriel SKOCZEK	Société nautique de Marseille
IRL 417		Robert DICKSON   Sean WADDILOVE	Howth Yacht Club
GER 115	Salzbrenner Würstchen, Mattfeld, Fleischgroßmarkt, Kieler Nachrichten, Optik Martin Stuttgart	Tim FISCHER   Fabian GRAF	Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
GBR 360	British Sailing Team	Jack HAWKINS   Chris THOMAS	Restronguet Sailing Club
POL 42		Lukasz PRZYBYTEK   Pawel KOLODZINSKI	AZS AWFiS Gdansk
GBR 284		Morgan PEACH   Rhos HAWES	1. Surf- und Segelgemeinschaft
DEN 511		Michael HANSEN   Mathias SLETTEN	FS/ASK
ITA 114		Edoardo CAMPOLI   Lorenzo CIANCHI	Club Nautico Marina di Carrara
GBR 33	Norfolk Enchants	Tom WALKER   Max TODD	West Wittering SC
NED 191	Magic marine/ van dam Brillen/ Eat natural /Delta lloyd	Lars van STEKELENBORG   Tbd TBD	Roei en Zeil vereniging Gouda
USA 28		Judge RYAN   Hans HENKEN	San Diego Yacht Club
SWE 121		Hannes WESTBERG   Albin BOMAN	Göteborgs Kungliga Segel Sällskap
DEN 979	Boten Anna	Klaes MEIER-ANDERSEN   Carl Emil NIELSEN	Aarhus Sejlklub
USA 126		Nevin SNOW   Maximiliano AGNESE	San Diego Yacht Club
CAN 905		Alexander HEINZEMANN   Justin BARNES	Royal Vancouver Yacht Club/Royal Canadian Yacht Club
ITA 199		Riccardo GROPPI   Stefano DEZULIAN	F.V. Malcesine
AUT 235	Nicko	Marco BAUMANN   Jakob FLACHBERGER	Yacht Club Achenkirch
NZL 989		Isaac McHARDIE   William McKENZIE	RAYC
BEL 314		Levi SLAP   Joachim D'HONDT	RBSC
ITA 26		Simone FERRARESE   Valerio GALATI	Circolo Vela Bari
ARG 51		Yago LANGE   Klaus LANGE	1. Surf- und Segelgemeinschaft
FRA 551	demi-portion	Yannis NAUDY   Martin GUEZ	CNVA
FRA 655		Erwan FISCHER   Thibault JULIEN	Cercle Nautique la Baule le Pouliguen Pornichet
IRL 11	Snabel	Ryan SEATON   Séafra GUILFOYLE	CSC/RCYC
GBR 3	British Sailing Team	Dylan FLETCHER-SCOTT   Stuart BITHELL	WPNSA
NZL 34	Speedealer	Josh POREBSKI   Trent RIPPEY	Worser Bay Boating Club, TYPBC
AUS 101	Barry	Lachy GILMOUR   Ryan DONALDSON	Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
AUS 707	Sun Dancer	Kurt HANSEN   Jim COLLEY	Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club/Gosford Sailing Club
SWE 16	GKSS/KSSS	Carl P SYLVAN   Marcus ANJEMARK	GKSS
ESP 46	fedar49er@hotmail.com	Federico ALONSO   Arturo ALONSO TELLECHEA	R.C.A.R
FRA 180	Parmigiano	Hugo FEDRIGUCCI   Sébastien SCOTTO di FASANO	SNLF
GBR 25	British Sailing Team	James PETERS   Fynn STERRITT	Royal Thames Yacht Club
POL 52		Przemek FILIPOWICZ   Jacek NOWAK	Akademicki Zwiazek Sportowy Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu Gdansk
BRA 20		Carles ROBLES   Marco GRAEL	CBVela
SLO 134		Peter Lin JANEZIC   Sebastian PRINCIC	JK MIPC
ESP 317	ENCE / Deporte Galego	Luis BUGALLO ARRIOLA   Jorge LORENZO ROMAN	R.C.N Vigo
IRL 283		Sean DONNELLY   Tadgh DONNELLY	National YC
BEL 24		Yannick LEFEBVRE   Tom PELSMAEKERS	VVW Nieuwpoort
GBR 234		James GRUMMETT   Daniel BUDDEN	Burwain SC
FRA 144	CNBPP BESSE FFV magic marine hydrenergy directsailing	Kévin FISCHER   Yann JAUVIN	CNBPP
POL 174	FSE Robline	Dominik BUKSAK   Szymon WIERZBICKI	YKP Gdynia
USA 914		Andrew MOLLERUS	HSKA
FRA 755	CNBPP NAEL	Gwendal NAEL   Brewal NAEL	CNBPP
ITA 23		Jacopo PLAZZI   Andrea TESEI	CCANIENE
IRL 165	In Deep	Mark HASSETT   Oisin O'DRISCOLL	F.M.O.E.C
GER 8	AUDI/ RedBull/ Mattfeld/ Salzbrenner-Würstchen/ Macs/ Zhik	Erik HEIL   Thomas PLOESSEL	Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
FIN 203	ebmpapst	Victor SILÉN   Christoffer SILÉN	Nyländska Jaktklubben
EST 321	Olybet	Juuso ROIHU   Henri ROIHU	Tallinn yacht club
KOR 207	Never sink	Sungwok KIM   Hoyeob YANG	Busan sailing club
AUT 29		Benjamin BILDSTEIN   David HUSSL	YC BREGENZ

49erFX Entries

Sail Number	Boat	Skipper	Club
DEN 914		Katrine BENDIX KROGH   Line JUST EMSVANG	Kaløvig Bådelaug
IND 737		Varsha GAUTHAM   Sweta SHERVEGAR	AMS Sailing Foundation
POL 888		Aleksandra MELZACKA   Kinga LOBODA	Yacht Klub Polski Gdynia
SWE 25		Julia GROSS   Hanna KLINGA	KSSS
JPN 728		Sayoko HARADA   Sarah NAGAMATSU	TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
AUT 61	Katniss	Tanja FRANK   Lorena ABICHT	UYC NEUSIEDLERSEE
USA 548		Kate SHANER   Caroline ATWOOD	Seattle Yacht Club
ITA 223	Arian	Carlotta OMARI   Matilda DISTEFANO	CNT Sirena
POL 258		Madeleine ZIELINSKA   Nadia ZIELINSKA	AZS UWM OLSZTYN
CAN 18	Maple	Erin RAFUSE   Danielle BOYD	RNSYS/KYC
GBR 99		Kate MACGREGOR   Sophie AINSWORTH	Royal Thames Yacht Club
GER 55	Audi	Victoria JURCZOK   Anika LORENZ	Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee
ITA 80		Maria Ottavia RAGGIO   Alice SINNO	Circolo Velico La Spezia
EST 372		Kätlin TAMMISTE   Anna Maria SEPP	ROPK/TJK
ARU 515		Odile van AANHOLT   Nicole van der VELDEN	Aruba Sailing Assosiation
FRA 971	DigestScience/la nautique/pronote/GGVLS	Lili SEBESI   Albane DUBOIS	La Nautique
NZL 484		Erica DAWSON   Kate STEWART	Murrays Bay Sailing Club
ESP 178		Carla MUNTE   Marta MUNTE	CN Cambrils
FIN 120	AUDI	Noora RUSKOLA   Mikaela WULFF	Nylandska Jaktklubben
ITA 235	FraJa	Francesca BERGAMO   Jana GERMANI	YCA/TPK Sirena
CHI 194	Banco Santander - Team Chile	Arantza GUMUCIO   Begoña GUMUCIO	Cofradía Náutica del Pacífico
SUI 818		Livia NAEF   Nelia PUHZE	Yachtclub Arbon
ESP 23	MOVISTAR	Tamara ECHEGOYEN DOMINGUEZ   Berta BETANZOS MORO	RCN SANXENXO
AUS 41	Valhalla	Tess LLOYD   Eliza SOLLY	SSCBC/SYC/RBYC/PYC
GBR 291		Victoria PAYNE   Alice MASTERMAN	Emsworth Sailing Club
AUT 100		Angelika KOHLENDORFER   Lisa FARTHOFER	YC PODERSDORF
POL 34		Sara PIASECKA   Sandra JANKOWIAK	Olsztynski Klub Zeglarski Olsztyn
GBR 44	GEMINI	Charlotte DOBSON   Saskia TIDEY	RNCYC
DEN 11		Ida Marie BAAD NIELSEN   Marie THUSGAARD OLSEN	Aarhus Sejlklub
SGP 284		Kimberly LIM   Cecilia LOW	CWSS
GBR 230		Megan BRICKWOOD   Eleanor ALDRIDGE	1. Segel- und Surf-Club
FRA 13	Banque populaire/TBS/ville de marseillan	Julie BOSSARD   Aude COMPAN	Cmvsb
NED 664		Judith ENGBERTS   Cecile JANMAAT	VWDTP
GER 810	Carlsson	Jule GOERGE   Lotta GOERGE	Kieler Yacht-Club e. V.
NED 66		Annemiek BEKKERING   Cecile JANMAAT	WSV
SGP 33		Griselda KHNG   Olivia CHEN	Singapore sailing
USA 313	Kilroy Realty	Stephanie ROBLE   Maggie SHEA	Lake Beulah YC/Chicago YC
NZL 16	Lola	Alexandra MALONEY   Molly MEECH	MBSC, RAYC
SWE 999	Glenn	Klara WESTER   Rebecca NETZLER	GKSS
GBR 469		Sophie WEGUELIN   Stephanie ORTON	Chichester yacht club
AUT 24		Laura SCHÖFEGGER   Elsa LOVREK	UYC WOLFGANGSEE
BRA 12		Martine GRAEL   Kahena KUNZE	CBVela
AUS 14	Bubba Gump Shrimp	Haylee OUTTERIDGE   Nina CURTIS	Wangi Amateur Sailing Club
JPN 611		Chika HATAE   Hiroka ITAKURA	TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
AUS 93	Kunu	Caitlin ELKS   Hayley CLARK	FSC
AUS 101	Tiffany	Natasha BRYANT   Annie WILMOT	Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
GER 9	D-velop, bollé, skins	Tina LUTZ   Susann BEUCKE	Chiemsee-Yacht-Club e. V.
JPN 117		Anna YAMAZAKI   Sena TAKANO	NOEVIR
NED 669		Dewi COUVERT	WSV
ESP 212	ENCE FGV DEPORTE GALEGO	Patricia SUÁREZ   María ALONSO GONZÁLEZ-SOLLA	Real Club Náutico de Vigo
ARG 19	ENARD	Victoria TRAVASCIO   María Sol BRANZ	Yacht Club Argentino
AUS 131	Bruno	Amelia STABBACK   Ella CLARK	Fremantle Sailing Club
DEN 49		Anne-Julie SCHÜTT   Iben NIELSBY	Horsens Sejlklub
SWE 113		Vilma BOBECK   Malin TENGSTRÖM	Royal Swedish Yacht Club
DEN 71		Jena Mai HANSEN   Katja SALSKOV-IVERSEN	Hellerup Sejlklub
NOR 26		Helene NAESS   Marie RØNNINGEN	Tønsberg Seilforening