2015 SB20 World Championships - Key decision day

by True Angle on 8 Jul 2015 Three races completed on day two (July seventh) of the 2015 Trentino SB20 World Championships, with the 98-boat fleet now divided into ‘gold’ and ‘silver’ fleets, determining who can challenge for the title. But there’s nothing to split the leaders, with two teams tied on points after six races.

Torbole provided more classic conditions at Lake Garda for the second day of the 2015 SB20 World Championships, with the famous south to south-westerly afternoon 'Ora' breeze allowing six more races to be held, three each for the two qualifying fleets. The qualifying series is now over and one discard comes into play. Eight more races are scheduled – with just one discard allowed from the final races: there is no room for error over the next three days.

The large international entry is now split into Gold and Silver fleets, with the Gold fleet leaders vying for the title of 2015 World Champion. Competition couldn’t be tighter, with the lead two boats each tied on 12 points apiece. Roger Hudson’s South African ‘Race Ahead – Spirit of Cape Town’ had a super-consistent day, scoring a fourth and two seconds, while the French youth team ‘Give me 5’ from the FFV opened their day with a win, and went on to score another second and fourth.

Robin Follin of ‘Give me 5’ commented after racing: “So far in the regatta we’ve wanted to sail ‘safe’ so as to make it into the Gold fleet. Now we know our boat is fast, so tomorrow we should take more risks!”

Early leaders Ian Ainslie and Italian crew have dropped to third on 17 points after counting a sixth and fifth from today’s races. There is little to split the fourth placed Russian team of Alexey Murashkin, who took two seconds today to end on 23 points, and the highly-fancied Ukrainian entry skippered by Rodion Luka, who is lying in fifth on 24 points. Luka scored two race wins today, but also finished in 19th place in the day’s opener, which forces his ‘Sky Line’ team to count an earlier 12th place on their scoreline.

The first British boat is Joe Llewellyn in sixth place with ‘Forelle Estates’, who picked up his first race win of the championships today. He is tied on points with seventh-placed Russian entry Vladimir Prosikhin on ‘Nika’. The first of a strong Australian entry is Glenn Bourke and Robert Jeffreys, currently in ninth place.

SB20 World Council Class President Ed Russo, who is racing on ‘Black Magic’ in eighth place, said: “It is extremely tough out there. The competition is incredibly tight and it’s great to see the youth teams coming to the fore. We are looking forward to the final series – where it’s going to get even tougher for sure!”

For some teams the no-hold-barred nature of the championship led to disappointment ashore, with Pieter Heyn and Rob Gullan’s ‘F5 Synthesis Team Gul’ (GBR) picking up two OCS scores on today’s competitive start lines. The Black Flag also caught a couple of boats out in the final race of the day. There was more disappointment still for Richard McAdam and team on ‘Here Comes Bod’ (GBR) scoring three DNFs today, after failing to sail with the correct fleet.

Those teams now in the Silver fleet aren’t out of contention for a prize haul, as class builder and supplier Sportsboat World will be sponsoring the Silver fleet with separate bounty up for grabs, and from tomorrow the leaders in that division will be flying the famous bright pink spinnaker (Tour de France yellow jersey-style).

SportsboatWorld are also sponsoring a ‘Nations Cup’ prize for the best aggregate score for the top three teams from each nation overall. The main contenders expected to compete for this include France, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, UK, Australia and Ireland. Inevitably, with UK and Australia as the two leading teams currently some ‘Ashes style’ rivalry is developing.

Results:

No	Numero	Nome	Punti	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	RSA 3469	ROGER HUDSON, Maschio, ASENATHI JIM, TAARIQ JACOBS, RCYC RACEAHEAD - SPIRIT OF CAPE TOW	12,0	3	(4)	1	4	2	2
2	FRA 3653	ROBIN FOLLIN, Maschio, MARINE BOUDOT, EMERIC MICHEL, CN SAINTE-MAXIME GIVE ME 5 BY FFV YOUTH	12,0	(13)	3	2	1	4	2
3	ITA 3616	IAN AISLIE, Maschio, PAULIN GIAN MATTEO, ADAM MARTIN, CUS BOLOGNA	17,0	4	1	1	(8)	6	5
4	RUS 3708	KIRILL FROLOV, Maschio, MURASHKIN ALEXEY, IGNATENKO EGOR, SPBYC MELSTONTEAM	23,0	7	8	4	2	2	(9)
5	UKR 3726	RODION LUKA, Maschio, SVETLANA SOROKINA, IGOR SEVERIANOV, KIEV RACING YACHT CLUB SKY LINE	24,0	1	12	9	(19)	1	1
6	GBR 3732	JOE LLEWELLYN, Maschio, NIGEL WAKEFIELD, JERRY VIGUS, WESSEX EXILES SAILING CLUB FORELLE ESTATES	26,0	8	2	6	(20)	9	1
7	RUS 3709	VLADIMIR PROSIKHIN, Maschio, BASALKIN ARTEM, MARTEMIANOV ALEX, SPB YC NIKA	26,0	1	5	7	(10)	5	8
8	FRA 3706	RUSSO EDWARD, Maschio, CHATEAU CE'DRIC, FAVENNER GILLIES, CLUB NAUTIQUE VALéRIQUAIS BLACK MAGIC	27,0	6	4	(7)	7	7	3
9	AUS 3737	ROBERT JEFFREYS, Maschio, GLEN BOURKE, SAE LILLEY, SANDRINGHAM YACHT CLUB	30,0	4	9	(12)	3	10	4
10	GBR 3724	JOHN POLLAND, Maschio, ROB SMITH, CHAZ HOOK, RTYC EXCELLENT	31,0	5	13	6	6	1	(14)
11	GBR 3728	RICHARD POWELL, Maschio, BEN VINES, TIM BURNELL, RORC MARVEL	37,0	9	11	(28)	5	8	4
12	AUS 3731	MICHAEL COOPER, Maschio, DAVID CHAPMAN, MATTHEW JOHNSTON, ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA	38,0	5	15	3	(18)	12	3
13	GBR 3722	JERRY HILL, Maschio, ALAN HILLMAN, CRAIG WATSON, ROYAL SOUTHERN YC SPORTSBOATWORLD.COM	38,0	3	8	5	10	(16)	12
14	UKR 3703	VALERIY POLOVOY, Maschio, BOGOMOLKIN VOLODYMYR, STASYUK VOLODYMYR, BLACK SEA Y/C PEARL 2	39,0	10	13	5	4	7	(24)
15	AUS 3735	CHRIS DARE, Maschio, SEARCE KEIRAN, TWEEDELL OLIVER, SORRENTO SAILING COUTA BOAT CL	42,0	2	6	2	(28)	27	5
16	GBR 3720	ADRIAN PEACH, Maschio, GARY PHARE, JIM SHORT, ROYAL TORBAY YACHT CLUB UBER	45,0	13	2	(14)	12	8	10
17	ITA 3543	VINCENZO GRACIOTTI, Maschio, GIOVANNI MELONE, SERGIO LAMBERTENGHI, YACHT CLUB RIVIERA DEL CONERO DKC	46,0	(15)	9	3	13	10	11
18	FRA 3302	JADE FESTINO, Maschio, ALEXANDRE FESTINO, BENJAMIN COHEN, CLUB NAUTIQUE DES SALETTES CN SABLETTE	48,0	7	7	17	11	(24)	6
19	GBR 3710	SCOTT GRAHAM, Maschio, NICK ELDER, TICH SUMMERS, ROYAL TAY YACHT CLUB CHILL PILL	52,0	12	7	9	(30)	9	15
20	IRL 3490	SHANE MURPHY, Maschio, DARAGH SHERIDAN, JOHN PHELAR, HOWTH YACHT CLUB	56,0	16	21	8	5	6	(bfd)
21	POR 3105	JOSE' PAULO RAMADA, Maschio, ANTONIO PEREIRA, MIGUEL L L.FARIA, CNCASCAIS DOM PEDRO HOTELS/GENERALI	59,0	6	6	(21)	15	25	7
22	ITA 3553	ROBERTO BENAMATI, Maschio, CATTANEO ALESSANDRO, BARBIERI VALENTINO, FRAGLIA VELA MALCESINE BEST WIND	60,0	11	20	13	(31)	5	11
23	ITA 3333	DANIELE POLI, Maschio, OSCAR FARACE, DEBERNARDI FRANCESCO, CIRCOLO VELA ORTA MINNIE	68,0	(26)	15	4	17	13	19
24	AUS 3734	STEHPEN FRIES, Maschio, MARK MUIRHEAD, ANDREW ROBERTS, SANDRINGHAM YACHT CLUB	68,0	8	19	10	11	(20)	20
25	GBR 3047	PIETER HEYN, Maschio, ROB GULLAN, ROSIE SIBTHORPE, WARSASH SC F5 SYNTHESIS TEAM GUL	73,0	2	1	15	(ocs)	ocs	8
26	IRL 3060	KIREAN DORGAN, Maschio, JASON LOSTY, EWAN O KEEFFE, COVE SAILING CLUB THE BEAR	73,0	12	17	12	(40)	22	10
27	RUS 3707	VADIM PUSHEV, Maschio, TIMUR SABIRZIANOV, ALEXANDER MIKHAILOV, SAINT-PETERSBURG YACHT CLUB VIS SAILING TEAM	74,0	9	17	8	12	(30)	28
28	ITA 3098	LINA FAGGI, Femmina, CHIARA ABBRUZZESE, SERENA SICHER, PORTO SAN ROCCO PETITE BETE	75,0	19	(24)	10	19	14	13
29	POR 3581	GEORGY SOKOLOVSKIY, Maschio, BORIS KUCHERENKO, VASILY YAKOVLEV, NA ALADDIN	78,0	14	16	16	(28)	17	15
30	IRL 3433	DAVY TAYLOR, Maschio, LISA NEARY, MARTY O'LEARY, ISA WWW.YACHTSMAN.IE	79,0	(26)	25	24	9	3	18
31	FRA 3423	HELENE URRUTTI, Femmina, ANNA PIROGOVA, JOHAN RAVIER, YACHT CLUB DE CANNES OCEANTEAM SOLUTIONS	79,0	16	23	17	16	(26)	7
32	ITA 3073	MASSIMO FULLONE, Maschio, AIRO' ANDREA, ALESSIA DE VITA, C. VELICO ONDABUENA SBERLA	81,0	10	(26)	22	3	20	26
33	IRL 3544	MICHAEL O'CONNOR, Maschio, OWEN LAVERTY, KEVIN JOHNSON, ROYAL ST GEORGE YACHT CLUB SIN BIN	83,0	18	20	20	16	(31)	9
34	NED 3441	PAUL GAST, Maschio, NANNO AUKUS, WONTER VAN DER ENDER, WSV HELLEVOETSLUIS RIVIUM	86,0	17	10	26	18	15	(35)
35	UKR 3042	VALERII BUNDIUK, Maschio, YULIY KHUDOMAKA, OLEG YZYUMTSEV, NIKOPOL SAILING CENTER	87,0	11	(24)	24	23	13	16
36	GBR 3106	THOMAS CLAY, Maschio, TOM CLAY, RICHARD CLAY, ROYAL SOUTHERN YC WHYADUCK	87,0	20	(dnf)	15	14	15	23
37	NED 3714	MARCO VAN DRIEL, Maschio, JOOST ASSMANN, MARTIJN WORSELING, WSV BRAASSEMERMEER MXTC	88,0	14	12	31	8	(37)	23
38	ITA 3187	ROBERTO RIVIECCIO, Maschio, RIVECCIO MATTEO, MATTEO RAMIAN, YC PORTO TORRES SBALLATA	90,0	21	18	16	(27)	11	24
39	GBR 3027	ALEC RUSSELL, Maschio, CLAIRE RUSSELL, EDWARD HANDASYDE DICK, ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB eDIGITAL RESEARCH	93,0	21	10	11	(32)	30	21
40	POR 3525	ROQUETTE TIAGO, Maschio, BARRETO PEDRO, TELES FERNANDO, CWDS BOOM BAP WEAR	94,0	18	14	(42)	37	19	6
41	GBR 3149	MARK GILLETT, Maschio, PAULL HINE, CHRIS DUCKER, FRENSHAM POND SC POOR BUOY	95,0	20	22	11	22	(29)	20
42	RUS 3725	BORIS LATKIN, Maschio, CHUGUNOV OLEG, YCSPB MY MARUSIA	95,0	(27)	14	26	13	24	18
43	GBR 3082	CHARLES SHEPPARD, Maschio, FRANCOIS HILARY, GASPAR VANHOLLEBEKE, RORL SHARL	96,0	(43)	18	34	21	11	12
44	GBR 3215	KERI HARRIS, Maschio, SAM THOMPSON, LEANNE MIBBERD, RNSA SAIL NAVY	97,0	29	34	(44)	1	4	29
45	BEL 3345	BART TYTGAT, Maschio, TOBIAS TYTGAT, KRISTOF WOUTTERS, RNSYC GO WITH THE FLOW	100,0	30	21	(37)	6	26	17
46	AUS 3390	PHILIP REID, Maschio, ANDRE' DECLERCK, SAM IBBOTT, ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA MIND GAMES	103,0	(30)	23	29	2	21	28
47	RUS 373	VLADISLAAV IVANOVSKIY, Maschio, EKATERINA BESSONOVA, ALEXEY EGOROV, YC OF SANKT-PETERSBURG	107,0	33	5	27	25	(35)	17
48	IRL 3062	RONAN DOWNING, Maschio, GRAEME GRANT, BREFFNI JONES, KINSALE YACHT CLUB CORONA	107,0	23	22	35	(dnf)	14	13
49	GER 3402	DANIEL SPAENLE, Maschio, TOBIAS SPAENLE, KONSTANTIN KRAUSS, MUENCHENER RUDER- UND SEGELVER PROPERTY BASE	107,0	22	(43)	33	20	18	14
50	ITA 3620	LORENZA MARIANI, Femmina, MARCELLA TRIOSCHI, ALESSANDRA GAOSO, VELA CLUB CAMPIONE	108,0	19	25	23	24	17	(30)
51	IRL 3316	GER DEMPSEY, Maschio, BLAIR STANAWAY, AOIFE ENGLISH, ROYAL IRISH YACHT CLUB VENUESWORLD.COM	109,0	25	11	33	15	25	(dsq)
52	GBR 3010	TOBY LITTON, Maschio, ANDREW EGGETT, CARLOS LOSADA DE LA LASTRA, ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB SBEED	109,0	(38)	26	19	23	19	22
53	GBR 3723	CHRIS DARLING, Maschio, CHRIS DARLING, IAN SULLIVAN, ITCHENOR SAILING CLUB DARLING ASSOCIATES	110,0	22	(ocs)	34	29	3	22
54	UKR 3130	KOSTIANTYN IEMCHENKO, Maschio, SERGEJ NIMCHENKO, ARTEM IEMCHENKO, YAKOR COMET	111,0	28	3	19	25	(ocs)	36
55	ITA 3639	CARLO TOMELLERI, Maschio, IVAN VENTURI, PIETRO SARTORI, CIRCOLO NAUTICO BRENZONE ENJOY	116,0	23	29	(dsq)	27	16	21
56	IRL 3307	STEPHAN HYDE, Maschio, JAMES DOWLING, DOWLING JERRY, ROYAL IRISH YACHT CLUB BAD-KILCULLEN	118,0	31	16	28	(39)	27	16
57	GBR 3716	SIMON HUME, Maschio, OLIVER NEDHAM, ALEX CHRISTIE, BRYC MCPM	119,0	31	30	18	14	(32)	26
58	FRA 3339	LAMBERT PIERRE-YVES, Maschio, BLONDEL FABRICE, HERPIN FREDERIC, COYCH SANS BLAGUE	120,0	15	31	29	22	23	(bfd)
59	ITA 3633	CLAUDIO DUTTO, Maschio, MAX COLLOTTA, ANDREA TRANI, LEGA NAVALE RIVA ASANTE SANA	126,0	17	(31)	21	30	31	27
60	POR 3286	LUIS PESSANHA, Maschio, MAFALDA PIRES DE LIMA, LEITE CASTRO, CVA GANDIABLASCO	136,0	(dnf)	27	14	9	39	dnf
61	IRL 3717	JUSTIN BURKE, Maschio, DARREN BURKE, ED COOKE, NATIONAL YACHT CLUB ALERT PACKAGING	137,0	(36)	32	35	17	22	31
62	RUS 3324	ANDREI PISKAREV, Maschio, SCHECERBAKOV SERGEY, SCHERBAKOV ANDREI, SPORTFLOT MOSCOW GAUDI GALOPIN	138,0	34	28	18	35	23	(36)
63	ITA 3567	FABRIZIO BOROMEI, Maschio, MONTANARI ROBERTO, MIGANI MATTEO, LEGA NAVALE RIMINI KBL	143,0	(dnf)	36	dsq	7	28	25
64	IRL 3449	DAVID BARRY, Maschio, ANDREW VAUGHAN, GER BYTHELL, ISA LIA	145,0	34	27	31	(36)	34	19
65	ITA 3210	MATTEO SCAGLIOSO, Maschio, PALAZZO FRANCESCO, DODARO VALERIO, C.V. ONDABUENA ACADEMY FLOCKINO	146,0	36	28	25	36	21	(41)
66	ITA 3113	GIORGIO GRASSI, Maschio, BRUNO MONNI, AMEDEO PERANI, CVT SCHIENA DRITTA	147,0	32	(41)	20	31	33	31
67	BEL 3311	PAUL JONCKHEERE, Maschio, GEERT ORBIE, JAN ALLEMAN, RNSYC SELDEN	148,0	25	35	30	(38)	33	25
68	IRL 3484	PETER LEE, Maschio, STEPHEN LEE, MICHAEL, R.ST.G.Y.C SERIOUSLY BONKERS	149,0	28	34	23	32	(38)	32
69	FIN 3715	ALEKSEI FEDOROV, Maschio, MIKHAIL EROKHOVETS, SERGEY ILKOV, SAINT-PETERSBURG YC POLARIS	149,0	24	(40)	40	24	32	29
70	RUS 3281	ANDREY PRONIN, Maschio, BORIS LYSENKO, ILYA MARYAMOV, YACHTING RUS CLUB YRC.DK	150,0	(44)	40	38	26	12	34
71	FRA 3576	MELEN BENOIT, Maschio, BRIOIST ERIC, GEORGY, CY CARNAC LADYBUG	153,0	27	(39)	30	26	37	33
72	GBR 3020	MIKE PICKERING, Maschio, MIKE PRIDDLE, IAN MAKEPEACE, RESTRONGUET SC WHITE KNUCKLES	157,0	24	33	32	(41)	34	34
73	GBR 3291	DOUG INNES, Maschio, GARETH GLOVER, MARTIN FOX, RSYC PHANTOM MEACE	162,0	37	38	(41)	34	18	35
74	GER 3475	VASILY GRIGORIEV, Maschio, ALEX GRIGORIEV, MIKHAIL MARKIN, PIROGOVO MOSCOW RUSSIA MST	166,0	39	30	25	39	(42)	33
75	RUS 3730	ALEKSEI KOLOBANOV, Maschio, PIETROV ANDREY, SOKOLOV ANDREY, SAN P.YACHT CLUB VICTORIA TEAM	167,0	38	(44)	13	40	36	40
76	NED 3032	MARTIN LOSSIE, Maschio, JOHN EERTINK, JOSSE SPIERTZ, WSV BRAASSEMERMEER RUMBLEFLURG	167,0	(dnf)	45	40	21	29	32
77	BEL 3518	NICOLAS ELLEBOUDT (MAINSAIL), Maschio, LUC VERSTRAETE (HELMSMAN), CEDRIC DEBLEYE (GEN/JIB), ROYAL NORTH SEA YACHT CLUB TACKTONIC	167,0	(40)	35	27	29	39	37
78	UKR 3172	SERGIY YELOV, Maschio, DMYTRO POTOTSKYI, IURII BONDARENKO, SB20 UKRAINIAN CLASS ASSOCIATI SELTEQ RACING	169,0	(41)	37	21	41	38	27
79	ITA 3251	GIOVANNI CAVALLO, Maschio, LOMBARDI DAVIDE, CAPOZZA GIROLAMO, LNI BRINDISI MA.TI	169,0	32	32	36	33	36	(38)
80	ITA 3598	PIETRO FOIS, Maschio, ALESSANDRO BALZANI, SALVATORE FORTUNATO, YACHT CLUB PORTO ROTONDO ALGHERO	171,0	(dsq)	37	32	33	28	41
81	GBR 3021	RICHARD MCADAM, Maschio, RICHARD HALL, ETIENNE GAUVAIN, WEIR WOOD HERE COMES BOD	178,0	29	19	36	(dnf)	dnf	dnf
82	IRL 3308	JOHN LYONS, Maschio, COLIN GALAVAN, RORY MCSTAY, ROYAL IRISH YACHT CLUB MEPHISTO	183,0	35	29	41	38	(43)	40
83	ITA 3186	FABIO PIGNATELLI, Maschio, DI NOI ARMANDO, BOCCUNI DANIELE, C.V. ONDABUENA ACADEMY SBANDATA	185,0	33	43	(dnf)	37	42	30
84	GBR 3069	IAN HUDSON, Maschio, HELEN MACNAMARA, ROBIN GRAHAM, WARSASH SAILING CLUB SLINKY	185,0	(41)	38	39	35	35	38
85	FRA 3034	NATHALIE MOURET, Femmina, MOURET THIBAULT, MOURET PIERRE, SOCIETE NAUTIQUE LA CIOTAT ROLLMOPS	189,0	37	(42)	38	34	41	39
86	GBR 3212	ALISTAIR PERKINS, Maschio, DAVD CABRITA, LIESBETH ROGGERMAN, WV BRAASSEMERMEER, NL 3 DARLINGS	198,0	39	39	(43)	43	40	37
87	FRA 3009	VINCENT DESNOT, Maschio, EMILIEN RAMIER, JEAN-CHRISTOPHE CASCAILH, YACHT CLUB DE CANNES MAMBO NUMBER 9	200,0	40	33	37	(46)	46	44
88	GBR 3096	ROGER HARFORD, Maschio, TIM BIGG, FRANCESCA MARTIN, LYMINGTON TOWN SAILING CLUB RED KITE	203,0	43	36	44	(45)	41	39
89	FRA 3654	CORNESSE PHILIPPE, Maschio, CORNESSE MARIE ELISABETH, JEAN LUC BATENDS, COYCH HYèRES SCOUBIDOU	205,0	35	42	43	42	(45)	43
90	GER 3474	MICHAEL MUELLER, Maschio, CLAUDIAPANKATZ-SCHULTMEIS, DIRK VIETMEIER, SNST SPEIMANES	207,0	42	(44)	39	44	40	42
91	GBR 3335	RICHARD CURRAN, Maschio, GARETH MIDDLECOATE, MATTHEW DONNISON, ROYAL SIGNALS YACHT CLUB ROYAL SIGNALS	209,0	42	41	42	42	(dnf)	42
92	GBR 3162	JAMES RUSSELL, Maschio, MATHEW BAKER, HPYC BULLDOG	226,0	(dnf)	dnf	dnf	43	44	45