49er and 49erFX Europeans - Kiwi World Champions in pole position

by Andy Rice on 13 Jul 2014 At the 49er and 49erFX European Championships, both the men’s and women’s World Champions sit in pole position going into the deciding day in Helsinki. In the 49erFX, Alex Maloney and Molly Meech moved ahead of the defending European Champions, Ida Marie Nielsen and Marie Olsen, after a solid day in strengthening winds.

The New Zealanders scored 2,5,4 in the 27-boat Gold Fleet, and carry 42 points into the final day, a single point ahead of the Danes. Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze looked set to take back the yellow jerseys for Sunday’s three theatre-style races, but after scoring three and one in the first two heats they picked up a disappointing 11th in the final heat which puts them in third overall, but still only five points off the lead.

As the breeze built throughout the afternoon, touching 18 knots by the end of play, two Dutch crews moved to the fore, but Nielsen and Olsen got on a charge downwind to the finish and just stole victory in the final race, the Danish looking very confident with their speed and boathandling the windier it became. Even when they left their spinnaker drops too late on the previous laps, the reigning European Champions somehow kept the wheels on the wagon and look in good shape to defend their title. Along with the Brazilians and Kiwis, they hold a good margin over the rest of the field, although another Danish crew - Jena Mai Hansen and Katja Iversen - are in fourth place and still very much within striking distance.



In the men’s 49er, Pete Burling and Blair Tuke had a rare slip-up in today’s first race, sailing out to the right and into the wrong corner of the race track, leaving them deep in the pack at the first mark. With the wind barely into double-figures for the men’s first race, the Kiwi World Champions failed to exert their usual boatspeed advantage and could only manage a 16th. It was the Austrians who finished fourth at the 2012 Olympic Games - Nico Delle Karth and Nikolaus Resch - who won the race ahead of Italy’s Jacopa Plazzi and Umberto Molinaris.

As the breeze started to build into the early teens, normal service was resumed as the New Zealanders put the hammer down to win the next two races. Burling and Tuke, unbeaten in a regatta since taking the silver medal at the London 2012 Games, have won five of the six heats in the Gold Fleet final. This gives them an 11-point advantage over their arch rivals from Australia and reigning Olympic Champions, Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen. The Aussies sailed a solid first race today, coming third behind the Austrian and Italian crews, but then slid to 15th in the next. Finally in the third race we saw the Kiwis and Aussies in a proper head-to-head, rounding in first and second at the top mark. 'But then we misjudged our approach to the bottom gate,' admitted Outteridge. 'We wanted to come into the marks with some heat, but we overcooked it and didn’t realise how much the breeze had built.'

The misjudgment briefly handed the lead to Great Britain’s Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign, although the Kiwis proved unstoppable in the stronger wind. 'We knew we couldn’t match them boat for boat,' said Fletcher. 'Pete and Blair have an incredible amount of speed at the moment, and they maybe eight kilos heavier than us, so we had to try something different.' Even so, the Brits held on to the lead at the final turning mark, but allowed the Kiwis to gybe-set into stronger breeze on the right-hand side of the course. The Aussies followed suit, and both Antipodean crews managed to get past the Brits on the final run to the finish.

Fletcher and Sign still hold third overall, and are only 3.4 points behind Outteridge. Just a few points further back in fourth place are the recent winners of Kiel Week, Erik Heil and Thomas Ploessel from Germany, the bronze medallists at last year’s European Championship. With the Theatre Style racing comprising three short-course races with boundary ropes, and involving just the top 10 boats in the overall standings, there are still many opportunities for an upset. But as of this evening, things couldn’t be much better for the Kiwis who sit at the top of both leaderboards.

Live TV coverage of the Theatre Style racing starts at 13:00 on Sunday.

Tune in at 09:00 tomorrow for the Magic Marine Morning Show where we have fantastic guests each day. Day six will feature Jena Mai Hansen, Molly Meech, Charlotte Dobson, Dylan Fletcher and Blair Tuke.

49er European Championship 2014

Results are as of 18:30 on July 12, 2014

1-Gold Fleet

Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 28, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Nat	SailNo	HelmName	CrewName	CarriedFwd	Nett	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6
1st	NZL	1	Peter BURLING	Blair TUKE	23.0	28.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(16.0)	1.0	1.0
2nd	AUS	5	Nathan OUTTERRIDGE	Iain JENSEN	23.0	39.0	4.0	2.0	5.0	3.0	(15.0)	2.0
3rd	GBR	4	Dylan FLECHER	Alain SIGN	14.4	42.4	3.0	9.0	8.0	5.0	(17.0)	3.0
4th	GER	12	Erik HEIL	Thomas PLOESSEL	26.0	47.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	6.0	2.0	(8.0)
5th	FRA	3	Manu DYEN	Stephane CHRISTIDIS	13.0	54.0	(13.0)	11.0	6.0	12.0	3.0	9.0
6th	DEN	30	Jonas WARRER	Anders THOMSEN	23.0	63.0	8.0	3.0	4.0	(13.0)	12.0	13.0
7th	AUT	84	Delle KARTH & RESCH	Nikolaus Leopold RESCH	19.0	65.0	11.0	7.0	17.0	1.0	10.0	(26.0)
8th	ITA	22	Giuseppe ANGILELLA	Pietro ZUCCHETTI	21.0	85.0	6.0	20.0	(28.0 UFD)	10.0	5.0	23.0
9th	ITA	23	Jacopo PLAZZI	Umberto MOLINERIS	46.0	86.0	(21.0)	17.0	10.0	2.0	6.0	5.0
10th	CRO	13	Pavle KOSTOV	Petar CUPAC	40.8	86.8	2.0	14.0	9.0	9.0	(22.0)	12.0
11th	GBR	10	John PINK	Stuart BITHELL	34.0	90.0	22.0	6.0	15.0	7.0	(28.0 DSQ)	6.0
12th	AUS	66	Will PHILLIPS	Fang WARREN	34.0	95.0	23.0	12.0	2.0	(24.0)	13.0	11.0
13th	POL	42	Lukasz PRZYBYTEK	Pawel KOLODZINSKI	42.0	102.0	9.0	13.0	7.0	(28.0 DSQ)	21.0	10.0
14th	IRL	99	Ryan SEATON	Matt MCGOVERN	44.2	106.2	7.0	4.0	(19.0)	17.0	16.0	18.0
15th	BRA	300	Dante BIANCHI	Thomas LOWBEER	37.0	108.0	12.0	16.0	(22.0)	22.0	7.0	14.0
16th	SWE	500	Victor BERGSTRÖM	Victor VÄSTERNÄS	44.0	111.0	(20.0)	8.0	16.0	18.0	9.0	16.0
17th	ITA	969	Stefano CHERIN	Andrea TESEI	42.0	111.0	19.0	15.0	12.0	8.0	(25.0)	15.0
18th	FRA	14	Mathieu FREI	Yann ROCHERIEUX	44.0	114.0	(28.0 DNF)	22.0	14.0	11.0	19.0	4.0
19th	FRA	6	Julien D ORTOLI	Noé DELPECH	41.0	117.0	(24.0)	10.0	11.0	15.0	23.0	17.0
20th	GBR	114	Nic ASHER	Fynn STERRITT	45.5	120.5	17.0	21.0	13.0	4.0	(24.0)	20.0
21st	ITA	444	Luca DUBBINI	Roberto DUBBINI	45.0	125.0	18.0	23.0	(28.0 UFD)	14.0	18.0	7.0
22nd	POR	27	Jorge LIMA	José COSTA	34.0	126.0	14.0	(25.0)	23.0	20.0	11.0	24.0
23rd	GBR	98	David EVANS	Ed POWYS	44.0	128.0	16.0	18.0	20.0	(28.0 DNF)	8.0	22.0
24th	AUS	20	Steve THOMAS	Sam PHILLIPS	46.0	134.0	10.0	(24.0)	18.0	19.0	20.0	21.0
25th	POL	52	Tomasz JANUSZEWSKI	Jacek NOWAK	45.0	137.0	15.0	19.0	21.0	23.0	14.0	(25.0)
26th	ESP	32	Carlos Paz BLANCO	Anton Paz BLANCO	50.0	150.0	(28.0 P)	28.0 P	28.0 P	21.0	4.0	19.0
27th	ESP	8	Federico ALONSO	Arturo ALONSO	37.0	177.0	(28.0 DNC)	28.0 DNC	28.0 DNC	28.0 DNC	28.0 DNC	28.0 DNC
28th	NZL	2	Marcus HANSEN	Josh POREBSKI	46.0	186.0	(28.0 P)	28.0 P	28.0 P	28.0 P	28.0 P	28.0 P

 

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49erFX European Championship 2014

Results are as of 18:21 on July 12, 2014

 

1-Gold Fleet

Sailed: 6, Discards: 1, To count: 5, Entries: 28, Scoring system: Appendix A

Rank	Fleet	Nat	SailNo	HelmName	CrewName	CarriedFwd	Penalties	Nett	R4	R5	R6
1st	1- Gold	NZL	1	Alexandra MALONEY	Molly MEECH	29.0		42.0	2.0	5.0	4.0
2nd	1- Gold	DEN	11	Ida Marie Baad NIELSEN	Marie Thusgaard OLSEN	18.0		43.0	5.0	(9.0)	1.0
3rd	1- Gold	BRA	12	Martine GRAEL	Kahena KUNZE	17.0		47.0	3.0	1.0	11.0
4th	1- Gold	DEN	136	Jena Mai HANSEN	Katja SALSKOV- IVERSEN	33.0		55.0	4.0	2.0	5.0
5th	1- Gold	GER	777	Leonie MEYER	Elena STOFFERS	23.0		66.0	6.0	13.0	10.0
6th	1- Gold	GBR	22	Charlotte DOBSON	Sophie AINSWORTH	21.0		73.0	7.0	21.0	(22.0)
7th	1- Gold	ESP	23	Tamara ECHEGOYEN	Berta BETANZOS	42.0		85.0	8.0	12.0	14.0
8th	1- Gold	DEN	49	Maiken Foght SCHTT	Anne-Julie Foght SCHÜTT	28.0		85.0	12.0	7.0	12.0
9th	1- Gold	GBR	8	Frances PETERS	Nicola GROVES	33.0		87.0	14.0	11.0	17.0
10th	1- Gold	GBR	99	Kate MACGREGOR	Katrina BEST	24.0		92.0	(28.0 DSQ)	3.0	15.0
11th	1- Gold	NED	999	Lars VAN STEKELENBORG	Floris VAN DE WERKEN	74.0		93.0	1.0	6.0	3.0
12th	1-	GER	161	Tina LUTZ	Susann	40.0		97.0	17.0	8.0	8.0
	Gold				BEUCKE
13th	1- Gold	GER	6	Victoria JURCZOK	Anika LORENZ	30.0		105.0	18.0	22.0	9.0
14th	1- Gold	SWE	25	Julia GROSS	Cecilia JONSSON	70.0		110.4	11.4 RDGa	10.0	6.0
15th	1- Gold	FRA	3	Sarah STEYAERT	Julie BOSSARD	68.0		112.0	(20.0)	14.0	7.0
16th	1- Gold	AUS	246	Tess LLOYD	Caitlin ELKS	42.0		114.0	16.0	19.0	(24.0)
17th	1- Gold	NED	666	Jolbert VAN DJIK	Karel BEGEMANN	44.0		119.0	22.0	(27.0)	2.0
18th	1- Gold	IRL	997	Andrea BREWSTER	Saskia TIDEY	71.0		124.0	9.0	(20.0)	16.0
19th	1- Gold	NED	110	Emile AMOROS	Josca HUMMEL	66.0		129.0	11.0	4.0	13.0
20th	1- Gold	GER	810	Jule GÖRGE	Lotta GÖRGE	43.0		131.0	23.0	15.0	20.0
21st	1- Gold	NOR	123	Helene NÆSS	Marie RØNNINGEN	51.0		133.0	15.0	16.0	(26.0 UFD)
22nd	1- Gold	USA	826	Paris HENKEN	Helena SCUTT	55.0		151.0	24.0	17.0	(25.0)
23rd	1- Gold	NOR	888	Ragna AGERUP	Maia AGERUP	58.0		152.0	(21.0)	18.0	19.0
24th	1- Gold	ARG	19	Victoria TRAVASCIO	Maria Sol BRANZ	57.0		157.0	19.0	23.0	(26.0)
25th	1- Gold	FIN	101	Noora RUSKOLA	Camilla CEDERCREUTZ	73.0		164.0	10.0	(26.0)	21.0
26th	1- Gold	SWE	381	Lisa ERICSON	Hanna KLINGA	76.0		167.0	13.0	25.0	18.0
27th	1- Gold	FIN	17	Sinem KURTBAY	Silja KANERVA	65.0		175.0	(25.0)	24.0	23.0
28th	1- Gold	NZL	484	Erica DAWSON	Ellie COPELAND	78.0	5.0	193.0	(26.0 P)	24.0 P	23.0 P

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