ISAF Sailing World Cup Final - Abu Dhabi entry list confirmed

by ISAF on 13 Nov 2014

Grael and Kunze (BRA) Womens 49erFX - 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup, Hyeres,France 05 0668 - ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres - Final day Thom Touw http://www.thomtouw.com

ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year, Olympic medallists, world champions and a Volvo Ocean Race superstar are on their way to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

From 26-30 November 2014 283 sailors from 39 nations with proven track records of excellence will fight it out in the Emirati capital for the right to become an ISAF Sailing World Cup Champion.

All ten Olympic events will be contested in Abu Dhabi along with an open kiteboarding event joining the fray around Lulu Island off the UAE capital's stunning Corniche. The ten Olympic events will contest an opening series and a Medal Race with the kiteboard fleet using a short track format. Prize money will be in awarded to the top three overall finishers in each of the Olympic events from a total prize purse of US$200,000.

With a maximum of just 20 boats present across the 11 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final events, the list of achievements across the board is outstanding.

Female 2014 ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) are just two star studded names to confirm their attendance. The Brazilians won the coveted ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award just one week ago thanks to their sublime performances across the latter part of 2013 and 2014. Over the last 18 months the Brazilians have only finished off of the 49erFX podium once and they’ll be aiming to extend their run of top finishes in Abu Dhabi.

Meech and Maloney - 49er FX - NZL Sailing Team - Day 5, ISAF Sailing World - Santander © Yachting NZ/Sailing Energy http://www.sailingenergy.com/

They will have their work cut out to add gold to their 2014 World and ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca and Hyeres titles with 2013 World Champions Alex Maloney and Molly Meech (NZL) and 2014 European Champions Ida Marie Baad Nielsen and Marie Thusgaard Olsen (DEN) within the pack.

London 2012 Women’s Match Racing Olympic gold medallist Tamara Echegoyen and 2011 470 World Champion Berta Betanzos (ESP) will also compete within the 19-boat 49erFX fleet in Abu Dhabi.

2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, Santander - Charline Picon © Vincenzo Baglione http://www.albaria.com/

2014 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year nominee Charline Picon (FRA) will be a force to be reckoned with once again in the Women’s RS:X as she looks to make it five regatta victories in a row. Picon blitzed the pack at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and will be up for the Abu Dhabi challenge. The pack of 20 Women’s RS:X racers is full of talent and Picon will certainly be hard pressed. London 2012 Olympic gold medallist Marina Alabau (ESP), silver medallist Tuuli Petaja and bronze medallist Zofia Klepacka (POL) will all be gunning for the World Cup Final title.

Franck Cammas and Sophie de Turckheim during the ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres © Yvan Zedda http://www.zedda.com.

Volvo Ocean Race winner Franck Cammas (FRA) will sail in the Nacra 17 fleet and he’ll be out to stop his compatriots Billy Besson and Marie Riou (FRA) who have dominated the class. Besson and Riou took the 2013 and 2014 Nacra 17 world titles and have eyes on the inaugural ISAF Sailing World Cup Final title. World number one Nacra 17 pair Vittorio Bissaro and Silvia Sicouri (ITA) will also be within the 17-boat fleet.

Twenty 49er teams will be gunning for gold in Abu Dhabi. ISAF Sailing World Cup Abu Dhabi will allow the teams an opportunity to race officially within a fleet of 20 boats, the size that will be present at the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition. Strong contenders in the 49er are in the shape of Nico Delle-Karth and Nikolaus Resch (AUT), Manu Dyen and Stephane Christidis (FRA) and a trio of British racers.

Seven of the world’s top ten Finn racers will be competing in Abu Dhabi. World number one Bjorn Allansson (SWE) will be joined by world number two Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO) and world number three Jake Lilley (AUS). Laser Olympic bronze medallist at Athens 2004 and Olympic silver medallist at Beijing 2008 Vasilij Zbogar (SLO) will firmly be in contention for Abu Dhabi gold after a solid 18 months of Finn racing.

In the IKA Formula Kite 2014 World Champions Maxime Nocher (FRA) and Steph Bridge (GBR) will be among the racers as well as Bridge’s son and 2014 European Champion Oliver Bridge (GBR).

Entry List - Men's Windsurfer - RS:X

Number	Class	Name	SailorID	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	RS:X Men	Aichen Wang	CHNAW1	CHN	8	17
2	RS:X Men	Julien Bontemps	FRAJB5	FRA	20	1
3	RS:X Men	Thomas Goyard	FRATG15	FRA	10	3
4	RS:X Men	Louis Giard	FRALG33	FRA	34	9
5	RS:X Men	Pierre Le Coq	FRAPL13	FRA	32	10
6	RS:X Men	Nick Dempsey	GBRND10	GBR	7	5
7	RS:X Men	Tom Squires	GBRTS53	GBR	14	29
8	RS:X Men	Toni Wilhelm	GERTW1	GER	5	12
9	RS:X Men	Byron Kokkalanis	GREBK1	GRE	1	6
10	RS:X Men	Michael Cheng	HKGCC5	HKG	9	33
11	RS:X Men	Shahar Zubari	ISRSZ1	ISR	65
12	RS:X Men	Marcantonio Baglione	ITAMB6	ITA	11	35
13	RS:X Men	Mattia Camboni	ITAMC141	ITA	4	27
14	RS:X Men	Juozas Bernotas	LTUJB1	LTU	25	23
15	RS:X Men	Kiran Badloe	NEDKB8	NED	17	8
16	RS:X Men	Sebastian Wang-Hansen	NORSW1	NOR	6	28
17	RS:X Men	Pawel Tarnowski	POLPT4	POL	16	14
18	RS:X Men	Piotr Myszka	POLPM3	POL	12	4
19	RS:X Men	Przemyslaw Miarczynski	POLPM1	POL	18	2
20	RS:X Men	Max Oberemko	RUSMO5	RUS	3	25

Entry List - Women's Windsurfer - RS:X

Number	Class	Name	Sailor ID	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	RS:X Women	Jiahui Wu	CHNJW4	CHN	4	9
2	RS:X Women	Manjia Zheng	CHNMZ1	CHN	5	12
3	RS:X Women	Qiaoshan Weng	CHNQW1	CHN	10	22
4	RS:X Women	Yunxiu Lu	CHNYL6	CHN	19	20
5	RS:X Women	Jiali Sun	CHNJS2	CHN	11	33
6	RS:X Women	Marina Alabau	ESPMA13	ESP	27	2
7	RS:X Women	Blanca Manchon	ESPMB2	ESP	6	11
8	RS:X Women	Tuuli Peteja	FINTP2	FIN	41	15
9	RS:X Women	Charline Picon	FRACP3	FRA	7	1
10	RS:X Women	Eugenie Ricard	FRAER2	FRA	9	8
11	RS:X Women	Bryony Shaw	GBRBS1	GBR	2	5
12	RS:X Women	Isobel Hamilton	GBRIH12	GBR	16	9
13	RS:X Women	Hayley Chan	HKGHC1	HKG	33
14	RS:X Women	Maayan Davidovich	ISRMD1	ISR	25	3
15	RS:X Women	Flavia Tartaglini	ITAFT1	ITA	1	6
16	RS:X Women	Laura Linares	ITALL10	ITA	3	18
17	RS:X Women	Malgorzata Bialecka	POLMB3	POL	14	17
18	RS:X Women	Zofia Noceti-Klepacka	POLZK1	POL	17	7
19	RS:X Women	Kamila Smetkala	POLSK4	POL	15	16
20	RS:X Women	Olga Maslivets	RUSOM3	RUS	37

Entry List - Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser

Number	Class	Name	SailorID	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	Laser	Matthew Wearn	AUSMW34	AUS	7	28
2	Laser	Tom Burton	AUSTB17	AUS	1	2
3	Laser	Wannes van Laer	BELWV2	BEL	20	42
4	Laser	Lee Parkhill	CANLP2	CAN	22	43
5	Laser	Tonci Stipanovic	CROTS1	CRO	3	21
6	Laser	Filip Jurisic	CROFJ1	CRO	18	46
7	Laser	Pavlos Kontides	CYPPK1	CYP	4	10
8	Laser	Karl-Martin Rammo	ESTKR1	EST	19	55
9	Laser	Jean Baptiste Bernaz	FRAJB13	FRA	11	6
10	Laser	Nick Thompson	GBRNT3	GBR	5	3
11	Laser	Giovanni Coccoluto	ITAGC55	ITA	26	16
12	Laser	Alessio Spadoni	ITAAS36	ITA	21	24
13	Laser	Francesco Marrai	ITAFM44	ITA	13	23
14	Laser	Rutger Van Schaardenburg	NEDRV7	NED	35	8
15	Laser	Andy Maloney	NZLAM8	NZL	16	14
16	Laser	Sam Meech	NZLSM12	NZL	15	9
17	Laser	Gustavo Lima	PORGL1	POR	23	41
18	Laser	Colin Cheng	SINCC1	SIN	57	32
19	Laser	Jesper Stalheim	SWEJS10	SWE	31	13
20	Laser	Charlie Buckingham	USACB64	USA	8	7

Entry List - Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial

Number	Class	Name	SailorID	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	Laser Radial	Evi van Acker	BELEV2	BEL	2	3
2	Laser Radial	Emma Plasschaert	BELPE1	BEL	6	10
3	Laser Radial	Tatiana Drozdovdskaya	BLRTD1	BLR	3	23
4	Laser Radial	Claire Merry	CANCM11	CAN	16	44
5	Laser Radial	Dongshuang Zhang	CHNDZ3	CHN	12	13
6	Laser Radial	Tina Mihelic	CROTM2	CRO	5	6
7	Laser Radial	Veronika Kozelska Fenclova	CZEVF1	CZE	8	5
8	Laser Radial	Anne-Marie Rindom	DENAR2	DEN	4	7
9	Laser Radial	Tuula Tenkanen	FINTT1	FIN	10	4
10	Laser Radial	Mathilde de Kerangat	FRAMD50	FRA	32	8
11	Laser Radial	Chloe Martin	GBRCM36	GBR	9	15
12	Laser Radial	Hannah Snellgrove	GBRHS12	GBR	17	16
13	Laser Radial	Silvia Zennaro	ITASZ7	ITA	11	17
14	Laser Radial	Viktorija Andrulyte	LTUVA1	LTU	14	22
15	Laser Radial	Josefin Olsson	SWEJO4	SWE	22	2
16	Laser Radial	Nazli Cagla Donertas	TURCD5	TUR	7	38
17	Laser Radial	Paige Railey	USAPR8	USA	44

Entry List - Men's One Person Dinghy (heavyweight) - Finn

Number	Class	Skipper Name	Skipper ID	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	Finn	Oliver Tweddell	AUSOT1	AUS	8	23
2	Finn	Jake Lilley	AUSJL12	AUS	3	13
3	Finn	Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic	CROIK3	CRO	2	2
4	Finn	Lauri Vainsalu	ESTLV1	EST	23	52
5	Finn	Deniss Karpak	ESTDK1	EST	6	18
6	Finn	Edward Wright	GBREW3	GBR	36	3
7	Finn	Ioannis Mitakis	GREIM3	GRE	20	17
8	Finn	Enrico Voltolini	ITAEV14	ITA	19	48
9	Finn	Filippo Baldassari	ITAFB31	ITA	21	30
10	Finn	Giorgio Poggi	ITAGP16	ITA	16	40
11	Finn	Michele Paoletti	ITAMP5	ITA	9	20
12	Finn	Pieter Jan Postma	NEDPP1	NED	29	26
13	Finn	Anders Pedersen	NORAP2	NOR	14	8
14	Finn	Josh Junior	NZLJJ1	NZL	17	5
15	Finn	Piotr Kula	POLPK6	POL	18	33
16	Finn	Alexey Selivanov	RUSAS8	RUS	26	51
17	Finn	Vasilij Zbogar	SLOVZ	SLO	25	12
18	Finn	Björn Allansson	SWEBA4	SWE	1	21
19	Finn	Caleb Paine	USACP65	USA	5	7

Entry List - Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470

Number	Class	Skipper Name	SailorID	Crew Name	SailorID2	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	470 Men	Mathew Belcher	AUSMB11	Will Ryan	AUSWR2	AUS	1	1
2	470 Men	David Bargehr	AUTDB1	Lukas Mahr	AUTLM1	AUT	18	72
3	470 Men	Matthias Schmid	AUTMS3	Florian Reichstaedter	AUTFR1	AUT	11	13
4	470 Men	Hao Lan	CHNHL5	Chao Wang	CHNCW2	CHN	24	39
5	470 Men	Zangiun Xu	CHNZX1	Wei Wang	CHNWW6	CHN	38	30
6	470 Men	Sime Fantela	CROSF1	Igor Marenic	CROIM1	CRO	3	2
7	470 Men	Jordi Xammar	ESPJX1	Joan Herp	ESPJH5	ESP	10	7
8	470 Men	Onan Barreiros	ESPBO1	Juan Curbelo Cabrera	ESPJC66	ESP	8	21
9	470 Men	Julian Autenrieth	GERJA3	Phillip Autenrieth	GERPA2	GER	16	18
10	470 Men	Panagiotis Mantis	GREPM1	Pavlos Kagialis	GREPK7	GRE	2	3
11	470 Men	Simon Sivitz Kosuta	ITASS30	Jas Farneti	ITAJF1	ITA	17	19
12	470 Men	Tetsuya Matsunaga	JPNTM1	Yugo Yoshida	JPNYY3	JPN	23	6
13	470 Men	Asenathi Jim	RSAAJ1	Roger Hudson	RSARH5	RSA	20	32
14	470 Men	Yannick Brauchli	SUIYB1	Romuald Hausser	SUIHR1	SUI	14	14
15	470 Men	Carl-Fredrik Fock	SWECF7	Marcus Dackhammar	SWEMD2	SWE	35	29
16	470 Men	Stuart Mcnay	USASM24	Dave Hughes	USADH5	USA	4	5

Entry List - Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470

Number	Class	Skipper Name	SailorID	Crew Name	SailorID2	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	470 Women	Lara Vadlau	AUTVL1	Jolanta Ogar	POLJO3	AUT	9	1
2	470 Women	Shasha Chen	CHNSC2	Haiyan Gao	CHNHG2	CHN	8	15
3	470 Women	Mengxi Wei	CHNMW1	Yani Xu	CHNYX7	CHN	47
4	470 Women	Marina Gallego	ESPMG3	Fátima Reyes	ESPFR8	ESP	16	20
5	470 Women	Sophie Weguelin	GBRSW46	Eilidh McIntyre	GBREM35	GBR	14
6	470 Women	Elena Berta	ITAEB35	Giulia Paolillo	ITAGP130	ITA	26	23
7	470 Women	Francesca Komatar	ITAFK1	Sveva Carraro	ITASC1	ITA	24	37
8	470 Women	Roberta Caputo	ITARC36	Alice Sinno	ITAAS111	ITA	21	33
9	470 Women	Ai Kondo Yoshida	JPNAK3	Miho Yoshioka	JPNMY16	JPN	11	8
10	470 Women	Tina Mrak	SLOTM2	Veronika Macarol	SLOVM1	SLO	3	5
11	470 Women	Linda Fahrni	SUIFL2	Maja Siegenthaler	SUISM14	SUI	20	24
12	470 Women	Anne Haeger	USAAH34	Briana Provancha	USABP9	USA	2	7

Entry List - Men's Skiff - 49er

Number	Class	Skipper Name	SailorID	Crew Name	SailorID2	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	49er	David Gilmour	AUSDG7	Rhys Mara	AUSRM25	AUS	6	7
2	49er	Nico Delle - Karth	AUTND1	Nikolaus Leopold Resch	AUTNR1	AUT	10	4
3	49er	Pavle Kostov	CROPK1	Petar Cupac	CROPC1	CRO	8	21
4	49er	Carlos Paz	ESPCP1	Anton Paz Blanco	ESPAP14	ESP	41	10
5	49er	Lauri Lehtinen	FINLL1	Miikka Pennanen	FINMP8	FIN	9	19
6	49er	Manu Dyen	FRAED16	Stephane Christidis	FRASC2	FRA	34	9
7	49er	Julien D'ortoli	FRAJD11	Noé Delpech	FRAND4	FRA	3	13
8	49er	Matthieu Frie	CALMF1	Yann Rocherieux	FRAYR3	FRA	25	46
9	49er	Dylan Fletcher-Scott	GBRDF16	Alain Sign	GBRAS23	GBR	12	54
10	49er	John Pink	GBRJP21	Stuart Bithell	GBRSB31	GBR	2	6
11	49er	Stephen Morrison	GBRSM24	Chris Grube	GBRCG29	GBR	4	11
12	49er	David Evans	GBRDE18	Edward Powys	GBREP5	GBR	5	14
13	49er	Luca Dubbini	ITALD6	Roberto Dubbini	ITARD15	ITA	17	20
14	49er	Ruggaro Tita	ITART8	Giacomo Cavalli	ITAGC117	ITA	33	23
15	49er	Marcus Hansen	NZLMH9	Josh Porebski	NZLJP7	NZL	38	16
16	49er	Tomas Januszewski	POLTJ4	Jacek Nowak	POLJN1	POL	24	29
17	49er	Jorge Lima	PORJL1	José Costa	PORJC8	POR	18	5
18	49er	Carl P Sylvan	SWECP2	Hannes Westberg	SWEHW12	SWE	13	48
19	49er	Victor Bergstrom	SWEVB1	Victor Vasternas	SWEVV1	SWE	23	33
20	49er	Bradley Funk	USABF3	Trevor Burd	USATB97	USA	11	24

Entry List - Women's Skiff - 49erFX

Number	Class	Skipper Name	SailorID	Crew Name	SailorID2	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	49erFX	Vicky Travascio	ARGVT4	Sol Branz	ARGMB24	ARG	23	32
2	49erFX	Tess Lloyd	AUSTL13	Caitlyn Elks	AUSCE8	AUS	18	11
3	49erFX	Laura Shoenfegger	AUTLS3	Elsie Lovrek	AUTEL2	AUT	26	22
4	49erFX	Martine Soffiatti Grael	BRAMS13	Kahena Kunze	BRAKK2	BRA	1	1
5	49erFX	Ida Marie Baad Nielsen	DENIB1	Marie Thusgaard Olsen	DENMO2	DEN	2	2
6	49erFX	Jena Hansen	DENJH8	Katja Salskov-Iversen	DENKS11	DEN	6	6
7	49erFX	Tamara Echegoyen	ESPTE2	Berta Betanzos	ESPBB2	ESP	4	8
8	49erFX	Sinem Kurtbay	FINSK2	Silja Kanerva	FINSJ1	FIN	20	20
9	49erFX	Noora Ruscola	FINNR5	Camilla Cedarcruetz	FINCC2	FIN	22	28
10	49erFX	Sarah Steyaert	FRASS1	Julie Bossard	FRAJB66	FRA	16	17
11	49erFX	Kate Macgregor	GBRKM34	Katrina Best	GBRKH13	GBR	15	19
12	49erFX	Leonie Meyer	GERLM11	Elena Stoffers	GERES18	GER	19	16
13	49erFX	Varsha Gautham	INDVG2	Aishwarya Chezhiyan	INDAC3	IND	74	53
14	49erFX	Giulia Conti	ITAGC4	Francesca Clapcich	ITAFC24	ITA	9	3
15	49erFX	Nina Keijzer	NEDNK2	Claire Blom	NEDCB4	NED	41	13
16	49erFX	Alexandra Maloney	NZLAM13	Molly Meech	NZLMM5	NZL	13	12
17	49erFX	Griselda Khng	SINGK1	Sara Tan	SINST8	SIN	21	31
18	49erFX	Lisa Ericson	SWELE6	Hanna Klinga	SWEHK5	SWE	14	9
19	49erFX	Julia Gross	SWEJG13	Cecilia Jonsson	SWECJ6	SWE	17	26

Entry List - Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17

Number	Class	Skipper Name	SailorID	Crew Name	SailorID2	Nation	ISAF Rank	2014 Worlds
1	Nacra17	Thomas Zajac	AUTTZ1	Tanja Frank	AUTTF2	AUT	3	14
2	Nacra17	Yoana Petrova	BULYP2	Nikolay Tashev	BULNT1	BUL	84	50
3	Nacra17	Luke Ramsay	CANLR2	Nikola Girke	CANNG1	CAN	258	36
4	Nacra17	Audrey Ogereau	FRAAO4	Matthieu Vandame	FRAMV2	FRA	18	16
5	Nacra17	Billy Besson	FRABB4	Marie Riou	FRAMR3	FRA	9	1
6	Nacra17	Franck Cammas	FRAFC5			FRA	15	22
7	Nacra17	Moana Vaireaux	FRAMV3	Manon Audinet	FRAMA33	FRA	11	10
8	Nacra17	Ben Saxton	GBRBS13	Nicola Groves	GBRHD10	GBR	5	19
9	Nacra17	Lucy Macgregor	GBRLM22	Andrew Walsh	GBRAW19	GBR	8	7
10	Nacra17	Sofia Bekatorou	GRESB1	Konstantinos Trigonis	GREKT4	GRE	40	33
11	Nacra17	Elena Trevisan	ITAET22	Paolo Tresivan	ITAPT1	ITA	101
12	Nacra17	Federica Salva	ITAFS14	Francesco Bianchi	ITAFB9	ITA	10	15
13	Nacra17	Francesco Porro	ITAFP50	Caterina Marianna Banti	ITACB71	ITA	21	26
14	Nacra17	Vittorio Bissaro	ITAVB9	Silvia Sicouri	UTASS21	ITA	1	4
15	Nacra17	Mitch Booth	NEDMB1			NED
16	Nacra17	Matias Bühler	SUIMB18	Nathalie Brugger	SUINB1	SUI	14	6
17	Nacra17	Robbie Daniel	USARD2	Catherine Shanahan	USACS107	USA	43	47

Entry List - Formula Kite

Number	Class	Name	SailorID	Nation	Gender	IKA Rank	2014 Worlds
1	Formula Kite	Ricard Dutra	BRARD29	BRA	Male	24	31
2	Formula Kite	Wilson Veloso	BRAWV2	BRA	Male	17	26
3	Formula Kite	Martin Dolenc	CROMD5	CRO	Male	21	24
4	Formula Kite	Maxime Nocher	FRAMN8	FRA	Male	8	1
5	Formula Kite	Oliver Bridge	GBROB7	GBR	Male	3	3
6	Formula Kite	Steph Bridge	GBRSB100	GBR	Female	3	1
7	Formula Kite	Florian Gruber	GERFG19	GER	Male	1	5
8	Formula Kite	Marvin Baumeister	GERMB68	GER	Male	6
9	Formula Kite	Andrea Beverino	ITAAB1	ITA	Male	10	10
10	Formula Kite	Mario Calbucci	ITAMC184	ITA	Male	22	7
11	Formula Kite	Riccardo Leccese	ITARL20	ITA	Male	2	2
12	Formula Kite	Torrin Bright	NZLTB15	NZL	Male	15	14
13	Formula Kite	Blazej Ozog	POLBO3	POL	Male	5	4
14	Formula Kite	Tomek Janiak	POLTJ5	POL	Male	11	13
15	Formula Kite	Anastasia Akopova	RUSAA17	RUS	Female	7	7
16	Formula Kite	Elena Kalinina	RUSEK14	RUS	Female	2	2
17	Formula Kite	Ivan Doronin	RUSID2	RUS	Male	12	17
18	Formula Kite	Astrid Berz	SUIAB12	SUI	Female	1	5