2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final - Belcher-Ryan lead the Men’s 470

by Cora Zillich on 30 Nov 2014 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final - Abu Dhabi - World Champions Mat Belcher (NSW) and Will Ryan (NSW) will lead the 470 Men ten-boat medal race line up on Sunday (30 November) after a solid two, two scoreline from Saturday’s two races at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi.

After a total of six races the duo leads with six points over Panagotis Mantis/Pavlos Kagialis from Greece.

World number one Tom Burton is the leader in the Laser fleet ahead of fellow Aussie Matt Wearn (WA) who moved up into second place on the penultimate day of racing.

It will be a final day shootout in the Laser at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with only minimal separation in the fleet ahead of Sunday’s double points do or die Medal Races following a thrilling penultimate day of racing on Saturday.

Finn sailor Jake Lilley (QLD) managed to move up the ranks and will go into Sunday’s medal race ranked fourth.

Both Australian skiff crews with David Gilmour (WA) and Rhys Mara (NSW) in the men’s and Tess Lloyd (VIC) and Caitlin Elks (WA) in the women’s fleet just missed out of the medal race after late scoring changes. Also Finn sailor Oliver Tweddell (VIC) missed out after finishing 15th after six races.

Four out of seven Australian crews have thus qualified for the final round and will contest Sunday’s medal races

With the Medal Race places decided the competitors will be fighting it out for ISAF Sailing World Cup Final glory as well as a share of the USD$200,000 prize money.

Abu Dhabi treated the sailors to another glamorous day with a north westerly wind coming in around 10-13 knots which made for some exciting action.

Laser:

World number one Tom Burton and Matt Wearn are flying the Australian flag high in the Laser fleet at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, UAE, occupying the top two spots in the ultra-competitive fleet.

Burton has been the standout performer of the week, recording three victories from six races. He leads on 11 points but his young compatriot, training partner, room-mate and rival Wearn piled on the pressure with an outstanding day on the water to pull within nine points.

Burton secured the opening race victory over Wearn by the narrowest of margins. Wearn ramped things up in the final race ahead of Sunday’s deciding Medal Race and picked up an emphatic race win, finishing 60 seconds ahead of Jesper Stalheim (SWE).

The result pulled the young Western Australian within reach of Burton and he was a happy sailor at the close of play, 'I finally found some form,' smiled Wearn. 'I definitely needed it to get into that area to try and push for the top three. It’s a bit of a shock to be up in second to be honest as the racing has just been so close in the Laser.'

'With just 20 boats and one dropped score after six races anything can happen. But that’s the way it is.' Burton and Wearn are sharing a room in Abu Dhabi and it will be a case of ‘what goes on, on the race track, stays on the race track’ on the final day. 'I’m sure we’ll have a good time tonight,' joked Burton. 'There will be a bit of banter and stuff like that but it’s good to see an Australian one two.'

'Matt and I train together a lot. I competed against (Tom) Slingsby in the regatta before he won the Olympic gold and I know how good a feeling it was for me to be just behind him. We train together so this will make for some good memories when we train this Australian summer.'

Medal racing in a highlight competitive fleet is nothing new to Burton who has made the cut in all events he’s competed at throughout 2014, picking up an abundance of medals along the way.

For Wearn he has not faced off against all of the best Laser sailors in the world but goes in with no fear, 'Tom’s got a bit more experience than me in Medal Race situations but I think I’ll go out there and just go for it. If I can win the race then anything can happen.

'It would be pretty big to finish on the podium. I had a bad regatta at the worlds so to get the confidence back up and get back into the groove of the Laser class would be really good.'

An Australian one two is certainly on the cards but Tonci Stipanovic (CRO), Francesco Marrai (ITA) and Jean Baptiste Bernaz (FRA) are all within touching distance. Nonetheless the ever confident Burton remains upbeat, 'Depending on what the conditions are we will see what we can do. I’ll see what the conditions are like tomorrow. I think that maybe there will be some more breeze and inside here (just off of the Corniche) it should be interesting.'

Racing is scheduled to commence at 10:00 local time (17:00 AEST) on Sunday 30 November.

The schedule is as follows:

• 10:20 (17:20) – Laser
• 12:15 (19:15) – Finn
• 14:40 (21:40) – Men’s 470

ISAF Sailing World Cup Abu Dhabi – AST and ASS entries and results (Day 3):

470M (Men’s Two Person Dinghy) – Seven races:
Mat Belcher (QLD) / Will Ryan (QLD) – AST: 2, (4), 3, 1, 2, 2 – first

Laser (Men's One Person Dinghy) – Seven races
Tom Burton (NSW) – AST: 5, 1, (21 UFD), 1, 1, 3 – first
Matthew Wearn (WA) – ASS: 3, 8, 9, 6, 2, 1 – second

49er (Men's Skiff - 49er) – 10 races
David Gilmour (WA) and Rhys Mara (NSW) – AST: 5, 6, 11, 4, 12, 5, 14, (16), 13 – 11th

49erFX (Women's Skiff) – 10 races
Tess Lloyd (VIC) and Caitlin Elks (WA) – ASS: 6, 7, 8, 12, 5, 6, (18 DNF), 18 DSQ – 13th

Finn (Men’s One Person Dinghy Heavy) – Seven races
Jake Lilley (QLD) – ASS: 2, 5, 13, 11, 3, 8 – fourth
Oliver Tweddell (VIC) – ASS: 16, 10, 17, 3, 10, 10 – 15th

 Complete Results:

470 - Men - Overall Results:

Pos	Nation	Sail Number	Crew	Race						Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Net
1	AUS	AUS 11	Mathew Belcher William Ryan	2	(4)	3	1	2	2	14.00	10.00
2	GRE	GRE 1	Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis	3	(5)	5	4	1	3	21.00	16.00
3	CRO	CRO 83	Sime Fantela Igor Marenic	7	(16)	1	2	9	1	36.00	20.00
4	JPN	JPN 12	Tetsuya Matsunaga Yugo Yoshida	(12)	2	2	3	3	12	34.00	22.00
5	USA	USA 1713	Stuart Mcnay David Hughes	1	(11)	7	6	5	4	34.00	23.00
6	AUT	AUT 3	Matthias Schmid Florian Reichsteaedter	11	1	6	(13)	4	5	40.00	27.00
7	ESP	ESP 9	Onan Barreiros Juan Curbelo Cabrera	8	3	4	7	10	(13)	45.00	32.00
8	AUT	AUT 437	David Bargehr Lukas Mähr	4	6	(11)	5	8	11	45.00	34.00
9	SUI	SUI 16	Yannick Brauchli Romuald Hausser	5	10	9	11	(12)	7	54.00	42.00
10	ESP	ESP 44	Jordi Xammar Joan Herp	9	12	(17) UFD	12	7	6	63.00	46.00
11	GER	GER 15	Julian Autenrieth Philipp Autenrieth	13	8	10	(14)	6	10	61.00	47.00
12	CHN	CHN 1267	Hao Lan Chao Wang	10	(13)	13	8	11	9	64.00	51.00
13	RSA	RSA 1	Jim Asenathi Roger Hudson	(14)	7	8	9	14	14	66.00	52.00
14	ITA	ITA 29	Simon Sivitz Kosuta Jas Farneti	6	14	(17) UFD	10	15	8	70.00	53.00
15	SWE	SWE 350	Carl-Fredrik Fock Marcus Dackhammar	15	9	12	16	13	(17) BFD	82.00	65.00
16	ITA	ITA 27	Matteo Pilati Francesco Rubagotti	16	15	(17) UFD	15	16	15	94.00	77.00

Laser - Men - Overall Results: 

Pos	Nation	Sail Number	Crew	Race						Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Net
1	AUS	AUS 199012	Tom Burton	5	1	(21) UFD	1	1	3	32.00	11.00
2	AUS	AUS 199015	Matthew Wearn	3	8	(9)	6	2	1	29.00	20.00
3	CRO	CRO 204731	Tonci Stipanovic	4	2	5	5	4	(21) DSQ	41.00	20.00
4	ITA	ITA 205243	Francesco Marrai	(18)	3	2	2	7	10	42.00	24.00
5	FRA	FRA 203800	Jean Baptiste Bernaz	7	(12)	3	3	9	4	38.00	26.00
6	GBR	GBR 201402	Nick Thompson	2	7	8	7	(11)	6	41.00	30.00
7	CYP	CYP 206765	Pavlos Kontides	1	11	7	11	(16)	5	51.00	35.00
8	NZL	NZL 206426	Sam Meech	9	6	1	(16)	8	11	51.00	35.00
9	SWE	SWE 199617	Jesper Stalheim	(10)	5	10	10	10	2	47.00	37.00
10	USA	USA 206151	Charlie Buckingham	11	9	(18)	9	5	14	66.00	48.00
11	ITA	ITA 207955	Giovanni Coccoluto	12	(17)	17	4	3	16	69.00	52.00
12	NED	NED 206745	Rutger van Schaardenburg	8	13	15	8	(21) UFD	8	73.00	52.00
13	EST	EST 203724	Karl-Martin Rammo	13	4	6	14	17	(18)	72.00	54.00
14	POR	POR 207025	Gustavo Lima	16	16	4	(20)	6	13	75.00	55.00
15	SIN	SIN 197538	Colin Cheng	15	14	16	(17)	12	7	81.00	64.00
16	CRO	CRO 207268	Filip Jurišic	6	(19)	13	15	19	12	84.00	65.00
17	NZL	NZL 181961	Andy Maloney	14	(20)	12	13	13	17	89.00	69.00
18	CAN	CAN 197120	Lee Parkhill	(19)	10	19	12	14	15	89.00	70.00
19	BEL	BEL 202016	Wannes Van Laer	17	(18)	14	18	15	9	91.00	73.00
20	ITA	ITA 199697	Alessio Spadoni	(20)	15	11	19	18	19	102.00	82.00

 49er - Men - Overall Results:

Pos	Nation	Sail Number	Crew	Race									Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total	Net
1	POL	POL 52	Tomasz Januszewski Jacek Nowak	(13)	1	1	2	13	1	4	13	8	56.00	43.00
2	NZL	NZL 34	Marcus Hansen Josh Porebski	(15)	12	3	3	1	8	1	9	11	63.00	48.00
3	ESP	ESP 32	Carlos Paz Anton Paz Blanco	(10)	10	6	8	4	6	7	8	1	60.00	50.00
4	FRA	FRA 6	Julien d'Ortoli Noé Delpech	9	(11)	10	6	5	3	3	4	10	61.00	50.00
5	GBR	GBR 10	John Pink Stuart Bithell	2	8	8	(16)	6	4	10	2	14	70.00	54.00
6	GBR	GBR-98	David Evans Edward Powys	7	15	5	9 RDG	9 RDG	(19) DNC	13	1	3	81.00	62.00
7	GBR	GBR 33	Dylan Fletcher-Scott Alain Sign	1	2	(19) RET	19 RET	10	11	6	10	5	83.00	64.00
8	AUT	AUT 84	Nico Delle - Karth Nikolaus Resch	6	16	13	14	3	7	5	(17)	2	83.00	66.00
9	FRA	FRA 14	Mathieu Frei Yann Rocherieux	(16)	13	9	7	9	2	12	5	12	85.00	69.00
10	POR	POR 27	Jorge Lima José Costa	(19) DNF	5	7	5	14	10	9	3	16	88.00	69.00
11	AUS	AUS 7	David Gilmour Rhys Mara	5	6	11	4	12	5	14	(16)	13	86.00	70.00
12	CRO	CRO 13	Pavle Kostov Petar Cupac	12	9	(19) DSQ	11	2	12	15	6	4	90.00	71.00
13	SWE	SWE 16	Carl P Sylvan Otto Hamel	3	3	14	10	8	9	(16)	11	15	89.00	73.00
14	FRA	FRA 9	Manu Dyen Stéphane Christidis	4	4	4	12	15	14	2	(19) RET	19 DNC	93.00	74.00
15	SWE	SWE 500	Victor Bergstr?m Victor Vasternas	11	14	12	13	7	(15)	8	7	7	94.00	79.00
16	USA	USA 150	Bradley Funk Trevor Burd	(17)	7	2	15	16	16	11	14	9	107.00	90.00
17	ITA	ITA 26	Ruggero Tita Giacomo Cavalli	8	(19) RET	19 RET	1	11	19 DSQ	19 UFD	15	6	117.00	98.00
18	ITA	ITA 444	Luca Dubbini Roberto Dubbini	14	17	(19) DSQ	9	17	13	17	12	17	135.00	116.00

 49erFX - Women - Overall Results: 

Pos	Nation	Sail Number	Crew	Race									Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total	Net
1	NZL	NZL 1	Alexandra Maloney Molly Meech	1	(10)	1	2	1	1	2	4	3	25.00	15.00
2	SWE	SWE 381	Lisa Ericson Hanna Klinga	7	6	3	3	3	2	(18) UFD	2	4	48.00	30.00
3	ITA	ITA 4	Giulia Conti Francesca Clapcich	2	1	2	13	(14)	7	7	6	9	61.00	47.00
4	NED	NED 15	Nina Keijzer Claire Blom	4	8	11	5	7	(14)	1	10	5	65.00	51.00
5	ESP	ESP 23	Tamara Echegoyen Berta Betanzos	3	11	7	4	(15)	9	15	3	1	68.00	53.00
6	DEN	DEN 136	Jena Hansen Katja Salskov-Iversen	8	5	6	1	(18) UFD	8	9	5	13	73.00	55.00
7	FIN	FIN 17	Sinem Kurtbay Silja Kanerva	11	(12)	12	6	2	10	3	7	7	70.00	58.00
8	SWE	SWE 25	Julia Gross Cecilia Jonsson	5	(16)	10	7	10	4	4	8	12	76.00	60.00
9	FRA	FRA 13	Sarah Steyaert Johann BOUIC	9	9	14	9	8	(16)	12	1	6	84.00	68.00
10	FIN	FIN 101	Noora Ruskola Camilla Cedercreutz	10	(14)	9	10	13	3	10	12	2	83.00	69.00
11	ARG	ARG 19	Victoria Travascio Maria Sol Branz	12	2	13	8	4	12	11	(14)	8	84.00	70.00
12	SIN	SIN 33	Griselda Khng Sara Li Ching Tan	14	4	5	(15)	9	5	5	15	14	86.00	71.00
13	AUS	AUS 11	Tess Lloyd Caitlin Elks	6	7	8	12	5	15	6	(18) DNF	18 DSQ	95.00	77.00
14	AUT	AUT 911	Laura Schöfegger Elsa Lovrek	15	3	15	(16)	12	6	13	9	10	99.00	83.00
15	GBR	GBR 99	Kate Macgregor Kirstie Urwin	13	13	(16)	11	11	11	8	11	11	105.00	89.00
16	GER	GER 777	Leonie Meyer Elena Christine Stoffers	16	15	4	(17)	6	13	14	13	15	113.00	96.00
17	IND	IND 171	Varsha Gautham Aishwarya Chezhiyan	17	17	17	14	16	17	(18) DNF	18 DNS	18 DNC	152.00	134.00

 Finn - Men - Overall Results: 

Pos	Nation	Sail Number	Crew	Race						Points
				1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Net
1	SLO	SLO 573	Vasilij Zbogar	1	1	(7)	2	2	3	16.00	9.00
2	CRO	CRO 524	Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic	(5)	3	1	4	3.3 RDG	3.3 RDG	19.60	14.60
3	USA	USA 6	Caleb Paine	3	(14)	6	1	5	9	38.00	24.00
4	AUS	AUS 41	Jake Lilley	2	5	(13)	11	3	8	42.00	29.00
5	EST	EST 2	Deniss Karpak	15	(18)	3	7	1	4	48.00	30.00
6	NED	NED 842	Pieter-Jan Postma	9	2	4	(20) UFD	6	14	55.00	35.00
7	NZL	NZL 24	Josh Junior	4	13	(16)	8	7	7	55.00	39.00
8	ITA	ITA 146	Michele Paoletti	12	8	2	(14)	9	11	56.00	42.00
9	ITA	ITA 123	Filippo Baldassari	6	(15)	15	5	11	6	58.00	43.00
10	GBR	GBR 11	Edward Wright	8	12	12	10	(20) DNF	2	64.00	44.00
11	GRE	GRE 77	Ioannis Mitakis	7	4	14	6	(16)	13	60.00	44.00
12	POL	POL 17	Piotr Kula	11	7	9	(17)	14	5	63.00	46.00
13	NOR	NOR 1	Anders Pedersen	(19)	6	18	9	13	1	66.00	47.00
14	SWE	SWE 6	Björn Allansson	(13)	11	8	12	4	12	60.00	47.00
15	AUS	AUS 261	Oliver Tweddell	16	10	(17)	3	10	10	66.00	49.00
16	ITA	ITA 117	Giorgio Poggi	10	9	11	(20) UFD	15	16	81.00	61.00
17	EST	EST 11	Lauri Väinsalu	(18)	16	5	13	12	17	81.00	63.00
18	RUS	RUS 1	Alexey Selivanov	14	17	10	15	8	(18)	82.00	64.00
19	ITA	ITA 66	Enrico Voltolini	17	(20) DNF	20 DNE	16	17	15	105.00	85.00