Laser Standard Masters Worlds – Lay day therapy works for Day 4

by Eric Faust on 27 May 2016 Rested and recovered after yesterday’s lay-day, the sailors returned to the water with an on-time start and a moderate southwest breeze to complete two more races in the Laser Standard Masters World Championship.

The area surrounding the regatta headquarters at Paradise Village Resort offers a wide variety of activities for the sailors to enjoy during their downtime, including golf, tennis, surfing, spa treatments, jungle tours, fishing, zip lining, or just relaxing by the pool. But by far the most enjoyable activity available here has got to be racing a Laser against world-class competition in the pristine, warm waters off Riviera Nayarit, Mexico.

A light haze over the ocean today kept the thermal wind from fully developing, but sailors were treated to a moderate eight - eleven knot breeze that provided very tactical and tight racing.

Although the wind mainly shifted to the right during the day, it was the sailors that protected the middle of the course who had the most success. Allan Clark from Canada won the first race of the day in the Grand Masters Division in spite of overplaying the right side of the first beat. On the first run, Clark chased down the leaders, who had played the middle of the first beat, and then extended on the next upwind leg to earn the victory.

In what he calls “Ricky Bobby style,” (i.e. either first or last) Clark subsequently earned a Black Flag disqualification in the second race, but remains in third place overall. Australia’s Gavin Dagley leads the division while Cristian Herman of Chile showed great upwind speed to win the day’s second race and remain in second place overall.

Mark Bethwaite of Australia continues his impressive string of bullets to lead the Great Grand Masters Division with a perfect score line. American, Doug Peckover remains in second overall, but posted a sixth place in today’s second race to keep the overall standings interesting. Peckover leads Australian James Temple by 10 points, a margin that may or may not hold to the conclusion of the event.

In the Masters Division, Brett Beyer of Australia won the day’s first race, but made a few uncharacteristic mistakes in the second race to finish third. With those mistakes, Beyer left the door open and New Zealander Andrew Dellabarca and American Ernesto Rodriguez were happy to walk though it to finish first and second. With those scores, Dellabarca and Rodriguez sit in second and third place overall at the top of a tightly grouped leader board.

In the Apprentice Division, Pablo Rabago of Mexico and Guilherme Roth of Brazil split first and second place finishes to keep hold of the top two spots.

Races nine and ten of the twelve-race series are scheduled for tomorrow. And of course when you’re sailing in paradise, the forecast is once again for perfect sailing conditions.



Top-Three Standings by Division:

Apprentice Masters Division:

1) Pablo Rabago MEX 8pts
2) Guilherme Roth BRA 12pts
3) Alejandro Rabago MEX 20pts

Masters Division:

1) Brett Beyer AUS 9pts
2) Andrew Dellabarca NZL 27pts
3) Ernesto Rodriguez USA 28pts

Grand Masters Division:

1) Gavin Dagley AUS 21pts
2) Cristian Herman CHI 26pts
3) Allan Clark CAN 33pts

Great Grand Masters Division:

1) Mark Bethwaite AUS 7pts
2) Doug Peckover USA 16pts
3) James Temple AUS 26pts

Masters Standard Results - Great Grand Master Fleet

Rank	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total	Nett
1st	209260	Mark Bethwaite	AUS	(1.0)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	8.0	7.0
2nd	195708	Doug Peckover	USA	4.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	(6.0)	22.0	16.0
3rd	202729	James Temple	AUS	2.0	(6.0)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	32.0	26.0
4th	210180	Alberto Larrea	ARG	(11.0)	5.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	8.0	6.0	2.0	43.0	32.0
5th	166047	John Dawson-Edwards	CAN	5.0	3.0	8.0	6.0	6.0	3.0	5.0	(14.0 DNC)	50.0	36.0
6th	201747	Poopy Marcon	FRA	3.0	7.0	5.0	5.0	7.0	6.0	(10.0)	3.0	46.0	36.0
7th	202817	John Roberson	AUS	(7.0)	4.0	7.0	7.0	3.0	5.0	4.0	7.0	44.0	37.0
8th	194567	Timothy Millhiser	USA	8.0	(11.0)	6.0	10.0	8.0	9.0	8.0	4.0	64.0	53.0
9th	132332	John Black	AUS	(12.0)	12.0	9.0	8.0	11.0	7.0	7.0	10.0	76.0	64.0
10th	203318	Fernando Rabago	MEX	9.0	(14.0 RET)	10.0	11.0	10.0	11.0	9.0	8.0	82.0	68.0
11th	208074	David Elliott	CAN	10.0	10.0	(11.0)	9.0	9.0	10.0	11.0	9.0	79.0	68.0
12th	206041	Stephen Wawn	AUS	6.0	8.0	(14.0 DNC)	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	98.0	84.0
13th	209410	Chris Fyans	GBR	13.0	9.0	(14.0 DNC)	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	14.0 DNC	106.0	92.0

Masters Standard Results - Grand Master Fleet

Rank	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total	Nett
1st	206384	Gavin Dagley	AUS	2.0	2.0	1.0	(12.0)	1.0	2.0	9.0	4.0	33.0	21.0
2nd	199262	Cristian Herman	CHI	4.0	(19.0)	3.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	45.0	26.0
3rd	208054	Allan Clark	CAN	1.0	11.0	8.0	1.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	(40.0 BFD)	73.0	33.0
4th	198659	Vann Wilson	USA	5.0	(28.0)	2.0	13.0	6.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	64.0	36.0
5th	210483	Steve Gunther	AUS	7.0	3.0	12.0	3.0	4.0	12.0	4.0	(40.0 BFD)	85.0	45.0
6th	195867	Tim Law	GBR	17.0	4.0	(18.0)	2.0	3.0	3.0	18.0	5.0	70.0	52.0
7th	169575	Mark Bear	USA	10.0	13.0	4.0	(14.0)	5.0	6.0	11.0	3.0	66.0	52.0
8th	171729	Andre Martinie	DOM	12.0	6.0	7.0	10.0	11.0	11.0	7.0	(15.0)	79.0	64.0
9th	210477	Luke Carter	NZL	6.0	17.0	20.0	8.0	9.0	7.0	2.0	(40.0 BFD)	109.0	69.0
10th	198107	Nick Page	NZL	3.0	1.0	(25.0)	4.0	18.0	13.0	23.0	12.0	99.0	74.0
11th	209268	Anthony Scali	AUS	11.0	(40.0 UFD)	5.0	16.0	8.0	14.0	12.0	8.0	114.0	74.0
12th	167136	Emilio Castelli	USA	13.0	(24.0)	9.0	5.0	12.0	10.0	15.0	11.0	99.0	75.0
13th	209265	Michael Hicks	GBR	(24.0)	14.0	11.0	7.0	10.0	22.0	17.0	9.0	114.0	90.0
14th	204391	Christopher Raab	USA	8.0	(22.0)	14.0	15.0	14.0	16.0	13.0	10.0	112.0	90.0
15th	209021	Laurent Bernaz	FRA	9.0	(20.0)	16.0	6.0	16.0	15.0	20.0	13.0	115.0	95.0
16th	191085	Lance Burger	RSA	15.0	5.0	13.0	18.0	20.0	18.0	8.0	(40.0 BFD)	137.0	97.0
17th	206202	Roberto Bini	ITA	19.0	26.0	10.0	20.0	21.0	(27.0)	5.0	6.0	134.0	107.0
18th	187366	Peter Drasnin	USA	14.0	16.0	(29.0)	11.0	13.0	9.0	29.0	18.0	139.0	110.0
19th	204450	Alejandro Grunwaldt	URU	28.0	7.0	21.0	23.0	27.0	(30.0)	10.0	21.0	167.0	137.0
20th	203944	James Stanley	CAN	18.0	15.0	6.0	33.0	23.0	(35.0)	16.0	27.0	173.0	138.0
21st	197463	Giuseppe Cavalli	ITA	21.0	(33.0)	19.0	32.0	15.0	26.0	21.0	7.0	174.0	141.0
22nd	205869	Jan Larkens	RSA	20.0	12.0	26.0	(40.0 RET)	30.0	8.0	31.0	16.0	183.0	143.0
23rd	191612	Ashley Deacon	AUS	25.0	18.0	(31.0)	19.0	17.0	25.0	22.0	19.0	176.0	145.0
24th	201846	Luca Braga	ITA	26.0	32.0	17.0	24.0	(40.0 BFD)	17.0	14.0	17.0	187.0	147.0
25th	20359	Antonio Vertiz	MEX	29.0	9.0	15.0	22.0	19.0	29.0	(30.0)	25.0	178.0	148.0
26th	204443	Juan Grunwaldt	URU	(31.0)	29.0	22.0	21.0	29.0	20.0	19.0	14.0	185.0	154.0
27th	187308	Carlos Eduardo Oetling Ladron De Guevara	MEX	23.0	23.0	(34.0)	17.0	25.0	21.0	25.0	20.0	188.0	154.0
28th	192097	Philip Paxton	CAN	16.0	10.0	28.0	28.0	24.0	24.0	26.0	(40.0 BFD)	196.0	156.0
29th	205005	David Rosenthall	AUS	(32.0)	8.0	24.0	25.0	26.0	23.0	32.0	28.0	198.0	166.0
30th	202123	Francois Meesemaecker	FRA	22.0	27.0	23.0	30.0	22.0	(31.0)	24.0	24.0	203.0	172.0
31st	191568	Michael Goldfarb	USA	35.0	25.0	32.0	29.0	34.0	19.0	(36.0)	26.0	236.0	200.0
32nd	185926	Richard Quinlan	CAN	(33.0)	21.0	33.0	26.0	31.0	32.0	27.0	31.0	234.0	201.0
33rd	202321	Marco Falcone	ITA	30.0	(35.0)	27.0	35.0	28.0	28.0	34.0	23.0	240.0	205.0
34th	190815	Grassi Davide	ITA	27.0	31.0	30.0	31.0	(40.0 BFD)	40.0 DNC	28.0	22.0	249.0	209.0
35th	199218	Gregory Simon	NZL	34.0	34.0	(38.0)	27.0	32.0	33.0	35.0	30.0	263.0	225.0
36th	196036	Paul Swan	USA	36.0	30.0	36.0	34.0	33.0	36.0	33.0	(40.0 BFD)	278.0	238.0
37th	205512	Adam Glass	USA	37.0	36.0	35.0	37.0	35.0	34.0	(38.0)	29.0	281.0	243.0
38th	153352	Eugene Towle	MEX	(39.0)	38.0	39.0	36.0	36.0	37.0	39.0	33.0	297.0	258.0
39th	100318	Rodolfo Valdes	MEX	38.0	37.0	37.0	38.0	(40.0 DNC)	40.0 DNC	37.0	32.0	299.0	259.0

Masters Standard Results - Master Fleet

Rank	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total	Nett
1st	199257	Brett Beyer	AUS	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	(6.0)	1.0	1.0	3.0	15.0	9.0
2nd	210488	Andrew Dellabarca	NZL	2.0	8.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	(29.0 BFD)	7.0	1.0	56.0	27.0
3rd	207143	Ernesto Rodriguez	USA	5.0	2.0	6.0	2.0	(9.0)	2.0	9.0	2.0	37.0	28.0
4th	209289	Peter Hurley	USA	6.0	4.0	10.0	3.0	4.0	(15.0)	2.0	4.0	48.0	33.0
5th	199146	Benoit Meesemaecker	FRA	7.0	3.0	7.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	(13.0)	46.0	33.0
6th	196812	William Pullen	CAN	3.0	12.0	3.0	8.0	1.0	8.0	(14.0)	6.0	55.0	41.0
7th	187994	Ari Barshi	DOM	4.0	7.0	9.0	7.0	10.0	9.0	(12.0)	7.0	65.0	53.0
8th	210501	David Whait	AUS	10.0	(16.0)	14.0	6.0	15.0	6.0	4.0	5.0	76.0	60.0
9th	208838	Mike Matan	USA	13.0	10.0	5.0	11.0	8.0	4.0	11.0	(17.0)	79.0	62.0
10th	210102	Niclas Bornling	USA	16.0	(25.0)	4.0	10.0	5.0	10.0	10.0	9.0	89.0	64.0
11th	195323	Luciano Oliveira	BRA	9.0	9.0	12.0	12.0	13.0	7.0	3.0	(29.0 BFD)	94.0	65.0
12th	191910	Ryan Minth	USA	12.0	14.0	8.0	(15.0)	7.0	14.0	5.0	11.0	86.0	71.0
13th	208367	Stefano Carnevali	ITA	11.0	6.0	(15.0)	9.0	12.0	13.0	8.0	12.0	86.0	71.0
14th	208529	Rob Woodward	NZL	(18.0)	13.0	11.0	14.0	11.0	12.0	13.0	8.0	100.0	82.0
15th	200378	Andriy Kanyuka	CAN	8.0	5.0	17.0	16.0	18.0	16.0	20.0	(25.0)	125.0	100.0
16th	197460	Alessandro Castelli	ITA	19.0	24.0	19.0	(29.0 RET)	14.0	5.0	15.0	10.0	135.0	106.0
17th	197569	Chris Ellyatt	GBR	22.0	15.0	13.0	13.0	22.0	11.0	(23.0)	20.0	139.0	116.0
18th	208362	Manolis Trigonis	GRE	15.0	21.0	(25.0)	24.0	17.0	19.0	18.0	14.0	153.0	128.0
19th	209082	Michael Hooper	CAN	21.0	11.0	16.0	18.0	23.0	23.0	(24.0)	19.0	155.0	131.0
20th	203193	Hector David	ARG	14.0	20.0	(22.0)	22.0	19.0	18.0	19.0	22.0	156.0	134.0
21st	196108	Jorge A. Suarez	USA	(27.0)	18.0	18.0	17.0	21.0	25.0	16.0	21.0	163.0	136.0
22nd	195549	Tony Nicholson	NZL	(23.0)	19.0	21.0	19.0	16.0	21.0	22.0	18.0	159.0	136.0
23rd	208369	Massimo Ciano	ITA	(25.0)	23.0	20.0	21.0	25.0	17.0	17.0	16.0	164.0	139.0
24th	208842	Joseph Berkeley	USA	20.0	17.0	24.0	20.0	20.0	24.0	(26.0)	15.0	166.0	140.0
25th	209473	Roberto Porter	USA	17.0	22.0	(26.0)	23.0	24.0	20.0	21.0	24.0	177.0	151.0
26th	208583	Simon Bell	USA	24.0	26.0	23.0	25.0	(27.0)	22.0	25.0	26.0	198.0	171.0
27th	186681	Kevin Currier	IRL	26.0	(27.0)	27.0	27.0	26.0	26.0	27.0	23.0	209.0	182.0
28th	122099	Guillermo Tapia Moreno	MEX	28.0	(29.0 DNC)	28.0	26.0	28.0	27.0	29.0 DNC	29.0 DNC	224.0	195.0

Masters Standard Results - Apprentice Fleet

Rank	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total	Nett
1st	176107	Pablo Rabago	MEX	1.0	(2.0)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	10.0	8.0
2nd	159795	Guilherme Roth	BRA	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	(3.0)	2.0	1.0	2.0	15.0	12.0
3rd	194210	Alejandro Rabago	MEX	3.0	3.0	3.0	(5.0)	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	25.0	20.0
4th	209639	Alfonso Aguilar	MEX	(4.0)	4.0	4.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	31.0	27.0
5th	166966	Fabian Gomez-Ibarra	MEX	5.0	5.0	(6.0 UFD)	4.0	5.0	5.0	6.0 DNC	6.0 DNC	42.0	36.0