Finn Gold Cup - Early World Championship victory
by Lindsey Bell on 28 Nov 2015
Giles Scott (GBR) 2014 and now 2015 World Champion - Race 9 Finn Gold Cup Takapuna Richard Gladwell
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2015 Finn Gold Cup - A dominant Giles Scott extended his winning streak to 25-months at the Finn Gold Cup in Takapuna, New Zealand, on Saturday (28 November), defending his World Championship crown with a day and two races to spare.
Scott now becomes one of only six sailors in the 60-year history of the Finn Worlds to claim a hat-trick of victories, with Ben Ainslie, whose Olympic title Scott is hoping to keep in British hands next year, the only man with more Gold Cup wins.
The 28-year-old Scott went into the penultimate day of racing on the Hauraki Gulf with an imposing 52-point lead, needing only one result within the top 18 from the day’s two races to secure an early victory.
Looking comfortable from the first gun, Scott’s second place in the first race of the day was enough to wrap up the win ahead of both the final fleet race and Sunday’s double-points medal race.
In spite of that fact, there was no let up from the Portland-based sailor, who posted another second place in Saturday’s second race to take an overwhelming 54-point lead over France’s Olympic bronze medallist Jonathan Lobert into the final day of competition.
“I have been really pleased with my year and the way I’ve been sailing,” Scott said modestly.
“The last couple of months have been tricky to manage because we’ve been testing these new boats that have just come out, so to be able to come here and show good form and win with a couple of races to go is great and I couldn’t really ask for more than that.
“I’ve sailed a good, consistent week and it’s come good early, which is great.”
“I was trying to stay risk-free where possible and fortunately the racing panned out in a manner that rewarded that,” continued Scott, who adds this 2015 Worlds victory to his successes in the 2011 and 2014 editions.
“I think that’s a trait of the Gold Cup with racing in such huge fleets. You can get it right by taking a lot of leverage but you can also get it massively wrong. The majority of the fleet showed that with some high scores there. Being able to stay away from that was key to the week.”
“Winning here wasn’t like the shock emotion I had at the Test Event where the points were so close. It was more of a gradual thing, but I’ll take winning in that manner every time. It’s certainly the way to win a Championship!”
Scott’s not only has his sights on Rio glory next year but also in making a further dent towards his America’s Cup boss Ainslie’s six-win Finn Gold Cup record.
“This event holds a huge amount of history and heritage to it and it’s certainly a regatta that everyone wants to win. To be lucky enough to win it three times is great. There’s another one before the Games next year so hopefully it’s not my last Gold Cup win!”
British Sailing Team Finn coach Matt Howard paid tribute to his charge, but as he and Scott both admit, they’re not a finished product yet.
“You get asked a lot about what sets these kind of people apart. For me, the biggest thing with Giles is that he’s just a very good learner. Ultimately how well you learn, how you move forward, how you get better and learn to sail the boat, pick up new techniques and learn from your mistakes, is what sets apart the great from the good.
“Giles is very, very good at learning. The work rate and the effort and commitment he puts in is second to none. We work extremely hard and we will continue to do so despite the extent of this victory here.”
“I’ve got a list of things for Giles to work on, but I couldn’t possibly share it this close to the Olympics!” Howard smiled.
Elsewhere, Ed Wright qualified for Sunday’s medal race in ninth place overall, while Ben Cornish narrowly missed out on the cut for the ten medal race spots. He’s in 13th overall with a final race for the non-medal race contenders planned on Sunday giving him and James Hadden, in 46th, one final chance to push up the standings.
The final day of racing on Sunday 29 November is scheduled to start from 1100hrs.
Overall
Sailed: 10, Discards: 1, To count: 9, Entries: 76, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank |
Flag |
Nat |
SailNo |
Bow |
Division |
HelmName |
Club |
R1
24 Nov |
R2
24 Nov |
R3
25 Nov |
R4
26 Nov |
R5
26 Nov |
R6
27 Nov |
R7
27 Nov |
R8
27 Nov |
R9
28 Nov |
R10
28 Nov |
Total |
Nett |
1st |
|
GBR |
41 |
3 |
|
Giles Scott |
WPNSA |
5 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
(15) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
47 |
32 |
2nd |
|
FRA |
112 |
12 |
|
Jonathan Lobert |
SNO Nantes |
(45) |
5 |
19 |
5 |
19 |
14 |
18 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
130 |
85 |
3rd |
|
NZL |
16 |
20 |
|
Andrew Murdoch |
TYPBC |
1 |
7 |
17 |
(43) |
37 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
137 |
94 |
4th |
|
SWE |
33 |
16 |
|
Max Salminen |
GKSS |
22 |
(24) |
13 |
15 |
18 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
4 |
123 |
99 |
5th |
|
SLO |
73 |
9 |
|
Vasilij Zbogar |
Burja Izola YC |
19 |
6 |
7 |
(36) |
17 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
7 |
14 |
136 |
100 |
6th |
|
BRA |
109 |
23 |
|
Jorge Zarif |
|
24 |
20 |
8 |
(48) |
13 |
17 |
11 |
8 |
4 |
10 |
163 |
115 |
7th |
|
NED |
842 |
10 |
|
Pieter-Jan Postma |
Delta Lloyd |
27 |
29 |
5 |
23 |
(34) |
13 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
151 |
117 |
8th |
|
FIN |
218 |
24 |
|
Tapio Nirkko |
EPS |
11 |
11 |
(30) |
6 |
3 |
16 |
17 |
26 |
18 |
20 |
158 |
128 |
9th |
|
GBR |
11 |
4 |
|
Edward Wright |
Parkstone YC |
4 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
(54) |
26 |
14 |
21 |
9 |
24 |
185 |
131 |
10th |
|
GRE |
77 |
11 |
|
Ioannis Mitakis |
YCG |
3 |
27 |
2 |
33 |
(77 RET) |
5 |
20 |
1 |
37 |
6 |
211 |
134 |
11th |
|
EST |
2 |
15 |
|
Deniss Karpak |
SK Karpak Sailing Team |
14 |
(42) |
4 |
1 |
12 |
21 |
27 |
25 |
23 |
11 |
180 |
138 |
12th |
|
USA |
6 |
7 |
|
Caleb Paine |
St Francis YC |
8 |
21 |
9 |
20 |
14 |
22 |
23 |
14 |
(36) |
12 |
179 |
143 |
13th |
|
GBR |
91 |
14 |
|
Ben Cornish |
Exe SC |
7 |
23 |
24 |
11 |
5 |
(77 BFD) |
21 |
10 |
14 |
35 |
227 |
150 |
14th |
|
NZL |
24 |
5 |
|
Josh Junior |
WBBC |
29 |
9 |
14 |
(54) |
40 |
2 |
12 |
4 |
21 |
22 |
207 |
153 |
15th |
|
CRO |
69 |
22 |
|
Milan Vujasinovic |
JK Split |
6 |
15 |
15 |
38 |
7 |
(39) |
7 |
33 |
16 |
23 |
199 |
160 |
16th |
|
FRA |
17 |
42 |
J |
Fabian Pic |
SRR |
13 |
36 |
25 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
40 |
(41) |
31 |
16 |
213 |
172 |
17th |
|
URU |
301 |
44 |
|
Alejandro Jose Foglia |
YCPE |
2 |
38 |
21 |
(56) |
44 |
11 |
2 |
19 |
8 |
27 |
228 |
172 |
18th |
|
DEN |
2 |
40 |
|
Jonas Hogh-Christensen |
Royal Danish Yacht Club |
23 |
30 |
20 |
9 |
30 |
28 |
3 |
16 |
19 |
(77 DNF) |
255 |
178 |
19th |
|
AUS |
41 |
2 |
J |
Jake Lilley |
RQYS |
(56) |
2 |
45 |
18 |
36 |
37 |
16 |
5 |
17 |
8 |
240 |
184 |
20th |
|
CRO |
524 |
1 |
|
Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic |
JK Labud Fantasica |
10 |
10 |
16 |
(77 RET) |
24 |
25 |
8 |
77 BFD |
11 |
5 |
263 |
186 |
21st |
|
NOR |
1 |
19 |
|
Anders Pedersen |
DSSF |
21 |
4 |
(77 BFD) |
13 |
39 |
3 |
24 |
23 |
29 |
34 |
267 |
190 |
22nd |
|
AUS |
261 |
6 |
|
Oliver Tweddell |
Sandringham YC |
17 |
12 |
39 |
14 |
8 |
7 |
(42) |
18 |
38 |
39 |
234 |
192 |
23rd |
|
HUN |
40 |
21 |
|
Zsombor Berecz |
MVM SE |
15 |
40 |
3 |
(45) |
29 |
24 |
41 |
11 |
13 |
21 |
242 |
197 |
24th |
|
ITA |
117 |
18 |
|
Giorgio Poggi |
SVGDF |
35 |
25 |
32 |
(39) |
15 |
12 |
13 |
20 |
24 |
26 |
241 |
202 |
25th |
|
CRO |
52 |
47 |
J |
Nenad Bugarin |
YC Labud |
20 |
(41) |
23 |
24 |
2 |
35 |
38 |
22 |
20 |
19 |
244 |
203 |
26th |
|
SWE |
6 |
8 |
|
Bjorn Allansson |
GKSS |
43 |
1 |
12 |
(58) |
23 |
46 |
22 |
13 |
22 |
25 |
265 |
207 |
27th |
|
RUS |
2 |
67 |
|
Aleksey Borisov |
|
25 |
26 |
35 |
7 |
6 |
41 |
10 |
35 |
25 |
(49) |
259 |
210 |
28th |
|
ESP |
17 |
38 |
|
Pablo Guitian Sarria |
C.N.ELCANO |
(50) |
37 |
38 |
3 |
11 |
23 |
36 |
30 |
10 |
28 |
266 |
216 |
29th |
|
ITA |
146 |
13 |
|
Michele Paoletti |
SVBG |
12 |
34 |
(77 BFD) |
22 |
20 |
33 |
28 |
29 |
26 |
13 |
294 |
217 |
30th |
|
USA |
4 |
80 |
|
Zach RAILEY |
|
26 |
18 |
34 |
25 |
(43) |
10 |
43 |
17 |
12 |
33 |
261 |
218 |
31st |
|
CRO |
1 |
56 |
|
Josip Olujic |
JK Labud |
18 |
(45) |
31 |
41 |
16 |
36 |
5 |
12 |
43 |
17 |
264 |
219 |
32nd |
|
RUS |
57 |
28 |
|
Egor Terpigorev |
CSP Hlebnikovo, Fantastica, CSKA VMF |
36 |
16 |
29 |
21 |
33 |
32 |
30 |
28 |
(46) |
9 |
280 |
234 |
33rd |
|
CZE |
5 |
30 |
J |
Ondrej Teply |
YCBrno |
28 |
14 |
27 |
31 |
9 |
27 |
(46) |
27 |
40 |
32 |
281 |
235 |
34th |
|
TUR |
21 |
32 |
|
Alican Kaynar |
FenerbahAgeSK |
(59) |
31 |
6 |
49 |
38 |
15 |
34 |
32 |
2 |
31 |
297 |
238 |
35th |
|
CAN |
110 |
33 |
|
Martin Robitaille |
CVL/RCYC |
30 |
44 |
22 |
29 |
31 |
18 |
(47) |
38 |
34 |
15 |
308 |
261 |
36th |
|
ESP |
2 |
26 |
|
Alex Muscat |
Club Nautica Garraf |
40 |
17 |
18 |
42 |
(52) |
19 |
29 |
40 |
41 |
18 |
316 |
264 |
37th |
|
EST |
11 |
29 |
|
Lauri Väinsalu |
ROPK/TREV2 |
33 |
(59) |
28 |
16 |
10 |
38 |
31 |
36 |
33 |
42 |
326 |
267 |
38th |
|
POL |
17 |
17 |
|
Piotr Kula |
|
38 |
19 |
(77 BFD) |
17 |
22 |
29 |
32 |
34 |
32 |
45 |
345 |
268 |
39th |
|
ITA |
66 |
25 |
|
Enrico Voltolini |
|
(48) |
8 |
36 |
46 |
27 |
34 |
33 |
31 |
27 |
30 |
320 |
272 |
40th |
|
RUS |
6 |
31 |
J |
Arkadiy Kistanov |
|
9 |
43 |
33 |
35 |
25 |
(77 BFD) |
25 |
39 |
30 |
36 |
352 |
275 |
41st |
|
GER |
259 |
34 |
|
Phillip Kasueske |
VSaW |
34 |
28 |
11 |
40 |
35 |
30 |
35 |
37 |
47 |
(52) |
349 |
297 |
42nd |
|
ITA |
123 |
27 |
|
Filippo Baldassari |
SVGDF |
41 |
39 |
26 |
26 |
42 |
(48) |
19 |
24 |
45 |
40 |
350 |
302 |
43rd |
|
RUS |
7 |
68 |
|
Vladimir Krutskikh |
Fantastica |
16 |
32 |
43 |
12 |
46 |
(55) |
44 |
45 |
51 |
50 |
394 |
339 |
44th |
|
ITA |
147 |
53 |
|
Simone Ferrarese |
Circola Vela Bari |
37 |
51 |
40 |
(57) |
21 |
42 |
37 |
42 |
44 |
29 |
400 |
343 |
45th |
|
POR |
5 |
37 |
|
Frederico Melo |
Cncascais |
32 |
35 |
41 |
52 |
64 |
20 |
39 |
(77 BFD) |
28 |
38 |
426 |
349 |
46th |
|
GBR |
18 |
46 |
|
James Hadden |
WPNSA |
42 |
33 |
54 |
4 |
49 |
51 |
57 |
44 |
(60) |
46 |
440 |
380 |
47th |
|
CHN |
1225 |
51 |
|
He Chen |
Chinese YA |
39 |
53 |
37 |
32 |
47 |
31 |
(54) |
47 |
48 |
51 |
439 |
385 |
48th |
|
CZE |
1 |
55 |
|
Michael MAIER |
YCR |
52 |
55 |
44 |
30 |
(56) |
40 |
49 |
48 |
50 |
37 |
461 |
405 |
49th |
|
NZL |
8 |
82 |
|
Matt COUTTS |
MBBC |
31 |
47 |
(77 BFD) |
27 |
28 |
49 |
45 |
77 DNF |
55 |
47 |
483 |
406 |
50th |
|
DEN |
24 |
54 |
|
Andre Hojen Cristiansen |
SNV |
47 |
52 |
42 |
19 |
(68) |
52 |
61 |
53 |
56 |
48 |
498 |
430 |
51st |
|
CAN |
2 |
36 |
J |
Kyle Martin |
Royal Vancouver |
58 |
49 |
53 |
47 |
48 |
45 |
52 |
(77 BFD) |
39 |
41 |
509 |
432 |
52nd |
|
CHN |
1226 |
39 |
|
Lei Gong |
Chinese YA |
60 |
22 |
(77 BFD) |
67 |
60 |
43 |
26 |
77 BFD |
35 |
44 |
511 |
434 |
53rd |
|
ARG |
1 |
62 |
J |
Fernando Sanjurjo |
YC Argentina |
44 |
48 |
52 |
(66) |
58 |
44 |
56 |
43 |
42 |
57 |
510 |
444 |
54th |
|
ESP |
717 |
57 |
|
Victor Gorostegui |
RCM Santander |
53 |
46 |
55 |
(69) |
26 |
50 |
51 |
54 |
57 |
54 |
515 |
446 |
55th |
|
AUS |
22 |
41 |
J |
Joseph McMillan |
WSC |
54 |
56 |
56 |
28 |
(77 RET) |
47 |
50 |
51 |
52 |
56 |
527 |
450 |
56th |
|
NZL |
111 |
60 |
|
Karl Purdie |
WBBC |
49 |
54 |
(59) |
34 |
55 |
59 |
58 |
46 |
58 |
43 |
515 |
456 |
57th |
|
NZL |
21 |
58 |
|
Nik Burfoot |
TBC |
46 |
50 |
46 |
53 |
51 |
54 |
53 |
52 |
(61) |
53 |
519 |
458 |
58th |
|
AUS |
26 |
43 |
|
Ian Mckillop |
R. Prince Albert YC |
(64) |
60 |
47 |
51 |
32 |
56 |
62 |
49 |
59 |
58 |
538 |
474 |
59th |
|
FIN |
225 |
49 |
|
Mikael Hyrylainen |
NJK |
51 |
57 |
50 |
64 |
(77 RET) |
53 |
55 |
50 |
49 |
60 |
566 |
489 |
60th |
|
USA |
11 |
35 |
|
Philip Toth |
USSTS |
62 |
61 |
51 |
55 |
50 |
57 |
48 |
55 |
54 |
(64) |
557 |
493 |
61st |
|
AUS |
10 |
48 |
|
John Condie |
Yarra Bay 16' Skiff SC |
(68) |
64 |
60 |
37 |
41 |
58 |
60 |
58 |
65 |
61 |
572 |
504 |
62nd |
|
FIN |
99 |
65 |
|
Jesse KYLANPAA |
RPS |
55 |
(67) |
48 |
50 |
59 |
63 |
63 |
56 |
62 |
55 |
578 |
511 |
63rd |
|
FRA |
42 |
79 |
|
Brendan MCCARTY |
|
66 |
(70) |
49 |
59 |
45 |
60 |
66 |
61 |
68 |
63 |
607 |
537 |
64th |
|
NZL |
7 |
61 |
|
Bradley Douglas |
WBC |
57 |
63 |
63 |
65 |
66 |
61 |
59 |
57 |
53 |
(77 DNF) |
621 |
544 |
65th |
|
NZL |
9 |
59 |
|
Rob Coutts |
RAYC |
70 |
58 |
(77 BFD) |
61 |
53 |
64 |
65 |
59 |
63 |
59 |
629 |
552 |
66th |
|
NZL |
20 |
69 |
|
Chris Wells |
NPC |
61 |
62 |
57 |
68 |
61 |
62 |
65 |
60 |
(71) |
65 |
632 |
561 |
67th |
|
NZL |
10 |
64 |
|
David Hoogenboom |
WYC |
67 |
(77 DNS) |
61 |
44 |
63 |
68 |
68 |
62 |
67 |
62 |
639 |
562 |
68th |
|
NZL |
22 |
66 |
|
Dirch Andersen |
WYC |
69 |
69 |
65 |
62 |
57 |
65 |
(72) |
65 |
64 |
68 |
656 |
584 |
69th |
|
RUS |
212 |
71 |
|
Lanfranko Cirillo |
Fantastica |
63 |
68 |
62 |
60 |
65 |
67 |
67 |
63 |
69 |
(77 DNF) |
661 |
584 |
70th |
|
NZL |
19 |
83 |
|
Denis MOWBRAY |
NPC |
65 |
66 |
58 |
(70) |
67 |
66 |
69 |
64 |
66 |
69 |
660 |
590 |
71st |
|
NZL |
265 |
72 |
|
Mike Pearson |
CBYC |
71 |
71 |
64 |
63 |
62 |
71 |
(74) |
67 |
73 |
66 |
682 |
608 |
72nd |
|
NZL |
88 |
74 |
|
Gerard Lelieveld |
WYC |
(72) |
65 |
66 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
691 |
619 |
73rd |
|
NZL |
23 |
73 |
|
Alan Dawson |
WYC |
74 |
72 |
67 |
73 |
70 |
72 |
71 |
66 |
(75) |
67 |
707 |
632 |
74th |
|
NZL |
3 |
70 |
|
Ben Winters |
CBYC |
73 |
73 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
69 |
72 |
(77 DNF) |
717 |
640 |
75th |
|
NZL |
193 |
87 |
|
Gerrit BEARDA |
WYC |
(77 DNF) |
74 |
69 |
74 |
72 |
73 |
75 |
70 |
74 |
71 |
729 |
652 |
76th |
|
NZL |
2 |
63 |
|
Ray Hall |
WBBC |
(77 DNC) |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
770 |
693 |
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