Soling World Championship - Canadians take the lead

by Matias Collins, modified by Sail-World.com on 19 Sep 2009 2009 Soling Worlds, Lake Ontario Canada. The fleet sailed in excellent conditions. The wind started from the northwest and then shifted to the north. It was blowing mostly between 16 and 19 knots with some gusts reaching the 25, and the local teams showed their knowledge.

www.milestonelife.com / Gull team CAN 230 with Hans Fogh, Cheer and Devries took the gun in the first race and then a third in the second race of the day brought them into first place overall with 12 pts. CAN 225 with Hall, Kerrigan and Flinn kept moving up the board. With a second in the first race and a win in the second race they jumped into the second place overall with 13 pts.

It was just not a good day for the team Marinepool GER 300 with Koch, Koch, Bornemann who just 10 minutes before the first race, broke their main halyard and despite all attempts, dropping the mast in the choppy seas, had no choice but to come into shore, quickly fix it and sail back for the second race where they finished second and kept the third overall with 15 pts.

In the back of the fleet there were some interesting things happening with broaches, Chinese jibes and other problems, made the race fun for watching. And inshore back from racing different beer types were waiting for the sailors who gathered at the mooring area, enjoying the sun and chilly air.

There is only a five point spread between the fifth and first place teams at this event. There are three countries and three continents fighting for the 2009 Soling World trophy, Canada certainly have the best chance at the moment with first, second and fifth place.

On Saturday light winds are forecast Two races are scheduled starting at 1100. After races on Saturday there will be members meeting and a Presentation Dinner.

For more about the event go to: www.solingworlds.com

The 2009 Soling World Championship is sponsored by:
FOGHMARINE, SPERRY TOP-SIDER, INPS, CARPROOF, BOAT GEAR and FORGE, PREDICTWIND

World Championship / EYC, Toronto 9/14/2009 To 9/20/2009. / Rk=2

Pos Sail Helmperson Midperson Bowperson   Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 D1 D2 1 CAN 230 Hans Fogh Roger Cheer Gord Devries EYC 12 11 4 1 3 1 3         11   2 CAN 255 Peter Hall Phillip Kerrigan Gavin Flinn Royal St. Lawren 13 9 2 4 4 2 1         9   3 GER 300 Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann YCBG 15 1 1 6 5 DNS 2         25   4 BRA 73 George Nehm Marcos Ribeiro Samuel Albrecht Veleiros do Sul 16 5 5 2 1 4 4         5   5 CAN 1 Bill Abbott Paul Davis Joanne Abbott SYC 17 4 3 8 2 3 5         8   6 NED 33 Rudy den Outer Peter Hoekstra Lydia Verduyn K.Z.C. 29 2 6 11 9 5 7         11   7 NED 25 Johan Offermans Peter Norman John Kerr ? 31 3 7 5 11 10 6         11   8 USA 839 Stuart Walker Volker Moser Georg Stadler SSA 41 6 9 9 10 9 8         10   9 CAN 226 Manfred Kanter Blair Tully Tom Freeman PSSS 45 8 11 7 15 8 11         15   10 CAN 210 Kenneth Davy Eric Nowina David Hymers Etobicoke YC 48 15 13 13 6 6 10         15   11 USA 824 David Crysdale David Richards John Bayldon Milwaukee Yacht 53 12 12 3 14 13 13         14   12 USA 832 Charles Q. Kamps Jon Bailey Vytas Kasniunas Milwaukee Yacht 53 10 8 12 12 11 17         17   13 USA 846 Steve Dolan Cooper Anderson T. de Blois MYC 54 16 16 15 7 7 9         16   14 CAN 198 Larry Votary Howard Moscrop Peter Aker L.S.F. - Bath 64 7 10 14 8 RET RET         25   15 USA 818 John Kennedy Brendan Kennedy Amanda Snyder Sheridan Shore Y 72 17 17 10 19 12 16         19   16 USA 853 Matias Collins R. Galagoda Dixson Barnhart CNSI 75 18 14 18 17 14 12         18   17 USA 843 Stephen Bobo Emily Gensheimer John Morgan SSYC 75 13 22 16 13 18 15         22   18 CAN 227 Tom Mitchell Louis Raffaghello Jan Podgorski Etobicoke Yacht 77 14 15 19 18 16 14         19   19 USA 828 Joseph Van Gieson W. Mazanec B. Mazanec SSA 89 DNF 18 20 16 15 20         25   20 USA 601 Paul McGuan Andrew Gardner Ashley Henderson Milwaukee Yacht 95 20 21 17 21 19 18         21   21 CAN 221 Paul Bryan Andrea Mooney Nadia Dubyk EYC 95 19 20 22 20 17 19         22   22 CAN 231 Ed Berkhout Chris Essig Essig R. Beirhuizeh DYC 108 DNF 19 23 RET 20 21         25   23 CAN 228 Ted Richards Mike Toth Toby Toth CFBT 114 DNF DNF 21 22 21 RET         25   24 CAN 2251 P. Bennett S. Dunkinson A. Wloka EYC 122 DNF DNF 24 23 RET RET         25

Provisory results if a race do not has a result it is because the sailor has one of the following: DNS, OCS, DNF, DSQ, RDG, DNC.