Etchells World Championship 2014 - Hardesty takes third title

by New York Yacht Club on 29 Jun 2014

Bill Hardesty (far right) and his team of (left to right) Stephanie Roble, Marcus Eagan and Taylor Canfield shortly after winning the 2014 Etchells World Championship off Newport, R.I. For Hardesty this is his third world title in the Etchells Class. He also won the championship in 2008 and 2011. Sharon Green/New York Yacht Club

2014 Etchells World Championship - Consistency is king and Bill Hardesty and crew of Stephanie Roble, Taylor Canfield and Marcus Eagan have earned the 2014 Etchells World Championship by sticking to a steady plan for success.

The plan was formulated six months ago, when Hardesty put together his young team consisting of Match Race World Champion Taylor Canfield and top women’s match racer Stephanie Roble—25-year-olds eager to dedicate themselves to a worthy goal. Add in top trimmer Marcus Eagan and the team was complete.

After a tough series in Miami last winter, Hardesty made the decision to train in his home waters of San Diego where he had top talent and similar conditions to the worlds venue in Newport. 'Tom Carruthers, Vince Brun and Bruce Nelson helped us up our game through sail testing and boat tuning,' Hardesty said. But they didn't focus solely on boat speed. 'We worked on evaluating risk management to make good decisions, define it, buy into it and follow through; that all came together at this regatta and helped with our consistency.'

Hardesty further commented that having three elite match racers on board 'gave us an advantage at the start through our time and distance timing and laylines, which made starting easier and more comfortable. We only had one bad start, that was the race we finished 20th.'

Commenting on his third Etchells World title, Hardesty said: 'This was one of the toughest to win; the level of sailing was at its highest. But it's very exciting. I love the class, I love the boat.'

Winning the last race was Peter Duncan, who had local ties. 'We didn’t sail a particularly great series,' said Duncan. 'Our expectations were certainly higher, so this was great to end on a high note, which is better than the alternative.' Duncan’s crew included former world champion Jud Smith and Thomas Blackwell.

Ante Razmilovic, Chris Larson and Stuart Flinn finished second overall, with 2013 world champion Marvin Beckman, Steve Hunt and Ezra Culver in third.

Competitors will look forward to the 2015 Etchells Worlds which will be held in Hong Kong, hosted by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, November 1 to 7, 2015.

Complete Result 2014 Etchells World Championship

			Bow	Sail Number	Yacht Name	Yacht Design	Skipper/Crew	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	T O	Total
World Championship Racing
	One Design Division
		International Etchells
		1.	79	USA 979	Line Honors	Etchells	Bill Hardesty / Taylor Canfield / Stephanie Roble / Marcus Eagan	2	2	20	1	4	5	13	15	96/DNC	[96]	62.0
		2.	33	HKG 1333	Swedish Blue	Etchells	Ante Razmilovic / Chris Larson / Stuart Flinn	3	6	8	44	14	19	3	31	13	[44]	97.0
		3.	78	USA 1378	The Martian	Etchells	Marvin Beckmann / Steve Hunt / Ezra Culver	8	3	11	5	15	46	32	7	19	[46]	100.0
		4.	8	USA 1308	KGB	Etchells	Senet Bischoff / Ben Kinney / Clay Bischoff	10	20	25	52	1	31	2	9	15	[52]	113.0
		5.	72	USA 1372	Aretas	Etchells	Skip Dieball / John McClean / Jeff Eiber	38	13	4	19	7	17	1	61	23	[61]	122.0
		6.	39	CAN 1396	CAN 1396	Etchells	Hank Lammens / Jens Bojsen-Moller / Steve Girling	1	8	1	12	16	7	47	49	42	[49]	134.0
		7.	38	AUS 1383	Triad	Etchells	John Bertrand / Grant Simmer / Andrew Palfrey	4	10	5	28	27	23	53	43	2	[53]	142.0
		8.	76	USA 1376	Arethusa	Etchells	Phil Lotz / Eric Doyle / Rodrigo Meireles	9	18	6	96/BFD	52	9	12	37	8	[96]	151.0
		9.	37	USA 1137	La Tormenta	Etchells	Shannon Bush / Brad Boston / Curt Oetking	26	16	31	37	6	21	6	16	66	[66]	159.0
		10.	4	USA 1404	Lifted	Etchells	Jim Cunningham / Jeff Madrigali / Mark Ivey / Bryn Bachman	42	4	32	40	50	3	4	25	10	[50]	160.0
		11.	11	USA 1198	America Jane 11	Etchells	Scott Kaufman / Justin Law / Jesse Kirkland / Austen Anderson	25	14	42	62	8	10	41	3	20	[62]	163.0
		12.	96	USA 1296	Appreciation	Etchells	Jeffrey Siegal / Tim Healy / Willem Van Waay / Sarah Callahan	17	17	16	17	47	8	20	54	27	[54]	169.0
		13.	69	NZL 1348	NZL 1348	Etchells	Andrew Wills / Anatole Masfen / Matthew Kelway	50	28	26	20	13	20	17	38	11	[50]	173.0
		14.	97	USA 1397	Raging Rooster	Etchells	Peter Duncan / Thomas Blackwell / Judson Smith	27	25	3	38	45	13	63	26	1	[63]	178.0
		15.	88	USA 1388	Annie	Etchells	Gary Gilbert / Mark Mendleblatt / Luke Lawrence	45	5	2	2	48	50	8	50	22	[50]	182.0
		16.	41	USA 1411	Elizabeth	Etchells	Tom Carruthers / Chris Busch / Andrew Campbell	5	12	37	46	51	6	24	60	4	[60]	185.0
		17.	77	USA 1149	Moneyball	Etchells	Blaine Pedlow / Danny Pavel / Justin Boitano	30	27	48	32	12	65	28	10	5	[65]	192.0
		18.	58	AUS 1306	The Hole Way	Etchells	Cameron Miles / Grant Crowle / David Sampson	39/ZFP	96/BFD	40	9	11	14	7	42	40	[96]	202.0
		19.	16	GBR 1036	Esprit	Etchells	Robert Elliott / Stuart Childerley / Sam Richmond	48	43	30	24	2	40	21	46	3	[48]	209.0
		20.	29	USA 1229	Viva	Etchells	Don Jesberg / Scott Mason / Ed Wright	40	54	28	3	20	11	86	48	6	[86]	210.0
		21.	92	AUS 1393	Bootross	Etchells	Mark Bradford / Brad Butterworth / Will McCarthy	58	21	14	78	30	12	30	27	18	[78]	210.0
		22.	62	USA 1262	Scimitar	Etchells	Stewart Neff / Will Welles / Henry Brauer	13	57	51	18	22	4	29	53	21	[57]	211.0
		23.	17	UKR 1297	Arctur	Etchells	Vasyl Gureyev / Andriy Shafranyuk / Vitalii Kushnir	21	77	19	39	44	33	14	20	33	[77]	223.0
		24.	40	SIN 1340	Matatu	Etchells	Nils Razmilovic / Brian Hammersley / Andrew Mills	38/ZFP	36	69	41	10	24	55	1	34	[69]	239.0
		25.	91	AUS 1391	Tango	Etchells	Chris Hampton / Ian Walker / Matt Johns	12	40	82	48	5	28	57	21	31	[82]	242.0
		26.	53	USA 1228	Terrapin	Etchells	Stephen Benjamin / Moose McLintock / Phil Trinter	16	22	17	25	33	27	71	81	32	[81]	243.0
		27.	26	HKG 1269	RX2	Etchells	Mark Thornburrow / Bucky Smith / Malcolm Page / Simon Cooke	53/ZFP	1	21	96/BFD	54	38	5	67	7	[96]	246.0
		28.	18	USA 988	USA 1185	Etchells	Tomas Hornos / Josh Revkin / Andy Casey	67	31	12	42	46	45	75	4	12	[75]	259.0
		29.	85	USA 1285	Midlife Crisis	Etchells	Bruce Golison / Bill Lynn / Richard Clarke / Dina Corsi	52	58	7	96/BFD	39	1	23	44	36	[96]	260.0
		30.	75	USA 1375	1375	Etchells	Argyle Campbell / Robert Kinney / Payson Infelise	92/ZFP	15	49	36	64	72	18	8	17	[92]	279.0
		31.	15	USA 1405	Caramba	Etchells	Jose Fuentes / Geoff Ewenson / Greg Hryniewicz	37	64	24	35	21	43	72	47	9	[72]	280.0
		32.	5	USA 1305	Clean Execution	Etchells	Michael Gavin / William Abbott / Paul Davis	46	73	55	29	3	47	25	14	63	[73]	282.0
		33.	89	USA 928	Something Good	Etchells	Tito Gonzalez / Trinnidad Gonzalez / Bill Mauk / Ched Proctor	36	23	80	34	37	15	34	68	44	[80]	291.0
		34.	68	USA 1168	Mahalaga	Etchells	Peter Vessella / John Callahan / Tracy Usher	22	29	22	96/BFD	28	35	66	24	65	[96]	291.0
		35.	12	USA 1012	Natasha	Etchells	Ted Hardenbergh / James Hardenbergh / Mark Hardenbergh	7	30	46	71	38	25	56	22	68	[71]	292.0
		36.	45	BER 1412	Tiberon	Etchells	Mark Watson / Dirk Kneulman / Andreas Josenhans	60	7	18	43	41	52	91	39	37	[91]	297.0
		37.	64	HKG 1364	1364	Etchells	Frank Van Kempen / Gregory Kearns / Ronan Collins	43	37	13	73	42	58	33	58	16	[73]	300.0
		38.	52	USA 1222	Marx Bros	Etchells	Chris Marx / Tom Marx / Dan Ronan	78/ZFP	59	15	4	70	16	42	28	69	[78]	303.0
		39.	94	USA 1394	Amercian Baby	Etchells	George Francisco / Michael Guerriero / Zach Railey	18	24	23	23	69	30	74	77	47	[77]	308.0
		40.	55	USA 1355	Lucky	Etchells	Bryon Ehrhart / Rodney Hagebols / Chris Lefferdink	14	38	67	7	57	37	59	78	30	[78]	309.0
		41.	98	USA 1398	Firing Line	Etchells	Bruce Burton / Glenn Burton / Jon Easley	63	32	9	66	56	48	15	41	49	[66]	313.0
		42.	3	SUI 1403	No Dramas	Etchells	James (Seamus) McHugh / Andy Beadsworth / Simon Fry	23	96/BFD	96/DSQ	21	36	26	9	70	35	[96]	316.0
		43.	42	USA 398	Skanky Gene	Etchells	Jay Cross / Jeremy Wilmot / Aubrey Mayer / Lauren Gillooly	15	50	72	53	18	44	77	40/RDG	26	[77]	318.0
		44.	7	USA 1307	Nemesis	Etchells	Jeff Nehms / Bill Johns / Tim Banks	55	49	68	16	43	39	26	29	71	[71]	325.0
		45.	50	AUS 1150	Chelsea Lady	Etchells	Bill Steele / Jake Gunther / David Heritage	74	44	45	13	23	89	61	5	61	[89]	326.0
		46.	35	GBR 1354	Strait Dealer	Etchells	David Franks / Graham Sunderland / Bleddyn Mon / Amy Prime	49	41	50	49	34	61	22	56	29	[61]	330.0
		47.	21	USA 1221	Riva	Etchells	Wade Edwards / Timo Platt / Ben Newman	51/ZFP	33	33	50	66	32	31	34	67	[67]	330.0
		48.	20	USA 1208	Gumption3	Etchells	Kevin Grainger / Max Skelley / Karl Anderson	6	19	76	33	60	84	52	12	77	[84]	335.0
		49.	2	UAE 1400	African Queen	Etchells	Jan Muysken / Gavin Brady / Brad Farrand	56	42	61	11	82	54	82	17	14	[82]	337.0
		50.	27	CAN 1327	Blackadder	Etchells	Andrew Cumming / Brian Kamilar / Eric Aronsohn / Victor Diaz de Leon	41	96/BFD	27	54	63	22	10	69	57	[96]	343.0
		51.	48	USA 1248	USA 1248	Etchells	Will Ricketson / Annie Haeger / Luke Ramsay / Addison Caproni	80	11	39	61	26	42	39	85	56	[85]	354.0
		52.	44	USA 944	Firefly	Etchells	Meredith Carroll / Peter Carroll / Allan Terhune / Mitchell Callahan	47	88	34	47	58	51	60	35	25	[88]	357.0
		53.	46	AUS 1325	Iris III	Etchells	Peter McNeill / Roger Hickman / Phil Smidmore	61	70	58	6	19	62	68	36	51	[70]	361.0
		54.	23	USA 1199	USA 1199	Etchells	W. Jay Mills / Christopher Constant / William J. Mills III / Luke Reich	96/BFD	9	29	14	80	2	89	63	76	[96]	362.0
		55.	84	AUS 1384	Panther	Etchells	Steve O'Rourke / Terry Yuill / Burke Melia	88	35	36	30	65	60	11	84	43	[88]	364.0
		56.	73	USA 1373	Victory	Etchells	Buddy Cribb / Eamonn deLisser / Stuart deLisser	29	46	10	74	49	64	48	83	46	[83]	366.0
		57.	70	USA 971	Miss Murphy	Etchells	Kjeld Hestehave / Ian Storer / Lynne Shore	39	34	74	68	55	67	45	2	59	[74]	369.0
		58.	9	USA 1309	Landed Gentry	Etchells	Don Brush Ken Fells / Kevin Hawko	71	39	35	27	24	59	44	88	82	[88]	381.0
		59.	49	BER 1249	Thrash	Etchells	Tim Patton / Peter Martin / Jason Owen	31	75	71	79	61	18	43	40	55	[79]	394.0
		60.	30	USA 1300	USA 1300	Etchells	Michael Dressell / Ernie Pomerleau / Chris Morgan / Justin Callahan	65	72	84	10	29	57	27	79	58	[84]	397.0
		61.	59	USA 1238	Whirlwind	Etchells	Christopher Brady / Catherine Guiader / James McKenna / Melissa Deveney	53	84	53	86	96/DNF	66	19	6	39	[96]	406.0
		62.	95	AUS 1395	Should'a Gone Left	Etchells	Peter Coleman / Iain Gartley / Wayne Dixon	24	62	85	45	40	74	80	23	64	[85]	412.0
		63.	74	USA 1085	Cougar	Etchells	Ethan Doyle / Will Graves / Matt Szala	77	69	70	26	74	29	37	59	50	[77]	414.0
		64.	60	USA 1260	Playmaker	Etchells	Alan Kelly / Jonathan Forsberg / Robbie Brown	75	55	59	51	77	34	85	19	54	[85]	424.0
		65.	86	AUS 868	Yandoo XX	Etchells	Jeanne-Claude Strong / Neville Wittey / Marcus Burke / Tiana Wittey	51	71	60	60	83	79	67	13	24	[83]	425.0
		66.	67	CAN 968	JRWOneDesign	Etchells	Jerry Wendt / Alex Baker / Mike Nichol	70	85/ZFP	44	64	25	56	58	62	60	[85]	439.0
		67.	36	USA 1363	Untouchable	Etchells	Justin Palm / Chris Clark / Tom Dawson	57	79	73	63	9	49	16	96/DNC	96/DNC	[96]	442.0
		68.	71	USA 1371	1371	Etchells	Ken Womack / Watt Duffy / Cary Trapani	72	86	62	87	53	41	64	11	53	[87]	442.0
		69.	65	AUS 1165	Kirribilli	Etchells	Doug Flynn / Alex Flynn / Andy Green	96/RET	63	77	76	17	55	38	57	62	[96]	445.0
		70.	22	AUS 1022	Screaming Plum	Etchells	Doug Kerr / Greg Kerr / Luke Paterson	52/ZFP	61	41	56	75	73	54	45	78	[78]	457.0
		71.	43	GBR 1407	Ice	Etchells	Andrew Cooper / James Downer / Robert O'Leary	64	45	54	31	79	71	40	76	88	[88]	460.0
		72.	56	GBR 1329	Stampede	Etchells	Rob Goddard / Scott Findley / Nigel Wakefield	79	78	43	77	68	86	46	18	52	[86]	461.0
		73.	32	AUS 932	Karabos	Etchells	Paul Garaty / Dean Blatchford / Richard Allanson	11	53	57	96/DSQ	87	53	78	87	38	[96]	464.0
		74.	19	USA 819	Make Mine a Double	Etchells	Jeff Borland / Reid McLaughlin / Brian Robinson	35	48	78	96/BFD	67	63	36	51	96/DNF	[96]	474.0
		75.	87	IRL 987	Bedrock	Etchells	David Burrows / Richard Burrows / Samantha Burrows	66	26	56	8	32	96/DNC	96/DNC	96/DNC	96/DNC	[96]	476.0
		76.	99	AUS 1399	Thats Life	Etchells	Ian Crisp / Marcus Sill / Fergus Forbes	28	51	65	70	84	90	49	89	41	[90]	477.0
		77.	13	USA 1313	Crapshoot	Etchells	Patricia Stadel / Ralph Carpenter / Andrew Coldicutt	76	76	75	57	35	78	62	33	74	[78]	488.0
		78.	81	USA 1301	Mary Ann	Etchells	Peter Shumaker / Lindsey Horvat / Kenneth Flaska	84	60	38	72	76	76	69	55	45	[84]	491.0
		79.	63	AUS 963	The Rat	Etchells	Grantham Kitto / Bradley Moore / Tim Ward / Rachel Mullins	81	52	47	65	71	77	73	71	48	[81]	504.0
		80.	93	GBR 992	China Wight	Etchells	Nicholas Stagg / Kim Ridge / David Bedford	54	47	63	58	78	80	88	52	72	[88]	504.0
		81.	51	AUS 511	Grand V	Etchells	Gordon Hinds / Stephen Ingate / Nicholas Ingate	96/DSQ	67	52	55	31	69	79	90	70	[96]	513.0
		82.	57	USA 575	Perezoso	Etchells	Mark Luckes / Rick Humphrey / Josh White	68	81	81	69	90	68	51	72	28	[90]	518.0
		83.	10	USA 1103	Indefinitely	Etchells	Todd Lalumiere / Matthew Lalumiere / Charlie Lalumiere	44	65	83	75	88	87	65	32	87	[88]	538.0
		84.	82	USA 1212	Carina	Etchells	Jonathan Nye / Ray Harrington / Karl Fjeld	96/DNF	68	79	15	62	75	83	65	96/DNF	[96]	543.0
		85.	83	NZL 1083	Echelon	Etchells	Gavin Gerrard / Richard Bouzaid / Ross Bannan / Troy Bannan	85	80	64	22	96/DNF	83	35	96/DNC	96/DNC	[96]	561.0
		86.	28	USA 1328	Hat Trick	Etchells	Mark Toso / Terry Naylon / Joshua Toso	87	74	86	67	73	81	70	30	86	[87]	567.0
		87.	34	HKG 1344	Mind the Bumps	Etchells	John Breen / Denis Martinet / Mike Huang / Chandler Gregoire	82	83	87	59	85	70	50	64	75	[87]	568.0
		88.	24	AUS 1124	Gumption	Etchells	Michael Morris / Geoff Masters / Joshua Singh / Maclean Paton	86	85	93	81	89	36	81	66	80	[93]	604.0
		89.	90	USA 1097	Eduardo Especial	Etchells	Ed Holt / Ernest Freeland / Sarah Russell	96/BFD	66	66	88	59	85	84	82	79	[96]	609.0
		90.	61	USA 1061	Panache	Etchells	Paul V. McLaughlin / Rob Gorman / Wayne Huntley	62	56	91	82	86	82	90	73	85	[91]	616.0
		91.	31	CAN 931	Impudence	Etchells	David Lowther / Anthony Lowther / Andrew Lowther	69	89	88	85	91	88	76	91	83	[91]	669.0
		92.	25	AUS 1025	Walk on Water	Etchells	Glenn Norton / Peter Rattray / Richard Hodgson	89	82	90	80	96/DNF	92	93	74	81	[96]	681.0
		93.	14	NZL 1114	Windward	Etchells	Charles Maud / Luke Carter / Scott Clark	90	87	92	83	72	91	92	86	84	[92]	685.0
		94.	54	USA 54	Christine Francis	Etchells	Daniel Smith / Sara Smith / Gregory Hoyt	96/DNF	96/DNC	89	84	81	96/DNF	96/DNC	80	73	[96]	695.0
		95.	1	AUS 401	Ozzi	Etchells	Al Harrison / Ian Staples / Brady Lowe	83	90	94	89	96/DNC	93	87	96/DNC	96/DNC	[96]	728.0