2015 ORC World Championship – Race 7 overall

by ORC Media on 4 Jul 2015 2015 ORC World Championship – Yet another day of hot sun and light six to eight knots conditions today allowed just enough breeze to hold one inshore race this afternoon at the championship, hosted by Real Club Nautico de Barcelona. This being the seventh race of the regatta and having both offshore races completed last night allows the standings in each class to shuffle and compress as a discard applies for each entry's worst race dropped from their scores.

The pressure from this after with a long week of competitive racing may have taken its toll on some teams today, while others rose to the occasion to defend their positions on the top of the leaderboard in each class.

In Class A Marco Serafini's TP 52 Xio from Italy started out the day on a high: in having earned two bullets last night, they passed fellow Italian and the series leader Alberto Rossi on his TP 52 Enfant Terrible Minoan Lines also from Italy on the water and in points, with the slimmest 0.5 point margin. But traffic problems prompted Xio to tack in the shifty light winds on the second beat, taking its toll on this team who sailed to their eighth place discard today while Rossi and team earned a second, and by discarding fewer points put themselves back into the leas, but only by a two-point margin.

A heartbreaking four seconds in corrected time between sixth and eighth places after just over an hour of racing has put Xio in this position, so it will be all to play for tomorrow between these two for the 2015 Class A World title.

There is also dramatic tension building behind these two front-runners for the remaining podium position tomorrow, as the results took a big re-shuffle in points. Rafael Carbonell's Swan 45 Rats on Fire from Spain earned their second win in the series today, with a 19-point race two discard placing them in third place on 31 points. But Jean Jacques Chaubard's French team on his GP 42 Team Vision Future earned a respectable fifth place today, and in discarding a 17th in yesterday's race five they lie in fourth place only four points from the Spanish, tied with Eduardo Wong's new Soto 48 Kuan Kun from Peru, who finished sixth and discarded a 10th place in the first race of the event.

Also within striking range for Bronze tomorrow is Kevin Whitcraft's TP 52 THA72 from Thailand and Roberto Monti's TP 52 Airis from Italy, who won Bronze in the 2012 World Championship held that year in Helsinki.

After a long night and having coffee with this crew today with his crew, Spanish offshore sailing legend Pedro Campos was worried about the lead they had just earned in Class B on his Swan 42 Movistar.

'They have a shorter keel and smaller main, so they rate better but are just as fast,' he said, referring to their Spanish sistership Swan 42 Pez de Abril, owned by Jose Maria Meseguer. 'We don't owe them much time, but we have to work hard to stay ahead of them, they are good.'

They are so good, in fact, that they won today's race seven, and in discarding an 11th in race three they have closed to within five points of Campos for the lead in the class. In third is Pier Vettor Grimani's X-41 Sideracordis from Italy six points back, with another Italian X-41, Gianclaudio Bassetti's WB Five, yet another six points back within the range of the podium tomorrow.

But the real drama on the water and in the standings is the fight in Class C, where another day of recalls and black flags rewarded those who could endure the tactical fights and survive. It may be therefore no surprise that a smaller, nimbler fast boat raced by the reigning Class C World Champion team led by Duccio Colombi from Italy on Giuseppe Giuffre's Italia 9.98F Low Noise II was able to punch through the mess to finish second today to Michael Mollman's Danish X-37 Hansen, and in discarding a 14.5 in race three rise to the top of the standings on 17 points.

'Today we started well, keeping to the left,' said Colombi. 'We were able to keep us off from the rest of the fleet to enjoy clean air. We arrived seconds behind Hansen the X-37, and this allowed us to win first place in the standings with five points. Tomorrow we must race with an open mind and do what we do well - five points are not much in this fleet because it is large and it is fierce.'

Jose Luis Maldonado's X-35 Fyord from Spain discarded a DSQ in race one to rocket up through the ranks to third place on 28 points, with the next contender, the Spanish X-37 Solventis and a prior series leader in this class, lying not far behind in fourth on 36.5 points.

The weather forecast for tomorrow looks similar to the last few days, with lots of sun but not lots of wind, so one and maybe two races will be scheduled for a 1200 start. Regardless, three World Champions will be crowned tomorrow in each of three classes, along with winners in the Corinthian divisions of each.

Full results

ORC Class A

Pos	Sail nr.	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	Type	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Points
1	ITA29141	ENFANT TERRIBLE MINOAN LINES	ALBERTO ROSSI	ALBERTO ROSSI	TP52	3	2	4.5	2	2	2	2	13
2	ITA23520	XIO	MARCO SERAFINI	MARCO SERAFINI	TP52	5	1	6	1	1	1	8	15
3	ESP9400	RATS ON FIRE	RAFAEL CARBONELL	MANUEL DORESTE	SWAN 45	4	19	1	10	8	7	1	31
4	SUI19	TEAM VISION FUTURE	JEAN JACQUES CHAUBARD	MERGUI MIKAEL	GP42	1	6	11	4	17	8	5	35
5	PER482	KUAN KUN	EDUARDO WONG	FEDERICO CALABRESE	SOTO 48	10	5	9	7	3	5	6	35
6	THA72	THA72	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	TP52	9	3	13.5	5.5	10	6	3	36.5
7	ITA2352	AIRIS	ROBERTO MONTI	CESARE BRESSAN	TP 52	15	4	12	8	4	3	9	40
8	ESP10222	TRAFALGAR	DMITRY MARTINES	LUIS DORESTE	SWAN 45	7	9	3	9	6	10	7	41
9	ITA45050	RANDOM RESEARCH ULIKA	ANDREA MASI	ANDREA MASI	SWAN 45	2	15	8	5.5	14	16	10	54.5
10	ESP9977	SOLETE	JESUS TURRO	ROMAN TURRO	G.SOLEIL 50D	14	14	4.5	13	16	15	4	64.5
11	ITA2945	THETIS	LUCA LOCATELLI	LUCA LOCATELLI	SWAN 45	12	17	15	11	5	9	14	66
12	ITA15242	STELLA	STEFANO FAVA	GIUSEPPE CAVALIERI	SYDNEY 46	8	16	7	12	15	12	18	70
13	ITA1717	MILU	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	ANDREA PIETROLUCCI	MYLIUS 14E55	13	10	20	17	9	11	13	73
14	SUI2012	KAJSA III	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	ROLF AUF DER MAUR	DK 46	11	20	10	14	13	13	12	73
15	ESP9518	BULTACO	ANDRES VARELA ENTRECANALES	ANDRES VARELA	X-65	17	8	23	3	7	19	23	77
16	USA61137	OTRA VEZ	WILLIAM COATES	WILLIAM COATES	KER 43	18	12	18	15	11	4	20	78
17	RUS2288	PHOENIX	SERGEY GRISHIN	SERGEY GRISHIN	CUSTOM 60	19	7	17	14.5 RDG	18	18	11	85.5
18	GER6999	SILVA NEO	HEINZ PETES SCHMIDT	GEHRLEIN DENNIS	GP 42	6	11	13.5	16	23	20	22	88.5
19	ITA14694	CORATGE	MANUEL JANE	ISIDRO MARTI	SWAN 45	21	18	16	18	12	14	17	95
20	ITA14525	JEROBOAM	CARLOS PLAZA	JUAN PLAZA	SWAN 45	23	23	2	20	20	21	16	102
21	ESP7452	DUENDE 52	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	JACINTO RODRIGUEZ	TP52	20	13	21	24 DNF	21	17	15	107
22	ESP5555	AIFOS	ARMADA ESPANOLA	JAIME RODRIGUEZ TOUBES	COREL 45	16	22	19	21	19	22	21	118
23	ESP5432	BRUJO JAZZ	SERGIO RAMIREZ	OLIVER BRAVO DE LAGUNA	FIRST 47.7	22	21	22	19	22	23	19	125

ORC Class B

Pos	Sail nr.	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Points
1	ROU1	MOVISTAR	PEDRO CAMPOS	PEDRO CAMPOS	2	3	5	3	2	1	3	14
2	ESP4225	PEZ DE ABRIL	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	JOSE MARIA MESEGUER	1	5	11	2	8	2	1	19
3	ITA41048	SIDERACORDIS	PIER VETTOR GRIMANI	ANDREA TEDESCO	4	6	3	12	1	4	7	25
4	ITA4100	WB FIVE	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	GIANCLAUDIO BASSETTI	13	9	8	4	3	3	4	31
5	ITA14329	GIUMAT +2	FLAVIO TRUSENDI	FRANCESCO CRUCIANI	9	1	1	1	16	14	5.5	31.5
6	IVB42057	DIGITAL ALPHA	FRANCISCO RIZZO	FRANCISCO RIZZO	3	12	4	6	22	5	2	32
7	GBR100N	KOYAMA	BERN KAMMERLANDER	IÑAKI CASTAÑER	7	2	2	7	24	8	16	42
8	LAT909	AMBER MILES	LAKIMENKO VADIM	LAKIMENKO VADIM	6	4	7	5	15	7	17	44
9	ESP9229	ES TES UNNO - BAINBRIDGE	FRANCISCO SOLDEVILA	PEP SOLDEVILA	22	7	6	15	9	6	13	56
10	USA38800	EXTREME WAYS	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH	ANDREW HOLDSWORTH	5	13	10	14	30	9	9	60
11	ESP9979	PHONEMOVIL	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	JOSE IGNACIO VICENT	11	11	14	9	5	15	14	64
12	ESP6966	MATARO MARINA BARCELONA	JAIME MONJO CARRION	LUIS MARTINEZ DORESTE	19	39 DSQ	9	8	14	12	12	74
13	EST499	LE COQ HARDI	AIVAR TUULBERG	AIVAR TUULBERG	10	16	23	13	7	27	10	79
14	ESP9754	ADRIAN HOTELES	DANIEL ADRIAN RUERA	DANIEL ADRIAN	17	10	13	21	6	16	20	82
15	PER2015	TOUCHE SUPER	OSCAR SANCHEZ	OSCAR SANCHEZ	15	32	31	22	4	10	5.5	87.5
16	ESP7445	DES-AHOGO	MARIA MILLAN	RICARDO TEJERO	23	15	16	18	10	18	15	92
17	DEN1108	BACH YACHTING RACING TEAM	BACH YACHTING	NIC BOL	21	8	39 DNF	10	21	17	22	99
18	CZE117	THREE SISTERS	FIRST SAILING SRO	MILAN HAJEK	12	17	12	16	20	28	31	105
19	ITA16800	REVE DE VIE	ERMANNO GALEATI	NENAD VIALI	18	19	24	17	18	19	18	109
20	ESP8785	FLYER 2	CARLOS REBOLL	TONI DEL RIO	8	18	17	11	39 BFD	39 BFD	21	114
21	ITA40091	CHILI PEPPER	PHILIPPE COMTE	PHILIPPE COMTE	14	31	27	19	28	20	8	116
22	ITA252	FARR MARMO	ALBERTO FRANCHI	ALBERTO FRANCHI	16	39 DSQ	20	29	17	13	23	118
23	ESP7111	RAQUERO	EUGENIO LOPEZ CHACARRA	EUGENIO LOPEZ	25	21	15	25	12	23	24	120
24	GBR66	L'IMMENS	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	ALEXANDRE LAPLAZA	20	14	18	24	19	26	26	121
25	ESP10005	MAXIMO	MARIBEL CADENAS	MARIBEL CADENAS	31	23	29	20	11	21	19	123
26	FRA43519	VALENTINA	THIERRY D'ARGOUBET	JORDI GELABERTO	33	26	19	31	13	11	30	130
27	IVB42039	DIGITAL BRAVO	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	VALENTIN ZUBKOV	26	36	22	39 OCS	32	22	11	149
28	GBR6638R	ALICE	CHRIS LE PREVOST	SIMON HENNING	29	20	28	23	34	25	25	150
29	LUX1544	ENIGMA	LUIS TORT MARTIN	LUIS TORT	27	25	21	28	31	24	29	154
30	BRA2490	RUDA	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ	MARIO AUGUSTO MARTINEZ	28	22	26	26	25	39 DNF	33	160
31	ESP7647	EMERGENCIES SETMIL	RAFAEL IZQUIERDO	JUAN ESCANDELL	24	24	30	30	23	39 DNF	35	166
32	FRA36940	FANDANGO 300	JAVIER SABIOTE	GABRIEL DE LLANO	38	29.5	25	32	27	29	27	169.5
33	ESP6333	HYDRA	OSCAR CHAVES	OSCAR CHAVES	32	28	33	33	26	34	28	180
34	ITA2006	OTTOVOLANTE	FABIO SANTORO	FABIO SANTORO	35	29.5	32	35	33	31	39 DNC	195.5
35	ESP7000	JOT	CARSTEN HENNINGSEN	OLIVER OCHSE	37	27	39 DSQ	39 DSQ	29	32	34	198
36	ESP5906	CARONTE	CARLES COMAS	CARLES COMAS	30	34	34	34	36	30	36	198
37	ESP6353	SLICK	CARLOS CODINA	CARLOS CODINA	36	33	36	36	35	33	32	205
38	ESP10038	MIRIAPODO	LUIS ROMEU	LUIS ROMEU	34	35	35	27	37	39 DNF	39 DNC	207

ORC Class C

Pos	Sail nr.	Yacht	Owner	Skipper	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Points
1	ITA998	LOW NOISE II	GIUSEPPE GIUFFRE	DUCCIO COLOMBI	1	4	15.5	3	5	2	2	17
2	DEN68	HANSEN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	MICHAEL MOLLMANN	7	5	7.5	2	7	1	1	23
3	ESP8471	FYORD	JOSE LUIS MALDONADO	JAVIER SERRANO	36 DSQ	8	4	1	3	5	8	29
4	ESP8837	SOLVENTIS	ALBERTO MORO	MANUEL BERMUDEZ	3	2	1	14.5	2	14	16	36.5
5	EST711	SUGAR 2	OTT KIKKAS	SANDRO MONTEFUSCO	10	1	10	6	14	6	4	37
6	ESP7625	TANIT IV - MEDILEVEL	MARIA JOSE VILA	IGNACIO CAMPOS	4	10	29	5	10	4	5.5	38.5
7	ESP8267	AIRLAN AERMEC	JOAN CABRER	TEO MATHEU	17	15	3	13	1	3	10	45
8	ITA16639	TOTAL LUBMARINE SCUGNIZZA	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	VINCENZO DE BLASIO	19	3	5	7	17	8	7	47
9	NED7680	YELLOW ROSE	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	MARTEN JAN RINGERS	6	22	14	9	9	7	13	58
10	ITA15037	SAGOLA BIOTRADING	PEPPE FORNICH	PEPPE FORNICH	11	12	18	10	11	15	5.5	64.5
11	ESP8878	ZAS SAILING	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	JOSE LUIS FRANCES	25	21	17	4	6	9	9	66
12	ITA16406	SOUTH KENSINGTON	ALESSANDRO CONSIGLIO	STEFANO PIPITONE	16	6	9	14.5	25	12	11	68.5
13	ESP5951	LA VILA - CENTRO COMERCIAL	FELIX COMAS	FELIX COMAS	12	36 DSQ	2	8	23	21	22	88
14	ESP8377	COMET@	LLUIS BLANCHAR	LLUIS BLANCHAR	6	13.5	15.5	18	13	23	24	89
15	ESP8466	VERTIGO DOS	ANTONIO GUASCH	ANTONIO GUASCH	21	19	13	21	8	10	20	91
16	ITA15337	VALHALLA	FRANCESCO BRUNA	MARCO BRUNA	8	13.5	19	19	15	19	19	93.5
17	ITA16512	SQUALO BIANCO	CONCETTO COSTA	ALBERTO COSTA	22	16	27	11	20	11	15	95
18	ESP9399	DESAFINO	FERRAN AGUIRRE	MIQUEL COLOMER	13	27	6	16	19	24	18	96
19	ITA14696	NORTHERN LIGHT by SAMER & Co	NORTHERN LIGHT SAILING TEAM	FABIO BIGNOLINI	14	11	7.5	24	21	27	26	103.5
20	RUS2113	SYMFONY	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	VIACHESLAV FROLOV	31	29	23	20	4	13	17	106
21	ITA16712	ANGRY RED	DOMENICO CICALA	DOMENICO CICALA	26	7	11	25	28	25	12	106
22	ESP9438	MODARK	ASIER GARCIA	ASIER GARCIA	9	30	26	17	24	20	14	110
23	ESP7875	TRAMENDU	SALVADOR VIETA	SALVADOR VIETA	15	17	30.5	12	16	36 DNF	21	111.5
24	POR2000	MBA ATLANTICO - FAROFINO 2000	RUI RAMADA	RUI RAMADA	27	26	20	28	12	26	3	114
25	ESP8139	DEFCON SEGURIDAD	PEDRO GIL	JOSE MANUEL BALLESTER	5	23	21	26	22	29	27	124
26	GBR234	SAIOLA X	WIM VANDESANDE	WIM VANDESANDE	28	9	28	23	18	18	28	124
27	ITA18081	JULES ET JIM	SALVATORE BRUCATO	JAMES BRUCATO	24	18	12	22	36 DNF	36 DNF	23	135
28	ESP7666	ORANGE FISH	JORDI PRENAFETA	JORDI PRENAFETA	20	24	25	29	27	16	30	141
29	ESP7565	FANYTAS	MIQUEL BANUS	INGRID BANUS	23	20	22	27	26	28	25	143
30	ESP6919	SPRINGBOK III	JORDI DELGADO	JORDI DELGADO	18	25	24	30	36 DNF	36 DNC	36 DNC	169
31	ITA1501	MAGICA	FERRAN MARTINEZ	MARCO CORNO	29	31	30.5	31	31	17	31	169.5
32	ESP7094	RAMA	JORDI BIETO	JORDI BIETO	30	28	32	33	33	22	33	178
33	FRA21878	TE HOA	GERARD FORTEA	GERARD FORTEA	33	33	34	34	29	30	29	188
34	ESP9931	SWAHILI	PERE PERICOT	PERE PERICOT	32	32	33	32	30	36 DNF	32	191
35	ESP7145	JAMBO	MIGUEL FIORI	MIGUEL FIORI	34	34	35	35	32	36 DNF	34	204