Day 2 ISAF Youth Worlds - crews start to dominate

by Richard Gladwell on 18 Jul 2005 The second day of racing in the ISAF Youth Worlds saw several crews consolidate their positions at the top of the points table with five races sailed in the regatta. OCS scores have also affected several top competitors.

Fleet reports from provisional results:

Laser Radial:

Paige Railey (USA) continued the superb form she displayed on the opening day to place first and second in the two races sailed. Her consistent performance has opened up a massive 25 point lead over the second placed boat with just five races sailed. Second overall is Tina Mihelic (CRO) who moved up from 6th overall on the previous day with Arantza Gumucio (CHI) moving up from seventh to third overall, but still 31 points adrift of Paige Railey. There was more high drama for China’s Xu Lijia who had been pushing Railey in the opening two races, but copped an OCS in the third. She got a second OCS in the first race today and then bounced back to win in the fifth race. If the series runs to nine or more races then she will be able to discard both OCS results and could be back in contact with Railey.

Laser:

Netherland’s Rutger van Schaardenburg has taken a five point lead after winning the fifth race, having scored a tenth to start the day – his worst placing to date. Royce Webber (USA) is another mover, coming up from fifth overall into second after five races. Weber scored a consistent second and third to finish the day with 30 points – five adrift of van Schaardenburg. Overnight leader, Jorge Jover (ESP) slipped back to third, being hit hard by a 19th place in the fourth race and rounded out the day with an eight. When discards start to click in – after Race Six, the fleet is expected to compress, with the top three being very close and then competitors down to ninth overall coming into contention.

Blair McLay (NZL) turned in a mixed performance winning the fourth race and emulating his result in the third. But a 17th place in the fifth race pulled him back to 4th overall on equal points with Giles Scott (GBR). When discards click in many of the competitors have had at least one “horrible” and the standings are expected to bunch up.

420 Girls:

The French crew of Marie Lumeau and Claire Bossard have really put their stamp on this event with another first and then a third place to give them a 20 point lead over the second placed USA crew of Magill and Provancha who were also consistent, scoring a pair of fourth placings, and improved their overnight standing by one place. In third place overall are Basilio and Biekarck (BRA) who placed third and fifth today to be five points back. Singapore’s Liu and tam were hit hard by an OCS in the fourth race and dropped back to be 10th overall having been second overnight. Australian crew of Stephanie and Emma Flukes are fourth overall.

420 Boys

Portugal’s Silva and Gomes have minimally extended their lead over second placed Saito and Yoshinaga (JPN) after both crews won a race , with the Portuguese finishing in fifth place in race five and the Japanese taking sixth in Race Four. These two crews have opened up a significant gap of 12 points over the third placed Mallindine and Clark (GBR) who were in fouth overall overnight. The previously third placed Korean crew too a big dive down to 12th overall after being one of nine crews black flagged for jumping a start in Race Six.

Mistral Girls:

Blanca Manchon Dominguez (ESP) holds only a three point lead despite winning two races and finishing fourth in Race 4. Overnight leader Laura Linares (ITA) hold second place overall with a string of second placings, plus a sixth in Race Five. Also close is Maayan Davidovich (ISR) with 16 points – these three have a six point gap over the fourth placed competitor. French competitor Anne Sophie Le Page was another hit for OCS dropping her back to fifth overall without a discard.

Mistral Boys:

There hasn’t been much change in the leaderboard in the Mistral Boys event. Poland’s Lukasz Grodzicki continued his winning ways with three wins in three races to build a 15 point lead over Juan Moreno (ESP) and with Andreas Sofroniou (CYP) in third place. Franc’es Pierre Lecoq dropped out of second overall after the first day after he placed fifth, second and eighth in the three races sailed today. The points between second and fourth overall are very close, however the winner is in no doubt.

Hobie 16:

Australian crew of Evan Walker and Kyle Langford have moved into first place overall after finishing with a second and a fifth place in the two races sailed. They moved past the French crew of Villion and Bataille who were overnight leaders, but could only manage two sixth places today. They are now tied up on points with the Italian crew of Bissaro and Lejari, with the British crew of Phipps and Cook one point away in fourth overall.

Racing continues tomorrow with the following day being a rest day.