Delta Lloyd Regatta - Polish windsurfers dominate windy opening day
by Delta Lloyd Regatta on 27 May 2015
RSX Class - 2015 Delta Lloyd Regatta Laurens Morel
It was a strong-wind opening day for the 700 boats competing at the Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Holland.
Poland’s world-class windsurfing squad has always enjoyed the strong breeze, and Pawel Tarnowski leads the RSX men’s windsurfer division after a perfect day of three race victories. Zofia Noceti-Klepacka leads the RSX women’s division with scores of 2, 1, 2.
In the women’s skiff, the 49er FX, Dutch team Annemieke Bekkering and Annette Duetz blasted around the course with incredible consistency, racking up 3, 3, 3 to lead the regatta, although the Aussie team in second place, Tess Lloyd and Caitlin Elks, also sit on 9 points with scores of 1, 4, 4.
It’s a similar tie-break story at the top of the men’s 49er leader-board; New Zealand’s young team of Marcus Hansen and Josh Porebski hold the lead in the men’s skiff fleet, but on equal points in second place is Australia’s Joel Turner and Lewis Brake. Near the back of the fleet, but not surprising after their first day ever of competition in the highly challenging 49er, is the team from Oman, Musab Al Hadi and Hashim Al Rashdi. “If we can get round the course, and not crash into anyone, we’ll be happy,” said Al Hadi, although he was disappointed to finish outside the time limit of the final of their three heats, after multiple capsizes on the last leg of the race.
Part of the challenge of racing on the IJselmeer is that the shallow 5-6m waters generate a short choppy wave pattern that makes it very easy to stick the nose of a fast boat like the 49er into the back of the wave, resulting in pitch-poles and capsizes. It’s a similar problem for the high-speed catamaran, the Nacra 17. However this didn’t upset the World No.1s from France, Billy Besson and Marie Riou who dominated the multihull fleet with 1,3,1 scores, sitting 10 points in front of Great Britain’s Ben Saxton and Nicola Groves in second place just ahead of Olympic medalists from Australia, Darren Bundock and Nina Curtis.
Matthew Wearn from Australia did well in his side of the three-way draw in the 162-boat Laser qualifying fleet, with scores of 1, 2 leaving him well placed after day one. Rutger van Schaardenburg is the top Dutch sailor in a very competitive home fleet, lying second overall with a 4,1 score. In the women’s singlehander, the Laser Radial, Ireland’s Annalise Murphy hammered home her traditional big-breeze advantage to win the first race of her qualifying group. On the other side of the draw, Olympic silver medalist Marit Bouwmeester from the Netherlands won her race at a canter, easily justifying her early selection to the Olympic team for Rio 2016.
In the three-person Paralympic keelboat, Colin Harrison’s team from Australia tops the 12-boat Sonar fleet. In the SKUD doublehanders, Great Britain’s Alex Rickham and Niki Birrell hold a one-point lead over the Netherlands’ Rolf Schrama and Sandra Nap. France’s Damien Seguin enjoyed a perfect day in the 2.4mR singlehander keelboat, winning both races.
In the 470 divisions, Finland’s Niki Blassar and Mikaela Wulff lead the women’s fleet, and Korea’s Kim Chang-Ju and Kim Ji-Hoon lead the men. Pieter-Jan Postma didn’t have it all his own way in the Finn singlehander, although the Dutchman still looked impressive on home waters to lead with scores of 3,1. “When it’s windy and shifty like that, and with the waves on the IJselmeer, it can be tricky for sailors visiting here, but they are learning quickly,” he smiled. “I won’t be sharing any local secrets with them, they are working it out already!”
Full results - RSX Men
|
Nr
|
Sail Number
|
Skipper
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
T
|
N
|
|
1
|
POL 182
|
Pawel TARNOWSKI
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
|
2
|
ITA 2
|
Marcantonio BAGLIONE
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
5.0
|
11.0
|
11.0
|
|
3
|
LTU 1
|
Juozas BERNOTAS
|
2.0
|
8.0
|
2.0
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
|
4
|
KOR 71
|
Lee TAEHOON
|
3.0
|
6.0
|
3.0
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
|
5
|
KOR 141
|
Wonwoo CHO
|
10.0
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
15.0
|
15.0
|
|
6
|
GBR 931
|
Tom SQUIRES
|
2.0
|
7.0
|
7.0
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
|
7
|
NOR 7
|
Sebastian WANG-HANSEN
|
6.0
|
4.0
|
8.0
|
18.0
|
18.0
|
|
8
|
HKG 16
|
Chun Leung Michael CHENG
|
5.0
|
7.0
|
7.0
|
19.0
|
19.0
|
|
9
|
CZE 130
|
Karel LAVICKY
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
9.0
|
20.0
|
20.0
|
|
10
|
NED 9
|
Kiran BADLOE
|
1.0
|
15.0
|
5.0
|
21.0
|
21.0
|
|
11
|
ESP 7
|
Ivan PASTOR
|
3.0
|
6.0
|
12.0
|
21.0
|
21.0
|
|
12
|
ISR 11
|
Shahar ZUBARI
|
7.0
|
14.0
|
2.0
|
23.0
|
23.0
|
|
13
|
GBR 49
|
Joe BENNETT
|
15.0
|
2.0
|
6.0
|
23.0
|
23.0
|
|
14
|
NED 216
|
Matthijs van 'T HOFF
|
11.0
|
4.0
|
10.0
|
25.0
|
25.0
|
|
15
|
CRO 751
|
Luka MRATOVIC
|
8.0
|
3.0
|
14.0
|
25.0
|
25.0
|
|
16
|
RUS 1
|
Maksim OBEREMKO
|
10.0
|
10.0
|
6.0
|
26.0
|
26.0
|
|
17
|
CAN 33
|
Zachary PLAVSIC
|
5.0
|
12.0
|
9.0
|
26.0
|
26.0
|
|
18
|
SUI 63
|
Elia COLOMBO
|
7.0
|
13.0
|
8.0
|
28.0
|
28.0
|
|
19
|
THA 8
|
Ek BOONSAWAD
|
8.0
|
9.0
|
11.0
|
28.0
|
28.0
|
|
20
|
ARG 401
|
Bautista SAUBIDET BIRKNER
|
4.0
|
11.0
|
16.0
|
31.0
|
31.0
|
|
21
|
NED 465
|
Huig-Jan TAK
|
9.0
|
11.0
|
12.0
|
32.0
|
32.0
|
|
22
|
BRA 127
|
Gabriel BASTOS PEREIRA
|
12.0
|
9.0
|
15.0
|
36.0
|
36.0
|
|
23
|
HKG 2
|
Hotsun LEUNG
|
19.0
|
14.0
|
4.0
|
37.0
|
37.0
|
|
24
|
FRA 34
|
Paul ROZIER
|
9.0
|
16.0
|
13.0
|
38.0
|
38.0
|
|
25
|
ISR 22
|
Amir GALILI
|
20.0
|
3.0
|
16.0
|
39.0
|
39.0
|
|
26
|
RUS 4
|
Dmitrii POLISHCHUK
|
14.0
|
8.0
|
17.0
|
39.0
|
39.0
|
|
27
|
GBR 60
|
Samuel SILLS
|
17.0
|
21.0
|
3.0
|
41.0
|
41.0
|
|
28
|
JPN 11
|
Makoto TOMIZAWA
|
16.0
|
5.0
|
20.0
|
41.0
|
41.0
|
|
29
|
HKG 10
|
Gabriel Angelo BRETTELL
|
12.0
|
16.0
|
14.0
|
42.0
|
42.0
|
|
30
|
FRA 51
|
de L'Hermite IGOR
|
13.0
|
20.0
|
10.0
|
43.0
|
43.0
|
|
31
|
UKR 13
|
Oleksandr TUGARYEV
|
16.0
|
17.0
|
13.0
|
46.0
|
46.0
|
|
32
|
HUN 1
|
Áron GÁDORFALVI
|
18.0
|
10.0
|
18.0
|
46.0
|
46.0
|
|
33
|
NED 8
|
Dorian van RIJSSELBERGHE
|
34.0
OCS
|
13.0
|
1.0
|
48.0
|
48.0
|
|
34
|
FRA 440
|
Trévor CARAES
|
11.0
|
17.0
|
24.0
|
52.0
|
52.0
|
|
35
|
GBR 749
|
Robert YORK
|
13.0
|
18.0
|
22.0
|
53.0
|
53.0
|
|
36
|
USA 75
|
Carson CRAIN
|
14.0
|
23.0
|
17.0
|
54.0
|
54.0
|
|
37
|
NED 1111
|
Joris van ESSEN
|
22.0
|
20.0
|
15.0
|
57.0
|
57.0
|
|
38
|
NED 1999
|
Luuc van OPZEELAND
|
15.0
|
21.0
|
23.0
|
59.0
|
59.0
|
|
39
|
ISR 24
|
Yoav OMER
|
27.0
|
15.0
|
18.0
|
60.0
|
60.0
|
|
40
|
CAN 29
|
Gabriel VERRIER-PAQUETTE
|
24.0
|
19.0
|
19.0
|
62.0
|
62.0
|
|
41
|
POL 11
|
Marcin URBANOWICZ
|
34.0
OCS
|
18.0
|
11.0
|
63.0
|
63.0
|
|
42
|
FRA 36
|
Arnaud BILLET
|
18.0
|
25.0
|
21.0
|
64.0
|
64.0
|
|
43
|
POL 28
|
Radoslaw FURMANSKI
|
34.0
DNF
|
12.0
|
20.0
|
66.0
|
66.0
|
|
44
|
KOR 62
|
Byunggun LEE
|
22.0
|
22.0
|
22.0
|
66.0
|
66.0
|
|
45
|
NED 116
|
Max Alexander van der STORM
|
20.0
|
27.0
|
21.0
|
68.0
|
68.0
|
|
46
|
ARU 11
|
Mack van der EERENBEEMT
|
19.0
|
28.0
|
23.0
|
70.0
|
70.0
|
|
47
|
BRA 70
|
Brenno FRANCIOLI
|
17.0
|
27.0
|
26.0
|
70.0
|
70.0
|
|
48
|
EGY 5
|
Ahmed HABASH
|
29.0
|
23.0
|
19.0
|
71.0
|
71.0
|
|
49
|
RUS 14
|
Ivan SHOKHOV
|
21.0
|
26.0
|
24.0
|
71.0
|
71.0
|
|
50
|
NED 25
|
Sil HOEKSTRA
|
23.0
|
22.0
|
27.0
|
72.0
|
72.0
|
|
51
|
CAN 51
|
Jean-Sebastien FUGERE
|
26.0
|
19.0
|
28.0
|
73.0
|
73.0
|
|
52
|
NED 823
|
Sam WENNEKES
|
21.0
|
26.0
|
29.0
|
76.0
|
76.0
|
|
53
|
POR 37
|
Frederico RODRIGUES
|
26.0
|
28.0
|
25.0
|
79.0
|
79.0
|
|
54
|
TUR 399
|
Cavit BIRIZ
|
28.0
|
25.0
|
27.0
|
80.0
|
80.0
|
|
55
|
TUR 7
|
Isa PAMIR
|
28.0
|
24.0
|
28.0
|
80.0
|
80.0
|
|
56
|
SWE 109
|
Adam Merged HOLM MERGED
|
27.0
|
29.0
|
25.0
|
81.0
|
81.0
|
|
57
|
POL 30
|
Maciej KLUSZCZYSKI
|
25.0
|
30.0
|
26.0
|
81.0
|
81.0
|
|
58
|
THA 27
|
Phattharadanai CHINAIN
|
25.0
|
29.0
|
29.0
|
83.0
|
83.0
|
|
59
|
RUS 0
|
Andrey ZAGAINOV
|
24.0
|
31.0
|
30.0
|
85.0
|
85.0
|
|
60
|
NED 250
|
Ramon STOLK
|
30.0
|
30.0
|
30.0
|
90.0
|
90.0
|
|
61
|
HUN 196
|
Bence SÁNTA
|
31.0
|
31.0
|
31.0
|
93.0
|
93.0
|
|
62
|
RUS 663
|
Denis VOROTYNTSEV
|
30.0
|
32.0
|
31.0
|
93.0
|
93.0
|
|
63
|
EGY 9
|
Mohamed ELSAFTY
|
29.0
|
32.0
|
32.0
|
93.0
|
93.0
|
Full results - RSX Women
|
Nr
|
Sail Number
|
Skipper
|
R1
|
R2
|
R3
|
T
|
N
|
|
1
|
POL 8
|
Zofia NOCETI-KLEPACKA
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
|
2
|
NED 171
|
Lilian de GEUS
|
1.0
|
7.0
|
4.0
|
12.0
|
12.0
|
|
3
|
EST 215
|
Ingrid PUUSTA
|
6.0
|
2.0
|
8.0
|
16.0
|
16.0
|
|
4
|
ITA 11
|
Laura LINARES
|
3.0
|
13.0
|
3.0
|
19.0
|
19.0
|
|
5
|
POL 7
|
Maja DZIARNOWSKA
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
9.0
|
19.0
|
19.0
|
|
6
|
RUS 271
|
Stefania ELFUTINA
|
17.0
|
14.0
|
1.0
|
32.0
|
32.0
|
|
7
|
POL 1
|
Hanna ZEMBRZUSKA
|
14.0
|
8.0
|
10.0
|
32.0
|
32.0
|
|
8
|
ISR 10
|
Maayan DAVIDOVICH
|
13.0
|
18.0
|
11.0
|
42.0
|
42.0
|
|
9
|
POL 9
|
Agnieszka BILSKA
|
11.0
|
12.0
|
19.0
|
42.0
|
42.0
|
|
10
|
CAN 17
|
Nikola GIRKE
|
9.0
|
6.0
|
28.0
|
43.0
|
43.0
|
|
11
|
ISR 20
|
Noy DRIHAN
|
35.0
|
4.0
|
6.0
|
45.0
|
45.0
|
|
12
|
NOR 23
|
Maria MOLLESTAD
|
7.0
|
16.0
|
22.0
|
45.0
|
45.0
|
|
13
|
HKG 5
|
Hei Man CHAN
|
18.0
|
10.0
|
18.0
|
46.0
|
46.0
|
|
14
|
AUS 254
|
Joanna STERLING
|
24.0
|
11.0
|
12.0
|
47.0
|
47.0
|
|
15
|
NED 203
|
Sara WENNEKES
|
12.0
|
21.0
|
15.0
|
48.0
|
48.0
|
|
16
|
HKG 11
|
Sin Lam Sonia LO
|
23.0
|
3.0
|
23.0
|
49.0
|
49.0
|
|
17
|
FRA 11
|
Tetard CLAIRE
|
20.0
|
16.5
RDG
|
13.0
|
49.5
|
49.5
|
|
18
|
NED 11
|
Isis HOEKSTRA
|
26.0
|
20.0
|
5.0
|
51.0
|
51.0
|
|
19
|
HUN 119
|
Sara CHOLNOKY
|
22.0
|
9.0
|
24.0
|
55.0
|
55.0
|
|
20
|
DEN 321
|
Lærke BUHL-HANSEN
|
8.0
|
15.0
|
34.0
|
57.0
|
57.0
|
|
21
|
FRA 388
|
Lucie BELBEOCH
|
4.0
|
28.0
|
26.0
|
58.0
|
58.0
|
|
22
|
RUS 1
|
Olga MASLIVETS
|
16.0
|
42.0
DSQ
|
7.0
|
65.0
|
65.0
|
|
23
|
GRE 3
|
Gelly SKARLATOU
|
10.0
|
23.0
|
32.0
|
65.0
|
65.0
|
|
24
|
GBR 703
|
Noelle FINCH
|
28.0
|
22.0
|
20.0
|
70.0
|
70.0
|
|
25
|
GBR 956
|
Saskia SILLS
|
15.0
|
30.0
|
25.0
|
70.0
|
70.0
|
|
26
|
SWE 6
|
Fanny BAUMANN
|
19.0
|
35.0
|
17.0
|
71.0
|
71.0
|
|
27
|
HUN 7
|
Diana DETRE
|
32.0
|
19.0
|
21.0
|
72.0
|
72.0
|
|
28
|
HKG 3
|
Ma KWAN CHING
|
29.0
|
17.0
|
29.0
|
75.0
|
75.0
|
|
29
|
HKG 4
|
Wai Yan Charlie NGAI
|
36.0
|
26.0
|
14.0
|
76.0
|
76.0
|
|
30
|
JPN 35
|
Iseda MEGUMI
|
34.0
|
29.0
|
16.0
|
79.0
|
79.0
|
|
31
|
JPN 72
|
Komine MEGUMI
|
25.0
|
25.0
|
30.0
|
80.0
|
80.0
|
|
32
|
NOR 103
|
Marie Brunvoll NUSTAD
|
37.0
|
24.0
|
27.0
|
88.0
|
88.0
|
|
33
|
FRA 19
|
Mélanie JARIEL
|
21.0
|
31.0
|
36.0
|
88.0
|
88.0
|
|
34
|
ISR 5
|
Noga GELLER
|
31.0
|
33.0
|
31.0
|
95.0
|
95.0
|
|
35
|
KOR 207
|
Sabin CHUN
|
30.0
|
36.0
|
33.0
|
99.0
|
99.0
|
|
36
|
TUR 30
|
Simla CILINGIROGLU
|
38.0
|
27.0
|
38.0
|
103.0
|
103.0
|
|
37
|
GBR 714
|
Emily HALL
|
27.0
|
39.0
|
39.0
|
105.0
|
105.0
|
|
38
|
TUR 191
|
Dilara URALP
|
33.0
|
38.0
|
37.0
|
108.0
|
108.0
|
|
39
|
POL 303
|
Karolina LIPINSKA
|
39.0
|
37.0
|
35.0
|
111.0
|
111.0
|
|
40
|
KOR 231
|
Jihee LEE
|
40.0
|
34.0
|
40.0
|
114.0
|
114.0
|
|
41
|
POL 21
|
Malgorzata BIALECKA
|
42.0
DNC
|
42.0
DNC
|
42.0
DNC
|
126.0
|
126.0
|
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