International Lightning Class Association World Championship day 4

by Laura Jeffers on 28 Jul 2011 On day four of the International Lightning Class Association World Championship, only one race was completed. This put the regatta back on schedule due to the high winds and seas that delayed racing on Monday afternoon.

The Chilean Team of Tito Gonzalez sailing with his son, Diego and Cristian Herman convincingly won the race and is now the sole leader of the regatta with 12 total points. Strong winds of 20+ kts and seas initially postponed racing this morning but then subsided by mid morning and allowed PRO, Claudio Buckup to run a perfect five leg windward-leeward course in 15-17 kt winds.

Going into today’s race the top four positions in this regatta were very close. These teams continued to show their talent and finished in the top four today. Behind Team Gonzalez, the USA team of David Starck sailing with his wife Jody and Ian Jones took a three today and are second overall with 14 total points. The Brazilian Team of Claus Biekarck, Gunner Ficker and Marcelo Batista da Silva continue to sail consistently and finished fourth to have a combined total of 15 points.

Thomas Sumner, Felipe Brito and Fillipe Gil also from Brazil followed up their two bullets yesterday with a second in today’s race, condensing the points total even further. They are right on the heels of Stack and Biekarck in fourth place overall with 16 points.

The next three teams are all within one point of each other in the overall standings. In fifth Place, the Chilean Team of Cristobal Perez, Philipp Goyeneche and Ignacio Perez have 25 points. The USA Team of Will Brown, John Faus and Matty Schon are in sixth with 26 points and Felipe Robles, Pablo Lorca and Andres Guevara from Chile are in seventh place with 27 points.

Racing continues tomorrow with an 11 am warning, two races scheduled. The events have been made possible by support and grants received by the following sponsors:

• Brazilian Sailing Federation – CBVM sponsored by Bradesco Bank, CPFL, Travel Ace and Tamoyo.
• Rio de Janeiro Sailing Federation – FEVERJ
• City of Búzios Sports and Tourism Secretary’s
• Segurigraff HG – High Security Holograms
• Sercon Ltda. A Steris Company
• Saturno Tintas
• Glassit Fiberglass
• Bombril
• Niagara Industrial
• Cerveja Germânia

Rank	BowNumber	SailNo	HelmName	Crew1	Crew2	Country	01	02	03	04	05	06	Total	Nett
1st	11	11011	Tito Gonzalez Mas	Diego Gonzalez Parro	Cristian Herman Sanhueza	Chile	3.0	3.0	(6.0)	2.0	3.0	1.0	18.0	12.0
2nd	39	15470	David Starck	JodyStarck	IanJones	USA	1.0	(14.0)	2.0	3.0	5.0	3.0	28.0	14.0
3rd	03	15333	Claus Biekarck	Gunner Ficker	Marcelo Batistada Silva	Brazil	(6.0)	4.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	21.0	15.0
4th	01	14894	Thomas Sumner	FelipeBrito	FillipeGil	Brazil	7.0	(12.0)	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	28.0	16.0
5th	37	15355	Cristobal Perez	Philipp Goyeneche	Ignacio Perez	Chile	8.0	5.0	3.0	(9.0)	4.0	5.0	34.0	25.0
6th	31	15345	William Brown	JohnFaus	Matty Schon	USA	4.0	6.0	4.0	6.0	(10.0)	6.0	36.0	26.0
7th	28	14794	Felipe Robles	PabloLorca	Andres Guevara	Chile	5.0	1.0	(9.0)	5.0	7.0	9.0	36.0	27.0
8th	24	15420	Ryan Ruhlman	NickTurney	Martha Fisher	USA	2.0	11.0	7.0	11.0	(17.0)	7.0	55.0	38.0
9th	09	9	TomAllen Jr.	SteveDavis	KarlAllen	USA	10.0	2.0	16.0	(17.0)	12.0	13.0	70.0	53.0
10th	08	13360	Alejandro Cloos	Carlosde Mare	Juliande Mare	Argentina	16.0	7.0	10.0	16.0	6.0	(21.0)	76.0	55.0

For full day four results, click International Lightning Class Association website