Finn Gold Cup - Light wind medal race for finale
by Lindsey Bell on 29 Nov 2015
Jonathan Lobert (FRA); Ed Wright sailing Robert Deaves/Finn Class
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British sailor, Ed Wright secured a top eight finish on the closing day of Finn Gold Cup racing in Takapuna on Sunday (29 November), while Giles Scott could sail a stress-free medal race having secured event victory a day in advance.
Bournemouth’s Wright, who won the World Championship title in 2010, finished second in the medal race to elevate his overnight position one place to eighth overall, while Scott finished the final ten-boat race in eighth, already safe in the knowledge that he’d be taking the esteemed Gold Cup home with him again after a dominant display on the Hauraki Gulf this week.
With a light wind forecast for the sixth and final day of competition, there was some initially some doubt as to whether the fleet would see any racing at all on Sunday.
The one scheduled race for those outside of the top ten came to nothing in shifty conditions and a strong tide, but the race team managed to get the medal racers underway in the six - eight knot mid-afternoon breeze.
Wright hailed it his ‘best result of the week’, finishing second in the finale after a penalty at the start left him at the back of the pack and fighting.
“I wanted to go out and win the race and also keep an eye on the guys that I needed to beat,” said Wright afterwards. “I wasn’t going to take them out, but I wanted to go and have a good race.”
“It was pretty light. I had a penalty at the start which was a bit upsetting but it just made me work a little harder and I got through to second in the end.”
“I’d kind of geared up everything towards a windy regatta,” Wright reflected, having started the regatta with the intention of adding a world title to his 2010 crown.
“I didn’t really want to focus too much on the light winds and they’re not predominant here. That’s probably a mistake I made there, but I sailed pretty well in the light early on in the week, in the medium I struggled. In the one big shift per beat scenarios I was struggling to pin those down.
“My downwind speed wasn’t as good as Giles’s, who was able to just sail really consistently. A great regatta for himself, sailing fast, starting well and picking through the downwinds. It was really impressive to see him so consistent in such tricky conditions,” said Wright of his teammate, who adds a third World Championship win to his victories in 2011 and 2014.
Portland-based Scott himself remarked that the medal race was held in tricky conditions. Already with gold in the bag, silver went to France’s Olympic bronze medallist Jonathan Lobert with Vasilij Zbogar overtaking the host’s Andrew Murdoch in the medal race to claim the third step of the podium.
“It was looking pretty marginal as to whether we’d race or not,” Scott said. “They had a good go of it for the fleet race this morning and they canned them early. We got out there and got our medal race in six - eight knots.
“[It was] pretty shifty conditions and it would have been a tricky one had the points been different, that’s for sure. It was quite nice to have it all squared away beforehand.”
“I’ve been really happy with the way I’ve been sailing. I managed to put together a very consistent series, which is kind of what this sort of racing is all about,” the 28-year-old continued.
“We’re certainly in a good place, but I’m still very much aware that we’re geared towards Rio. It’s great to have won a third Gold Cup and it’s a huge honour, but ultimately it’s all about next year.”
Exmouth’s Ben Cornish, who trains alongside Scott, was happy to finish his second Finn Gold Cup in 13th place overall.
“I think my expectations probably got the better of me part way through the week. I put myself inside the top ten for a lot of the week so I raised my expectations and wanted to stay there,” the 24-year-old explained.
“I went out a little bit confident yesterday that I could stay there – maybe that was the right or wrong way of looking at it, but still it’s a good result. I’m happy to come away with that.”
“It’s huge benefit to be able to line up with Giles,” Cornish continued.
“We can see from his performance here that he’s ahead of the game. For me to be able to line up every day that we go training and compare where I’m at and how I’m progressing against him is invaluable and I think everyone in this boat park would want that opportunity. I’m really fortunate.”
James Hadden concluded what was his final Finn regatta in 46th.
Overall Results
Sailed: 11, Discards: 1, To count: 10, Entries: 76, Scoring system: Appendix A
Rank |
Flag |
Nat |
SailNo |
Bow |
Fleet |
Division |
HelmName |
Club |
R1
24 Nov |
R2
24 Nov |
R3
25 Nov |
R4
26 Nov |
R5
26 Nov |
R6
27 Nov |
R7
27 Nov |
R8
27 Nov |
R9
28 Nov |
R10
28 Nov |
Medal
29 Nov |
Total |
Nett |
1st |
|
GBR |
41 |
3 |
Medal |
O |
Giles Scott |
WPNSA |
5 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
4 |
4 |
(15) |
2 |
3 |
2 |
16 |
63 |
48 |
2nd |
|
FRA |
112 |
12 |
Medal |
O |
Jonathan Lobert |
SNO Nantes |
(45) |
5 |
19 |
5 |
19 |
14 |
18 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
138 |
93 |
3rd |
|
SLO |
573 |
9 |
Medal |
M |
Vasilij Zbogar |
Burja Izola YC |
19 |
6 |
7 |
(36) |
17 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
7 |
14 |
12 |
148 |
112 |
4th |
|
NZL |
16 |
20 |
Medal |
O |
Andrew Murdoch |
TYPBC |
1 |
7 |
17 |
(43) |
37 |
9 |
6 |
9 |
5 |
3 |
18 |
155 |
112 |
5th |
|
SWE |
33 |
16 |
Medal |
O |
Max Salminen |
GKSS |
22 |
(24) |
13 |
15 |
18 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
15 |
4 |
14 |
137 |
113 |
6th |
|
NED |
842 |
10 |
Medal |
O |
Pieter-Jan Postma |
Delta Lloyd |
27 |
29 |
5 |
23 |
(34) |
13 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
2 |
153 |
119 |
7th |
|
BRA |
109 |
23 |
Medal |
O |
Jorge Zarif |
|
24 |
20 |
8 |
(48) |
13 |
17 |
11 |
8 |
4 |
10 |
10 |
173 |
125 |
8th |
|
GBR |
11 |
4 |
Medal |
O |
Edward Wright |
Parkstone YC |
4 |
13 |
10 |
10 |
(54) |
26 |
14 |
21 |
9 |
24 |
4 |
189 |
135 |
9th |
|
GRE |
77 |
11 |
Medal |
O |
Ioannis Mitakis |
YCG |
3 |
27 |
2 |
33 |
(77 RET) |
5 |
20 |
1 |
37 |
6 |
6 |
217 |
140 |
10th |
|
FIN |
218 |
24 |
Medal |
O |
Tapio Nirkko |
EPS |
11 |
11 |
(30) |
6 |
3 |
16 |
17 |
26 |
18 |
20 |
20 |
178 |
148 |
11th |
|
EST |
2 |
15 |
|
O |
Deniss Karpak |
SK Karpak Sailing Team |
14 |
(42) |
4 |
1 |
12 |
21 |
27 |
25 |
23 |
11 |
0 - |
180 |
138 |
12th |
|
USA |
6 |
7 |
|
O |
Caleb Paine |
St Francis YC |
8 |
21 |
9 |
20 |
14 |
22 |
23 |
14 |
(36) |
12 |
0 - |
179 |
143 |
13th |
|
GBR |
91 |
14 |
|
O |
Ben Cornish |
Exe SC |
7 |
23 |
24 |
11 |
5 |
(77 BFD) |
21 |
10 |
14 |
35 |
0 - |
227 |
150 |
14th |
|
NZL |
24 |
5 |
|
O |
Josh Junior |
WBBC |
29 |
9 |
14 |
(54) |
40 |
2 |
12 |
4 |
21 |
22 |
0 - |
207 |
153 |
15th |
|
CRO |
69 |
22 |
|
O |
Milan Vujasinovic |
JK Split |
6 |
15 |
15 |
38 |
7 |
(39) |
7 |
33 |
16 |
23 |
0 - |
199 |
160 |
16th |
|
FRA |
17 |
42 |
|
O |
Fabian Pic |
SRR |
13 |
36 |
25 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
40 |
(41) |
31 |
16 |
0 - |
213 |
172 |
17th |
|
URU |
301 |
44 |
|
O |
Alejandro Jose Foglia |
YCPE |
2 |
38 |
21 |
(56) |
44 |
11 |
2 |
19 |
8 |
27 |
0 - |
228 |
172 |
18th |
|
DEN |
2 |
40 |
|
O |
Jonas Hogh-Christensen |
Royal Danish Yacht Club |
23 |
30 |
20 |
9 |
30 |
28 |
3 |
16 |
19 |
(77 DNF) |
0 - |
255 |
178 |
19th |
|
AUS |
41 |
2 |
|
J |
Jake Lilley |
RQYS |
(56) |
2 |
45 |
18 |
36 |
37 |
16 |
5 |
17 |
8 |
0 - |
240 |
184 |
20th |
|
CRO |
524 |
1 |
|
O |
Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic |
JK Labud Fantasica |
10 |
10 |
16 |
(77 RET) |
24 |
25 |
8 |
77 BFD |
11 |
5 |
0 - |
263 |
186 |
21st |
|
NOR |
1 |
19 |
|
O |
Anders Pedersen |
DSSF |
21 |
4 |
(77 BFD) |
13 |
39 |
3 |
24 |
23 |
29 |
34 |
0 - |
267 |
190 |
22nd |
|
AUS |
261 |
6 |
|
O |
Oliver Tweddell |
Sandringham YC |
17 |
12 |
39 |
14 |
8 |
7 |
(42) |
18 |
38 |
39 |
0 - |
234 |
192 |
23rd |
|
HUN |
40 |
21 |
|
O |
Zsombor Berecz |
MVM SE |
15 |
40 |
3 |
(45) |
29 |
24 |
41 |
11 |
13 |
21 |
0 - |
242 |
197 |
24th |
|
ITA |
117 |
18 |
|
O |
Giorgio Poggi |
SVGDF |
35 |
25 |
32 |
(39) |
15 |
12 |
13 |
20 |
24 |
26 |
0 - |
241 |
202 |
25th |
|
CRO |
52 |
47 |
|
O |
Nenad Bugarin |
YC Labud |
20 |
(41) |
23 |
24 |
2 |
35 |
38 |
22 |
20 |
19 |
0 - |
244 |
203 |
26th |
|
SWE |
6 |
8 |
|
O |
Bjorn Allansson |
GKSS |
43 |
1 |
12 |
(58) |
23 |
46 |
22 |
13 |
22 |
25 |
0 - |
265 |
207 |
27th |
|
RUS |
2 |
67 |
|
O |
Aleksey Borisov |
|
25 |
26 |
35 |
7 |
6 |
41 |
10 |
35 |
25 |
(49) |
0 - |
259 |
210 |
28th |
|
ESP |
17 |
38 |
|
M |
Pablo Guitian Sarria |
C.N.ELCANO |
(50) |
37 |
38 |
3 |
11 |
23 |
36 |
30 |
10 |
28 |
0 - |
266 |
216 |
29th |
|
ITA |
146 |
13 |
|
M |
Michele Paoletti |
SVBG |
12 |
34 |
(77 BFD) |
22 |
20 |
33 |
28 |
29 |
26 |
13 |
0 - |
294 |
217 |
30th |
|
USA |
4 |
80 |
|
O |
Zach Railey |
St Francis YC |
26 |
18 |
34 |
25 |
(43) |
10 |
43 |
17 |
12 |
33 |
0 - |
261 |
218 |
31st |
|
CRO |
1 |
56 |
|
O |
Josip Olujic |
JK Labud |
18 |
(45) |
31 |
41 |
16 |
36 |
5 |
12 |
43 |
17 |
0 - |
264 |
219 |
32nd |
|
RUS |
57 |
28 |
|
O |
Egor Terpigorev |
CSP Hlebnikovo, Fantastica, CSKA VMF |
36 |
16 |
29 |
21 |
33 |
32 |
30 |
28 |
(46) |
9 |
0 - |
280 |
234 |
33rd |
|
CZE |
5 |
30 |
|
J |
Ondrej Teply |
YCBrno |
28 |
14 |
27 |
31 |
9 |
27 |
(46) |
27 |
40 |
32 |
0 - |
281 |
235 |
34th |
|
TUR |
21 |
32 |
|
O |
Alican Kaynar |
FenerbahAgeSK |
(59) |
31 |
6 |
49 |
38 |
15 |
34 |
32 |
2 |
31 |
0 - |
297 |
238 |
35th |
|
CAN |
110 |
33 |
|
O |
Martin Robitaille |
CVL/RCYC |
30 |
44 |
22 |
29 |
31 |
18 |
(47) |
38 |
34 |
15 |
0 - |
308 |
261 |
36th |
|
ESP |
2 |
26 |
|
O |
Alex Muscat |
Club Nautica Garraf |
40 |
17 |
18 |
42 |
(52) |
19 |
29 |
40 |
41 |
18 |
0 - |
316 |
264 |
37th |
|
EST |
11 |
29 |
|
O |
Lauri Väinsalu |
ROPK/TREV2 |
33 |
(59) |
28 |
16 |
10 |
38 |
31 |
36 |
33 |
42 |
0 - |
326 |
267 |
38th |
|
POL |
17 |
17 |
|
O |
Piotr Kula |
|
38 |
19 |
(77 BFD) |
17 |
22 |
29 |
32 |
34 |
32 |
45 |
0 - |
345 |
268 |
39th |
|
ITA |
66 |
25 |
|
O |
Enrico Voltolini |
|
(48) |
8 |
36 |
46 |
27 |
34 |
33 |
31 |
27 |
30 |
0 - |
320 |
272 |
40th |
|
RUS |
6 |
31 |
|
J |
Arkadiy Kistanov |
|
9 |
43 |
33 |
35 |
25 |
(77 BFD) |
25 |
39 |
30 |
36 |
0 - |
352 |
275 |
41st |
|
GER |
259 |
34 |
|
J |
Phillip Kasueske |
VSaW |
34 |
28 |
11 |
40 |
35 |
30 |
35 |
37 |
47 |
(52) |
0 - |
349 |
297 |
42nd |
|
ITA |
123 |
27 |
|
O |
Filippo Baldassari |
SVGDF |
41 |
39 |
26 |
26 |
42 |
(48) |
19 |
24 |
45 |
40 |
0 - |
350 |
302 |
43rd |
|
RUS |
7 |
68 |
|
O |
Vladimir Krutskikh |
Fantastica |
16 |
32 |
43 |
12 |
46 |
(55) |
44 |
45 |
51 |
50 |
0 - |
394 |
339 |
44th |
|
ITA |
147 |
53 |
|
O |
Simone Ferrarese |
Circola Vela Bari |
37 |
51 |
40 |
(57) |
21 |
42 |
37 |
42 |
44 |
29 |
0 - |
400 |
343 |
45th |
|
POR |
5 |
37 |
|
O |
Frederico Melo |
Cncascais |
32 |
35 |
41 |
52 |
64 |
20 |
39 |
(77 BFD) |
28 |
38 |
0 - |
426 |
349 |
46th |
|
GBR |
18 |
46 |
|
O |
James Hadden |
WPNSA |
42 |
33 |
54 |
4 |
49 |
51 |
57 |
44 |
(60) |
46 |
0 - |
440 |
380 |
47th |
|
CHN |
1225 |
51 |
|
O |
He Chen |
Chinese YA |
39 |
53 |
37 |
32 |
47 |
31 |
(54) |
47 |
48 |
51 |
0 - |
439 |
385 |
48th |
|
CZE |
1 |
55 |
|
O |
Michael Maier |
YCR |
52 |
55 |
44 |
30 |
(56) |
40 |
49 |
48 |
50 |
37 |
0 - |
461 |
405 |
49th |
|
NZL |
8 |
82 |
|
O |
Matt Coutts |
MBBC |
31 |
47 |
(77 BFD) |
27 |
28 |
49 |
45 |
77 DNF |
55 |
47 |
0 - |
483 |
406 |
50th |
|
DEN |
24 |
54 |
|
J |
Andre Hojen Cristiansen |
SNV |
47 |
52 |
42 |
19 |
(68) |
52 |
61 |
53 |
56 |
48 |
0 - |
498 |
430 |
51st |
|
CAN |
2 |
36 |
|
O |
Kyle Martin |
Royal Vancouver |
58 |
49 |
53 |
47 |
48 |
45 |
52 |
(77 BFD) |
39 |
41 |
0 - |
509 |
432 |
52nd |
|
CHN |
1226 |
39 |
|
O |
Lei Gong |
Chinese YA |
60 |
22 |
(77 BFD) |
67 |
60 |
43 |
26 |
77 BFD |
35 |
44 |
0 - |
511 |
434 |
53rd |
|
ARG |
1 |
62 |
|
J |
Santiago Falasca |
YC Argentina |
44 |
48 |
52 |
(66) |
58 |
44 |
56 |
43 |
42 |
57 |
0 - |
510 |
444 |
54th |
|
ESP |
717 |
57 |
|
O |
Victor Gorostegui |
RCM Santander |
53 |
46 |
55 |
(69) |
26 |
50 |
51 |
54 |
57 |
54 |
0 - |
515 |
446 |
55th |
|
AUS |
22 |
41 |
|
J |
Joseph McMillan |
WSC |
54 |
56 |
56 |
28 |
(77 RET) |
47 |
50 |
51 |
52 |
56 |
0 - |
527 |
450 |
56th |
|
NZL |
111 |
60 |
|
M |
Karl Purdie |
WBBC |
49 |
54 |
(59) |
34 |
55 |
59 |
58 |
46 |
58 |
43 |
0 - |
515 |
456 |
57th |
|
NZL |
21 |
58 |
|
M |
Nik Burfoot |
TBC |
46 |
50 |
46 |
53 |
51 |
54 |
53 |
52 |
(61) |
53 |
0 - |
519 |
458 |
58th |
|
AUS |
26 |
43 |
|
O |
Ian Mckillop |
R. Prince Albert YC |
(64) |
60 |
47 |
51 |
32 |
56 |
62 |
49 |
59 |
58 |
0 - |
538 |
474 |
59th |
|
FIN |
225 |
49 |
|
O |
Mikael Hyrylainen |
NJK |
51 |
57 |
50 |
64 |
(77 RET) |
53 |
55 |
50 |
49 |
60 |
0 - |
566 |
489 |
60th |
|
USA |
11 |
35 |
|
O |
Philip Toth |
USSTS |
62 |
61 |
51 |
55 |
50 |
57 |
48 |
55 |
54 |
(64) |
0 - |
557 |
493 |
61st |
|
AUS |
10 |
48 |
|
GM |
John Condie |
Yarra Bay 16' Skiff SC |
(68) |
64 |
60 |
37 |
41 |
58 |
60 |
58 |
65 |
61 |
0 - |
572 |
504 |
62nd |
|
FIN |
99 |
65 |
|
O |
Jesse Kylanpaa |
RPS |
55 |
(67) |
48 |
50 |
59 |
63 |
63 |
56 |
62 |
55 |
0 - |
578 |
511 |
63rd |
|
FRA |
42 |
79 |
|
O |
Brendan McCarty |
|
66 |
(70) |
49 |
59 |
45 |
60 |
66 |
61 |
68 |
63 |
0 - |
607 |
537 |
64th |
|
NZL |
7 |
61 |
|
O |
Bradley Douglas |
WBC |
57 |
63 |
63 |
65 |
66 |
61 |
59 |
57 |
53 |
(77 DNF) |
0 - |
621 |
544 |
65th |
|
NZL |
9 |
59 |
|
GGM |
Rob Coutts |
RAYC |
70 |
58 |
(77 BFD) |
61 |
53 |
64 |
65 |
59 |
63 |
59 |
0 - |
629 |
552 |
66th |
|
NZL |
20 |
69 |
|
GM |
Chris Wells |
NPC |
61 |
62 |
57 |
68 |
61 |
62 |
65 |
60 |
(71) |
65 |
0 - |
632 |
561 |
67th |
|
NZL |
10 |
64 |
|
GM |
David Hoogenboom |
WYC |
67 |
(77 DNS) |
61 |
44 |
63 |
68 |
68 |
62 |
67 |
62 |
0 - |
639 |
562 |
68th |
|
NZL |
22 |
66 |
|
GM |
Dirch Andersen |
WYC |
69 |
69 |
65 |
62 |
57 |
65 |
(72) |
65 |
64 |
68 |
0 - |
656 |
584 |
69th |
|
RUS |
212 |
71 |
|
GM |
Lanfranko Cirillo |
Fantastica |
63 |
68 |
62 |
60 |
65 |
67 |
67 |
63 |
69 |
(77 DNF) |
0 - |
661 |
584 |
70th |
|
NZL |
19 |
83 |
|
GM |
Denis MOWBRAY |
NPC |
65 |
66 |
58 |
(70) |
67 |
66 |
69 |
64 |
66 |
69 |
0 - |
660 |
590 |
71st |
|
NZL |
265 |
72 |
|
M |
Mike Pearson |
CBYC |
71 |
71 |
64 |
63 |
62 |
71 |
(74) |
67 |
73 |
66 |
0 - |
682 |
608 |
72nd |
|
NZL |
88 |
74 |
|
M |
Gerard Lelieveld |
WYC |
(72) |
65 |
66 |
72 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
0 - |
691 |
619 |
73rd |
|
NZL |
23 |
73 |
|
GGM |
Alan Dawson |
WYC |
74 |
72 |
67 |
73 |
70 |
72 |
71 |
66 |
(75) |
67 |
0 - |
707 |
632 |
74th |
|
NZL |
3 |
70 |
|
L |
Ben Winters |
CBYC |
73 |
73 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
69 |
72 |
(77 DNF) |
0 - |
717 |
640 |
75th |
|
NZL |
193 |
87 |
|
GGM |
Gerrit BEARDA |
WYC |
(77 DNF) |
74 |
69 |
74 |
72 |
73 |
75 |
70 |
74 |
71 |
0 - |
729 |
652 |
76th |
|
NZL |
2 |
63 |
|
M |
Ray Hall |
WBBC |
(77 DNC) |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
77 DNC |
0 - |
770 |
693 |
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