ISAF Sailing World Cup titles decided after Kieler-Woche

by ISAF on 23 Jun 2011 The titles for the 2010-2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup have been decided after the final day at Kieler-Woche, the seventh regatta in the Sailing World Cup series.

A number of results were possible in the 49er ahead of the final ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta in Kiel, Germany with Nico Delle-Karth and Nikolaus Resch (AUT) going up against Peter Kruger-Andersen and Nicolai Thorsell (DEN) for the 49er title.

The world number one Austrian pair required a 14th place finish or better to win the title and after the opening two days the pair were placed down in 15th. But as the week progressed Delle-Karth and Resch gradually pulled themselves up the leader board. And after an enthralling final day of racing at Kieler-Woche they claimed the bronze medal and 49er ISAF Sailing World Cup title.

Meanwhile the Danes had to settle with second place in the Standings and Stephen Morrison and Ben Rhodes (GBR) finished third overall.

Erin Maxwell and Isabelle Kinsolving (USA) clinched the gold medal at Kieler-Woche and jumped from eighth to first place in the Women's 470 Standings to take the ISAF Sailing World Cup title.

Their gold medal picked up in Kiel was their only podium finish on the 2010-2011 series. Nonetheless the American girls finished ahead of Tara Pacheco and Berta Betanzos (ESP) by five points. Penny Clark and Katrina Hughes (GBR) had two podium finishes but sailed in less regattas than Maxwell and Kinsolving, meaning the British girls finished third on 65 points.

There was a superb fight in the Laser Radial with one point separating Evi Van Acker (BEL) and Marit Bouwmeester (NED) after seven regattas. But Bouwmeester came out on top after gold medals at the Delta Lloyd Regatta and Skandia Sail for Gold. Paige Railey's gold medal at Kieler-Woche gave the American third spot overall in the Laser Radial Standings.

ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Tom Slingsby (AUS) had already sealed the Laser ISAF Sailing World Cup title ahead of Kieler-Woche. He chose not to sail in Germany but Simon Grotelueschen (GER) took advantage of the Australians non attendance and picked up his first gold medal in Kiel thus moving to second in the Standings. Winner of Sail Melbourne, Nick Thompson (GBR), finished behind the German in third.

After sailing at five ISAF Sailing World Cup Regattas Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) comfortably won the Women's Match Racing title following her fifth place finish at Kieler-Woche. With 91 points Tunnicliffe took the title ahead of Silja Lehtinen (FIN), second on 76 points, and Sally Barkow (USA), third on 75 points.

In the Men's RS:X Dorian Van rijsselberge (NED) finished on the podium three times claiming gold at US Sailing's Rolex Miami OCR and at Trofeo S.A.R. Princess Sofia Mapfre to clinch the Men's RS:X title. Nick Dempsey (GBR) also picked up three podium places but was behind the Dutchman on two occasions to finish a point behind in second. And world number one Nimrod Mashich (ISR) claimed third place.

In the Finn at every ISAF Sailing World Cup Regatta there was a British sailor at the top of the podium. Ben Ainslie, Giles Scott and Ed Wright all recorded regatta victories. But it was Ainslie who came out on top after claiming four gold medals. 2010 Finn World Champion Wright and Scott were tied on 90 points, nine points behind Ainslie, but Wright takes the silver medal with two regatta victories to his name.

Robert Scheidt and Bruno Prada (BRA) wrapped up the Star class ISAF Sailing World Cup title after Skandia Sail for Gold where they picked up their fourth gold medal. Diego Negri and Enrico Voltolini (ITA) and Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen (SWE) finished behind the Brazilians in second and third.

The 2011-2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup starts in November with Sail Melbourne running from 6-12 November 2011 before the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia from 3-18.

 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final Standings

2.4mR

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Thierry Schmitter	NED		(-)	19	20	17	20	18	(-)	94
2	Megan Pascoe	GBR		(-)	17	18	19	19	(13)	20	93
3	Helena Lucas	GBR		(-)	15	16	18	16	11	(-)	76

470 Men 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Mathew Belcher	AUS	Malcolm Page	20	19	(14)	15	20	19	(-)	93
2	Pierre Leboucher	FRA	Vincent Garos	(-)	17	19	20	(-)	20	-	76
3	Panagiotis Mantis	GRE	Pavlos Kagialis	(-)	10	16	13	17	18	(-)	74

 470 Women 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Erin Maxwell	USA	Isabelle Kinsolving	(-)	8	16	14	(-)	13	20	71
2	Tara Pacheco	ESP	Berta Betanzos	(-)	-	15	20	14	17	(-)	66
3	Penny Clark	GBR	Katrina Hughes	(-)	19	17	18	(-)	11	-	65

49er 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Nico Delle - karth	AUT	Nikolaus Resch	20	(-)	18	9	(-)	8	18	73
2	Peter Kruger-andersen	DEN	Nicolai Thorsell	14	(-)	17	(-)	17	0	19	67
3	Stephen Morrison	GBR	Ben Rhodes	(-)	-	12	10	20	18	(-)	60

Finn 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Ben Ainslie	GBR		20	19	20	20	(-)	20	(-)	99
2	Giles Scott	GBR		18	20	19	14	(-)	19	(-)	90
3	Edward Wright	GBR		19	(-)	14	13	20	17	(-)	83

 Laser 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Tom Slingsby	AUS		18	(-)	19	18	20	20	(-)	95
2	Simon Grotelueschen	GER		13	(-)	9	17	(-)	17	20	76
3	Nick Thompson	GBR		20	17	18	0	(-)	16	(-)	71

Laser Radial 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Marit Bouwmeester	NED		18	16	15	(9)	20	20	(-)	89
2	Evi Van acker	BEL		(-)	18	19	13	19	19	(-)	88
3	Sara Winther	NZL		16	(-)	20	20	(-)	12	-	68

 RS: X Men 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Dorian Van rijsselberge	NED		(-)	20	20	(-)	0	18	-	58
2	Nick Dempsey	GBR		(-)	19	18	(-)	-	20	-	57
3	Nimrod Mashich	ISR		(-)	17	13	8	(-)	17	-	55

RS: X Women 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Blanca Manchon	ESP		(-)	12	16	20	(-)	15	19	82
2	Jessica Crisp	AUS		16	16	(-)	(-)	19	0	20	71
3	Charline Picon	FRA		(-)	17	19	19	(-)	16	-	71

 SKUD18 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Alexandra Rickham	GBR	Niki Birrell	20	19	(-)	20	(-)	19	-	78
2	Dan Fitzgibbon	AUS	Liesl Tesch	18	(-)	(-)	-	-	20	-	38
3	Amethyst Barnbrook	AUS	Lindsay Mason	19	(-)	(-)	-	-	16	-	35

Sonar 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	John Robertson	GBR	Hannah Stodel Steve Thomas	(-)	20	(-)	17	-	20	-	57
2	Bruno Jourdren	FRA	Eric Flageul Nicolas Vimont-vicary	(-)	19	(-)	20	-	18	-	57
3	Aleksander Wang-hansen	NOR	Per eugen Kristiansen Marie Solberg	(-)	16	(-)	19	-	17	-	52

Star 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Robert Scheidt	BRA	Bruno Prada	(-)	20	13	20	20	20	(-)	93
2	Diego Negri	ITA	Enrico Voltolini	(-)	2	17	14	(-)	18	16	67
3	Fredrik Loof	SWE	Max Salminen	(-)	19	10	(-)	-	19	18	66

Women's Match 

Pos ↑ ↓	Name ↑ ↓	Nation ↑ ↓	Crew	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	E6	E7	Series Score
1	Anna Tunnicliffe	USA	Molly o'bryan Vandemoer Deborah Capozzi	(-)	19	18	(-)	18	20	16	91
2	Silja Lehtinen	FIN	Silja Kanerva Mikaela Wulff	(-)	15	19	7	19	16	(-)	76
3	Sally Barkow	USA	Alana O'reilly Elizabeth Kratzig burnham	(-)	18	20	19	(-)	18	-	75

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