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International 14 Worlds - Brits triumphant

by Tracey Johnstone on 15 Jan 2015
The 2015 I14 World Champions, Britain’s Sam Pascoe and Glen Truswell - 2015 International 14 World Championship. Rhenny Cunningham
At the 2015 International 14 World Championship Britain’s Glen Truswell and Sam Pascoe have locked in the title with a day to spare after another superb display of confident racing on Geelong’s Corio Bay.

Not satisfied with finishing with a safe fifth place, they stormed into first place in Race six and into the class history books.
'We woke up this morning knowing we had just two races to go and we needed to get a fifth or above in either race assuming Ben (McGrane) won both. We got down to race to find perfect conditions,' Truswell said.

As Truswell and Pascoe pulled their boat up the ramp at Royal Geelong Yacht Club and were greeted with a champagne spray and cheers from their supporters, Truswell showed obvious relief at returning to shore the newest World Champion. 'All young boys in England growing up and learning to sail, dream of coming down-under to win a skiff event. It means so much to have done it,' Truswell said

The team sailed a conservative race playing the pressure and wind shifts to just finish a few boat lengths ahead of Brad Devine and Ian Furlong (AUS).

In third across the line was Archie Massey and Harvey Hillary (GBR). Massey was quick to congratulate Truswell and Pascoe, handing over the title he has held for the last four World Championships.

A disappointed Ben McGrane and James Hughes (GBR), who went into today’s race with a chance of unseating Truswell, finished fourth.

The fleet headed out this afternoon to be confronted by massive shifts and constantly changing pressure. After a 40 minute delay on the starting time, the breeze finally settled into a south-easter of about 12 knots gusting 18.


Truswell said the breeze constantly shifted throughout the race. 'When you are trying to get one steady result and not get expose yourself, it was the last thing we wanted to see. On the first beat we didn’t do quite as well as we didn’t want to hang in a corner and get hung out to dry. We tried to sail the middle shifts, the middle beat, but it was becoming apparent it wasn’t working. To do better in the race, to get the result we needed, we had to commit. That put us massively outside our comfort zone,' Truswell said.

Their commitment paid as the early leaders – Andy and Tom Partington (GBR) and Graeme Everett and Andrew Wilson (AUS) - fell away with the massive gains and losses of the last two laps. Truswell kept up the pressure moving from fifth at the gybe mark to fourth at the top mark second rounding and into the lead by the top mark third rounding.

'As the race progressed we started to get through to the front and in a sufficient position to win the championship.

'Even at the finish when the gun went, it didn’t really sink in. We were so into the race and so intently trying to get the result that it took until we got back to the shore to relax,' Truswell added.

Devine didn’t allow his painful back distract him from pursuing an aggressive assault on second place. He came out of the first top mark rounding in third and then fought the left-hand shifts to make it into second by the top mark third rounding. 'We kept Truswell honest,' Devine said as he headed off to find a heat pack for his back.

Massey and Hillary’s results of third today still keep them in touch with the podium. They felt that for the first two laps they were sailing slow, firstly blaming weed on the foils as the reason. 'Later on we went out to the left-hand side, sailed away from the other boats and just went fast and had good lanes downwind,' Massey said.

At the end of racing today Massey admitted Devine has found his form and will continue to be a real threat tomorrow.

'Brad is starting to wind it up and go faster and faster so tomorrow’s race will be good,' Massey said.

McGrane and Hughes went into today with the plan to sail conservatively, but ended up struggling to find the necessary speed to be able to threaten Truswell. They also weren’t happy with how their replacement mast responded in today’s conditions.

They go into tomorrow’s final race of the series holding onto second by five points and plan to do whatever it takes to protect that placing.

The Partington’s had a stunning first lap leading the fleet. By lap two their lead was diminishing as Devine and Truswell closed in on them. By the third lap they were clearly struggling, dropping back to finish in ninth across the line. This result has moved them back from equal third overall to fifth place.

The closeness of the top sailors – McGrane-Hughes, Devine-Furlong and Massey-Hillary will ensure a demanding final race tomorrow.

International  14  World  Championships 2015

Hosted By Royal Geelong Yacht Club

Updated:  15/01/2015  16:40:22

Series Results [OTB] up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
Place Country Sail No Boat Name Skipper Crew Sers Score Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1 GBR 1543 CRUMPET Glen Truswell Sam Pascoe 5.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [2.0] 1.0
2 GBR 1517 POPPET Ben McGrane James Hughes 13.0 4.0 [68.0F] 3.0 2.0 1.0 3.0
3 AUS 661 DEL BOCA VISTA Brad Devine Ian Furlong 18.0 2.0 5.0 2.0 [7.0] 3.0 6.0
4 GBR 1519 ZHIK CST Archie Massey Harvey Hillary 19.0 3.0 [8.0] 4.0 5.0 5.0 2.0
5 GBR 1550 PENGUIN JUICE Andy Partington Tom Partington 25.0 9.0 2.0 [13.0] 4.0 6.0 4.0
6 AUS 663 RONSTAN/IRWINSAILS Lindsay Irwin Andrew Perry 26.0 7.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 [14.0]
7 AUS 666 EL DIABLO David Hayter Trent Neighbour 42.0 5.0 7.0 15.0 8.0 [19.0] 7.0
8 AUS 656 TOO LATE TO STOP NOW Mark Krstic Cameron Mc Donald 45.0 10.0 3.0 11.0 [18.0] 13.0 8.0
9 GBR 1527 TBC Richard Bone Chris Rodway 57.0 23.0 [68.0Q] 14.0 3.0 8.0 9.0
10 GBR 1520 ROBOROWSKI Katie Nurton Nigel Ash 57.0 15.0 13.0 [17.0] 13.0 11.0 5.0
11 AUS 659 WEMBLEY PLUMBING Stuart Sloss Ben Lawrie 57.0 18.0 14.0 7.0 9.0 9.0 [22.0]
12 GER 28 JUST IN TIME Georg Borkenstein Eike Dietrich 60.0 20.0 9.0 6.0 12.0 [23.0] 13.0
13 GBR 1530 SMASH IT Andy Fitzgerald Richard Dobson 62.0 14.0 [68.0F] 8.0 23.0 7.0 10.0
14 AUS 645 DIRTIEST SANCHEZ Scott Cunningham Dave Parker 64.0 11.0 15.0 18.0 10.0 10.0 [23.0]
15 AUS 652 FLAUNT IT 652 Ron Scherwinski James Lanati 74.0 19.0 [19.0] 12.0 14.0 12.0 17.0
16 AUS 657 DO YOU GET IT YET Roger Blasse Andrew Gilligan 75.0 16.0 10.0 21.0 11.0 17.0 [33.0]
17 AUS 673 ZERO Tony Carr Scott Cole 79.0 12.0 16.0 [68.0O] 21.0 14.0 16.0
18 AUS 637 DEVINE INTERVENTION Graeme Everett Andrew Wilson 85.0 13.0 21.0 9.0 20.0 22.0 [31.0]
19 AUS 644 RON JEREMY Chris Vaughan Matt Balmer 89.0 [32.0] 6.0 23.0 16.0 18.0 26.0
20 AUS 670 STEALTH David Lugg Dave Bramley 91.0 22.0 [25.0] 10.0 19.0 20.0 20.0
21 AUS 672 GILL CST Dave Alexander Dan Wilsdon 91.0 17.0 11.0 20.0 17.0 26.0 [68.0U]
22 AUS 671 CRAZY HORSE Anthony Anderson Mike Mcdonald 94.0 6.0 12.0 22.0 29.0 25.0 [68.0U]
23 USA 1187 MORNINGSTAR Terence Gleeson Evan Sjostedt 109.0 21.0 28.0 25.0 [28.0] 24.0 11.0
24 AUS 647 QUICKSHIFT Cameron Elliott Sam Batt 112.0 27.0 17.0 [30.0] 22.0 21.0 25.0
25 GBR 1546 HARTLAND SHIPPING Charles Duchesne Tom Bracewell 120.0 8.0 24.0 19.0 [50.0] 28.0 41.0
26 AUS 662 CARBON COMET II Luke Devine Eike Ehrig 120.0 24.0 23.0 26.0 26.0 [32.0] 21.0
27 CAN 619 ISLAND GIRL Dan Cunningham Ian Struthers 128.0 31.0 [68.0C] 24.0 27.0 34.0 12.0
28 AUS 649 GIVIN IT SOME GRUNT Greg Coutts Jason Close 130.0 26.0 22.0 28.0 25.0 [36.0] 29.0
29 AUS 642 READ BTW THE LINES Adam Syme Daniel Farthing 139.0 29.0 [68.0F] 27.0 31.0 16.0 36.0
30 AUS 639 REACTOR Ian Arber Drew Farrar 147.0 [68.0F] 18.0 31.0 30.0 30.0 38.0
31 AUS 631 VENTURA Steve Vance Blake Vance 152.0 34.0 20.0 39.0 24.0 35.0 [43.0]
32 AUS 674 ARGO XVII Ben Austin Peter Nicholson 155.0 30.0 [68.0F] 35.0 15.0 45.0 30.0
33 AUS 627 DEEP PURPLE Phil Vance Andrew Vance 160.0 33.0 27.0 34.0 [68.0F] 31.0 35.0
34 GBR 1531 EAGLE 2 Andrew Penman Chris Watson 162.0 25.0 [68.0F] 41.0 32.0 40.0 24.0
35 USA 1177 LUCKY DOG Ron Boehm John Gilmour 168.0 40.0 26.0 [42.0] 37.0 37.0 28.0
36 USA 1162 ERIS Chris Rutz Michael Radziejowski 180.0 28.0 [68.0C] 38.0 41.0 54.0 19.0
37 GBR 1548 BEAST II Julian Pearson David Edge 182.0 68.0C 68.0F 16.0 [68.0F] 15.0 15.0
38 AUS 651 DRONGOLAYO Cameron Dale Adam Evans 185.0 44.0 [68.0F] 36.0 34.0 44.0 27.0
39 AUS 667 PTG Phillip Tomamichel Geoffrey Tomamichel 188.0 46.0 29.0 37.0 [68.0F] 39.0 37.0
40 CAN 616 SABOTAGE Lauren Laventure Jason Lemieux 200.0 49.0 [68.0F] 44.0 42.0 47.0 18.0
41 AUS 655 PINK BITZ Nigel Smith Dane Stead 200.0 35.0 [68.0F] 48.0 36.0 33.0 48.0
42 USA 1186 ATOMIC PUNK Kirk Twardowski Michael Lazzaro 209.0 36.0 [68.0C] 51.0 45.0 38.0 39.0
43 AUS 654 SHARK BAIT Tim Vance Greg Vance 210.0 45.0 [68.0C] 45.0 35.0 41.0 44.0
44 GBR 1529 PINK FLESH Robin Pascal Martin Pascal 213.0 39.0 [68.0F] 32.0 38.0 48.0 56.0
45 AUS 660 REPEAT OFFENDER Stephen Edmunds Tom Edmunds 217.0 37.0 [68.0C] 43.0 44.0 53.0 40.0
46 AUS 638 PHR Ben Strong James Patterson 218.0 68.0F [68.0C] 33.0 39.0 29.0 49.0
47 AUS 648 ZULU Sam Duncan John Warren 218.0 38.0 [68.0F] 52.0 40.0 43.0 45.0
48 AUS 668 RUMBALLS Scott Davis Daniel Vaughan 219.0 41.0 [68.0F] 47.0 33.0 46.0 52.0
49 GER 218 TOURISTEN EXPRESS Bjoern Frasch Oliver Peter 224.0 68.0F 68.0F 29.0 [68.0F] 27.0 32.0
50 GBR 1551 NOT YET DEAD Colin Smith Imogen Smith 230.0 48.0 30.0 [59.0] 43.0 52.0 57.0
51 AUS 653 MONKEY WRENCH Brec Mitton Peter Knispel 240.0 42.0 68.0C 46.0 [68.0F] 42.0 42.0
52 ITA 1488 ELIZABETH Dominic Van Essen Simona Saccani 244.0 52.0 31.0 [60.0] 48.0 59.0 54.0
53 AUS 628 DONKEY ON THE EDGE Philip Strong Jeffre Klemm 249.0 50.0 [68.0F] 40.0 47.0 50.0 62.0
54 GER 13 IDEFIX Julian Retzlaff Fabio Pfisterer 252.0 43.0 [68.0F] 54.0 46.0 58.0 51.0
55 AUS 235 JOANNE Ian Cunningham David Cunningham 263.0 55.0 68.0C 55.0 [68.0F] 51.0 34.0
56 JPN 119 SURIMI Yasutaka Uto Satoshi Ishida 272.0 47.0 [68.0F] 57.0 51.0 57.0 60.0
57 AUS 675 BLACK BETTY David McGeoch Bridget Mcgeoch 276.0 51.0 68.0F 58.0 [68.0F] 49.0 50.0
58 AUS 630 WINDJAMMER Christian Wangel Henrik Wangel 287.0 68.0C [68.0C] 50.0 49.0 56.0 64.0
59 AUS 669 BACK IN BLACK Robert Vickery Arron Vickery 290.0 68.0F 68.0C 53.0 [68.0F] 55.0 46.0
60 AUS 609 DEATHWISH Marcel Bucek Scott Curtis 295.0 53.0 68.0F 56.0 [68.0F] 60.0 58.0
61 AUS 605 POWERED BY RUM Brian Long Frederic Papon 301.0 56.0 68.0C 62.0 [68.0F] 62.0 53.0
62 AUS 601 WALKING ON WATER Richard Thomas Luke Thomas 307.0 54.0 68.0C 61.0 [68.0F] 63.0 61.0
63 AUS 658 BEACHED AZ Jason Dixon Pat Agar 308.0 68.0F 68.0C 49.0 68.0F [68.0F] 55.0
64 AUS 664 HOBO Wayne Frankcombe Marcus Korobacz 319.0 68.0F 68.0C 68.0F 68.0S [68.0F] 47.0
65 AUS 345 TBD Takashi Furugaki Kenichi Hagiwara 325.0 68.0F 68.0C 63.0 [68.0F] 61.0 65.0
66 AUS 646 FLAUNT IT John Taylor Martyn Tribe 327.0 68.0C 68.0C 64.0 68.0S [68.0F] 59.0
67 AUS 665 ARGO XVI David Lorimer Freya Vickery 335.0 68.0C 68.0C 68.0C 68.0F [68.0F] 63.0

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB/MED B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=UFP V=AVG W=DUT X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)
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