International 14 Worlds - Brits triumphant

by Tracey Johnstone on 15 Jan 2015 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)