2013 Byte CII World Championship - Catch me if you can!!

by Byte CII media on 26 Aug 2013

Competitors lining up for the start of race 3 - Byte CII Worlds 2013 Byte Class http://bytechamps.org/

The first three races of the 2013 Byte CII World Championship sailed in perfect conditions as Jonatan Vadnai of Hungary excels in the 38 boat fleet.

The wind came in late but, when it did come, it gave the sailors from 22 countries perfect 15 knot conditions.

Three races were sailed on Narragansett Bay and, by the end of the day, it was clear that Hungarian Jonatan Vadnai, who won the Pre-Worlds series yesterday was going to be the competitor you would have to beat to win this championship.

The four times Hungarian Optimist champion sailed into second place at the Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds last month and its easy to see why.

He had two first place finishes and a second when he was yellow flagged on the beat for a Rule 42 violation and lost out to US sailor Henry Marshall.

Henry, the 2013 Byte CII US. Champion sailed extremely fast today but was saddled with an OCS in the first race and a percentage penalty in the last race for a 'Z' flag start violation.

When the first drops kick in tomorrow he will definitely move up the ladder.

There were some big moves in the fleet today, the most notable being Odile Van Aarnholt, Netherlands, who moved from her 12th place overall yesterday to fifth overall and is atop of the female ladder. Other big movers were Justin Vittecoq, Canada, from 15th to eighth and the biggest jump of all Paul DeSouza, Bahamas from 25th to 12th.

The top five male countries in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China rankings .are now Hungary, Singapore, Croatia, Bermuda and Thailand. On the female side they are Netherlands, Bermuda, Hungary, the Dominican Republic and Cayman.

The 2013 Byte CII Worlds at Sail Newport, Rhode Island USA runs from August 24 to 28, 2013.

A maximum of thirteen World Championship races are scheduled with Race One being the competitors placing in the Pre- Worlds. There will be a maximum of four races per day on each of Race Days Two, Three, Four, and Five, Sunday August 25th thru Wednesday 28th August.

Once five races are completed from race day two onwards a single worst result drop will come in, after nine races, two worst race results will be dropped.

The following is the start sequence and early beat of Race 2:

At the gun Cecilia Wollman BER squeezes out Jonatan Vadnai HUN with Henry Marshall USA to weather - Byte CII Worlds 2013 © Byte Class http://bytechamps.org/

Jonatan HUN bears away under Cecilia BER - Note excellent start of Odile Van Aarnolt NED to weather - Byte CII Worlds 2013 © Byte Class http://bytechamps.org/

Jonatan sails low and fast in clear air - Henry USA has started to roll Cecilia BER - Byte CII Worlds 2013 © Byte Class http://bytechamps.org/

Jonatan eases up under Cecilia squeezing her into Henry - Odile NED continues to hold her lane - Byte CII Worlds 2013 © Byte Class http://bytechamps.org/

Cecilia is squeezed out and Jonatan bears way for speed - Odile is in the process of tacking away - Byte CII Worlds 2013 © Byte Class http://bytechamps.org/

Jonatan starts to move out on Henry - Byte CII Worlds 2013 © Byte Class http://bytechamps.org/

Jonatan has Henry at the weather mark but not by much - They were noticeably the fastest in Race 2 - Byte CII Worlds 2013 © Byte Class http://bytechamps.org/

2013 Byte CII World Championship- PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Pos	Sail	Skipper	Country	1	2	3	4	Total

1	3418	Vadnai, Jonatan	Hungary	1	1	2	1	5
2	3441	Chin, Bernie	Singapore	2	3	5	11	21
3	3420	Zivanovic, Pavle	Croatia	5	6	9	3	23
4	1316	Dill, Peter	Bermuda	3	9	3	16/ZFP	31
5	3257	Van Aanholt, Odile	Netherlands	12	5	7	7	31
6	1029	Wollmann, Cecilia	Bermuda	6	10	14	5	35
7	3417	Punjamala, Chusitt	Thailand	8	19	12	4	43
8	3221	Vittecoq, Justin	Canada	15	13	4	16	48
9	3188	Mikkola, Martin	Finland	13	4	10	23	50
10	3177	Marshall, Henry	United States of America	4	39/OCS	1	10/ZFP	54
11	3191	Chew, Justin	Singapore	7	21	8	18	54
12	3415	De Souza, Paul	Bahamas	26	11	6	15	58
13	2353	Bertran, Pablo	Cayman Islands	21	12	11	14/ZFP	58
14	3419	Erdi, Maria	Hungary	9	2	39/DSQ	10	60
15	3425	Seifert, Leopoldo	Mexico	24	16	13	17	70
16	2457	Jackson, Jesse	Cayman Islands	14	31	16	13	74
17	3040	McDermot, Andres	Cayman Islands	11	28	26	12	77
18	20	Lugtmeijer, Celeste	Dominican Republic	17	14	39/RET	9	79
19	3423	Maksimov, Georgi	Bulgaria	18	15	24	22/ZFP	79
20	2246	Allan, Florence	Cayman Islands	16	17	23	27	83
21	327	Morrell, Sam	British Virgin Islands	22	8	22	33/ZFP	85
22	3172	Gittens, Scott	Barbados	23	23	15	24	85
23	3437	Yom, Samantha	Singapore	20	18	25	26	89
24	3	Nordquist, Arvid	Sweden	10	39/OCS	18	27/ZFP	94
25	3057	Gronblom, Alexander	Finland	34	25	17	20	96
26	3178	Von Koskull, Jacob	Finland	27	7	32	34	100
27	3141	McKenzie, Scott	US Virgin Islands	30	29	19	33	111
28	24	Smith, Benn	Bermuda	25	39/OCS	21	29	114
29	3300	Raguet, Capucine	France	29	32	31	22	114
30	3422	Hinkovska, Viktoriya	Bulgaria	33	26	29	28	116
31	3184	Ang, Christopher	Singapore	19	20	39/DNF	39/DNF	117
32	3426	Medina, Juan Luis	Mexico	32	33	33	21	119
33	2888	Cooper, Chase	Bermuda	31	22	27	39/ZFP	119
34	3197	Lee, Candice	Singapore	37	30	20	35	122
35	413	Clarke, Paige	US Virgin Islands	35	24	34	38/ZFP	131
36	3110	Low, Jasime	Singapore	36	27	35	36	134
37	3427	Affoo, Abigail	Trinidad & Tobago	28	39/OCS	30	39/ZFP	136
38	4	De Lulio, Romina	Ecuador	38	34	28	37	137