Allen RS Feva Worlds Final day

by Golly Tucker on 31 Jul 2010 Allen RS Feva Worlds Final Day report.

A change of conditions in Carnac for the final day – no, not rain – it remained hot and sunny. But the wind was taken on as early as possible and so hadn’t built up to full power, some eight-ten knots for the penultimate race and maybe 10-12 for the final. Only two races were possible given the time constraints but they did end up deciding the division of the choccies.

Overnight leaders Jack Hawkins and Chris Thomas opened with a shocker whilst Owen Bowerman and Charlie Darling were also off the pace – but not by as much! Final day performers were Italian juniors Matteo Pilati and Mattia Duchi who climbed the rankings with a 1,2 finish! Owen and Charlie finished off their event in the perfect way with a bullet to be the only boat in the fleet with all top 10 finishes in the counting scores and that was that – world champions!

Despite the poor final day, the rack of individual race wins for Jack Hawkins and Chris Thomas was sufficient to just hold of the hard charging Italians for second. Matteo Pilati and Mattia Duchi’s last day heroics lifted them over the Irish to take the bottom podium step. Despite a poorer final day than compatriots Dermot Lyden and Peter Stokes swapped positions with Vikki Cudmore and Amy Harrington by virtue of being able to drop a much heavier second discard.

The Ladies World Champions title was nearly snatched by Veronica Maria Maccari and Marta Lenotti (ITA) from Vikki and Amy on the line but fell one point short. Third Ladies were Cathy Lear and Francine Counsell who had a lovely final day with a 7,3 sign off.

Harry Bowerman and George Thompson rounded off a wonderful week for the B family by rocking up in seventh overall 2 points ahead of the other super successful family the Lydens whose Brendan and Marc Cudmore were eighth. Rob and Emma Loveridge were ninth and first family ahead of Italians Leonardo Stocchero and Filippo Maccari in 10th.

Given that the first two juniors were also first and third overall (next year could be spicy if they both stay!) 3rd Juniors were Italians Francesco Bozano and Cesare Massa.

The Silver fleet was sewn up by Italians Luca Carlini and Stefano Costini and was perhaps less surprising given that he is the most experienced Feva sailor here (fifth year!) but illness had kept him off the race track for some of the Q series. Swedes Simon Karlsson and Mans Olander sailed a very steady series to be second. Joe Winbush and Jamie Pearson got the third podium position with a series that improved every day. Will Hussey (who took over from Ben Oliver after he tore his ankle ligaments –again!) and Tom Oliver led the minor choccies charge in fourth from Viktor Hogbom and Tore Wallden (SWE) fifth, and final choccie munchers Richard and Daniel Gilmer (IRL) sixth.

So what an event! The most perfect racing weather, with the best sunshine, sandy beaches, eager to please club and helpful volunteers. An atmosphere to die for with huge comraderie and a mega beach party involving it seems most nations youngsters after the prizegiving. A steady sponsor – sooo important! So thank you YC de Carnac, and thank you Allen. Next year we gather again in Muiden, Holland.

Results on the YC de Carnac website and all other details on the Class and event sites at rsfeva.org/worlds