Byte CII World Championship - Hungarians claim victory in Newport

by Byte CII Media on 30 Aug 2013

2013 Byte CII World Championship day 5 Rodrigo Fernández http://www.andesvisual.com/

At the Byte CII World Championship, races 12 and 13 shook up the 22 nation fleet again in Newport with the lower end of the fleet turning in some of their best results of the regatta. A fog and a postponement started off the final day but, when it lifted, PRO Anderson Reggio was able to get off the first race in a 6 - 7 knot south westerly.

The second race was sailed in a slightly lighter southerly that started to die at the end of the race as the fog rolled back in. However, even though the shake up was enough to change the top five overall, it was not enough to change the male standings.

Jonatan Vadnai of Hungry had conservative finishes of fourth and ninth which added to his overnight lead over Henry Marshall of the US who had finishes of 10th and 16th for a second place finish overall. Pavle Zivanovic had the best scores of the day with two seconds but there was too much ground to make up with Marshall and he finished third. Bernie Chin of Singapore maintained his fourth place overall with finishes of six and 13 and a well earned spot for his country.

Going into the last day the top five overall were all male sailors but Maria Erdi of Hungary ended that in a fifth place finish tied with Justin Vittecoq of Canada. Erdi's first place in the ninth race broke the tie but still left Vittecoq in sixth overall, claiming the fifth qualifier spot in the male division.

Male country qualifiers
Hungary
United States
Croatia
Singapore
Canada

2013 Byte CII World Championship day 5 © Rodrigo Fernández http://www.andesvisual.com/

In the women's division, Odile Van Aarnholt of the Netherlands topped the regatta for the first 11 races but, on the last day, had her lowest scores of the week with a 26th and an 18th. This dropped her more than the six point lead she carried into the day to give the World's female title to Maria Erdi of Hungry but good for a solid second place finish and a place in Nanjing.

Erdi sailed exceptionally well and was the only female in the top five overall to have race results in the top five with 1, 3, 3, 4, 5 finishes.

Cecilia Wollmann of Bermuda maintained her third place amongst the women and Samantha Yom from Singapore held on to fourth. Florence Allan of Cayman started the day in the fifth qualifying spot but had a couple of poor finishes and Celeste Lugtmeijer from the Dominican Republic slipped into the spot.

Female Country Qualfiers
Hungary
Nethelands
Bermuda
Singapore
Dominican Republic

2013 Byte CII World Championship- OVERALL RESULTS

Pos	Sail	Skipper	Country	9	10	11	12	13	Total
Pos	Sail	Skipper	Country	9	10	11	12	13	Points
1	3418	Vadnai, Jonatan	Hungary	[17]	[17]	2	4	9	24
2	3177	Marshall, Henry	United States of America	6	[13]	1	10	[16]	43
3	3420	Zivanovic, Pavle	Croatia	[16]	7	6	2	2	56
4	3441	Chin, Bernie	Singapore	[24]	[18]	5	6	13	79
5	3419	Erdi, Maria	Hungary	1	4	[39/OCS]	9	10	94
6	3221	Vittecoq, Justin	Canada	3	2	8	5	[35]	94
7	3257	Van Aanholt, Odile	Netherlands	5	6	[39/DSQ]	[26]	18	110
8	1316	Dill, Peter	Bermuda	31	[39/DSQ]	[39/DSQ]	24	1	116
9	3188	Mikkola, Martin	Finland	9	5	3	16	[21]	121
10	3417	Punjamala, Chusitt	Thailand	8	11	7	[27]	[34]	125
11	2353	Bertran, Pablo	Cayman Islands	19	19	[26]	[30]	5	141
12	1029	Wollmann, Cecilia	Bermuda	11	25	15	15	7	151
13	3191	Chew, Justin	Singapore	18	8	11	19	17	161
14	3415	De Souza, Paul	Bahamas	[29]	14	[31]	25	23	163
15	3	Nordquist, Arvid	Sweden	10	23	16	[33]	29	165
16	3425	Seifert, Leopoldo	Mexico	22	[32]	29	3	[38]	177
17	3178	Von Koskull, Jacob	Finland	4	21	12	1	4	178
18	3040	McDermot, Andres	Cayman Islands	25	[33]	[30]	29	27	188
19	3057	Gronblom, Alexander	Finland	15	20	24	8	8	190
20	3437	Yom, Samantha	Singapore	13	1	4	22	[30]	194
21	3423	Maksimov, Georgi	Bulgaria	[28]	27	17	11	3	194
22	20	Lugtmeijer, Celeste	Dominican Republic	21	15	32	12	12	212
23	327	Morrell, Sam	British Virgin Islands	14	3	19	13	25	214
24	3172	Gittens, Scott	Barbados	[37]	9	21	[37]	14	217
25	2457	Jackson, Jesse	Cayman Islands	[36]	34	33	35	[37]	227
26	2246	Allan, Florence	Cayman Islands	20	10	28	[31]	26	239
27	24	Smith, Benn	Bermuda	2	24	25	18	22	243
28	3184	Ang, Christopher	Singapore	[34]	26	20	17	20	245.2
29	3426	Medina, Juan Luis	Mexico	33	31	14	32	24	261
30	2888	Cooper, Chase	Bermuda	27	29	23	14	11	266
31	3300	Raguet, Capucine	France	26	36	34	[38]	19	267
32	3422	Hinkovska, Viktoriya	Bulgaria	[38]	35	10	20	15	270
33	413	Clarke, Paige	US Virgin Islands	12	12	18	7	[36]	271
34	3141	McKenzie, Scott	US Virgin Islands	7	30	13	34	32	280
35	4	De Lulio, Romina	Ecuador	32	16	[39/OCS]	21	6	309
36	3110	Low, Jasime	Singapore	30	22	9	23	33	318
37	3427	Affoo, Abigail	Trinidad & Tobago	35	37	27	28	28	333
38	3197	Lee, Candice	Singapore	23	28	22	36	31	334