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ISAF Sailing World Cup - Thrilling action on Day 4 + Videos

by Lisa Ratcliff on 11 Dec 2014
Laser - Matthew Wearn - ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne 2014. Jeff Crow/ Sport the Library http://www.sportlibrary.com.au
ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne 2014 - When Mother Nature is feeling cantankerous sailors feel the effects more than a lot of athletes. Day four of the ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne produced the most thrilling action yet off the front of Sandringham Yacht Club, and the most drama.

Southerly winds were manageable at an average 22-24 knots, it was the vertical rouge waves and cranky sea-state that brought on some seasickness, cancelled starts and reduced the original racing timetable.

Four classes from the first session were sent out - Nacras, Lasers, 2.4mR and SKUD18 - and they all managed to put two more scores on the board.

For the late session the Laser Radials and the kiteboards were the only two classes on the track. Like storm chasers, Finn sailors go hunting big winds and four of them – Ed Wright (GBR), Oli Tweddell (AUS), Philip Toth (USA) and Sweden’s Bjorn Allannson took off from SYC late afternoon with a photographer and a couple of coaches, just for the hell of it.

There was plenty of air under the Nacras and the images are spectacular. The 2.4mR class reached insane speeds downwind for a 32 year-old class, in what was the their maximum sea state.

Racing was cancelled today for the following classes – Men’s 470, Women’s 470, Finn, Men’s and Women’s RS:X. The 49er and 49erFX fleets headed out briefly this morning before being sent back to shore without starting a race. The results from yesterday stand for those fleets.

Only one day of qualifying racing remains for the 49er, 49FX, Men’s RS:X and Women’s RS:X, Nacra 17, and Men’s and Women’s Kiteboards ahead of their medal races on Saturday.

The top ten competitors in each of the Olympic events will advance to Saturday and Sunday’s Medal Races which count for double points ensuring plenty of possibilities to the end result. Competition leading up to the Medal Races is tough with every point crucial in a bid to make the top ten.

Tomorrow’s forecast is for south to south-easterly 10-15 knots increasing to 15-20 knots during the early afternoon and to 20-25 knots in the late afternoon. Racing starts at 11am rather than midday.


Laser Radial

Great Britain’s Alison Young dominated results for the only Olympic class sent out this afternoon. Thanks to two wins she’s five points clear of defending Melbourne champion Tatiana Drozdovskaya (BLR).


'We get a range of stuff over in the UK, today was nice and breezy and wavy, you have to be able to manage all conditions,' said Young.

'It was very sailable; it was good to be racing. The pretty steep fast moving waves made the downwind pretty tricky. I’ll do a big job on the refueling tonight ready for tomorrow.'

Drozdovskaya approached today’s racing with trepidation. 'I more like the wind of the first day, the lighter wind. Fifteen knots for me is so perfect and waves for me downwind would be excellent.'

There is ice at home so whatever the conditions the Belarussian is pleased to come to the world cup event to train and race. She plans to compete in all of the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup events, including, hopefully, the Abu Dhabi World Cup Final.


Laser
After six races, Laser world number one Tom Burton and 2014 ISAF Sailing World Cup Champion leads the results sheet by the slimmest margin of one point to fellow Australian, Matt Wearn.

'I had the same points as Matt today,' said Burton. 'I beat him in the first race and he beat me in the second so it’s a good battle and it’s pretty close. Fifth is my drop, so it’s still looking good,' a confident Burton commented.

Wearn agreed it was a 'pretty solid day. It started off at 20 knots shifty and by the second race breeze picked up to over 30 knots when it started to become more of a slog. It was good racing and a good decision to stay out.'

Belgium’s Wannes Van Laer, a London Olympian, is fourth behind Kiwi Laser sailor Sam Meech. 'I like it when it’s windy so today was a dream for me….I want more days like this,' an excited Van Laer said. 'It’s a bit scary with the waves but once you train a few days in heavy conditions you really love it.'

On pegging back the Aussies, Van Laer intimated, 'If we have a few more days like this it could be interesting battles. Matt and TB are very fast, it’s nice to be here and be able to fight with these guys. We do some races and try to beat each other and at the end of the day we are friends.'

49erFX

Olivia Price and Eliza Solly’s two race retirements yesterday afternoon when their mast broke shuffled the top three 49erFX results.

Tess Lloyd and Caitlin Elks (AUS) haven’t moved from pole position since racing commenced on Monday December 7, 2014. Similarly top shelf results by Helene Naess and Marie Ronningen (NOR) have kept them in touch with the Australians. Now another Norwegian duo of Maia and Ragna Agerup is holding onto third.


The ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne is the first time racing against a 49erFX fleet and the first competition for new combination Haylee Outteridge and Sarah Cook, a two-time Olympic rower.

Their parents met sailing and when big brother Nathan started sailing out of Wangi Sailing Club at NSW’s Lake Macquarie, middle brother Beau and little sister Haylee didn’t have much choice but to take the tiller.

'Sailing has always been for us a family thing, it’s not just a sport,' says the youngest Outteridge, who has partnered with Sarah Cook, the former rower late to sailing at age 27.

Nathan Outteridge’s success at the world level is well known. He’s an inspiration to Haylee but she promises there is no pressure being the younger sibling of an Olympic gold medallist, world champion and now America’s Cup sailor.

'I could say I want to win a gold medal at the end of the day but I really want to see what my potential is as a sailor and a person. Nathan and I sail for different reasons; I don’t feel that pressure because I feel we have different goals.'

Outteridge brings natural instinct and 18 years of experience to their campaign. Cook brings experience at the highest level of competition. Until just over two years ago Cook had never sailed and asked her then 470 partner Elise Rechichi why they couldn’t sail directly at the top mark.

She’s found another special partnership in Outteridge and is enjoying the physicality of the skiff. 'It’s so aggressive and fast, it’s very similar to rowing in terms of the physicality.

Outteridge and Cook are sitting sixth on the results sheet after nine races.

Nacra17

There was plenty of excitement on Port Phillip for Nacra fleet, some of it welcome and some of it not as they raced in big swells and a gusty 25 knot southerly.

The first race of the day saw the top four in the pointscore finish in that order. The second race, the 11th race in the qualifying series, belonged to Darren Bundock and Nina Curtis (AUS).

The third race began and then was abandoned due to the sea-state, but not before Euan McNicol and Lucinda Whitty went to the aid of Viper sailor Krystal Weir.

'We got around the top mark and just came down to the gybe point,' McNichol explained. 'We got through the gybe and then I heard my name called. I looked around and there were no boats. Then I saw Krystal (Weir) in the water. We dropped the spinnaker and went and picked her up. She was in good spirits.'

Weir knew she’d float onto a beach at some boat so ate the banana from her lifejacket and floated along. 'The water was pretty warm so I was lucky. I was yelling at the race committee but they couldn’t hear me with the waves. I had my feet up floating and thought ‘Elwood here I come’.'


In the overall pointscore after 11 races Waterhouse and Darmanin hold first place with Darren Bundock and Nina Curtis in second and Euan McNicol and Lucinda Whitty in third.

SKUD18

Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS-AST) handled the strong conditions with style, taking out race honours in both race five and six of the SKUD18 series.

Tim Dempsey and Gemma Fletcher (NZL) revelled in the familiar heaving conditions and moved up the leaderboard into second overall.

'It was exciting. Big waves, big wind, lots of surfing,' Dempsey said. 'Back home in Auckland we get a fair bit of this kind of wind so we are reasonably at home in these conditions. We have a bit of a reputation of going well in the heavy and not so well in the light. We are trying to get that monkey off our back at the moment.'

Overall and after six races, Fitzgibbon and Tesch continue to hold a commanding first place with eight points. Third overall is Amethyst Barnbrook and Brett Pearce (AUS).

2.4mR

Paul Francis (NZL) and Matthew Bugg (AUS) swapped top finishes in today’s two races.

Francis won race five of the series and Bugg countered by winning race 6. While others in fleet struggled with the sea swell and strong winds, and some just simply stayed ashore, the two cross-Tasman competitors challenged for the top place on the leaderboard.

'The conditions were fantastic. A lovely day for sailing,' Francis said. There was a bit of seamanship pumping the 2.4m and keeping it dry. It was a case of a crossover between racing and seamanship. In the second race gear problems forced Francis into second place. The only other finisher to survive race 6 was Neil Patterson (AUS).

Overall Bugg still leads the pointscore with Francis in second and Peter Thompson (AUS) in third.

For a design of its age hitting 13 knots downwind in a 254 kilo boat was 'insane' said Richard Scarr, the national Paralympic coach for the 2.4mR and Tasmania’s state high performance coach.

Kiteboards

Riccardo Leccese (ITA) achieved a clean sweep on the second day of the Men’s Kiteboard competition, winning six from six races.

The wind was up and the fleet was screaming downwind in perfect kiteboard conditions. 'I usually like the strong winds,' said the pumped Italian. 'I was also impressed that my light wind friends had a good day against me. The first race I crashed and lost the lead. We had some scratches, but that makes the racing fun. We exploded downwind.'

In second place is the 2013 Melbourne champion Florian Gruber (GER) who traded second and third places across the six races with Ivan Doronin (RUS), now third overall.

A very disappointed Lisa Hickman has missed the opening races due to a torn Achilles tendon. 'I have nursed it for the last week, strapped it tight this morning and headed out for a training run. It became very obvious I was likely to tear it again. I really want to race the medal race on Saturday,' Hickman said. All going well on Saturday she’ll be back on the water for the Breakwater to Beacon and foiling demonstration on the stadium course, and 'giving it her all.'

How does Sailing World Cup Final qualification work?

Event winners from each ISAF Sailing World Cup (SWC) Regatta will qualify to the 2015 SWC Final whilst the best placed 'home continent' sailor in each round will also qualify. The top three finishers at the 2015 Class World Championships (if already held) will qualify to the 2015 SWC Final. The remaining SWC Final places will be awarded via the ISAF World Sailing Rankings.

Up to twenty 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots are available in Melbourne, the first stop of the 2015 series.




49erFX - Women - Overall Results

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Net
1 AUS AUS 11 1 (6) 1 1 4 1 6 2 3 25.00 19.00
2 NOR NOR 123 (9)
OCS
1 2 8 1 2 2 1 4 30.00 21.00
3 NOR NOR 888 3 3 6 4 (9)
DSQ
4 1 3 1 34.00 25.00
4 NZL NZL 484 4 4 5 2 3 (6) 5 5 2 36.00 30.00
5 AUS AUS 848 2 2 4 3 6 7 3 (9)
RET
9
RET
45.00 36.00
6 AUS AUS 14 5 5 3 6 2 5 (7) 6 6 45.00 38.00
7 IRL IRL 997 (9)
RET
9
DNF
9
DNF
7 7 3 4 4 5 57.00 48.00
8 AUS AUS 290 (9)
RET
9
DNF
9
DNF
5 5 8 8 9
RET
9
RET
71.00 62.00


Legend
( ) - Excluded Score
OCS - On the course side of the starting line and broke rule 29.1 or 30.1
ARB - Scoring penalty after arbitration
PTS - Scoring penalty for a yellow flag after the finish
BFD - Disqualification under rule 30.3
RAF - Retired after finishing
DGM - Disqualification under rule 69.1(b)(2) not excludable
RDG - Redress given
DNC - Did not come to the starting area
RET - Retired
DNE - Disqualification not excludable under rule 88.3(b)
SCP - Took a Scoring Penalty under rule 44.3(a)
DNF - Did not finish
STP - Standard Penalty SI Specific
DNS - Did not start
UFD - U flag penalty imposed
DPI - Discretionary penalty imposed
ZFP - 20% penalty under rule 30.2
DSQ - Disqualification

Laser - Men - Overall Results

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Net
1 AUS AUS 199012 2 2 1 (5) 4 2 16.00 11.00
2 AUS AUS 199015 3 (10) 2 1 5 1 22.00 12.00
3 NZL NZL 206426 (10) 5 3 2 9 5 34.00 24.00
4 BEL BEL 202016 4 8 (11) 6 1 6 36.00 25.00
5 NED NED 204566 13 1 (14) 8 2 4 42.00 28.00
6 AUS AUS 206762 17 (20) 5 3 6 3 54.00 34.00
7 NZL NZL 208337 (15) 6 8 4 3 13 49.00 34.00
8 AUS AUS 207858 (14) 7 6 10 8 7 52.00 38.00
9 NZL NZL 181961 (12) 4 12 7 12 8 55.00 43.00
10 SIN SIN 197538 1 3 (16) 15 15 10 60.00 44.00
11 AUS AUS 192624 11 12 13 9 7 (15) 67.00 52.00
12 SIN SIN 204638 7 11 4 16 16 (25) 79.00 54.00
13 ITA ITA 196685 5 14 10 (40)
BFD
11 14 94.00 54.00
14 NZL NZL 207860 9 13 (40)
DSQ
14 14 9 99.00 59.00
15 NZL NZL 207496 8 15 15 13 (18) 12 81.00 63.00
16 AUS AUS 193330 (29) 22 21 12 10 11 105.00 76.00
17 DEN DEN 206366 6 (23) 23 19 13 20 104.00 81.00
18 AUS AUS 208331 22 19 7 (40)
BFD
17 16 121.00 81.00
19 SUI SUI 199103 19 9 18 17 (21) 18 102.00 81.00
20 IRL IRL 206936 20 21 9 21 (24) 19 114.00 90.00
21 FIN FIN 206381 21 25 (27) 11 19 17 120.00 93.00
22 AUS AUS 206012 (30) 16 19 18 25 22 130.00 100.00
23 RSA RSA 207559 16 18 22 22 23 (27) 128.00 101.00
24 MAS MAS 206032 23 17 20 (25) 20 21 126.00 101.00
25 RUS RUS 171513 (27) 24 17 20 22 23 133.00 106.00
26 TUR TUR 191821 18 (31) 26 23 26 26 150.00 119.00
27 SIN SIN 205775 26 26 24 27 27 (29) 159.00 130.00
28 AUS AUS 202810 24 27 25 24 (40)
DNF
31 171.00 131.00
29 NZL NZL 195542 25 28 (31) 26 29 24 163.00 132.00
30 AUS AUS 202595 28 (29) 29 28 28 28 170.00 141.00
31 AUS AUS 192650 (34) 30 30 30 30 30 184.00 150.00
32 AUS AUS 201527 32 (40)
DNF
28 29 31 32 192.00 152.00
33 PNG PNG 193143 31 32 33 33 35 (40)
DNF
204.00 164.00
34 MKD MKD 200700 33 34 32 31 34 (40)
DNF
204.00 164.00
35 CHI CHI 203194 36 35 35 32 32 (40)
DNF
210.00 170.00
36 PNG PNG 153179 38 33 34 34 33 (40)
RET
212.00 172.00
37 PNG PNG 193062 35 36 36 35 (40)
DNF
40
DNC
222.00 182.00
38 AUS AUS 187912 37 37 37 36 36 (40)
DNC
223.00 183.00
39 AUS AUS 202674 (40)
DNF
38 38 37 40
DNF
40
DNC
233.00 193.00


Legend
( ) - Excluded Score
OCS - On the course side of the starting line and broke rule 29.1 or 30.1
ARB - Scoring penalty after arbitration
PTS - Scoring penalty for a yellow flag after the finish
BFD - Disqualification under rule 30.3
RAF - Retired after finishing
DGM - Disqualification under rule 69.1(b)(2) not excludable
RDG - Redress given
DNC - Did not come to the starting area
RET - Retired
DNE - Disqualification not excludable under rule 88.3(b)
SCP - Took a Scoring Penalty under rule 44.3(a)
DNF - Did not finish
STP - Standard Penalty SI Specific
DNS - Did not start
UFD - U flag penalty imposed
DPI - Discretionary penalty imposed
ZFP - 20% penalty under rule 30.2
DSQ - Disqualification

Laser Radial - Women - Overall Results

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Net
1 GBR GBR 206251 1 3 4 (11) 1 1 21.00 10.00
2 BLR BLR 203778 (6) 1 3 3 4 4 21.00 15.00
3 CAN CAN 206892 3 (7) 6 4 2 2 24.00 17.00
4 AUS AUS 207855 2 2 (9) 8 3 3 27.00 18.00
5 TUR TUR 206648 5 4 1 (14) 7 5 36.00 22.00
6 NOR NOR 207833 7 5 5 1 (14) 7 39.00 25.00
7 SIN SIN 186755 8 8 (13) 6 11 8 54.00 41.00
8 RUS RUS 207481 11 9 11 (12) 5 6 54.00 42.00
9 TUR TUR 201905 (14) 14 7 5 8 12 60.00 46.00
10 NOR NOR 207832 9 (18) 2 2 17 17 65.00 47.00
11 ITA ITA 204170 12 11 8 7 10 (31)
DNC
79.00 48.00
12 NZL NZL 192281 4 6 (31)
UFD
13 15 11 80.00 49.00
13 GER GER 206728 17 10 17 (18) 6 9 77.00 59.00
14 USA USA 199535 13 12 (18) 16 12 10 81.00 63.00
15 GER GER 200060 10 13 (15) 15 13 13 79.00 64.00
16 AUS AUS 204602 (18) 15 14 10 16 15 88.00 70.00
17 AUS AUS 208336 16 17 12 (19) 18 16 98.00 79.00
18 AUS AUS 208335 15 19 10 9 (31)
DNC
31
DNC
115.00 84.00
19 NZL NZL 206030 23 16 22 (24) 9 14 108.00 84.00
20 MAS MAS 193112 20 20 20 17 (21) 20 118.00 97.00
21 AUS AUS 202899 19 21 (24) 22 19 18 123.00 99.00
22 AUS AUS 202753 (24) 22 19 21 20 19 125.00 101.00
23 AUS AUS 206391 22 (23) 16 20 23 22 126.00 103.00
24 AUS AUS 197268 21 (25) 21 25 22 21 135.00 110.00
25 COK COK 195712 26 (27) 23 23 24 23 146.00 119.00
26 AUS AUS 202851 (28) 28 26 27 26 24 159.00 131.00
27 PNG PNG 193142 25 29 25 29 25 (31)
RET
164.00 133.00
28 AUS AUS 206731 27 26 28 26 (31)
DNC
31
DNC
169.00 138.00
29 NZL NZL 190329 29 24 29 30 (31)
DNF
31
DNC
174.00 143.00
30 PNG PNG 193132 30 30 27 28 (31)
DNF
31
DNC
177.00 146.00


Legend
( ) - Excluded Score
OCS - On the course side of the starting line and broke rule 29.1 or 30.1
ARB - Scoring penalty after arbitration
PTS - Scoring penalty for a yellow flag after the finish
BFD - Disqualification under rule 30.3
RAF - Retired after finishing
DGM - Disqualification under rule 69.1(b)(2) not excludable
RDG - Redress given
DNC - Did not come to the starting area
RET - Retired
DNE - Disqualification not excludable under rule 88.3(b)
SCP - Took a Scoring Penalty under rule 44.3(a)
DNF - Did not finish
STP - Standard Penalty SI Specific
DNS - Did not start
UFD - U flag penalty imposed
DPI - Discretionary penalty imposed
ZFP - 20% penalty under rule 30.2
DSQ - Disqualification

2.4 Metre - Disabled - Overall Results

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Net
1 AUS AUS 36 1 2 1 (3) 2 1 10.00 7.00
2 NZL NZL 1 3 3 2 (4) 1 2 15.00 11.00
3 AUS AUS 30 2 1 4 6 (11)
DNC
11
DNC
35.00 24.00
4 AUS AUS 28 5 4 3 2 (11)
RET
11
DNC
36.00 25.00
5 NZL NZL 92 4 9 5 5 3 (11)
RET
37.00 26.00
6 AUS AUS 32 9 10 6 1 4 (11)
RET
41.00 30.00
7 AUS AUS 38 8 6 8 (10) 6 3 41.00 31.00
8 AUS AUS 27 7 7 7 8 5 (11)
RET
45.00 34.00
9 AUS AUS 31 6 5 9 7 (11)
DNC
11
DNC
49.00 38.00
10 AUS AUS 25 10 8 10 9 7 (11)
RET
55.00 44.00


Legend
( ) - Excluded Score
OCS - On the course side of the starting line and broke rule 29.1 or 30.1
ARB - Scoring penalty after arbitration
PTS - Scoring penalty for a yellow flag after the finish
BFD - Disqualification under rule 30.3
RAF - Retired after finishing
DGM - Disqualification under rule 69.1(b)(2) not excludable
RDG - Redress given
DNC - Did not come to the starting area
RET - Retired
DNE - Disqualification not excludable under rule 88.3(b)
SCP - Took a Scoring Penalty under rule 44.3(a)
DNF - Did not finish
STP - Standard Penalty SI Specific
DNS - Did not start
UFD - U flag penalty imposed
DPI - Discretionary penalty imposed
ZFP - 20% penalty under rule 30.2
DSQ - Disqualification

SKUD 18 - Disabled - Overall Results

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Net
1 AUS AUS 47 1 1 (3) 1 1 1 8.00 5.00
2 NZL NZL 48 3 2 (7) 5 2 3 22.00 15.00
3 AUS AUS 44 2 4 2 4 4 (5) 21.00 16.00
4 SIN SIN 1 (5) 3 5 2 5 4 24.00 19.00
5 NZL NZL 59 8 6 (9) 3 3 2 31.00 22.00
6 AUS AUS 33 6 8 1 6 (11)
RET
11
DNC
43.00 32.00
7 AUS AUS 64 7 7 8 7 6 (11)
RET
46.00 35.00
8 NED NED 26 (11)
DNF
10 6 8 7 6 48.00 37.00
9 AUS AUS 52 4 5 10 9 (11)
DNS
11
DNS
50.00 39.00
10 NZL NZL 38 (11)
RET
9 4 10 11
DNC
11
DNC
56.00 45.00


Legend
( ) - Excluded Score
OCS - On the course side of the starting line and broke rule 29.1 or 30.1
ARB - Scoring penalty after arbitration
PTS - Scoring penalty for a yellow flag after the finish
BFD - Disqualification under rule 30.3
RAF - Retired after finishing
DGM - Disqualification under rule 69.1(b)(2) not excludable
RDG - Redress given
DNC - Did not come to the starting area
RET - Retired
DNE - Disqualification not excludable under rule 88.3(b)
SCP - Took a Scoring Penalty under rule 44.3(a)
DNF - Did not finish
STP - Standard Penalty SI Specific
DNS - Did not start
UFD - U flag penalty imposed
DPI - Discretionary penalty imposed
ZFP - 20% penalty under rule 30.2
DSQ - Disqualification

Nacra 17 - Mixed - Overall Results

Pos Nation Sail Number Crew Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Net
1 AUS AUS 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 (3) 3 1 2 17.00 14.00
2 AUS AUS 242 (3) 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 22.00 19.00
3 AUS AUS 158 2 3 2 4 3 2 3 2 1 3 (6)
DNF
31.00 25.00
4 AUS AUS 156 (4) 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 42.00 38.00
5 JPN JPN 157 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 (6)
DNC
6
DNC
57.00 51.00


Legend
( ) - Excluded Score
OCS - On the course side of the starting line and broke rule 29.1 or 30.1
ARB - Scoring penalty after arbitration
PTS - Scoring penalty for a yellow flag after the finish
BFD - Disqualification under rule 30.3
RAF - Retired after finishing
DGM - Disqualification under rule 69.1(b)(2) not excludable
RDG - Redress given
DNC - Did not come to the starting area
RET - Retired
DNE - Disqualification not excludable under rule 88.3(b)
SCP - Took a Scoring Penalty under rule 44.3(a)
DNF - Did not finish
STP - Standard Penalty SI Specific
DNS - Did not start
UFD - U flag penalty imposed
DPI - Discretionary penalty imposed
ZFP - 20% penalty under rule 30.2
DSQ - Disqualification

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