Stakes are raised at 2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships on Day 2

by True Angle on 1 Sep 2016

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 2 Neuza Pereira

Day two of the Cascais SB20 World Championships 2016 today, Wednesday 31 August, brought three more testing races for the 75-boat fleet – or, according to some crews, two testing races and one giant crazy game of Risk.

The championships are sponsored by the Portuguese city of Cascais, and were officially opened by Mayor Carlos Carreiras in the presence of the President and Vice President of the Municipality of Cascais.

Things had looked ominous after Day 1, with winds overnight blowing around 50 knots, but as crews left the dock for the second day of racing the breeze died completely, before shifting to the north. By the time the 75 SB20s had headed out to the racecourse, it had filled in to a fickle northerly wind of between 14-18 knots.

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 2 © Neuza Pereira

Rodio Luka on Trem Engineering (UKR3042) took the opening win, which he followed up with a fifth. But a 19th place in a highly unpredictable third race leaves the Ukranian Olympic medalist with two high scores and in fifth overall.

Luka commented after racing: “We had two good races the last race was.... Well, let’s just say really hard. Racing in the inside course is really random in these conditions.”

The third race turned into a game of a dice, with the wind bouncing off the shore and surrounding mountains onto the course at all angles and velocities. “We had five - fifteen knots of windspeed, huge holes and massive shifts… not a race for the faint hearted!” reports Alan Hillman of SportsboatWorld (GBR 3750), adding: “I shall not be going to the casino this evening!”

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 2 © Neuza Pereira

Portuguese skipper José Caldeira with Uon (POR3620) won the second, and like Luka also scored a fifth today, plus a 15th, to climb up the rankings to seventh. Just behind him going into Day 3 is the top British crew, John Pollard’s Xcellent (GBR3724), who scored a six, twenty, three.

Pollard said: “We were just really consistent all day… we managed to really read the last race and hang in at the times where it was looking bad at times, Smithy (our middle man) called it perfectly and we hung on to a third.”

The third race win went to Kevin Peponnet with Team SMC/France Jeune (FRA3580). The wind then increased to over 30 knots as the boats approached the marina, making for an entertaining end to a highly challenging day.

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 2 © Neuza Pereira

The overall leaders, and the only boat to have clung on to all top-10 finishes in the six races held so far, is Hugo Rocha with New Territories (RUS3711), crewed by Goncalo Barreto, Alex Semenov and Fran Palacios. They currently lead by five points to France Jeune (FRA3653), skippered by Gabriel Skoczek, also top Youth team.

France Jeune crew Emeric Michel said: 'We had a better day on the water – it is not possible to sail perfectly because it is so shifty and hard to read, but we sailed better and have moved up to second. The team that wins this regatta will be the team that manages to minimize their mistakes.'

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 2 © Neuza Pereira

Third is the Australian boat Export Roo with Michael Cooper. There is a big focus at this event on the Nations Cup, which will be awarded to the country with the 3 best results. Portugal currently occupies first place, from France, followed by Britain.

The Cascais SB20 World Championships feature live tracking, allowing spectators to watch the action online – visit website.

Results:

Series Place	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Crew2	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	RUS3711	Hugo Rocha	Alex Semenov	Fran Palacios, Gonçalo Barreto	YC St-Petersburg	21	2	3	1	9	6	9
2	FRA3653	Gabriel Skoczek	Michel Emeric	Lucas Chatonnier , Marine Boudot	YCAntibes	26	3	6	10	2	17	5
3	AUS3731	Michael Cooper	David Chapman	Matthew Johnston	RYCTasmania	27	4	13	5	3	11	4
4	AUS3735	Chris Dare	Oliver Tweddell	Ella Clark	Sorrento SBC	29	14	2	3	61	3	7
5	UKR3042	Rodion Luka	Andrey Klochko	Igor Severianov,Tomás Barreto	Kiev Racing YC	30	1	4	25	1	5	19
6	POR3114	Vasco Serpa	Joaquim Moreira	Pedro Costa Alemao	CNCascais	36	11	1	2	15	7	53
7	POR3620	José Caldeira	Helder Basílio	Tiago Leal, Mariana Lobato	ANMadeira	37	19	12	4	5	1	15
8	GBR3724	John Pollard	Rob Smith	Ben Warnick	Royal Torbay YC	42	7	23	6	6	20	3
9	RUS3709	Vladimir Prosikhin	Artem Basalkin	Alex Martemiyanov	YC St-Petersburg	46	6	7	12	60	13	8
10	FRA3580	Kevin Peponnet	Achille Nebout	Bruno Mourniac , Camille Rossi	YCMC/SRR	51	5	20	26	16	9	1
11	GBR3728	Richard Powell	Tim Burnell	Ben Vines	Royal Ocean RC	54	10	18	14	19	10	2
12	RUS3722	Vasily Grigoriev	Mikhail Markin	Valeriy Ushkov	Pirogovo	71	26	9	20	34	4	12
13	POR3105	José Paulo Ramada	Gonçalo Ribeiro	Rita Gonçalves,Miguel Leal Faria	CNCascais/Dom Pedro	77	9	11	23	22	12	46
14	GBR3750	Jerry Hill	Alan Hillman	Craig Watson	RSrnYC	84	22	5	27	12	18	32
15	FRA3423	Mathilde Geron	Sophie de Turckheim	Julie Bossard , Alice Ponsar	CMVSB	85	17	30	17	13	24	14
16	NED3714	Marco van Driel	Joost Assmann	Martijn Worseling	WSV Braassemermeer	88	29	15	9	14	21	39
17	POR3558	Diogo Pereira	Fausto Briosa	Luís Queiroz	CVAtlantico	98	23	33	22	11	29	13
18	ITA3543	Antonillo Ciabatti	Vincenzo Graciotti	Nando Colaninno	YCRiviera del Conero	105	30	27	24	7	35	17
19	FRA3655	Charles Caudrelier	Pascal Bidegorry	Thomas Rouxel , Malo Abguillerm	DongfengRT	106	8	34	38	18	8	61
20	FRA3034	Johan Ravier	Helene Urruti	Frederic Perroche, Alice Chiaporri	YCCannes	115	40	19	19	26	45	11
21	POR3115	Rui Brites	Henrique Brites	Francisco Andrade, Mariana Freitas	CNCascais	117	15	14	33	25	30	33
22	RUS3420	Igor Ginzburg	Basalkina Anna	Krivov Oleg, Klepikov Leonid	YC St-Petersburg	118	44	40	11	35	16	16
23	POR3616	John Tavares	Paulo Manso	Jorge Ferreira	ANMadeira	119	48	21	18	17	15	55
24	GBR3720	Adrian Peach	Garry Phare	Jim Short	Royal Torbay YC	121	35	24	47	10	23	29
25	RUS3708	Kirill Frolov	Alexey Murashkin	Egor Ignatenko	YC St-Petersburg	122	25	51	21	43	2	31
26	POR3738	Nuno Vasconcelos Porto	Francisco Ancêde	Diogo Costa, Pedro Costa	CVAtlantico	124	28	28	29	21	43	18
27	ITA3637	Massimo Fullone	Andrea Airo	Nikolaos Mascoli, Pierfrancisco Schiavone	CVOndabuena	126	20	DNC77	DNC77	4	19	6
28	POR3103	Luis Santos	Antonio Santos	Rui Duarte	CVSado	129	31	17	30	24	27	44
29	FRA3706	Edward Russo	Gilles Favennec	Cedric Chateau	CNValeriquais	133	13	22	32	48	42	24
30	FRA3609	Piriou Tugdual	Jade Lestré	Yan Rigal, Tom Picot	CNCaledonien	139	52	26	7	54	32	22
31	POR3111	Manuel Marques	Rui Bóia	Hugo Mastbaum	CNCascais	143	32	16	8	66	25	62
32	GBR3732	Joe Llewellyn	Jeremy Vigus	Nigel Wakefield	Wessex Exiles	148	18	38	28	37	37	28
33	FRA3721	Hugo Feydit	Valentin Sipan	Mathieu Corruble , Paola Amar	Cn La Tremblade	152	21	8	50	39	34	59
34	RUS3707	Vadim Pushev	Timur Sabirzianov	Alexander Mikhailov	YC St-Petersburg	154	27	31	13	58	33	50
35	POR3525	Diogo Barros	Luis Alonso	Tiago Morais	CWDSailing	161	24	DNC77	DNC77	28	22	10
36	GBR3710	Tich Summers	Scott Graham	Nick Elder	Royal Tay YC	164	16	52	31	68	40	25
37	POR3341	David Aleixo	Miguel Guimarães	David Abecassis , António Barros	CNCascais	169	37	10	52	42	28	DNF77
38	IRL3739	Ger Dempsey	Chris Nolan	Maeve Judge, Blair Stanaway	Royal Irish YC	170	47	25	40	32	26	51
39	UKR3726	Anna Kyselova	Ivan Pavlusik	Anatolii Petrov, Irina Dorosheva	Odessa	174	36	37	58	46	14	41
40	POR3505	Vasco Passanha	Diana Neves	Carlos Leitão, Rafael Rodrigues	CNCascais	175	34	49	36	8	58	48
41	IRL3065	James Gorman	Rory Fitzpatrick	Neil O'Toole, Laura Jackson	National YC	179	12	36	16	59	59	56
42	BEL3311	Jan Alleman	Paul Jonckheere	Geert Orbie	RNSYC	191	62	35	15	53	65	26
43	IRL3060	Stefan Hyde	Graeme Grant	Tara Flood, Clara Hynes	Royal Cork YC	193	DNC77	67	35	23	38	30
44	POR3286	Tiago Roquette	João Leite de Castro	Luis Pessanha	CVAtlantico	194	DNF77	44	37	47	39	27
45	POR3427	João Villas-Boas	José Camelo	Guilherme Gomes, Nuno Bajanca	CNCascais	198	33	58	45	20	51	49
46	GBR3027	Alec Russell	Mark Lees	Jess Lees, Rich Pull	RSrnYC	198	41	66	49	27	44	37
47	GBR3069	Ian Hudson	Niall Peelo	Helen Macnamara, Laura Woosey	Warsash SC	206	56	32	53	45	36	40
48	IRL3537	Chris Arrowsmith	David Cahill	Colin Galavan	Royal St George YC	211	42	46	34	52	46	43
49	POR3652	Paulo Palha	André Gonçalves	António José Barros, Rita Leal faria	CVAtlantico	217	46	29	51	55	66	36
50	AUS3390	Phil Reid	Sam Ibbott	Andre DeClerck	RYCTasmania	223	54	50	43	72	56	20
51	CHN3557	Kong Chengheng	Chen Jinhao	Liu Xue	DongfengRT	225	57	41	41	69	48	38
52	POR3203	Margarida Aguiar	Sofia Regojo	Ana Champalimaud,Maria João Marques	CNCascais	228	43	42	42	41	70	60
53	POR3723	Pedro Ambrósio	Miguel Oliveira	Francisco Oliveira	CVAtlantico	236	49	43	48	44	52	52
54	GBR3740	Doug Innes	Martin Fox	Gareth Glover	RoyalSouthamptonYC	237	45	47	65	49	31	70
55	GBR3057	John Outhwaite	David Atkinson	Carl Outhwaite	Royal Ocean RC	239	58	48	44	40	49	65
56	OMA3560	Fahad Al Hasni	Yasir al Rahbi	Raad al Hadi	Oman Sail	240	59	54	57	30	54	45
57	RUS3512	Vladislav Ivanovskiy	Alexey Egorov	Vitaliy Nosach, Ekaterina Bessonova	YC St-Petersburg	244	61	39	56	38	50	66
58	RUS3730	Aleksey Kolobanov	Gaiane Kolovalova	Bozhko Aleksander, Manuel Cruz	YC St-Petersburg	252	53	45	39	64	61	54
59	GBR3276	Harry Barker	George Chilvers	Christopher Merril, Olive Bazfour	Radley College SC	254	63	55	60	67	41	35
60	POR3733	Peter Stratton	Pedro Henriques	Francisco Garcia	CNCascais	256	55	DNC77	DNC77	50	53	21
61	GBR3516	Rob Clark	Alexey Farenyuk	Manuel Arriaga e Cunha	CVLagos	261	51	DNC77	DNC77	33	DSQ77	23
62	SUI3169	Ueli Guggenbuehl	Caspar Guggenbuehl	Heinrich Guggenbuehl	CNCascais	264	70	62	46	51	63	42
63	GBR3716	Simon Hume	Oli Nedham	John Malone	Itchenor SC	267	38	53	54	62	60	DNF77
64	POR3581	Andrei Balaykin	Maksim Fedorov	Valentin Uvarkin	Pirogovo	269	68	59	61	70	47	34
65	BEL3345	Bart Tytgat	Hielke Krijnen	Kristof Woutters	RNSYC	273	50	60	55	31	DNF77	DNC77
66	POR3411	Diogo C Mendes	Ana Santos	Bernardo Loureiro, Duarte Teles	CNCascais	275	71	56	59	29	64	67
67	RUS3523	Iurii Popov	Igor Svirida	Oleg Chugunov	YC St-Petersburg	277	39	DNC77	DNC77	57	57	47
68	POR3150	Miguel Fonseca	Edgar Miguel Tereso Faria	Vasco Justino, Nuno Duarte	MENTOR	298	66	63	DNC77	36	69	64
69	FRA3576	Benoit Melen	Gregory Baum	Eric Brioist	YCCarnac	300	64	61	63	65	55	57
70	POR3092	Patrick Lindley	Pedro Simões	Luís Vasconcelos Dias	CNCascais	309	60	57	66	63	68	63
71	OMA3256	Ali Al Balushi	Abdulrahman Al Mashari	Sami Al Shukaili	Oman Sail	323	DNC77	64	64	75	62	58
72	POR3090	Paulo Lobo	Elisio Lourenço	Filipe Carioca, João Soeiro	CNCascais	324	67	65	68	56	73	68
73	GBR3305	Gary Baker	Dan Craft	Chris Odonnell	Warsash SC	338	65	68	62	71	72	DNC77
74	POR3521	Luís Rosário	Andre Carinhas	Valerio Conceição	CNCascais	348	72	69	69	74	67	71
75	POR3100	Luis Jardim	Bernardo Macedo	Guilherme Jardim	CVAtlantico	349	69	DNS77	67	73	71	69
76	SUI3183	Chappuis Denis	Stalder Cécilia	Bober Volodymyr	TRSC	376	DNS77	DNC77	DNC77	76	74	72