Byte CII Worlds 2013 - Championship off to a perfect start

by Byte CII media on 25 Aug 2013 2013 Byte CII Worlds at Sail Newport, Rhode Island USA runs from August 24 to 28, 2013. 38 boats lined up for the Narragansett Bay area start with a record 22 countries represented in the three race Pre-World series.

PRO Anderson Reggio sent the fleet off in a 12-15 knot northerly on a double windward leeward course that, after three races, had really sorted out the pecking order.

The Byte Class likes to do a full series as a warm up and not just a single practice race. The latter usually results in the lead boats heading home at the weather mark or after the first round and little is learned by the competitors or, as importantly, by the Race Committee.

For several teams this was their first regatta in a Byte and the three race series was welcomed. Competitors dropped one race and their placing on the day is now entered as their first race in the Worlds.

Jonatan Vadnai from Hungary, fresh from the Laser 4.7 Youth Worlds, where he placed second overall sailed a perfect day with a 2, 1, 1 dropping the second. Not far behind was Singapore sailor Bernie Chin, who was sixth at the same event, counting a 1, 3 and tied in third were Peer Dill of Bermuda and the US 2013 Byte champion Henry Marshall.

Rounding out the top five was Pavle Zivanovic from Croatia with a 3, 5. These are currently the top five male qualifying countries for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing China.

Top female was Cecilia Wollmann from Bermuda with a strong sixth. She was followed by Maria Erdi, Hungary in ninth place overall, Odile van Aanholt, Nederlands in 12th, Florence Allan, Cayman in 16th and Celeste Lugtmeijer, Dominican Republic in 17th. At present these are the five female country qualifiers.

The ranking after three races, with a drop, counts as the first race score in the main event beginning on Sunday morning on Narragansett Bay.'

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.

2013 Byte CII Pre-World Championship- PRELIMINARY RESULTS
							Total
Pos	Sail	Skipper	Country	1	2	3	Points
1	3418	Vadnai, Jonatan	Hungary	[2]	1	1	2
2	3441	Chin, Bernie	Singapore	1	[7]	3	4
3	1316	Dill, Peter	Bermuda	[5]	4	2	6
4	3177	Marshall, Henry	United States of America	[4]	2	4	6
5	3420	Zivanovic, Pavle	Croatia	3	[5]	5	8
6	1029	Wollmann, Cecilia	Bermuda	[8]	3	8	11
7	3191	Chew, Justin	Singapore	[16]	6	9	15
8	3417	Punjamala, Chusitt	Thailand	6	[17]	10	16
9	3419	Erdi, Maria	Hungary	7	11	[13]	18
10	3	Nordquist, Arvid	Sweden	13	[19]	7	20
11	3040	McDermot, Andres	Cayman Islands	9	[12]	11	20
12	3257	Van Aanholt, Odile	Netherlands	15	9	[24]	24
13	3188	Mikkola, Martin	Finland	[19]	10	15	25
14	2457	Jackson, Jesse	Cayman Islands	20	[25]	6	26
15	3221	Vittecoq, Justin	Canada	18	8	[23]	26
16	2246	Allan, Florence	Cayman Islands	12	15	[22]	27
17	20	Lugtmeijer, Celeste	Dominican Republic	[14]	13	14	27
18	3423	Maksimov, Georgi	Bulgaria	10	18	[20]	28
19	3184	Ang, Christopher	Singapore	17	[20]	12	29
20	3437	Yom, Samantha	Singapore	[24]	14	19	33
21	2353	Bertran, Pablo	Cayman Islands	11	26	[27]	37
22	327	Morrell, Sam	British Virgin Islands	[29]	23	17	40
23	3172	Gittens, Scott	Barbados	23	[27]	18	41
24	3425	Seifert, Leopoldo	Mexico	26	[28]	16	42
25	24	Smith, Benn	Bermuda	[27]	22	21	43
26	3415	De Souza, Paul	Bahamas	22	21	[31]	43
27	3178	Von Koskull, Jacob	Finland	[30]	16	28	44
28	3427	Affoo, Abigail	Trinidad & Tobago	21	[31]	25	46
29	3300	Raguet, Capucine	France	25	24	[26]	49
30	3141	McKenzie, Scott	US Virgin Islands	28	30	[32]	58
31	2888	Cooper, Chase	Bermuda	[32]	29	30	59
32	3426	Medina, Juan Luis	Mexico	34	[37]	29	63
33	3422	Hinkovska, Viktoriya	Bulgaria	31	32	[33]	63
34	3057	Gronblom, Alexander	Finland	33	33	[35]	66
35	413	Clarke, Paige	US Virgin Islands	[36]	35	34	69
36	3110	Low, Jasime	Singapore	35	36	[37]	71
37	3197	Lee, Candice	Singapore	[38]	34	38	72
38	4	De Lulio, Romina	Ecuador	37	[39/DNF]	36	73

 

For more information on the 2013 World titles go to www.bytechamps.org, www.bytecii.com and www.byteclass.org