Delta Lloyd Regatta - Great weather and close racing on day 1

by Delta Lloyd Regatta on 21 May 2014

Nacra 17 - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 Sander van der Borch http://www.sandervanderborch.com

Competitors at the 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta are quite happy that summer has arrived in Medemblik in time for the regatta, in contrast to last year's cold and wintry conditions. On Tuesday 20 May, the 350 sailors from 49 nations enjoyed some close, tactical racing in light to moderate winds and very warm temperatures.

Racing started on time at 11.00 in 9-11 knots from the south-west and slightly overcast skies, and later rose to around 15 knots, though there were some significant wind shifts through the day, that mixed up some fleets and delayed others.

In general, the favourites found their way to the front, though there were a few surprise performances through the day. In the Finn Philip Kasueske (GER) posted a perfect day with two bullets, as did Michelle Broekhuizen and Marieke Jongens (NED) in the 470 women.

The Polish sailors dominated the RS:X events with Pawel Tarnowski (POL) winning two races in the RS:X Men with Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL) winning the third, and Maja Dziarnowska (POL) leading a Polish top three in the women's fleet.

In other fleets there was some very tight racing with the honours split between the sailors. But the message from the returning sailors was always the same: this year is a lot nicer than last year.

The last fleets came ashore just after 16.00, completing the full programme on the first day of the regatta.

Nacra 17

As expected, French sailors dominate the top of the fleet, however without winning a race. The race wins went to Renne Groenveld and Steven Krol (NED), Lucy Macgregor and Andrew Walsh (GBR) and Darren Bundock and Nina Curtis (AUS).

The top ranked sailors here, Ben Saxton and Hannah Diamond (GBR) had an up and down day to end up 16th overall. Saxton said, 'Today didn't quite go to plan, I don't think we've completely thrown it away, but almost. We've left ourselves a bit of work to do, so we need to head out there for the rest of the week and try and make up some points. We had an all-right first race and made it a counter and then the second two just slipped away from us. Today we were quite quick, it was all about decision making.'

After the first two races Ingrid Petitjean Backes and Olivier Backes (FRA) were leading overall. Relative newcomers to the class, Olivier Backes said 'It was good racing. It's the first regatta of the season when we have had a bit lighter wind. And we like this. We haven't trained too much in the strong wind. It was a nice shifty wind today so was good tactically. We did two good first races, and the last one we thought we were over the line at the start so came back round. We only started in January this year and are making good progress. It is just the beginning and we are really enjoying it.'

After three races, Billy Besson and Marie Riou (FRA) are on equal points with Franck Cammas and Sophie de Turckheim (FRA) with Macgregor and Walsh in third.

Finn fleet - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 © Sander van der Borch http://www.sandervanderborch.com

Finn

In the Finn class, Philip Kasueske (GER) was the surprise winner of both races. He described his day. 'We had pretty shifty conditions and the wind was quite unstable. In the first race I was pretty lucky. Jake Lilley (AUS) was leading and got a flag on the first downwind which put me into first. Just before the gate, Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) attacked but he couldn't get past. On the second upwind I just stayed on the right shifts and kept the lead and then just defended on the final downwind.'

'In the second race I got a really lucky wind shift on the first upwind of about 10 degrees. It went to the left and I was furthest left, and also had some more wind. I then had such a big lead, I only had to defend for the rest of the race. We are just 14 sailors, but there are some good ones out there so it feels very nice to win both races.'

After two races Kasueske leads from event favourite Postma and Hein van Egmond (NED). Postma said, 'I need to work on my speed in less windy conditions. I would like to win here in Medemblik. I never did before, but a fifth and a second is a good start. I was leading in both races but lost speed. I have to tune some things again. This week there won’t be much wind, so it will be a good week of practice.’’

470 Men - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 © Guilain Grenier

470 Men

The men's 470 fleet had some very tight racing with Giulio Desiderato and Andrea Trani (ITA) leading overall after winning the first race and following that with fourth in the second race. Luke Patience and Elliot Willis (GBR) won the second race to end the day in second while Balder Tobiasen and Magnus Jung Johansen (DEN) are third overall.

470 Women - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 © Guilain Grenier

470 Women

Michelle Broekhuizen and Marieke Jongens (NED) also surprised themselves with a double win in the 470 women, while Afrodite Kyranakou and Anneloes van Veen (NED) placed second in both races.

Broekhuizen and Jongens have been sailing together for just a year. Broekhuizen, a former Nacra sailor, couldn’t sail for almost a half year in 2013. She had to recover from a hernia. 'Of course it’s great to win two races at the Delta Lloyd Regatta, but we are still in a learning process. Our main goal is to show the Dutch Federation that we are potential medal winners at the Olympics in Rio 2016. We didn’t start in Medemblik with the idea we wanted to win. After the first day we’re very happy with the results, but it’s only a start.’’

Just like Broekhuizen and Jongens the other Dutch pair Kyranakou and Van Veen want to compete at the Olympics in two year’s time. 'The competition is good,' Broekhuizen says. 'We are training a lot together, helping each other. Both teams still have a long way to go.’’

After the first day, Broekhuizen and Jongens lead from Kyranakou and Van Veen, with Linda Fahrni and Maja Siegenthaler (SUI) in third.

49er

The 49er fleet produced a very mixed bag of results with some big shifts on the course area. After three races Erik Heil and Thomas Plossell (GER) have a eight point advantage over Frederico Alonso and Arturo Alonso (ESP), while world number one, Jonas Warrer and Peter Lang (DEN) are in third. Race wins went to fourth placed Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell (GBR), Heil and Plossell, and Warrer and Lang.

Laser

Nicholas Heiner (NED) finished the day on top of the 43 boat Laser fleet after a second and a first. He is followed by no less than three Kiwis. Sam Meech (NZL) won the first race of the day and then placed seventh to finish the day in second, with Mike Bullot (NZL) in third.

Heiner said, 'With a first and second places you can’t almost do better. So this is very good start. My preparation was different this time. In the last months I tested a lot of material, sails, mast, that sort of thing. This morning I found out I took the wrong sail with me, an old one from last year. A stupid mistake, but luckily one without consequences.'

Meech commented on the difference from last year. 'I was here last year. It was terrible. Freezing cold. This year is a lot better so far but I think there is rain on the way.'

On the racing, he said, 'I had a fantastic first race. I got away at the start, managed to stay in front at the top mark and had a good first downwind. It was simple after that covering the fleet. The second race was a little more difficult. I got stuck on the left but managed to get back into it. But it was really good racing. It was a little bit shifty but nothing crazy.'

Marit Bouwmeester - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 © Sander van der Borch http://www.sandervanderborch.com

Laser Radial

Alicia Cebrian Martinez de Lagos (ESP) leads the 26 boat Laser Radial fleet after posting a 3,2 today. She ends the day just ahead of the race winners. In second place overall, Marit Bouwmeester (NED) won the second race, while Evi van Acker (BEL) won the opening race to end the day in third.

RS:X Men - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 © Guilain Grenier

RS:X Men

Pawel Tarnowski (POL) took two bullets to lead Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL) and Louis Giard (FRA). Miarczynski won the third and final race of the day.

RS:X Women - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 © Guilain Grenier

RS:X Women

The Polish sailors fill the top three places in the RS:X Women's fleet with Maja Dziarnowska (POL) winning two races to lead Zofia Klepacka (POL) and Malgorzata Bialecka (POL). Farrah Hall (USA) managed to break the Polish dominance in the third race to win and sit in fourth overall.

Sonar - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 © Guilain Grenier

Sonar

Colin Harrison, Jon Harris and Russell Boaden (AUS) lead the Sonar fleet with a 3, 2 with Bruno Jourdren, Eric Flageul and Nicolas Vimont-Vicary (FRA) in second on equal points. Jens Kroker, Robert Prems and Siggy Marinka (GER) are in third after winning the second race, while world number oneteam Aleksander Wang-Hansen, Marie Solberg and Per Eugen Kristiansen (NOR) won the opening race and are in fourth.

Skud 18

Though the Skud 18 is the smallest fleet in Medemblik with just six entries, it still contains quality sailors with Paralympic bronze medalists Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell (GBR) winning the opening race and holding the overall lead from Marco Gualandris and Marta Zanetti (ITA). Vera Voorback and Jan Rein van Essenveld (NED) won the second race to sit in third overnight.

2.4mR fleet - 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta, day 1 © Guilain Grenier

2.4 mR

The British sailors are dominating the 2.4 mR class with a race win each to Helena Lucas (GBR) and Megan Pascoe (GBR). Kevin Cantin (FRA) sits in third with a 4, 2.

Racing continues Wednesday at the slightly earlier time of 10.00.

Results - 2.4m

Results including one discard when five races are completed.

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew	R1	R2	Points
1	GBR	GBR125	PASCOE Megan	3	1	4
2	GBR	GBR100	LUCAS Helena	1	4	5
3	FRA	FRA5	CANTIN Kevin	4	2	6
4	GBR	GBR3	STREET Will	5	3	8
5	AUS	AUS36	BUGG Matt	2	10	12
6	CZE	CZE7	BINA Daniel	8	5	13
7	NED	NED 11	BIJLARD Guus	6	8	14
8	ITA	ITA104	SQUIZZATO Antonio	7	7	14
9	NED	NED 1	KOL Barend	12	9	21
10	GBR	GBR68	DUGDALE Carol	10	11	21
11	CZE	CZE9	CERMAK Peter	16	6	22
12	ESP	ESP7	MAESTRE HERNANDEZ Antonio	9	13	22
13	NED	NED49	OOSTERBAAN Sven	13	14	27
14	ESP	ESP509	ANDARIAS Rafa	11	18	29
15	NED	NED28	BROERTJES Dirk Jan	14	15	29

470 Men

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew		R1	R2	Points
1	ITA	ITA5	DESIDERATO Giulio	TRANI Andrea	1	4	5
2	GBR	GBR863	PATIENCE Luke	WILLIS Elliot	6	1	7
3	DEN	DEN164	TOBIASEN Balder	JUNG JOHANSEN Magnus	2	6	8
4	FRA	FRA18	FEYDIT Hugo	AGENAU Charlie	5	3	8
5	RSA	RSA1	JIM Asenathi	HUDSON Roger	9	2	11
6	GER	GER75	NAUJOCK Denny	KUEBEL Paul	8	5	13
7	FRA	FRA5	THUILLIER Remy	CORRUBLE Mathieu	3	14	17
8	GER	GER13	WINKEL Malte	CIPRA Matti	7	10	17
9	BEL	BEL16	DEMANET Corentin	LAUWERS Quinten	12	8	20
10	GER	GER15	AUTENRIETH Julian	AUTENRIETH Philipp	4	18	22
11	ESP	ESP9	BARREIROS RODRIGUEZ Onan	CURBELO CABRERA Juan	14	9	23
12	ITA	ITA7	FALCETELLI Francesco	BERNARD Matteo	18	7	25
13	SWE	SWE350	FOCK Carl-Fredrik	DACKHAMMAR Marcus	10	16	26
14	GBR	GBR828	GULLAN Robert	BREAREY Sam	13	13	26
15	ITA	ITA10	CAPURRO Matteo	PUPPO Matteo	15	12	27

470 Women

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew		R1	R2	Points
1	NED	NED6	BROEKHUIZEN Michelle	JONGENS Marieke	1	1	2
2	NED	NED216	KYRANAKOU Afrodite	van VEEN Anneloes	2	2	4
3	SUI	SUI5	FAHRNI Linda	SIEGENTHALER Maja	3	4	7
4	ITA	ITA52	KOMATAR Francesca	CARRARO Sveva	7	3	10
5	ITA	ITA6	BERTA Elena	PAOLILLO Giulia	5	6	11
6	CRO	CRO111	NINCEVIC Enia	ZUPAN Romania	4	9	13
7	ESP	ESP27	PUMARIEGA Angela	CANTERO Patricia	8	5	13
8	POL	POL	SKRZYPULEC Agnieszka	WOJCIK Natalia	6	10	16
9	GBR	GBR853	BURNET Anna	STEWART Flora	9	7	16
10	ITA	ITA16	CAPUTO Roberta	SINNO Alice	11	8	19
11	GER	GER26	MARKFORT Greta	MARKFORT Anna	10	11	21
12	GER	GER95	OSTER Fabienne	LAUBER Alexandra	13	12	25
13	NED	NED75	SPEELMAN Jeanine	LEITNER Anna	12	14	26
14	NED	NED1100	BOER Marrit	van der WERF Jenny	14	13	27

49er

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew		R1	R2	R3	Points
1	GER	GER12	HEIL Erik	PLOESSEL Thomas	5	1	3	9
2	ESP	ESP8	ALONSO Federicio	ALONSO Arturo	2	10	5	17
3	DEN	DEN30	WARRER Jonas	LANG Peter	16	3	1	20
4	GBR	GBR4	FLETCHER Dylan	SIGN Alain	1	11	8	20
5	CRO	CRO13	KOSTOV Pavle	CUPAC Petar	7	8	7	22
6	GBR	GBR10	PINK John	BITHELL Stuart	6	2	18	26
7	ITA	ITA444	DUBBINI Luca	DUBBINI Roberto	4	5	19	28
8	IRL	IRL99	SEATON Ryan	McGOVERN Matt	3	12	17	32
9	ESP	ESP900	BOTIN Diego	TURRADO Pablo	18	6	9	33
10	SWE	SWE500	BERGSTROM Victor	VASTERNAS Victor	15	21	2	38
11	POL	POL0042	PRZYBYTEK Lukasz	NOWAK Pawel	21	7	11	39
12	NED	NED927	OOMENS Remy	de HAAN Bart	8	9	22	39
13	BEL	BEL777	LEFEBVRE Yannick	JANSSENS Matthieu	14	22	4	40
14	ITA	ITA140	SAVIO Andrea	SAVIO Alessandro	12	25	12	49
15	POL	POL0052	JANUSZERWSKI Tomasz	NOWAK Jacek	11	4	OCS	50

Finn

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew	R1	R2	Points
1	GER	GER259	KASUESKE Phillip	1	1	2
2	NED	NED842	POSTMA Pieter-Jan	5	2	7
3	NED	NED841	van EGMOND Hein	2	5	7
4	GER	GER252	MARTENS Eike	4	4	8
5	AUS	AUS41	LILLEY Jake	6	3	9
6	NED	NED972	KIRSCHBAUM Tobias	3	6	9
7	NED	NED54	BOS Joos	8	7	15
8	NED	NED29	de WAAL Bas	7	8	15
9	GBR	GBR17	BLOWERS Paul	9	10	19
10	IRL	IRL7	O'LEARY Robert	13	9	22
11	NED	NED112	MILTENBURG Michel	11	11	22
12	NED	NED100	van der SLUIS Arend	10	13	23
13	GER	GER231	JESCHULL Denny	14	12	26
14	NED	NED22	HUBREGTSEN Peter	12	14	26

Laser

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew	R1	R2	Points
1	NED	NED 204566	HEINER Nicholas	2	1	3
2	NZL	NZL196871	MEECH Sam	1	7	8
3	NZL	NZL192703	BULLOT Mike	5	3	8
4	NZL	NZL203776	MALONEY Andy	8	2	10
5	PER	PER199998	PESCHIERA Stefano	6	5	11
6	AUS	AUS203770	WEARN Matthew	4	8	12
7	NZL	NZL197250	SAUNDERS Thomas	7	6	13
8	GER	GER203739	SCHADEWALDT Tobias	3	12	15
9	NED	NED204567	van SCHAARDENBURG Rutger	9	9	18
10	NED	NED179520	BOUWMEESTER Roelof	15	4	19
11	NOR	NOR204758	RUTH Kritian	10	11	21
12	BEL	BEL20216	van LAER Wannes	22	10	32
13	NED	NED206431	HUMMEL Yuri	18	14	32
14	BEL	BEL188816	VANDORMAEL Sam	19	16	35
15	NED	NED186152	BOS Duko	16	19	35

Laser Radial

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew	R1	R2	Points
1	ESP	ESP182149	CEBRIAN MARTINEZ de LAGOS Alicia	3	2	5
2	NED	NED204176	BOUWMEESTER Marit	5	1	6
3	BEL	BEL202970	van ACKER Evi	1	6	7
4	BLR	BLR203778	DROZDOVSKAYA Tatiana	2	7	9
5	JPN	JPN199066	DOI Manami	6	3	9
6	CZE	CZE202635	KOZELSKA FENCLOVA Veronika	8	5	13
7	CAN	CAN200605	BERTOLD Isabella	13	4	17
8	GER	GER206728	FASSELT Lisa	4	16	20
9	FRA	FRA205666	de KERANGAT Mathilde	10	11	21
10	BEL	BEL202643	PLASSCHAERT Emma	7	17	24
11	NED	NED204273	van der VAART Daphne	16	9	25
12	NZL	NZL202441	WINTHER Sara	15	10	25
13	AUS	AUS206750	WEIR Krystal	9	18	27
14	ISR	ISR189296	JACOB Oren	14	13	27
15	JPN	JPN202611	TOMBE Yumiko	20	8	28

Nacra 17

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew		R1	R2	R3	Points
1	FRA	FRA1	BESSON Billy	RIOU Marie	3	3	7	13
2	FRA	FRA077	CAMMAS Franck	de TURCKHEIM Sophie	6	6	3	15
3	GBR	GBR056	MACGREGOR Lucy	WALSH Andrew	12	1	4	17
4	AUS	AUS064	BUNDOCK Darren	CURTIS Nina	7	15	1	23
5	NED	NED243	GROENVELD Renee	KROL Steven	1	14	8	23
6	FRA	FRA078	LAUGIER Flora	BEDLLET Valentin	15	7	9	31
7	FRA	FRA199	PETITJEAN BACKES Ingrid	BACKES Olivier	4	2	26	32
8	GBR	GBR120	WHITE Rupert	BONIFACE Nikki	21	5	6	32
9	DEN	DEN082	CHRISTIANSEN Lin Ea Cenholt	THOMSEN Anders	2	13	19	34
10	GBR	GBR058	WILSON Pippa	GIMSON John	13	8	13	34
11	FRA	FRA085	OGEREAU Audrey	VANDAME Matthieu	19	18	2	39
12	GBR	GBR182	PHIPPS Tom	PASCOE Zennor	20	10	15	45
13	FRA	FRA083	DOMAND Vincent	MERELLE Fanny	22	11	12	45
14	ALG	AUS133	WATERHOUSE Jason	DARMANIN Lisa	14	20	11	45
15	NED	NED214	MULDER Mandy	de KONING Coen	26	17	5	48

RS:X Men

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Points
1	POL	POL126	MIARCZYNSKI Przemyslaw	2	3	1	6
2	FRA	FRA155	GIARD Louis	4	2	4	10
3	NED	NED8	van RIJSSELBERGHE Dorian	5	4	2	11
4	POL	POL182	TARNOWSKI Pawel	1	1	12	14
5	FRA	FRA6	BONTEMPS Julien	9	7	8	24
6	FRA	FRA77	le COQ Pierre	15	9	3	27
7	LTU	LTU14	BERNOTAS Juozas	6	12	10	28
8	NZL	NZL151	TOBIN Jp	10	6	14	30
9	ESP	ESP3	CARDONA BOCARANDO Joan Carles	3	13	15	31
10	NOR	NOR7	WANG-HANSEN Sebastian	7	8	17	32
11	ESP	ESP29	ESCANDELL MAR Sergi	8	19	6	33
12	POL	POL116	BROZOWSKI Arkadiusz	12	17	7	36
13	POL	POL011	URBANOWICZ Marcin	13	20	5	38
14	POL	POL82	MYSZKA Piotr	RET	5	9	45
15	NED	NED9	BADLOE Kiran	18	11	16	45

RS:X Women

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew	R1	R2	R3	Points
1	POL	POL7	DZIARNOWSKA Maja	1	1	5	7
2	POL	POL8	KLEPACKA Zofia	2	2	6	10
3	POL	POL21	BIALECKA Malgorzata	4	4	4	12
4	USA	USA3	HALL Farrah	5	7	1	13
5	NED	NED171	de GEUS Lilian	3	8	2	13
6	POL	POL104	SMEKTALA Kamila	6	5	3	14
7	JPN	JPN470	SUNAGA Yuki	10	3	10	23
8	JPN	JPN35	MEGUMI Iseda	11	6	8	25
9	JPN	JPN72	KOMUNE Megumi	9	9	7	25
10	NED	NED11	HOEKSTRA Isis	8	10	9	27
11	POL	POL1279	ZEMBRZUSKA Hanna	7	11	11	29
12	NED	NED841	TEN BOS Jolijn	12	12	12	36
13	GER	GER782	SCHWARZ Stefanie	13	DNF	13	40

SKUD 18

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew		R1	R2	Points
1	GBR	GBR057	RICKHAM Alexandxra	BIRRELL Niki	1	3	4
2	ITA	ITA054	GUALANDRIS Marco	ZANETTI Marta	2	2	4
3	NED	NED 70	VOORBACH Vera	van ESSENVELD Jan Rein	DNF	1	8
4	ESP	ESP41	ALZAMORA Sergi Roig	del REINO Violeta	3	5	8
5	NED	NED1111	SCHRAMA Rolf	NAP Sandra	4	4	8
6	NED	NED021	van der VEEN Akko	ELBURG Liza	5	6	11

Sonar

Rank	Country	Sailnumber	Crew			R1	R2	Points
1	AUS	AUS1	HARRISON Colin	HARRIS Jon	BOADEN Russell	3	2	5
2	FRA	FRA840	JOURDREN Bruno	FLAGEUL Eric	VIMONT-VICARY Nicolas	2	3	5
3	GER	GER11	KROKER Jens	PREM Robert	MARINKA Siggy	5	1	6
4	NOR	NOR1	WANG-HANSEN Aleksander	SOLBERG Marie	KRISTIANSEN Per Eugen	1	5	6
5	GBR	GBR1	ROBERTSON John	STODEL Hannah	THOMAS Steve	7	4	11
6	NED	NED1	van VEEN Marcel	TAUS Jaklinen	ROSSEN Mischa	4	8	12
7	ITA	ITA720	D'AGARO Cristiano	PIRA Gianbachisio	SOLAZZO Fabrizio	9	6	15
8	ESP	ESP1	LLOBET BALCELLS Francisco Paco	ALVAREZ GARCIA Hector	GIMENO UGARTE Manuel	6	9	15
9	IRL	IRL844	TWOMEY John	COSTELLO Ian	O CARROLL Austin	8	7	15
10	GBR	GBR747	WOOD Craig	PALMER Steven	SINNOTT Luke	10	10	20