ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca - Solid start for 49er and 49erFX
by Ben Remocker on 1 Apr 2014
49er action on day 1 of the 45th Trofeo Princesa Sofia Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia / Jesus Renedo
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On the opening day of racing at the ISAF Sailing World Cup Mallorca – Trofeo Princesa Sofia, both the 49er and 49erFX managed to get in three races each. After an overcast start to the day, the clouds parted and a light sea breeze formed to allow racing to begin around noon on all courses.
The 49er sailors had the majority of the fleet stuck on land until most fleets were finished and then took to the bay of Palma in the late afternoon. For the most part, typical Palma sea breeze strategies held, with good starts and the left corner making for good results. Tomasz Januszewski (POL) commented, 'We had a good start and headed left in contention for the lead. When we came back, we ducked a couple of boats who continued left another couple of hundred meters, and by the top mark they were way ahead of us. There was more breeze out there, and we should have held out for it.'
There were occasions where teams could make the right work. With good timing on some shifts it is usually possible to put a race together, but the odds are not in your favor. Later in the day and farther up the bay the course was more even and teams were able to sail from both sides of the course.
Mattheiu Frei and Yann Rocherieux (FRA) had a great start with a 1, 2, in the Blue fleet. They started once from the pin and once from the boat with similar results, and commended the race officer for quickly cycling through the races and managing the big start line well. The Frenchmen commented that conditions were very similar in Miami, with 35 boats, so they were comfortable today. Of course, they were at the front of the fleet, where it matters much less how many are behind.
Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign (GBR) won the first race of the day by a country mile, but didn’t manage to pull off the same feat in the second one. We caught up with Dylan in between the second and third race….
After a second in the final race of the day it was Diego Botin and Pablo Turrado who lead the Yellow fleet. These two young speedsters spent the winter training in Cadiz and are ambitious for 2014.
The 49erFX were the last groups to start today, with one group heading for the Finn course and the other group sailing on the beach (49er) course. Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) started the regatta continuing on from recent form with the first win of the series. They followed that up with two second place finishes to lead the championship after the first day.
Martine and Kahena are very happy with how they’ve been sailing and clearly are very comfortable in the light to medium wind strengths. It was also interesting to note that Kahena was sent in for doping control, which is nice for everyone to see that there is monitoring in place.
Also sailing well were Sweden’s Lisa Ericson and Hanna Klinga. Sweden’s results are improving daily it seems after forming a squad around British 49er legend Paul Brotherton, who shot to coaching fame for taking ’3 blondes in a boat’ through to Gold in 2008. In both the 49er and 49erFX there are a number of teams moving up the rankings. Lisa Erikson was all smiles after two good races and one slightly further back. In only the teams second regatta together and the future is looking bright.
Half of the 49erFX fleet were sailing on the Finn course, which is a couple of miles upwind. The course was not quite as left favored as down on the skiff course, and there was significant swell that added a dimension to the racing. In light winds it was manageable for the teams, it will be interesting to see if conditions build later in the week how the 49ers fair in open water.
49er Results
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Sail Nr.
|
Bow Nr.
|
Boat Name
|
Crew
|
Net Points
|
TotalPoints
|
1Q
|
2Q
|
3Q
|
1
|
ESP 900
|
29
|
|
Diego BOTIN
Pablo TURRADO
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
FRA 14
|
6
|
|
Mathieu FREI
Yann ROCHERIEUX
|
3
|
19
|
1
|
2
|
16
|
3
|
GBR 4
|
5
|
|
Dylan FLETCHER
Alain SIGN
|
5
|
29
|
1
|
24
|
4
|
4
|
GBR 98
|
7
|
|
David EVANS
Edward POWYS
|
5
|
10
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
GBR 77
|
1
|
|
Stevie MORRISON
Chris GRUBE
|
5
|
11
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
6
|
FRA 144
|
28
|
|
Kevin FISCHER
Marc MALLARET
|
8
|
19
|
2
|
11
|
6
|
7
|
ITA 969
|
21
|
|
Stefano CHERIN
Andrea TESEI
|
10
|
44
|
2
|
8
|
34
|
8
|
AUT 192
|
17
|
|
Benjamin BILDSTEIN
David HUSSL
|
10
|
19
|
9
|
7
|
3
|
9
|
SWE 16
|
11
|
|
Carl P SYLVAN
Otto HAMEL
|
10
|
18
|
6
|
8
|
4
|
10
|
AUT 84
|
42
|
|
Nico Luca Marc DELLE KARTH
Nikolaus Leopold RESCH
|
12
|
24
|
8
|
4
|
12
|
11
|
GBR 114
|
27
|
|
Nic ASHER
Fynn STERRITT
|
13
|
33
|
20
|
12
|
1
|
12
|
GBR 25
|
12
|
|
James PETERS
Ed FITZGERALD
|
13
|
30
|
6
|
17
|
7
|
13
|
FIN 49
|
23
|
|
Lauri LEHTINEN
Miikka PENNANEN
|
13
|
21
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
14
|
NZL2
|
14
|
|
Marcus HANSEN
Josh POREBSKI
|
14
|
37
|
13
|
23
|
1
|
15
|
GER 12
|
8
|
|
Erik HEIL
Thomas PLOESSEL
|
15
|
36
|
21
|
6
|
9
|
16
|
JPN 81
|
10
|
|
Yukio MAKINO
Kenji TAKAHASHI
|
16
|
34
|
18
|
13
|
3
|
17
|
NZL 1
|
41
|
|
Peter BURLING
Blair TUKE
|
17
|
46
|
16
|
1
|
29
|
18
|
POR 27
|
34
|
|
Jorge LIMA
Jose COSTA
|
17
|
40
|
23
|
4
|
13
|
19
|
CRO 13
|
9
|
|
Pavle KOSTOV
Petar CUPAC
|
17
|
35
|
18
|
12
|
5
|
20
|
ITA 140
|
44
|
|
Andrea SAVIO
Alessandro SAVIO
|
17
|
36
|
12
|
5
|
19
|
49erFX Results
|
Sail Nr.
|
Bow Nr.
|
Boat Name
|
Crew
|
Net Points
|
TotalPoints
|
1Q
|
2Q
|
3Q
|
1
|
GER 369
|
32
|
|
Ann Kristin WEDEMEYER
Pia Sophie WEDEMEYER
|
3
|
9
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
BRA 12
|
1
|
|
Martine SOFFIATTI GRAEL
Kahena KUNZE
|
3
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
DEN 136
|
5
|
|
Jena Mai HANSEN
Katja SALSKOV-IVERSEN
|
4
|
21
|
3
|
17
|
1
|
4
|
FRA3
|
11
|
|
Sarah STEYAERT
Julie BOSSARD
|
4
|
10
|
1
|
6
|
3
|
5
|
NED 5
|
10
|
|
Annemiek BEKKERING
Annette DUETZ
|
6
|
19
|
4
|
13
|
2
|
6
|
SWE 381
|
36
|
|
Lisa ERICSON
Hanna KLINGA
|
6
|
14
|
2
|
8
|
4
|
7
|
AUS 9
|
13
|
|
Olivia PRICE
Eliza SOLLY
|
6
|
20
|
2
|
4
|
14
|
8
|
JPN 611
|
39
|
|
Chika HATAE
Noriko OKUMA
|
6
|
24
|
3
|
3
|
18
|
9
|
SWE 25
|
23
|
|
Julia GROSS
Cecilia JONSSON
|
7
|
18
|
11
|
1
|
6
|
10
|
GER 6
|
9
|
|
Victoria JUCZOK
Anika LORENZ
|
7
|
13
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
11
|
SIN 33
|
18
|
|
Griselda KHNG
Sara TAN
|
8
|
14
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
12
|
GBR 22
|
4
|
|
Charlotte DOBSON
Sophie AINSWORTH
|
10
|
23
|
9
|
1
|
13
|
13
|
USA 826
|
37
|
|
Paris HENKEN
Helena SCUTT
|
10
|
21
|
6
|
11
|
4
|
14
|
GBR 99
|
15
|
|
Kate MACGREGOR
Katrina BEST
|
10
|
29
|
19
|
5
|
5
|
15
|
DEN 11
|
3
|
|
Ida Marie BAAD NIELSEN
Marie THUSGAARD OLSEN
|
12
|
21
|
8
|
4
|
9
|
16
|
NZL 1
|
8
|
|
Alexandra MALONEY
Molly MEECH
|
13
|
28
|
15
|
5
|
8
|
17
|
ESP 294
|
35
|
|
Aura MIQUEL MOLONS
Silvia ROCA MATA
|
16
|
27
|
9
|
11
|
7
|
18
|
ITA 747
|
2
|
|
Giulia CONTI
Francesca CLAPCICH
|
17
|
29
|
5
|
12
|
12
|
19
|
DEN 49
|
16
|
|
Maiken SCHUTT
Anne-Julie SCHUTT
|
17
|
31
|
7
|
14
|
10
|
20
|
GER 161
|
7
|
|
Tina LUTZ
Susann BEUCKE
|
17
|
33
|
16
|
9
|
8
|
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