ISAF World Cup Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofia Mapfre Palma Day 1

by Corinne McKenzie on 3 Apr 2012 Sunshine and light breeze provided for gentle but technical sailing for all classes engaged in the 43 Trofeo Princesa Sofa Mapfre, third event in the ISAF Sailing World Cup.

The Australians had a great start in the 470 Men with World #1 Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page, and Sam Kivell with Will Ryan; both teams winning their group first race. However, it is the French pair of Pierre Leboucher and Vincent Garos, second last year in Palma who take the lead with a fifth place and a victory. 'We had a bad start in the first racebut came back to the front; the second was better and it is a very good day in the championship. For us this event is important to test the material.Of course we would like to win here but first of all we need to sail well.'

The French, selected for the Olympic Games are just a point ahead of World Champions Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page (AUS): 'We had light winds today so considering the conditions we are happy and lucky with our results. It is our first event in Europe so it is good to gauge ourselves with the others, but we need to focus on our sailing.'

After a third place in the Rolex Miami OCR earlier this year, the young British team of Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth is leading the talented women 470 fleet with a third and a second place. 'This is by far our best day in any international 470 event! We had a great training this year with Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, we learned a lot from them.This is a great start to our regatta but there are still many races to go!'

The light conditions penalised some favourites with World Champions Tara Pacheco and Berta Betanzos placing 27th and Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout (NED) in 28th. Today also see the start of the battle between the teams still in Olympic selection. French team of Emmanuelle Rol and Hélène Defrance (FRA) had a great day in second place overall. Brazilians Fernanda de Oliveira and Ana Luiza Barbachan and Polish team of Skrzypulec/Ogar in third and fourth places are also taking some valuable mileage to London!

The light conditions in the first race in the Laser has provided good opportunities for class outsiders to take a good start in the event. Andrew Lewis from Trinidad and Tobago won the first race. David Alfonso from Puerto Rico placed second and Dennis van den Berg (AHO) third, in their respective groups. At the end of the day, consistent results placed Jonasz Stelmaszyk (POL) in top place followed by British Nick Thompson and Paul Goodison (GBR).

In the Radial, Krystal Weir (AUS) is leading after winning the first race and placing fourth in the second. Results for the top five are tight. The Australian is only a point ahead of Alicia Cebrian (ESP),best Spanish sailor on the water today. Third place goes to Cecilia Sarol from Argentina on equal points with Finnish Tuula Tenkanen.

Two Danish teams are leading the 49ers, with Peter Kruger Andersen and Nicola Thorsell one point ahead of team mates Jonas Warrer and Soren Hansen. They both won the last race in their group.

Sailing from the Club Real de Palma, the Stars with all favourites on the starting line had a high level of competition. Xavier Rohart and Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (FRA) took the first race and placed seventh in the last to take the lead on equal points with Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner (NZL). Mateusz Kuznierewicz and Dominik Zycki (POL) took the last race to place third overall.

In the Finns another Dane in the lead is Jonas Hoegh-Christensen. A win in the first race and a fifth, place him on equal points with Swede Daniel Birgmark.

'I had a good start on winward and rounded the top mark in second place behind Daniel Birgmark. In the first run, all the guys in front gybed and got in a hole with less pressure, I stayed on their right and increased my lead. On the second race I had an average start but gained lots of places on the run.' British are taking third and fourth places with Andrew Mills in third and last year winner Ben Ainslie in fourth.

The 2.4 Paralympic event, sailing out of Calanova, sailed two races. British Helena Lucas showed good form with a win and a second place to take an early lead. 'It’s been a good start but there are still eight races to go so it will be a case of just taking each race at a time and keeping things simple. If in doubt – go fast!'

Racing will resume on Tuesday for all classes.

Laser Radial Top 10

Pos.	Sail number	Name / sponsor	Sailors	Club	NET Points	TOTAL Points	1	2
1	AUS 202963	MAGIK	Krystal Weir	Sandring	5	5	1	4
2	ESP 182149	Alicia Cebrian	RCNT	6	6	5	1
3	ARG 200734	ENARD/RIO URUGUAY SEGUROS/JOFAR	Cecilia Carranza Saroli	Yacht Cl	7	7	1	6
4	FIN 198219	Tuula Tenkanen	ESF	7	7	4	3
5	MEX 183137	AEROMEXICO, TELEFONICA MOVISTAR	Tania Elias Calles Wolf	Club de	8	8	4	4
6	NED 202334	DELTA LLOYD KERNPLOEG	Marit Bouwmeester	KWV Frys	12	12	11	1
7	FRA 199860	Sarah Steyaert	CV Chate	12	12	6	6
8	ESP 192689	Fatima Reyes	CNMM Los	13	13	3	10
9	LTU 201007	LOSC	Gintare Scheidt	Bangputy	14	14	2	12
10	POL 198202	Paulina Czubachowska	ZATOKA P	14	14	6	8

Pos.	Sail number	Name / sponsor	Sailors	Club	NET Points	TOTAL Points	1	2
1	GBR 201402	SKANDIA TEAM GBR	Nick Thompson	Roal Lym	7	7	5	2
2	FIN 198227	Mattias Lindfors	BS	8	8	2	6
3	GBR 201394	VOLVO	Paul Goodison	UlLLEY S	8	8	4	4
4	USA 182345	Charlie Buckingham	Newport	9	9	1	8
5	CYP 110290	MEDOCHEMIE	Pavlos Kontides	Limassol	10	10	3	7
6	IRL 192703	THAD CASTLE	James Espey	BYC/RUYC	10	10	4	6
7	AUS 200873	Tom Slingsby	Gosford	14	14	12	2
8	GER 200058	Simon Grotelueschen	Luebecke	14	14	8	6
9	ARG 195370	Yago Lange	cnsi	15	15	2	13
10	AUT 202424	Andreas Geritzer	UYCNs	15	15	8	7

Pos.	Sail number	Name / sponsor	Sailors	Club	NET Points	TOTAL Points	1	2
1	FRA 44	SCHINDLER/LEMER PAX	Pierre Leboucher Vincent Garos	ASPTT /	6	6	5	1
2	AUS 11	MY LIFE / AST	Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page	MHYC, RQ	7	7	1	6
3	FIN 7	JLOY / RIPCURL.FI	Joonas Lindgren Niklas Lindgren	Helsingf	7	7	4	3
4	POR 1	TEAM SETH/BARREIRO	Alvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes	Federaç	9	9	2	7
5	GER 10	AUDI SAILING TEAM GERMANY, SAP	Ferdinand Gerz Patrick Follmann	DTYC	10	10	8	2
6	AUS 13	Sam Kivell Will Ryan	SYC/MHYC	11	11	1	10
7	FRA 7	VEOLIA DOUANES FRANCAISES	Nicolas Charbonnier Jeremie Mion	YC ANTIB	11	11	3	8
8	FRA 27	ENERGISSIMO/BANQUE POPULAIRE	Sofian Bouvet Guillarm Vincent	yacht cl	15	15	4	11
9	JPN 12	THREEBOND	Tetsuya Matsunaga Kimihiko Imamura	Threebon	17	17	16	1
10	GRE 165	STATHIS PAPADOPOULOS	Panagiotis Kampouridis Efstathios Papadopoulos	YAGHT CL	17	17	6	11

Pos.	Sail number	Name / sponsor	Sailors	Club	NET Points	TOTAL Points	1	2
1	GBR 838	Sophie Weguelin Sophie Ainsworth	Royal Ly	5	5	3	2
2	FRA 12	Emmanuelle Rol Hélène Defrance	ASPTT	7	7	2	5
3	BRA 177	CBVM	Fernanda de Oliveira Ana Luiza Barbachan	CBVM	10	10	7	3
4	POL 11	Agnieszka Skrzypulec Jolanta Ogar	Pogo? Sz	12	12	11	1
5	UKR 93	BINGO BONGO	Anna Kyselova Anastasiya Krasko	SHVSM	17	17	13	4
6	GER 21	BMW / EWE SAILING TEAM / NEWPORT	Kathrin Kadelbach Friederike Belcher	NRV / VS	17	17	8	9
7	FRA 9	VECTEUR PLUS, KARVER, NEILPRYDE, DAYLONG	camille Lecointre Mathilde Geron	SRBrest,	20	20	9	11
8	ITA 23	Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	C.C.Anie	21	21	6	15
9	AUT 431	Lara Vadlau Eva-Maria Schimak	KYCK / U	22	22	16	6
10	AUS 1	AUSTRALIAN SAILING TEAM	Elise Rechichi Belinda Stowell	FSC,RPYC	23	23	4	19

Pos.	Sail number	Name / sponsor	Sailors	Club	NET Points	TOTAL Points	1	2	3
1	DEN 1242	TORM	Peter Krüger Andersen Nicolai Thorsell	KDY	13	13	7	5	1
2	DEN 8	TORM / GRUNDFOS	Jonas Warrer Soren Hansen	Konglig	14	14	2	11	1
3	GBR 1280	BEAR NECESSITIES	Dylan Fletcher Alain Sign	NSC	15	15	4	7	4
4	FRA 1161	CAGNES SUR MER - BANQUE POPULAIRE	Manu DYEN Stephane Christidis	Aix-les-	16	16	7	6	3
5	AUT 070	BMW / AEZ	Thomas Zajac Thomas Czajka	BYC	20	20	9	1	10
6	GBR 4	John Pink Rick Peacock	RYA	21	21	11	3	7
7	SWE 1270	TEMPO!	Charlie Enlund Ekberg Kalle Torlén	KSSS	22	22	1	13	8
8	USA 9	US SAILING TEAM ALPHAGRAPHICS	Erik Storck Trevor Moore	NYYC	22	22	11	3	8
9	GER 1152	IMMAC STG	Justus Schmidt Max Boehme	Kieler Y	22	22	9	4	9
10	DEN 5	TEAM49ER.DK	Allan Norregaard Peter Lang	Kolding	23	23	5	12	6

Pos.	Sail number	Name / sponsor	Sailors	Club	NET Points	TOTAL Points	1	2
1	GBR 100	CHARLES RUSSELL	Helena Lucas	RSYC	3	3	1	2
2	NED 1	DELTA LLOYD KERNPLOEG	Barend Kol	WV Braas	8	8	2	6
3	NED 12	DELTA LLOYD KERNPLOEG	Thierry Schmitter	WV Braas	9	9	8	1
4	GER 1	AUDI SAP DIEJOBMACHER	Heiko Kröger	Norddeut	10	10	5	5
5	NOR 1	Bjornar Erikstad	Tonsberg	12	12	9	3
6	GBR 98	GUMMI ANKA	Megan Pascoe	Weymouth	12	12	3	9
7	GER 44	AUDI SAP	Lasse Klötzing	PYC Berl	17	17	10	7
8	CAN 99	HUSTLE AND FLOW	Paul Tingley	RNSYS	17	17	7	10
9	USA 137	SYC / USSTAG / ALBEMARLE FOUNDATION / SCYC	Mark Le Blanc	SYC/SCYC	19	19	11	8
10	NED 11	DELTA LLOYD KERNPLOEG	Andre Rademaker	WV Lelys	21	21	17	4

Pos.	Sail number	Name / sponsor	Sailors	Club	NET Points	TOTAL Points	1	2
1	DEN 2	TORM	jonas Høgh-Christensen	KDY	6	6	1	5
2	SWE 11	SKF	Daniel Birgmark	GKSS	6	6	3	3
3	GBR 85	Andrew Mills	Queen Ma	7	7	6	1
4	GBR 3	JP MORGAN, CORUM, BA, UPS, PRADA, VOLVO	Ben Ainslie	RCYC	10	10	8	2
5	POL 17	BRÃœGMANN, TVCITY, BISKUPIEC	Piotr Kula	BT	13	13	5	8
6	USA 4	USSTAG	Zach Railey	ST. FRAN	18	18	4	14
7	AUT 3	WOLF	Florian Raudaschl	UYC Wolf	26	26	7	19
8	CAN 41	Christopher Cook	RCYC	26	26	17	9
9	SLO 573	ESIMIT	Vasilij Zzbogar	j.k.burj	27	27	23	4
10	CZE 85	GANT, E-GRUPPE	Tomas Vika	YC Cere	28	28	22	6

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Pos.	Sail number	Name / sponsor	Sailors	Club	NET Points	TOTAL Points	1	2
1	NZL 8464	YASHA SAMURAI	Hamish Pepper Jim Turner	Royal Ne	8	8	5	3
2	FRA 8237	Xavier Rohart Pierre Alexis Ponsot	La Pelle	9	9	1	8
3	POL 8252	Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Zycki	GK?	10	10	9	1
4	ITA 8266	Diego Negri Enrico Voltolini	Sez. Vel	12	12	10	2
5	GER 8340	AUDI SAILING TEAM GERMANY	Robert Stanjek Frithjof Kleen	NRV	14	14	7	7
6	ESP 8209	MOVISTAR	Fernando Echavarri Fernando Rodriguez Rivero	RCN SANS	15	15	3	12
7	SUI 8364	UBS	Flavio Marazzi Enrico De Maria	TYC GY	17	17	4	13
8	GER 8414	AUDI / EWE / SALZBRENNER	Johannes Polgar Markus Koy	NRV	17	17	6	11
9	CAN 8461	GETONBOARD.CA	Richard Clarke Tyler Bjorn	RVYC	18	18	2	16
10	GBR 8471	SKANDIA CLARKS CITROEN	Iain Percy Andrew Simpson	Skandia	21	21	17	4