Laser Radial Masters Worlds - Light winds prevail for Day 1 + Video

by Ravi Subramanian on 25 Apr 2016 Clear skies and mild breezes prevailed for Day 1 of the Laser Master World Championship – Radial Division. The first race for the Apprentice and Masters division started just after the scheduled 1300h start time in eight - ten knots of a southerly breeze. The other two starts (Grand Masters, followed by Great Grand Masters and 75+) followed soon after.

The wind began to shift right as it built, and race committee set up on a SSW heading for the second race. The first fleet started cleanly, but the second fleet was a bit more aggressive and race committee used a black flag restriction after a general recall, and several sailors were disqualified for crossing the line early.

After Day 1, the pecking order in the 12-boat Apprentice division seems established, with Scott Leith (NZL), Jon Emmett (GBR), and Alejandro Rabago (MEX) finishing one – two - three in both races. Carlos Edwardo Wanderley (BRA) won both races in the 28-boat Masters division, but the finishes were mixed after that.

Jeff Loosemore and Greg Adams, both representing Australia, had top-three finishes in the 49-boat Grand Master division, closely followed by several other sailors. Robert Lowndes (AUS) and William Symes (USA) had top-three finishes in the Great Grand Master division (36 boats). In the 75 and over fleet (eight boats), Peter Seidenberg and David Hartman, both representing the United States, traded one - two finishes, followed by Kerry Waraker (AUS).

But there are five more days of racing on Banderas Bay before this event concludes on Saturday. Lots can and will happen before the next World Champion is decided!

Master's Radial Results:

75 and over Fleet

Ranks	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	189811	Peter Seidenberg	USA	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.0
2nd	199916	David Hartman	USA	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
3rd	202701	Kerry Waraker	AUS	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.0
4th	201002	Denis O'sullivan	IRL	4.0	6.0	10.0	10.0
5th	199207	Jay Winberg	USA	5.0	5.0	10.0	10.0
6th	192622	Geoffrey Lucas	AUS	8.0	4.0	12.0	12.0
7th	201582	Claude Tigier	FRA	6.0	7.0	13.0	13.0
8th	205002	Peter Craig	AUS	7.0	8.0	15.0	15.0

Apprentice Fleet

Ranks	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	208521	Scott Leith	NZL	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
2nd	207462	Jon Emmett	GBR	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0
3rd	194210	Alejandro Rabago	MEX	3.0	3.0	6.0	6.0
4th	159615	Fabio Suyama Ramos	BRA	4.0	5.0	9.0	9.0
5th	200510	Ian Gregory	GBR	8.0	4.0	12.0	12.0
6th	209412	Niall Peelo	GBR	7.0	6.0	13.0	13.0
7th	159674	Nalton Coelho	BRA	6.0	7.0	13.0	13.0
8th	153274	Juan Carlos De Laborde	MEX	5.0	9.0	14.0	14.0
9th	188886	Ryosuke Sakai	USA	10.0	11.0	21.0	21.0
10th	120906	Claudio Cozzi	MEX	14.0	8.0	22.0	22.0
11th	153266	Juan Pablo De Yturbe Sordo	MEX	9.0	13.0	22.0	22.0
12th	199514	Mauricio Miranda	MEX	15.0	10.0	25.0	25.0
13th	172980	Erik Wallsten	MEX	13.0	12.0	25.0	25.0
14th	151051	Diego Yturbe	MEX	12.0	14.0	26.0	26.0
15th	205445	Natalya Gontcharova	USA	11.0	16.0 DNC	27.0	27.0

Grand Master Fleet

Ranks	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	207357	Jeff Loosemore	AUS	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0
2nd	209526	Greg Adams	AUS	3.0	1.0	4.0	4.0
3rd	210173	Jean-Yves Fillion	USA	5.0	5.0	10.0	10.0
4th	162576	Terry Scutcher	GBR	2.0	9.0	11.0	11.0
5th	206416	Vanessa Dudley	AUS	8.0	3.0	11.0	11.0
6th	202799	Richard Longbottom	AUS	13.0	4.0	17.0	17.0
7th	202922	Michael Pitt	AUS	9.0	11.0	20.0	20.0
8th	184274	Eduardo Branz	ARG	6.0	17.0	23.0	23.0
9th	195346	Luis Castro	BRA	22.0	6.0	28.0	28.0
10th	200573	Martin Willard	USA	16.0	12.0	28.0	28.0
11th	209255	Martin White	AUS	10.0	20.0	30.0	30.0
12th	206056	Walt Spevak	USA	24.0	7.0	31.0	31.0
13th	164611	Alcir Cachapuz	BRA	18.0	13.0	31.0	31.0
14th	209533	Lyndall Patterson	AUS	25.0	8.0	33.0	33.0
15th	201297	Raul Lena	ARG	19.0	14.0	33.0	33.0
16th	208686	Max Hunt	GBR	7.0	28.0	35.0	35.0
17th	204401	Robert Britten	CAN	12.0	23.0	35.0	35.0
18th	187186	Tim Woodford	CAN	20.0	15.0	35.0	35.0
19th	208831	Robert Hodson	USA	27.0	10.0	37.0	37.0
20th	105813	Rudolph Ratsep	USA	23.0	16.0	39.0	39.0
21st	201518	Hamish Atkinson	NZL	21.0	18.0	39.0	39.0
22nd	198045	Peter Woytkowiak	CAN	4.0	38.0	42.0	42.0
23rd	185343	Martin Baltscheffsky	FIN	17.0	26.0	43.0	43.0
24th	198139	Bo Johannisson	SWE	28.0	21.0	49.0	49.0
25th	193301	Paul Clifford	CAN	15.0	35.0	50.0	50.0
26th	209407	Jorge Smolar	ARG	30.0	22.0	52.0	52.0
27th	159089	Bruce Martinson	USA	26.0	27.0	53.0	53.0
28th	20359	Antonio Vertiz	MEX	14.0	43.0	57.0	57.0
29th	199102	Patrick Levy	AUS	34.0	24.0	58.0	58.0
30th	121384	Mike Schmidt	USA	11.0	50.0 RET	61.0	61.0
31st	185917	Leigh Savage	USA	37.0	25.0	62.0	62.0
32nd	105883	James Stanley	CAN	31.0	34.0	65.0	65.0
33rd	199766	Stephen Reichenfeld	CAN	33.0	32.0	65.0	65.0
34th	201076	Gilbert Chopard	SUI	36.0	31.0	67.0	67.0
35th	206418	Bruce Jones	NZL	38.0	30.0	68.0	68.0
36th	188995	Thomas Stubbs	CAN	32.0	36.0	68.0	68.0
37th	202689	Roger Winton	NZL	50.0 UFD	19.0	69.0	69.0
38th	194481	Charles Thomas	USA	40.0	29.0	69.0	69.0
39th	199363	Luis Barrios	MEX	29.0	45.0	74.0	74.0
40th	195769	Jean-Luc Dreyer	SUI	35.0	39.0	74.0	74.0
41st	4498	Matthias Heinzemann	CAN	41.0	37.0	78.0	78.0
42nd	184057	Kunihiro Kitagawa	JPN	39.0	42.0	81.0	81.0
43rd	203767	David Huber	AUS	50.0 UFD	33.0	83.0	83.0
44th	208617	Ryo Miyoshi	JPN	42.0	41.0	83.0	83.0
45th	201709	Robert Draper	GBR	43.0	44.0	87.0	87.0
46th	194595	Paul Swan	USA	50.0 UFD	40.0	90.0	90.0
47th	204408	Jose Jorge Medina	MEX	44.0	47.0	91.0	91.0
48th	183901	Kathy Luciano	USA	45.0	48.0	93.0	93.0
49th	204468	Doug Workman	CAN	50.0 UFD	46.0	96.0	96.0

Great Grand Master Fleet

Ranks	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	197530	Robert Lowndes	AUS	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.0
2nd	206063	William Symes	USA	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.0
3rd	199982	Jon Andron	USA	4.0	5.0	9.0	9.0
4th	208809	Kevin Phillips	AUS	3.0	12.0	15.0	15.0
5th	209267	Michael O'brien	AUS	9.0	6.0	15.0	15.0
6th	199552	Don Hahl	USA	6.0	10.0	16.0	16.0
7th	206046	David Edmiston	AUS	15.0	2.0	17.0	17.0
8th	204121	Michael Kinnear	GBR	13.0	4.0	17.0	17.0
9th	205491	Alberto Larrea	ARG	12.0	7.0	19.0	19.0
10th	206190	Jacques Perret	SUI	8.0	11.0	19.0	19.0
11th	197375	Ian Rawet	GBR	11.0	9.0	20.0	20.0
12th	122643	Jacky Nebrel	FRA	5.0	17.0	22.0	22.0
13th	191344	Helio Araujo	BRA	18.0	8.0	26.0	26.0
14th	167395	Stephen Avery	USA	7.0	22.0	29.0	29.0
15th	199919	Jacek Suski	CAN	16.0	18.0	34.0	34.0
16th	178519	Kevin Pearson	GBR	10.0	27.0	37.0	37.0
17th	181906	Francis Walsh	AUS	25.0	13.0	38.0	38.0
18th	202677	David Wyllie	AUS	23.0	15.0	38.0	38.0
19th	206004	John Ryan	AUS	17.0	21.0	38.0	38.0
20th	209625	Halsey Bullen	USA	26.0	14.0	40.0	40.0
21st	202722	Stuart Allan	AUS	14.0	26.0	40.0	40.0
22nd	208107	Finn Hassing	USA	24.0	19.0	43.0	43.0
23rd	197281	Clive Humphris	AUS	28.0	16.0	44.0	44.0
24th	194288	Doug Bell	CAN	19.0	25.0	44.0	44.0
25th	208074	David Elliott	CAN	20.0	24.0	44.0	44.0
26th	178145	Peter Dietmueller	GER	21.0	23.0	44.0	44.0
27th	174693	Roger Williams	GBR	27.0	20.0	47.0	47.0
28th	191607	Edmund Conroy	AUS	22.0	33.0	55.0	55.0
29th	149807	John Brown	AUS	30.0	28.0	58.0	58.0
30th	206577	Jack Pearce	CAN	29.0	29.0	58.0	58.0
31st	172063	Larry Arbuthnot	USA	31.0	30.0	61.0	61.0
32nd	207439	Tamio Meguro	JPN	32.0	32.0	64.0	64.0
33rd	206502	Hilary Thomas	GBR	34.0	31.0	65.0	65.0
34th	195397	Hernan Mieres	ARG	33.0	34.0	67.0	67.0
35th	185365	Michael Bell	AUS	35.0	35.0	70.0	70.0
36th	199020	William Stephinson	AUS	37.0 DNC	37.0 DNC	74.0	74.0

Master Fleet

Ranks	Sail No	Name	NAT	R1	R2	Total	Nett
1st	160673	Carlos Eduardo Wanderley	BRA	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
2nd	207941	Alessio Marinelli	ITA	5.0	2.0	7.0	7.0
3rd	173910	Carlos Palombo	ARG	2.0	5.0	7.0	7.0
4th	202441	Edmund Tam	NZL	6.0	4.0	10.0	10.0
5th	189794	Keith Davids	USA	7.0	8.0	15.0	15.0
6th	203193	Hector David	ARG	3.0	13.0	16.0	16.0
7th	192618	Urban Hagelin	ESP	10.0	6.0	16.0	16.0
8th	205758	Enrique Arriola	ESP	8.0	9.0	17.0	17.0
9th	198522	Torbjrn Jonsson	SWE	4.0	15.0	19.0	19.0
10th	185806	Richard Blakey	NZL	17.0	3.0	20.0	20.0
11th	206892	Marcia Macdonald	BRA	9.0	11.0	20.0	20.0
12th	188971	Robert Jackson	CAY	16.0	7.0	23.0	23.0
13th	202968	Diane Sissingh	AUS	11.0	18.0	29.0	29.0
14th	202034	Alexandre Viana Schott	BRA	13.0	16.0	29.0	29.0
15th	188888	Kurt Wessels	USA	15.0	14.0	29.0	29.0
16th	203998	Pablo Gomeza	ESP	20.0	10.0	30.0	30.0
17th	206076	Martin Agnoletti	ARG	19.0	12.0	31.0	31.0
18th	205325	Agneta Jonsson	SWE	12.0	21.0	33.0	33.0
19th	209279	Donald Christie	NZL	14.0	20.0	34.0	34.0
20th	194512	Ted Morgan	USA	18.0	17.0	35.0	35.0
21st	186755	Joaquin Bargall	MEX	21.0	19.0	40.0	40.0
22nd	205206	Alexandra Weihrauch	GER	22.0	22.0	44.0	44.0
23rd	111908	Toshinari Takayanagi	USA	25.0	23.0	48.0	48.0
24th	184667	Michelle Lefevre	AUS	23.0	26.0	49.0	49.0
25th	187848	Julie Hughes	CAN	24.0	25.0	49.0	49.0
26th	186096	Silvia Ravetllat	ESP	30.0 RET	24.0	54.0	54.0
27th	9818	Luis Antonio Medina	MEX	26.0	30.0 DNC	56.0	56.0
28th	207438	Mika Teshirogi	JPN	30.0 RET	27.0	57.0	57.0
29th	173472	Peter Mellberg	SWE	30.0 DSQ	30.0 DNC	60.0	60.0