SB3 World Championships - Burlton hangs on

by Katie Ashworth on 3 Sep 2009 SB3 World Championships - Looking at the results, it’s been another extremely tough day of competitive racing today in Cascais. Craig Burlton maintains his lead tonight, and has reinstated his margin of four points over Roger Hudson and the Spirit of Cape Town crew.

Race winners today included Roger Hudson/Taariq Jacobs, Rob Gullan and David Hudson. Catching up with them as they came ashore, they all had plenty to report after what has clearly been a really challenging day in terms of the competitive fleet and shifting wind.

Roger Hudson (son of David Hudson) is trimming main and calling tactics for Taariq Jacobs on board Spirit of Cape Town. 'Race 1 today was full of wind shifts and we spent the whole of the first beat reading them and tacking accordingly.' It was an extremely tactical race that Roger described on the dock this evening. Having rounded the windward mark in first position, they didn’t look back and managed to extend their lead on the first downwind leg and managed to seal a victory with a comfortable lead, 'Although we were only too aware that Craig [Burlton] was chasing us and catching up fast; he has an amazing ability to work his way through a fleet of boats without careless errors.' Spirit of Cape Town are aiming for consistent results in the remaining 5 races and will be looking to improve their tactics to maintain their dominance at the top of the fleet.

Race 2 saw Robert Gullan back on form. Having won race 5 in the Championship, Gullan worked his way to the front of the fleet again today. Sun Microsystems have not been a regular feature on the SB3 circuit for some time but with a newly formed team, Pieter Heyn’s boat (a previous Cowes Week winner) is clearly stacked with talent. Ben Ainsworth and Maria Stanley are working the bow, Pieter trimming the main and Robert helming, is proving to be a lightening combination. It would not be unfair to say that this team comes without SB3 pedigree making their overall position of 5th extremely impressive. Having won the pin in the start of the 2nd race they were the first boat to tack onto port and spent the race working the shifts in the breeze upwind and holding onto their position in the downwind legs. Gullan added, 'We’ve sailed a conservative Championship, but now we are going to change mode and start attacking the leaders'.

David Hudson (father of Roger Hudson) added a 3, 9, 1 to his results tally today. Race 1 saw a photo finish with Craig Burlton, which Craig won, 'We had to ask the race committee for confirmation of our finishing order we had been so close, there can’t have been more than 1 metre in it. It really shows how tight the racing is at the top of the fleet.' Race 2 City of Cape Town started well, but by the first windward mark were well down the pack and did well to recover to 9th position. By all accounts, race 3 was text book perfect and after establishing a reasonable lead, City of Cape Town lead the fleet over the finish line and home. A great day’s racing for David.

Chatting to Craig Burlton as he came ashore, I quizzed him on the spectacularly consistent performance that the team has put in over the first three days of this Championship. 'After all these years of sailing, we still can’t start' joked Burlton on the dock, 'On a more serious note, today really has been the toughest day’s sailing of my life.' Burlton leads the Championship by 4 points, but with 5 races still to be sailed, there is still a lot of pressure on Gill Race Team who are sailing well as a crew although Craig added that 'Adam [Heeley] has been sat on the naughty step this afternoon!' Steve ‘AB’ White has been calling tactics and reading the wind shifts, of which there are plenty, with great skill. All in all Gill Race Team are thoroughly enjoying their Championship; they are well aware that Roger Hudson and Taariq Jacobs are hot on their heels and are yet to post a 1st to the results sheet.

The top Italian boat is helmed by Roberto Caresani and crewed by Pietro Negri and Giulia Conti who recently returns for an extremely successful performance at the 470 World Championships in Denmark. Roberto and Pietro claim that they sail faster when they have a woman onboard, it’s their Italian blood you know! Ferdinand Ziegelmayer who is racing with brother Maximillian and father Sebastien are the only all family crew. They are the leading German boat and are enjoying the tight racing for their first time at an international SB3 event and first time racing together as a crew. Ferdinand added, 'Today we were fast, unfortunately too fast at the start of the final race as we over the line! Our crew work is improving and we are delighted with the way that the Laser SB3 is performing in these fantastic conditions.' Currently in 13th position overall, they are hoping to move into the top 10.

The quality of the racing in Cascais is fantastic. The good teams have adapted quickly to the conditions and there are so many boats pushing really hard for the top 1o and higher. The key appears to be working the shits upwind and plenty of gybes downwind to stay in the breeze, which is quite a different approach to stand Solent downwind sailing.

Three more races are scheduled for Thursday when the second discard will come into action.
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SB3 World Championship 2009

Entries: 54      Races Sailed: 9      Discard: 1

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Country	Helm	Crew	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9
1	3042	Gill Race Team	GBR	Craig Burlton	Adam Healley/Stephen White	26	8	2	2	7	2	5	2	2	4
2	3469	Spirit of Cape Town	RSA	Roger Hudson	Taariq Jacobs/Ashton Sampson/Marlon Jones	30	2	1	55	13	3	1	1	6	3
3	3451	City of Cape Town	RSA	David Hudson	Neil Malan/Wandisile Xayimpi/Jamie Waters	42	3	6	7	1	12	17	3	9	1
4	3465	3 Sad Old Blokes	GBR	Jerry Hill	Joe Llewellyn / Paul Kameen	43	9	12	1	3	4	15	9	3	2
5	3047	Sun Microsystems	GBR	Robert Gullan	Ben Ainsworth/Pieter Heyn/Maria Stanley	51	7	7	6	17	1	4	13	1	12
6	3475	Zimmer	GBR	Mike Budd	Mark Greaves / Sam Gardner	55	1	5	12	55	8	2	12	10	5
7	3558	Black Bird/Capital Moura	POR	Filipe Silva	Joaquim Moreira / Pedro Costa Alemão	56	6	4	18	12	9	8	5	5	7
8	3575	Sail Boat Spares.com	GBR	Sarah Allan	Charlotte Savage/Michael John Gifford/David Giles	70	4	9	11	20	5	3	10	20	8
9	3032	Rumbleflurg	GBR	David Cummins	Ian Schenkel/Chris Cousins	88	14	10	9	15	20	14	6	11	9
10	3462	In Your Pocket	GBR	Andrew Oddie	Gareth Edwards / Andy Rice	102	5	18	4	35	6	34	4	15	16
11	3014	Sponge Bob	GBR	Marshall King	Matt Waite / Steven McLean	109	41	16	20	10	22	7	16	8	10
12	3401	Else	GER	Ferdinand Ziegelmayer	Maximilian Ziegelmayer/Sebastien Ziegelmayer	117	10	14	16	16	10	18	19	14	55
13	3152	Team Solent Helly Hansen	GBR	Guy Jackson	Jorgen Stromquist / James Moore	119	55	3	35	18	7	9	7	7	33
14	3311	Selden Mast	GBR	Chris Jennings	Simon Everest/ Neil Hughston	119	15	19	26	4	11	23	15	34	6
15	3082	Badger Racing	GBR	Paul Lovejoy	Sam Minns/Fredrik Blencke	125	20	17	55	6	35	10	11	13	13
16	3083	Bettersoft/Cidade Setubal	POR	Luis Santos	Rui Duarte/João Bolina	135	31	8	3	11	17	21	21	28	26
17	3038	Cheeky Monkey	GBR	Ian Sullivan	Tom Mallindine / Chris Noble	137	18	19	19	2	34	20	17	31	11
18	3027	Darling Associates	GBR	Chris Darling	Alice Darling/Sian McCleave/Alastair Shaw	138	44	21	15	14	27	12	23	12	14
19	3506		POR	Rui Caldas Barreiro	Diogo Pereira / Gonçalo Cabrita	146	17	25	8	28	16	11	14	29	27
20	3491	Stenghele	ITA	Roberto Caresani	Pietro Negri/Giulia Conti	146	12	27	24	21	21	16	8	17	55
21	3115	Quebramar	POR	Rui Brites	Gonçalo Esteves/Francisco Neto	150	16	11	10	9	31	19	26	44	28
22	3187	Phi!Number	ITA	Luca Bacci	Duccio Colombi/Michele Saleri	178	19	20	55	19	24	29	20	27	20
23	3543	Citta di Numana	ITA	Vicenzo Graciotti	Camillo Zucconi/Andrea Trani	189	29	36	17	24	30	13	31	16	29
24	3155	Fishbone	ITA	Giovanni Meloni	Massimiliano Pez/Cristian Ferro	190	30	24	21	5	37	27	40	23	23
25	3203		POR	António Mello	João Mello/João Westwood/Lourenço P. Gonçalves	196	40	55	13	29	19	28	28	24	15
26	3256	Bicasco/Cidade Setubal	POR	António Santos	Fernando Faneco/José Miguel Cunha	198	48	15	14	22	13	48	27	38	21
27	3379	Pelican Racing	GBR	Ash Holmes	Ian Gilmour / Simon Davies	213	21	28	36	26	25	37	33	25	19
28	3581		POR	Peter Straton	Francisco Garcia/Miguel Pedro	216	45	23	55	30	14	32	22	19	31
29	3420	Manias	POR	José Pedro Dias Pinheiro	Antonio Leal Faria/ Bernardo Dias Pinheiro	220	25	26	5	31	32	39	34	35	32
30	3177	Hot Pants	GBR	Mike Wood	Mike Walker / Ian Martin	231	36	40	30	8	23	36	37	21	55
31	3523	Sete	POR	Bernardo Pinto Gonçalves	Carlos Empis / Lourenço Empis/Martim Mello	231	13	22	37	55	29	40	30	18	42
32	3048	Xcellent	GBR	John Pollard	Robert Smith/Martin Schwartz	245	37	55	55	55	15	6	55	4	18
33	3563	Isabella II	GER	Reinhard Schroeder	Stephan Sorgel/Nico Thielemann	245	39	38	22	44	42	33	24	30	17
34	3209	Trunk Monkey	GBR	Joe Burnie	Doug Peniston/Mike Austen	249	23	35	28	23	47	35	36	32	37
35	3090	Purple DayDream	POR	João Duarte	Gonçalo Boto/Paulo Lobo/Christian Bayon	251	22	13	27	55	26	38	35	42	35
36	3438	Trinca Espinhas	POR	Luis Figueiredo	Gonçalo Lacerda/Nuno Rosa Lopes	254	11	29	31	36	41	45	39	33	34
37	3295	Razzmatazz	GER	Sebastian Dohrendorf	Fieda van Belle/Jonathan Griffiths/Frank Geerlings	260	26	55	23	27	28	49	32	39	36
38	3139	Wagop	AUS	Michael Quirk	Jordan Spencer / Michael McLean	265	55	55	32	40	40	22	25	26	25
39	3505		POR	Vasco Passanha	Tiago Malhão Pereira/André Caiado	273	34	30	39	55	18	30	31	45	36
40	3105	Dom Pedro Hotels	POR	José Paulo Ramada	Abilio Amaral / Pedro Ribeiro da Cunha	279	55	34	25	39	39	25	41	37	39
41	3150	Audi Sunshine Girls	AUS	Lauren Calder	Lissa McMillan/Louise Watson/Morgann Stanton	280	55	33	29	32	49	41	29	43	24
42	3111	ROFF - SAP Consulting	POR	Gonçalo Horta	Hugo Mastbaum / Pedro Rebelo	283	32	31	34	33	38	43	38	36	41
43	3333	Coating Team	ITA	Luca Maitan	Luca Zuklic/Manuel Faro	294	35	39	41	25	33	31	46	48	44
44	3103	ESRI	POR	Piedade Colaço	Diana Caldeira/Ariana Nunes/Luisa Figueiredo	297	28	41	55	34	36	44	45	47	22
45	3093	Super Bad	IRL	Emmet Ryan	James Budd/Anna Mackenzie/Jonny White	300	24	55	55	55	45	26	18	22	55
46	3101	Casilda	POR	Duarte Bello	Gonçalo Eusébio /Eduardo VanZeller	306	27	37	33	37	50	50	43	49	30
47	3114	Clube Millenium BCP	POR	Vanessa Batista	Telma Miranda/Inês Soares/Mariana Freitas	307	33	43	19	45	48	46	42	41	38
48	3411	Herdade do Esporão	POR	Diogo Corrêa Mendes	Fernando Passeiro / Duarte Pinto Coelho	339	46	46	55	41	44	24	55	40	43
49	3077	Skallywag	GBR	James Ford	Rob Day / Nina Day	340	43	42	40	38	46	47	44	50	40
50	3055	Rumshack Event Management	GBR	Roger Hexton	Peter Christie/Christopher Anthony	349	42	32	38	42	43	42	55	55	55
51	3124	Delta Q	POR	Gonçalo Almeida	João Lino/Daniel Matias/Elisa Matias	384	49	44	55	46	51	51	47	51	45
52	3092	Mergulhão	POR	André Gray	Rodrigo Amaral/Filipe Hogan	388	47	45	55	43	52	52	48	46	55
53	3525	Engexpor	POR	Fernando Bello	António Gois/Francisco Mourão	423	38	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
54	3521	Santa Maria	POR	Firmino Morgado	Elísio Lourenço/Luis Rosario	427	50	47	55	55	55	55	55	55	55

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