Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011 - Carveth and crew winners + Video

by Katie Ashworth on 21 May 2011

Geoff Carveth and crew: Andy Ramus, Emma Clarke and Ian Mills - Zhik SB3 World Championship 2011 ThMartinez/Sea&Co http://www.thmartinez.com

Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011 resulted in wins for Geoff Carveth, Andy Ramus, Ian Mills and Emma Clarke (GBR). Carveth and his crew have sailed a stunning series of qualifying and finals races and have achieved victory in the 2011 Championship by a four point lead.

Going afloat this morning, Robert Greenhalgh and crew (GBR) lead the Gold Fleet by five points. At the first windward mark of race one, Rob Gullan (GBR) lead the course, tailed by John Pollard (GBR) and Geoff Carveth (GBR). Greenhalgh rounded deep in the pack. At the leeward mark, Greenhalgh had recovered some ground, but not enough.

It looked like Rob Gullan was on to take the first of the 'Two bullets,' he’d joked about in our interview the night before. On the second lap, Gullan lead Pollard and Carveth. Rodion Luka and ‘Team Russia’ were hot on the heels of the leaders. Choosing the right of the course for his final downwind leg, it paid off and Team Russia went on to win the first race of the day and the first race of their Championship. Carveth finished fourth. Greenhalgh finished seventeenth.

Carveth lead Greenhalgh by two points going into the final race of the Zhik SB3 World Championship 2011. The pressure was on Carveth to defend and Greenhalgh to attack.

By the first windward mark of race two, Race Ahead, helmed by 2010 South African Sailor of the Year, Asenathi Jim lead the fleet, Carveth rounded second. Greenhalgh rounded fifth. At the leeward gate, Asenathi Jim had extended his lead. Carveth followed the South Africans around the left leeward mark; Greenhalgh went right. By the windward mark on the second lap, positions hadn’t changed. Carveth had extended his lead and Greenhalgh’s hopes of victory were fading fast.

Asenathi Jim won the final race of the Championships. Carveth crossed the finish line second, securing his victory of the Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011.

Zhik 2011 Champions Interview from Laser SB3 on Vimeo.

'Awesome,' 'Fantastic,' and 'Amazing' cheered the crew of Race Team Gill as they hit the dock in Torquay after racing. Carveth explained their day, 'In Race 1 today Robert and I sailed our own races, we gained the upper hand and then covered Rob on the start of the second race and took control.' The rest they say is history. 'We’ll be celebrating with a few beers this evening! We’ve had a great week and we’re sailed really well as a crew.'

Geoff Carveth is a second time World Champion in the Laser SB3 class, having won the 2008 Worlds in Dun Laoghaire. 'It means a lot to win it twice; it shows the first time wasn’t just a fluke!'

The Silver fleet of the Zhik Laser SB3 World Championships was won by French team ‘Tad Minus’, helmed by Vinvent Biarnes and crewed by Nicholas Heintz and Sam Bell.

In 2012, the Laser SB3 European Championships will be held in Medemblik, Netherlands from first – 7th September and the World Championships will be held at Hamilton Island, Australia from 13th – 20th December. The Laser SB3 Class has had a fantastic Championships hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Torquay, UK. Thanks go to all of our generous sponsors, supporters and volunteers. Title sponsors, Zhik, have been fantastic to work with and our extreme thanks go to them for helping us put this event on the map.

Laser SB3 Worlds Gold Results

	Sail No	Bow No	Boat	Helm	Series Points	R 1A	R 1B	R 2A	R 2B	R 3A	R 3B	R 4B	R 4A	R 5B	R 5A	R 6B	R 6A	R 7	R 8	R 9	R 10	R 11	R 12	R 13	R 14
1	GBR 3053	111	Race Team Gill	Geoff Carveth	46		4		2		9		3		4		1	2	14	6	9	1	8	4	2
2	GBR 3489	19	Red	Robert Greenhalgh	50	1		2		1			11		8		8	1	3	1	3	11	7	17	4
3	GBR 3042	54	Gill Racing Team	Craig Burlton	76	4		3		2			8		1		10	21	2	29	4	9	1	12	9
4	AUS 3108	70	Club Marine	Glenn Bourke	83		5		1		11		53		5		5	7	4	14	15	4	3	14	10
5	GBR 3058	15	Xcellent	John Pollard	90	2		6		14		1		4		1		17	13	13	36	5	15	5	8
6	GBR 3047	95	Parkway Pirates	Rob Gullan	97		9		14		12	11		5		15		3	6	4	7	20	4	2	24
7	RSA 3469	49	Musto R Ahead	Asenathi Jim	100		3		4		10	3		53		25		9	8	10	18	25	2	7	1
8	GBR 3082	68	Henri Lloyd/Forelle Estates	Joe Llewellyn	101		6		13		1		4		53		2	13	19	8	13	8	11	33	3
9	RUS 3554	109	Team Russia	Rodion Luka	110	8		53		4			53		2		3	5	5	2	41	7	6	1	14
10	ITA 3073	39	Stenghele	Roberto Caresani	114		2		3		19		1		3		7	23	9	32	5	24	12	20	5
11	IRL 3324	22	Sibelus	Mel Collins	122		17		8		21	7		16		2		11	10	22	1	6	16	6	26
12	AUS 3063	32	One Design Sailing	Nathan Outteridge	134	6		4		3		4		53		4		24	29	35	10	53	5	3	7
13	NZL 3287	36	Sailing West - Sharkbait	Ben Duncan	140		16		28		4		2		6		4	15	49	11	12	34	9	16	11
14	GBR 3475	57	Perky III	Jez Entwistle	159		12		6		5	26		3		11		4	1	37	17	28	42	15	20
15	GBR 3065	65	Rola-Trac	Peter Saxton	180		1		5		2	36		1		3		18	20	43	30	12	24	21	47
16	ITA 3543	101	Bravi Thytronic	Giovanni Meloni	193	23		12		17		5		7		8		16	18	19	19	19	21	32	34
17	GBR 3462	58	Underground Toys	Andrew Oddie	196	19		1		10			53		17		17	36	15	27	27	43	10	11	6
18	GBR 3032	92	Rumbleflurg	David Cummins	197	3		8		5		2		9		7		6	36	25	22	40	41	10	33
19	GBR 3149	16	Poor Buoy	Mark Gillett	205	17		16		6		33		19		5		27	30	5	45	2	14	19	46
20	GBR 3336	8	Uber 3	Adrian Peach	210		8		15		18	9		53		9		33	27	15	11	17	43	27	21
21	GBR 3465	26	3 Sad Old Blokes	Jerry Hill	213		25		9		6		53		7		30	28	12	20	53	23	22	8	23
22	GBR 3575	56	Sailboat Deliveries	Sarah Allan	218	29		9		16		22		10		41		14	24	48	2	10	28	24	30
23	GBR 3305	55	Rigging Gurus	Mark Richards	226		26		25		3		29		53		6	32	7	9	53	3	19	31	36
24	GBR 3134	84	Marilyn	Dom Ford	228	5		18		9		14		8		20		36	22	28	20	37	47	13	18
25	GER 3561	86	Razzmatazz	Sebastian Dohrendorf	240	12		7		7		45		14		6		41	26	31	37	22	37	22	19
26	GBR 3292	93	Chill Pill	Tich Summers	242		41		7		41	10		2		12		49	17	3	28	14	33	46	29
27	GBR 3106	37		Tom Clay	243		21		29		37	20		6		24		48	11	24	8	33	27	28	12
28	GBR 3546	98	Orthteam	Richard Catchpole	243		7		18		13		25		10		23	12	38	17	24	42	51	23	16
29	GBR 3517	75	Doolalli	Colin Simonds	258	18		19		12			22		18		28	22	32	21	32	27	17	18	53
30	GBR 3079	116	Excuse Me Gents	Ann Jackson	264		19		37		8	17		21		14		8	25	40	42	32	29	9	48
31	IRL 3298	64	Toucan 3	Ross Vaughan	269		43		19		17		14		19		12	31	37	7	25	50	23	48	17
32	GBR 3556	69	Herbie	Phil Tilley	283	7		29		15		6		53		18		44	40	30	16	18	20	40	51
33	GBR 3027	63	Darling Associates	Chris Darling	284		10		11		23		32		13		29	26	33	47	6	15	31	47	40
34	NED 3441	17	Rivium	Paul Gast	290	9		5		8			5		9		9	46	46	12	39	47	44	42	25
35	GBR 3029	44	3-Some	Niall Peelo	293		11		16		22	27		11		34		19	48	33	14	44	35	39	22
36	GBR 3084	1	Eau No!	Mark Sotkes	293		20		34		26	23		26		13		30	21	16	38	39	13	30	37
37	GBR 3510	52	Hutton's	Richard Wharram	300	21		10		25		21		18		30		38	41	18	26	26	18	44	38
38	GBR 3021	51	Here Comes Bod	Charlie Whelan	301	44		27		24			9		24		22	25	34	38	29	13	50	43	13
39	ITA 3596	99	Briefing	Luca Bacci	316		39		24		20		53		12		14	37	43	44	21	31	25	35	15
40	ITA 3606	114	Lunatico XS	Aurelio Bini	325	20		15		53			23		16		11	40	23	46	34	53	36	29	32
41	GBR 3276	89	Trouble & Strife	Ian Armstrong	335	11		20		19		30		12		53		50	16	49	40	45	26	26	41
42	GBR 3183	30	Respect	John Danby	340	33		11		23		8		28		32		39	39	26	23	35	49	37	39
43	GER 3402	21	Norah	Daniel Spaenle	346.2	14		17		20			6		14		14.2	43	35	39	48	29	45	52	42
44	GBR 3464	5	Eric	Martin Wedge	347	15		13		22			7		11		53	29	51	34	44	41	38	49	44
45	AUS 3607	104	Wysiwyg VI	Stephen Fries	349		22		10		31	25		13		10		45	31	36	53	48	40	34	35
46	GBR 3041	67	Robina	Dan Goodman	349	16		24		18			10		15		25	33	47	42	46	21	34	51	43
47	UKR 3443	78	Transbunker	Polovy Valeriy	353	27		14		13			53		25		20	47	42	23	43	29	32	38	49
48	BEL 3472	35	Los Zapateros	Alex Schoenmakers	355		14		21		36		26		23		16	35	45	41	31	30	46	45	28
49	GBR 3468	60	Fully Badgered	Paul Lovejoy	365	10		32		42		29		17		17		34	28	50	33	49	48	41	27
50	IRL 3338	59	Milvus Milvus	Robert Howe	400	30		21		26		38		20		19		42	52	51	35	36	39	36	45
51	IRL 3312	91	Bomchickawahwah	John O'Driscoll	424		32		30		15		16		29		53	51	50	52	47	46	52	25	31
52	IRL 3226	112	Quantitative Easing	Paul McMahon	429	35		30		11		13		53		31		52	44	45	53	38	30	50	50

Laser SB3 Worlds Silver Results

	Sail No	Bow No	Boat	Helm	Series Points	R 1A	R 1B	R 2A	R 2B	R 3A	R 3B	R 4B	R 4A	R 5B	R 5A	R 6B	R 6A	R 7	R 8	R 9	R 10	R 11	R 12	R 13	R 14
1	FRA 3078	115	Tad Minus	Vincent Biarnes	159		28		17		24	37		53		21		2	1	24	8	1	3	14	3
2	GBR 3198	80	Magic Marine	Hugh Styles	164		15		12		7		53		53		53	1	5	5	3	5	2	3	5
3	GBR 3531	87	Carnage	Nick Over	204		44		50		38	24		15		22		5	2	1	29	12	8	9	24
4	GBR 3215	79	Sail Navy	Darren Roach	207		24		27		47	34		33		35		10	4	22	2	8	25	6	2
5	GBR 3074	3	Tonic	Douglas Paton	207		27		33		35	12		24		53		30	9	3	5	2	28	8	21
6	GBR 3060	73	Finitor 7	Stewart Reed	215		35		26		28		12		32		31	16	7	17	49	14	10	14	8
7	IRL 3307	31	Bad/Kilcullen	Stephan Hyde	218		36		22		34		19		53		53	4	31	8	7	18	5	11	1
8	NED 3511	29		Marco van Driel	221	32		26		32		41		22		53		14	3	16	17	9	7	2	45
9	FRA 3423	76	Morpheus	Edward Russo	227		37		31		25		53		22		21	7	15	14	24	20	4	7	25
10	GBR 3362	47	Polar Bear	Tim Newton	231		34		42		16		28		39		53	12	21	23	4	6	6	5	18
11	GBR 3515	108	The Young Pretender	Callum Calder	245	24		53		21			53		21		15	24	11	21	13	3	46	23	16
12	IRL 3484	33	Seriously Bonkers x 3	Martin Cuppage	264	26		44		33			18		35		18	23	27	2	27	21	11	36	23
13	GBR 3104	74	Retail Therapy	Charles Sheppard	269		40		38		33		17		33		19	18	10	10	23	44	37	24	7
14	GBR 3545	71	Savage Sailing Team	Chris Savage	269		31		32		29	32		30		16		21	25	36	19	11	9	10	43
15	GBR 3081	9	Prostate Cancer Charity	Ross Lang	284	36		28		43			41		53		53	29	24	4	1	15	18	17	4
16	GBR 3014	61	Sponge Bob	Steve McLean	286	13		22		34			40		53		39	15	12	19	48	38	27	16	11
17	GER 3600	13	Isabella III	Reinhard Schroeder	287		23		46		30	19		27		39		31	22	32	14	13	39	4	33
18	RUS 373	106	Alissa	Vladislav Ivanovski	291		29		20		14		38		38		27	3	6	33	43	40	15	39	27
19	GBR 3069	66	Not just a number	Paul Hine	292	42		37		31		39		29		37		19	13	6	15	26	24	25	17
20	GBR 3056	100	Woohoo	Tom Davidson	295	45		41		28		40		34		29		11	14	26	22	16	12	31	22
21	GBR 3038	119	TeamB4Ego,com2	Will Brooks	297		13		40		42	43		32		23		22	20	18	30	22	23	12	31
22	FRA 3609	2	Marcon Yachting	Louis Marcon	302	34		25		38			34		37		13	6	35	9	35	45	19	42	13
23	UKR 3522	41	Stemcor	Valentin Klymentyev	339		46		35		44		24		36		24	8	38	25	40	35	21	19	30
24	GBR 3267	77	Neilson Heart of Gold	Tom Hayhoe	341	22		47		30			15		40		36	47	32	38	36	30	13	37	12
25	GBR 3094	20	Xceptable	Ian Lievesley	342		52		39		32	28		23		44		17	29	44	37	10	33	41	9
26	GBR 3048	23	Control-Alt-Delete	Ann Ashworth	346		33		44		43		27		27		32	35	42	7	11	7	45	38	44
27	POR 3103	48	Viero	Piedade Colaco	350		38		45		27		20		30		53	27	23	37	31	24	40	29	19
28	NED 3470	82	Cube	Martijn Buitenhuis	353		42		43		49		36		31		33	33	37	13	25	32	20	35	10
29	GBR 3088	6	Healthy1.co.uk	Ray Davies	355	40		34		40			33		39		34	9	53	43	9	19	35	21	39
30	GBR 3126	102	Geronimo	Simon Hume	357	28		23		35			21		28		53	45	36	15	53	36	42	28	20
31	GBR 3319	12	Devils Advocate	Tony Jaffa	360	43		33		27		18		25		42		42	40	27	26	33	50	32	15
32	AUS 3224	28	Jester 3	Dave Bull	362	50		31		37		31		44		40		44	41	12	38	4	34	22	28
33	GBR 3516	14	TeamB4Ego.com	Geoff Gritton	371	25		36		36		42		42		53		13	17	47	46	42	1	30	41
34	GBR 3335	24	Royal Signals	Stu Southan	374	31		38		39		48		36		53		41	16	34	34	28	22	34	14
35	GBR 3473	85	Sceptre	Nathan Bailey	374		50		48		40	15		43		43		34	26	31	33	29	17	15	38
36	GBR 3379	27	Joyride	Nick Andrews	375		18		23		51	35		39		26		36	30	39	41	34	41	18	36
37	GBR 3123	4	Mini Mayhem	Paul Craft	381		48		53		45	47		37		27		39	34	29	16	39	26	27	6
38	IRL 3062	40		Ronan Downing	386	37		49		45			31		43		53	20	28	11	18	17	51	50	37
39	IRL 3033	34	Blue Bird	Cathy MacAleavey	389	47		39		53		16		31		45		49	19	35	6	51	31	20	53
40	GBR 3096	72	Red Kite	Roger Harford	394		30		47		39		13		34		53	43	47	48	32	27	14	26	42
41	GBR 3309	43	Narwhal	David Bates	395		51		36		48	44		35		33		26	39	40	12	43	49	13	26
42	ITA 3598	96	Alghero Giorico Hotels	Alessandro Balzani	411	38		35		42		49		53		28		25	33	30	44	23	30	47	34
43	GBR 3366	11	Hooligan	Guy Broom	429		47		41		50		30		41		37	28	45	20	39	25	44	48	32
44	GRE 3251	105	SailingHolidays.com	Ruairi Bradley	441		45		49		46		39		20		35	37	53	42	10	37	38	43	49
45	IRL 3297	90	Sunday Brunch	Richard Tate	460	49		46		41			53		44		38	38	48	45	21	47	16	46	29
46	GBR 3368	45	Kapow	Nick Barnett	472	48		48		48			37		42		53	32	18	49	50	31	29	53	40
47	GBR 3077	88	Skallywag	Rob Day	480	46		40		46			53		53		53	46	8	28	28	46	47	40	46
48	GBR 3519	107	May contain nuts	John Greenaway	491	41		43		49		46		38		36		51	43	46	20	48	36	44	50
49	ITA 3437	53	Lupi D'irlanda	Marco Sorgassi	502	39		42		44		50		41		38		48	46	41	47	49	48	33	35
50	GBR 3540	46	Water Music viii	Jonny Foot	533	51		45		47		51		40		46		40	44	50	45	50	32	45	48
51	IRL 3315	42	Sirius Black	Ken Hudson	540		49		51		52		35		45		39	50	49	51	42	41	43	49	47