Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011 day 1 lead to Greenhalgh

by Katie Ashworth on 17 May 2011 2011 Zhik SB3 World Championships day 1. 103 SB3’s left Torquay Harbour this morning. Three races were completed by the fleet which was split into two groups, Orange and Yellow.

The fleet lined up for the first scheduled race at 11.00 am. The Race Committee, on both courses, managed to get both fleets underway exactly to schedule. Impressive.

On the Yellow course, Robert Greenhalgh (GBR) showed his talent early on. Notching up a 1, 2, 1 on day one of a World Championships is a score card anyone would be proud of. Peter Saxton (GBR) won the first race on the Orange course and followed up with a 5, 2 placing him second overall overnight on day 1.

Nathan Outteridge (AUS) collected bowman Tom Slingsby (AUS) from the airport at 1am this morning, but lack of sleep and time on the water as a crew did little to dampen his crew’s performance. 'This is my first day on bow ever! There’s a bit on when you get to the bottom mark' smiled Slingsby after completing the first race of the Championships, and their first race ever as a team with fellow Aussie Ian Brown.

The Orange course suffered two general recalls as the Race Committee tried to get the second race of the day away. Not deterred by the delay, Glenn Bourke (AUS) dominated the race, extending his lead on each leg. Chatting to Glenn last night he claimed to be 'rusty', but today he posted 5, 1, 11 on the score sheet. 'More time in the boat will help us iron out some of our creases, but to take a win on the first day of an event like this always makes you feel good!'

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2010 SB3 World Champion Jerry Hill (GBR) had a difficult day to start the event. Sailing on the Orange course the 3 Sad Old Blokes struggled in the first race, finishing in 25th position. After starting deep in the second race, they picked their way back to a respectable ninth and despite damage, finished sixth in the third race of the day. 'It was hard today, really hard,' explained Hill before disappearing to repair his boat.

Joe Llewellyn (GBR) grew up sailing in Tor Bay, and finished the first day of the Zhik SB3 World Championships with a win on the Orange course. Chatting to Joe in the bar of the Royal Torbay Yacht Club after racing he explained, 'It was hard conditions today and we had a bad second race. We had some luck in the third race, we benefitted from some of the shifts and we won!' Joe recently became a father again, this time to twins, 'I’m looking forward to another sleepless night tonight, and another day on the water tomorrow!'

Three further races are scheduled for Tuesday 17th May. The fleet is slit again, simply by their odd or even overall position at the end of the first day of racing, for the final day of qualifying races.

Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011 Day 1 from Laser SB3 on Vimeo.

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Zhik SB3 World Championships - Day 1 Results    Series Place Sail No Bow No Boat Helm Series Points Race 1A Race 1B Race 2A Race 2B Race 3A Race 3B   1 GBR3489 19 Red Robert Greenhalgh 4 1   2   1     2 GBR3065 65 Rola-Trac Peter Saxton 8   1   5   2   3 GBR3042 54 Gill Racing Team Craig Burton 9 4   3   2     4 AUS3063 32 One Design Sailing Nathan Outteridge 13 6   4   3     5 GBR3053 111 Race Team Gill Geoff Carveth 15   4   2   9   6 GBR3032 92 Rumbleflurg David Cummins 16 3   8   5     7 AUS3108 70 Club Marine Glenn Bourke 17   5   1   11   8 RSA3469 49 Musto Race Ahead Asenaithi Jim 17   3   4   10   9 GBR3082 68 Henri Lloyd/Forelle Estates Joe Llewellyn 20   6   13   1   10 GBR3058 15 Xcellent John Pollard 22 2   6   14     11 NED3441 17 Rivium Paul Gast 22 9   5   8     12 GBR3475 57 Perky III Jez Entwistle 23   12   6   5   13 ITA3073 39 Stenghele Roberto Caresani 24   2   3   19   14 GER3561 86 Razzmatazz Sebastian Dohrendorf 26 12   7   7     15 GBR3462 58 Underground Toys Andrew Oddie 30 19   1   10     16 GBR3134 84 Marilyn Dom Ford 32 5   18   9     17 GBR3198 80 Magic Marine Hugh Styles 34   15   12   7   18 GBR3047 95 Parkway Pirates Rob Gullan 35   9   14   12   19 GBR3546 98 Orthteam Richard Catchpole 38   7   18   13   20 GBR3149 16 Poor Buoy Mark Gillett 39 17   16   6     21 GBR3465 26 3 Sad Old Blokes Jerry Hill 40   25   9   6   22 GBR3336 8 Uber 3 Adrian Peach 41   8   15   18   23 GBR3027 63 Darling Associates Chris Darling 44   10   11   23   24 IRL3324 22 Sibelus Mel Collins 46   17   8   21   25 NZL3287 36 Sailing West - Sharkbait Ben Duncan 48   16   28   4   26 GBR3029 44 3-Some Niall Peelo 49   11   16   22   27 GBR3517 75 Doolalli Colin Simonds 49 18   19   12     28 GBR3276 89 Trouble & Strife Ian Armstrong 50 11   20   19     29 GBR3464 5 Eric Martin Wedge 50 15   13   22     30 GBR3556 69 Herbie Phil Tilley 51 7   29   15     31 GER3402 21 Norah Daniel Spaenle 51 14   17   20     32 ITA3543 101 Bravi Thytronic Giovanni Meloni 52 23   12   17     33 GBR3305 55 Rigging Gurus Mark Richards 54   26   25   3   34 GBR3575 56 Sailboat Deliveries Sarah Allan 54 29   9   16     35 UKR3443 78 Transbunker Polovy Valeriy 54 27   14   13     36 GBR3510 52 Hutton's Richard Wharram 56 21   10   25     37 GBR3041 67 Robina Dan Goodman 58 16   24   18     38 AUS3607 104 Wysiwyg VI Stephen Fries 63   22   10   31   39 RUS373 106 Alissa Vladislav Ivanovski 63   29   20   14   40 GBR3079 116 Excuse Me Gents Ann Jackson 64   19   37   8   41 RUS3554 109 Team Russia Rodion Luka 65 8   53   4     42 GBR3183 30 Respect John Danby 67 33   11   23     43 GBR3014 61 Sponge Bob Steve McLean 69 13   22   34     44 FRA3078 115 Tad Minus Vincent Biarnes 69   28   17   24   45 BEL3472 35 Los Zaparteros Alex Schoenmakers 71   14   21   36   46 IRL3226 112 Quantitative Easing Paul McMahon 76 35   30   11     47 IRL3312 91 Bomchickawahwah John O'Driscoll 77   32   30   15   48 IRL3338 59 Milvus Milvus Robert Howe 77 30   21   26     49 IRL3298 64 Toucan 3 Ross Vaughan 79   43   19   17   50 GBR3084 1 Eau No! Mark Sotkes 80   20   34   26   51 ITA3596 99 Briefing Luca Bacci 83   39   24   20   52 GBR3468 60 Fully Badgered Paul Lovejoy 84 10   32   42     53 GBR3126 102 Geronimo Simon Hume 86 28   23   35     54 GBR3106 37   Tom Clay 87   21   29   37   55 ITA3606 114 Lunatico XS Aurelio Bini 88 20   15   53     56 GBR3292 93 Chill Pill Tich Summers 89   41   7   41   57 GBR3060 73 Finitor 7 Stewart Reed 89   35   26   28   58 NED3511 29   Marco van Driel 90 32   26   32     59 GBR3362 47 Polar Bear Tim Newton 92   34   42   16   60 GBR3379 27 Joyride Nick Andrews 92   18   23   51   61 IRL3307 31 Bad/Kilcullen Stephan Hyde 92   36   22   34   62 GBR3545 71 Savage Sailing Team Chris Savage 92   31   32   29   63 FRA3423 76 Morpheus Edward Russo 93   37   31   25   64 GBR3038 119 TeamB4Ego,com2 Will Brooks 95   13   40   42   65 GBR3021 51 Here Comes Bod Charlie Whelan 95 44   27   24     66 GBR3074 3 Tonic Douglas Paton 95   27   33   35   67 FRA3609 2 Marcon Yachting Louis Marcon 97 34   25   38     68 GBR3516 14 TeamB4Ego.com Geoff Gritton 97 25   36   36     69 GBR3515 108 The Young Pretender Callum Calder 98 24   53   21     70 GBR3215 79 Sail Navy Darren Roach 98   24   27   47   71 GBR3267 77 Neilson Heart of Gold Tom Hayhoe 99 22   47   30     72 GER3600 13 Isabella III Reinhard Schroeder 99   23   46   30   73 IRL3484 33 Seriously Bonkers x 3 Martin Cuppage 103 26   44   33     74 GBR3319 12 Devils Advocate Tony Jaffa 103 43   33   27     75 GBR3081 9 Prostate Cancer Charity Ross Lang 107 36   28   43     76 GBR3335 24 Royal Signals Stu Southan 108 31   38   39     77 POR3103 48 Viero Piedade Colaco 110   38   45   27   78 GBR3069 66 Not just a number Paul Hine 110 42   37   31     79 GBR3104 74 Retail Therapy Charles Sheppard 111   40   38   33   80 GBR3056 100 Woohoo Tom Davidson 114 45   41   28     81 GBR3088 6 Healthy1.co.uk Ray Davies 114 40   34   40     82 ITA3598 96 Alghero Giorico Hotels Alessandro Balzani 115 38   35   42     83 GBR3096 72 Red Kite Roger Harford 116   30   47   39   84 AUS3224 28 Jester 3 Dave Bull 118 50   31   37     85 GBR3048 23 Control-Alt-Delete Ann Ashworth 120   33   44   43   86 GBR3094 20 Xceptable Ian Lievesley 123   52   39   32   87 UKR3522 41 Stemcor Valentin Klymentyev 125   46   35   44   88 ITA3437 53 Lupi D'irlanda Marco Sorgassi 125 39   42   44     89 IRL3062 40   Ronan Downing 131 37   49   45     90 GBR3531 87 Carnage Nick Over 132   44   50   38   91 GBR3077 88 Skallywag Rob Day 132 46   40   46     92 GBR3519 107 May contain nuts John Greenaway 133 41   43   49     93 NED3470 82 Cube Martijn Buitenhuis 134   42   43   49   94 GBR3309 43 Narwhal David Bates 135   51   36   48   95 IRL3297 90 Sunday Brunch Richard Tate 136 49   46   41     96 GBR3473 85 Sceptre Nathan Bailey 138   50   48   40   97 GBR3366 11 Hooligan Guy Broom 138   47   41   50   98 IRL3033 34 Blue Bird Cathy MacAleavey 139 47   39   53     99 GRE3251 105 SailingHolidays.com Ruairi Bradley 140   45   49   46   100 GBR3540 46 Water Music viii Jonny Foot 143 51   45   47     101 GBR3368 45 Kapow Nick Barnett 144 48   48   48     102 GBR3123 4 Mini Mayhem Paul Craft 146   48   53   45   103 IRL3315 42 Sirius Black Ken Hudson 152   49   51   52

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