Zhik SB3 World Championships day two - Doing it tough + Video

by Katie Ashworth on 18 May 2011 Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011 day two was a tough onwater day for competitors and Race Officers alike. Shifting winds combined with general recalls and last minute abandonments meant a long day on the water for everyone involved. Races 4, 5 and 6 of the championship have now been completed and qualifying for the gold and silver fleets is complete.

After lying second overall at the end of the first day of the Championship, Peter Saxton (GBR) and his crew on Rola-Trac had a poor first race today. Clearly undeterred, the Rola-Trac crew got back into the groove for the second and third races, achieving a first and third place in the Orange fleet. Saxton now shows a score card of 1, 5, 2, (36), 1, 3 and leads the Championship by two points.

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Italian entry 'Stenghele' helmed by Roberto Caresani (ITA) and crewed by Pietro Negri and Enrico Fonda put in a strong performance on the Yellow course. 'We had a good day today,' explained bow man Enrico, 'We’ve had three good races! We won the first race, we lead the first beat and after a gybe set, we literally flew downwind, extending our lead to 200m on the next boat!' Roberto added, 'It’s been a lucky day and we are very happy with our results.'

Craig Burlton (GBR) lies fifth overall going into the gold fleet and finals races. Catching up with Craig and crew after racing, it was clear that they were disappointed with their performance. 'It’s been a tough day, the wind has been really shifty and we’ve found the starts hard. The third race today wasn’t good and we got stuck in a hole downwind.' There are high expectations onboard and their frustration showed. 'We’ve made some stupid mistakes and not quite executed our attack on this event.' But fifth overall at this stage of the event isn’t too shabby is it?!

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Many entrants are still struggling to find their form and continue to battle the vagaries of Tor Bay’s wind conditions. 2010 World Champion Jerry Hill arrived in Torquay with high hopes of defending his title, but this evening returns ashore deflated. 'It’s not been a great day...we were over the line in the first race, seventh in the second and then really deep in the third race today.' Hill has sailed in the Laser SB3 class since the beginning and has been a driving force behind the organisation of the World Championship in Torquay. It’s unfortunate to see him struggling to find his form and lying in 29th place going into the gold fleet finals.



With the challenging conditions that Tor Bay is providing, it’s certain that the winner of the Zhik SB3 Worlds will be a deserving Champion. The standard of the fleet is extremely high and nobody is yet willing to bet their life savings on who will lift the beautiful Waterford Crystal trophy on Friday 20th May. With six qualifying races now complete, the pressure really heats up as the gold and silver fleet finals begin.

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				Results	Day 2
	1	GBR3065	65	Rola-Trac	Peter Saxton	12		1		5		2	36		1		3
	2	GBR3058	15	Xcellent	John Pollard	14	2		6		14		1		4		1
	3	GBR3053	111	Race Team Gill	Geoff Carveth	14		4		2		9		3		4		1
	4	ITA3073	39	Stenghele	Roberto Caresani	16		2		3		19		1		3		7
	5	GBR3042	54	Gill Racing Team	Craig Burton	18	4		3		2			8		1		10
	6	GBR3489	19	Red	Robert Greenhalgh	20	1		2		1			11		8		8
	7	AUS3063	32	One Design Sailing	Nathan Outteridge	21	6		4		3		4		53		4
	8	GBR3032	92	Rumbleflurg	David Cummins	25	3		8		5		2		9		7
	9	GBR3082	68	Henri Lloyd/Forelle Estates	Joe Llewellyn	26		6		13		1		4		53		2
	10	AUS3108	70	Club Marine	Glenn Bourke	27		5		1		11		53		5		5
	11	NZL3287	36	Sailing West - Sharkbait	Ben Duncan	32		16		28		4		2		6		4
	12	NED3441	17	Rivium	Paul Gast	36	9		5		8			5		9		9
	13	GBR3475	57	Perky III	Jez Entwistle	37		12		6		5	26		3		11
	14	RSA3469	49	Musto Race Ahead	Asenaithi Jim	45		3		4		10	3		53		25
	15	GER3561	86	Razzmatazz	Sebastian Dohrendorf	46	12		7		7		45		14		6
	16	ITA3543	101	Bravi Thytronic	Giovanni Meloni	49	23		12		17		5		7		8
	17	IRL3324	22	Sibelus	Mel Collins	50		17		8		21	7		16		2
	18	GBR3047	95	Parkway Pirates	Rob Gullan	51		9		14		12	11		5		15
	19	GBR3134	84	Marilyn	Dom Ford	54	5		18		9		14		8		20
	20	GBR3336	8	Uber 3	Adrian Peach	59		8		15		18	9		53		9
	21	GBR3149	16	Poor Buoy	Mark Gillett	63	17		16		6		33		19		5
	22	GBR3462	58	Underground Toys	Andrew Oddie	64	19		1		10			53		17		17
	23	GER3402	21	Norah	Daniel Spaenle	65.2	14		17		20			6		14		14.2
	24	GBR3464	5	Eric	Martin Wedge	68	15		13		22			7		11		53
	25	RUS3554	109	Team Russia	Rodion Luka	70	8		53		4			53		2		3
	26	GBR3546	98	Orthteam	Richard Catchpole	71		7		18		13		25		10		23
	27	GBR3292	93	Chill Pill	Tich Summers	72		41		7		41	10		2		12
	28	GBR3556	69	Herbie	Phil Tilley	75	7		29		15		6		53		18
	29	GBR3465	26	3 Sad Old Blokes	Jerry Hill	77		25		9		6		53		7		30
	30	GBR3079	116	Excuse Me Gents	Ann Jackson	79		19		37		8	17		21		14
	31	AUS3607	104	Wysiwyg VI	Stephen Fries	80		22		10		31	25		13		10
	32	IRL3298	64	Toucan 3	Ross Vaughan	81		43		19		17		14		19		12
	33	GBR3041	67	Robina	Dan Goodman	83	16		24		18			10		15		25
	34	ITA3606	114	Lunatico XS	Aurelio Bini	85	20		15		53			23		16		11
	35	GBR3575	56	Sailboat Deliveries	Sarah Allan	86	29		9		16		22		10		41
	36	GBR3027	63	Darling Associates	Chris Darling	86		10		11		23		32		13		29
	37	GBR3029	44	3-Some	Niall Peelo	87		11		16		22	27		11		34
	38	GBR3305	55	Rigging Gurus	Mark Richards	89		26		25		3		29		53		6
	39	GBR3517	75	Doolalli	Colin Simonds	89	18		19		12			22		18		28
	40	GBR3276	89	Trouble & Strife	Ian Armstrong	92	11		20		19		30		12		53
	41	GBR3510	52	Hutton's	Richard Wharram	95	21		10		25		21		18		30
	42	UKR3443	78	Transbunker	Polovy Valeriy	99	27		14		13			53		25		20
	43	GBR3106	37		Tom Clay	100		21		29		37	20		6		24
	44	BEL3472	35	Los Zaparteros	Alex Schoenmakers	100		14		21		36		26		23		16
	45	GBR3183	30	Respect	John Danby	102	33		11		23		8		28		32
	46	GBR3468	60	Fully Badgered	Paul Lovejoy	105	10		32		42		29		17		17
	47	GBR3021	51	Here Comes Bod	Charlie Whelan	106	44		27		24			9		24		22
	48	GBR3084	1	Eau No!	Mark Sotkes	108		20		34		26	23		26		13
	49	ITA3596	99	Briefing	Luca Bacci	109		39		24		20		53		12		14
	50	IRL3338	59	Milvus Milvus	Robert Howe	116	30		21		26		38		20		19
	51	IRL3226	112	Quantitative Easing	Paul McMahon	120	35		30		11		13		53		31
	52	IRL3312	91	Bomchickawahwah	John O'Driscoll	122		32		30		15		16		29		53
	53	FRA3078	115	Tad Minus	Vincent Biarnes	127		28		17		24	37		53		21
	54	RUS373	106	Alissa	Vladislav Ivanovski	128		29		20		14		38		38		27
	55	GBR3060	73	Finitor 7	Stewart Reed	129		35		26		28		12		32		31
	56	IRL3484	33	Seriously Bonkers x 3	Martin Cuppage	130	26		44		33			18		35		18
	57	GBR3074	3	Tonic	Douglas Paton	131		27		33		35	12		24		53
	58	GBR3515	108	The Young Pretender	Callum Calder	134	24		53		21			53		21		15
	59	GBR3126	102	Geronimo	Simon Hume	135	28		23		35			21		28		53
	60	FRA3423	76	Morpheus	Edward Russo	136		37		31		25		53		22		21
	61	GBR3545	71	Savage Sailing Team	Chris Savage	138		31		32		29	32		30		16
	62	GER3600	13	Isabella III	Reinhard Schroeder	138		23		46		30	19		27		39
	63	GBR3198	80	Magic Marine	Hugh Styles	140		15		12		7		53		53		53
	64	GBR3104	74	Retail Therapy	Charles Sheppard	140		40		38		33		17		33		19
	65	GBR3379	27	Joyride	Nick Andrews	141		18		23		51	35		39		26
	66	FRA3609	2	Marcon Yachting	Louis Marcon	143	34		25		38			34		37		13
	67	GBR3531	87	Carnage	Nick Over	143		44		50		38	24		15		22
	68	GBR3267	77	Neilson Heart of Gold	Tom Hayhoe	143	22		47		30			15		40		36
	69	GBR3319	12	Devils Advocate	Tony Jaffa	145	43		33		27		18		25		42
	70	GBR3014	61	Sponge Bob	Steve McLean	148	13		22		34			40		53		39
	71	GBR3038	119	TeamB4Ego,com2	Will Brooks	150		13		40		42	43		32		23
	72	NED3511	29		Marco van Driel	153	32		26		32		41		22		53
	73	GBR3215	79	Sail Navy	Darren Roach	153		24		27		47	34		33		35
	74	GBR3362	47	Polar Bear	Tim Newton	159		34		42		16		28		39		53
	75	POR3103	48	Viero	Piedade Colaco	160		38		45		27		20		30		53
	76	GBR3048	23	Control-Alt-Delete	Ann Ashworth	162		33		44		43		27		27		32
	77	GBR3096	72	Red Kite	Roger Harford	163		30		47		39		13		34		53
	78	UKR3522	41	Stemcor	Valentin Klymentyev	163		46		35		44		24		36		24
	79	IRL3307	31	Bad/Kilcullen	Stephan Hyde	164		36		22		34		19		53		53
	80	GBR3094	20	Xceptable	Ian Lievesley	166		52		39		32	28		23		44
	81	GBR3056	100	Woohoo	Tom Davidson	172	45		41		28		40		34		29
	82	GBR3069	66	Not just a number	Paul Hine	173	42		37		31		39		29		37
	83	IRL3033	34	Blue Bird	Cathy MacAleavey	178	47		39		53		16		31		45
	84	GBR3088	6	Healthy1.co.uk	Ray Davies	180	40		34		40			33		39		34
	85	GBR3516	14	TeamB4Ego.com	Geoff Gritton	181	25		36		36		42		42		53
	86	AUS3224	28	Jester 3	Dave Bull	183	50		31		37		31		44		40
	87	GRE3251	105	SailingHolidays.com	Ruairi Bradley	185		45		49		46		39		20		35
	88	NED3470	82	Cube	Martijn Buitenhuis	185		42		43		49		36		31		33
	89	GBR3473	85	Sceptre	Nathan Bailey	189		50		48		40	15		43		43
	90	ITA3598	96	Alghero Giorico Hotels	Alessandro Balzani	192	38		35		42		49		53		28
	91	GBR3335	24	Royal Signals	Stu Southan	192	31		38		39		48		36		53
	92	GBR3366	11	Hooligan	Guy Broom	196		47		41		50		30		41		37
	93	GBR3309	43	Narwhal	David Bates	196		51		36		48	44		35		33
	94	GBR3081	9	Prostate Cancer Charity	Ross Lang	201	36		28		43			41		53		53
	95	GBR3123	4	Mini Mayhem	Paul Craft	204		48		53		45	47		37		27
	96	GBR3519	107	May contain nuts	John Greenaway	204	41		43		49		46		38		36
	97	ITA3437	53	Lupi D'irlanda	Marco Sorgassi	204	39		42		44		50		41		38
	98	IRL3062	40		Ronan Downing	205	37		49		45			31		43		53
	99	IRL3297	90	Sunday Brunch	Richard Tate	218	49		46		41			53		44		38
	100	IRL3315	42	Sirius Black	Ken Hudson	219		49		51		52		35		45		39
	101	GBR3368	45	Kapow	Nick Barnett	223	48		48		48			37		42		53
	102	GBR3540	46	Water Music viii	Jonny Foot	229	51		45		47		51		40		46
	103	GBR3077	88	Skallywag	Rob Day	238	46		40		46			53		53		53

 

 

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