ORCi World Championships - Perfect conditions on day 3

by Otto Aalto on 9 Aug 2012

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Day three of the Audi ORCi Offshore World Championship was welcomed by a moderate breeze and seas that yielded the perfect conditions to allow for the resumption of inshore racing. Class A caught up on their schedule with three races completed, while Class B finished the day with two final races in their qualifying series to determine the teams advancing to the Gold and Silver fleets for the remainder of the event.

Reigning World Champion Alberto Rossi and his Italian team led by America's Cup tactician Thomasso Chieffi on their Farr 40 Enfant Terrible continue to lead the pack in Class A, but just four points ahead of the 2011 European Champion Silva Hispaniola, Peter Schmidt's Evento 42 from Germany.

But by any measure the best boat of the day in Class A was Roberto Monti's Felci-designed GP42 Airis from Italy on scores of 1-3-1. This impressive performance was in sharp contrast to their first two days of mid-fleet finshes, but has helped vault them up into fourth place, only two points from the third place holder, Juss Ojala's Estonian GS 42R Amserv.

In contrast, the early event leader, Jahni Lehti's Finnish GS 42R Audi, got caught in the first race's black flag start to add a whopping 48 points to an otherwise good scoreline. This team will no doubt bounce back into contention once seven races are completed and this score is dropped from their total.

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In Class B1, the leading team simply continued their winning ways, adding two more bullets to their scorecard. Mihkel Kosk's Estonian NM38S Sugar 2 sailed flawlessly to lead the pack, and enjoys a 7-point lead over runner-up Lenco, Nico Brabers's Salona 37 from Holland. But Juergen Klinghardt's 2010 World Champion team from Germany on his X-332 patent3 are tied on points with Lenco, and will no doubt keep the bigger boats worried by continuing to challenge them in corrected time into the next round.

Patrik Forsgren's Swedish modified First 36.7 Team Arken Zoo had another good day on two seconds in Class B2, but the day's winner in this class was Vincenzo de Blasio's NM 38S Scugnizza on their impressive double-bullet performance.

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The Gold Fleet cut was made at 19th place in Class B1, so Leif Englund's Swedish Dehler 34 SV Dehlta made it through, as did Kristen Pugi's Estonian First 34.7 Evelyin III at 19th place in Class B2. There are, however, numerous protests being heard this evening by the International Jury led by Lars Nyqvist, so these mid-fleet results may be re-shuffled.

Inshore racing continues tomorrow in Day Four of the championship, with light northerly winds in the forecast.

GENERAL RESULTS

Class : A

Pos	Sail nr.	Yacht	Owner	Club	Type	1	2	3	4	5	Points
1	ITA40091	Enfant Terrible	Alberto Rossi	Ancona YC, Italy	Farr 40	2	2	6	11	4	25
2	GER5611	Silva Hispaniola	Heinz Peter Schmidt	FSC, Germany	Evento 42	12	1	4	5	7	29
3	EST550	Amserv	Puhas Tuul OU	DAGO, Estonia	Grand Soleil 42R	4	3	8	7	11	33
4	ITA4200	Airis	Cesare Bressan	CNSM, Italy	GP 42	14	15	1	3	1	34
5	NOR12000	Wolfpack Trucknor	Wolfpack AS	RNYC, Norway	TP 52	23	6	9.5	4	2	44.5
6	FIN45	Nicole CRAMO	Riku Nissila	HSK, Finland	X-41	9.5	7	7	15	10	48.5
7	SWE4	Harriet II	Johan Delin	KSSS, Swededn	XP 38	5	9	5	23	19	61
8	FIN11514	Audi Connect	Teemu Kekkonen	EPS, Finland	XP-38	16	4	19	12	17	68
9	SWE1152	Blixt Pro Sailing	Blixt Pro Sailing	NJK, Finland	TP 52	15	48 DNF	3	1	3	70
10	SWE4646	FoXy Lady	Rickard Bergqvist	Norrkopings SS, Sweden	IMX 40	9.5	13	15	8	25	70.5

Full results here

GENERAL RESULTS

Class : B1

Pos	Sail nr.	Div	Yacht	Owner	Club	Type	1	2	3	4	5	Points
1	EST711		Sugar 2	Leitvaagen OU	PJK, Estonia	NM 38S	2	1	1	1	1	6
2	NED9110		Lenco	Nico Brabers	Nordzee, Netherelands	Salona 37	1	3	3	4	2	13
3	GER5533	C	patent3	Juergen Klinghardt	NRV LYC, SKWB, Germany	X-332 Sport	4	2	2	2	3	13
4	SWE334	C	Boxer	Mats Vicotrin	VBK, Sweden	X-332 Sport	3	5	5	8	9	30
5	EST465	C	Jazz	Alfa GPS OU	Kalev JK, Estonia	First 34.7	14	4	7	3	4.5	32.5
6	FIN11399	C	Neverita	Jukka Nieminen	EPS, Finland	Salona 37	5	6	19	7	6	43
7	SWE248		Shakira	Christer Cederblad	SS Aros, Sweden	Deheler 36 JV	12	19	8	9.5	8	56.5
8	SWE4766		Perfect Excuse	Stefan Peterson	Norrkopings SS, Sweden	X-362 Sport	11	8.5	6	19	15	59.5
9	FIN12332	C	Xelina	Nils Rostedt	ESF, Finland	X-332	6	16	11	12	16	61
10	FIN10094	C	Stella	Vesa Sarkikangas	HTPS, Finland	Finngulf 37	16	11	9	22	4.5	62.5

Full results here

GENERAL RESULTS

Class : B2

Pos	Sail nr.	Div	Yacht	Owner	Club	Type	1	2	3	4	5	Points
1	SWE88	C	Team Arken Zoo	Patrik Forsgren	KSSS, Sweden	First 36.7 mod	3	1	1	2	2	9
2	ITA16639		Scugnizza	Vincenzo de Blasio	CC Napoli,, Italy	NM 38S	2	2	10	1	1	16
3	SWE104	C	Feelgood	Martin Nilsson	Hjuviks BK, Sweden	Salona 37	1	4	3	6	11	25
4	EST406	C	Mereparl	Ou Rota	Parnu JK, Estonia	First 36.7	5	8	2	8	5	28
5	FIN7540	C	dat wor et	Heinz Mach	ASS, Finland	X-332	15	3	7	3	6	34
6	GER4732	C	Chinook	Johann Friedrichsen	FYC, Germany	X-332	11	7	5	4.5	7	34.5
7	SWE16532	C	Epsilon Explorer	Per Lundqvist	KSSS, Sweden	X-332	17	5	4	4.5	14	44.5
8	FIN8856	C	Ramdata	Sakari Laulajainen	KLV, Finland	Dehler 33 Classic	16	6	6	13.5	17	58.5
9	FIN10810		FinnFUN	Tom Finell	ESF, Finland	Finngulf 331	8	12	17	18	8	63
10	EST407	C	Silva	Sampo Pank AS	Kalev JK, Estonia	First 36.7	9	17	14	16	10	66