Tornado World Championships - Day 1 on Lake Garda

by Andrew Dowley on 18 Sep 2012

2012 Tornado World Championships Martina Barnetova

A fleet of 41 Tornado's from 11 different nations across the World have arrived in the beautiful scenic location of Torbole on Lake Garda, Italy for the annual Mixed and Open Tornado World Championships. The competition will take place from the 17th - 21st September.

Over the past few days the teams have been out on the water practicing and perfecting their boat setup. Pablo Soldano from Ullman Sails was on hand Wednesday and Thursday for those who wanted some training and help with set up of their Tornado One Design Sails.

Sunday saw the opening ceremony followed by one practice race for the fleet before the kick off of the World Championships on Monday. The conditions were perfect for the race with 15 knots of breeze across the race course. It was Team Windrush, Brett Burvill and Ryan Duffield from Australia who came out on top. After coming third in the Worlds last year they're hoping they can hold onto their good form for the rest of the week. Competition is tough this year with many top sailors, familiar faces old and new.

Monday morning came and it was time for the Championships to kick off, two races were scheduled with a 1pm CET start time. A lovely 12 knots of wind for the sailors to contend against on their first official day.

Race one was won by last year’s champions, the Greek team of Iordanis Paschalidis and Kostas Trigonis who were followed by the new Tornado team of Matteo Ferraglia and Lorenzo Bianchini who are using the Tornado Class charter boat for the week. In third place were yesterday’s winners Brett Burvill and Ryan Duffield.

Race two saw some change from the first races results but not in the winner, again it was the Greeks who took the victory. They were followed by David Krizek and Adam Zdenek from the Czech Republic then Matteo Ferraglia and Lorenzo Bianchini were third. The German team of Hayung Schodde and Bjorn Helmerichs were unfortunately OCS so they've already used one of their discards.

Tomorrow another two races are scheduled.

2012 Tornado World Championships © Martina Barnetova

Results

No	Sail Number	Name	Points	Race 1	Race 2
1	GRE 7	Iorandis Paschalidis, Konstantinos Trigkonis, Nautikal Club Thessaloniki	2,0	1	1
2	ITA 8	Matteo Ferraglia, Lorenzo Bianchini, CV ARCO	5,0	2	3
3	AUS 330	Brett Burvill, Ryan Duffield, Nedlands Yacht Club	7,0	3	4
4	CZE 686	David Krizek, Adam Zdenek, YC LP	8,0	6	2
5	AUT 377	Manfred Schönleitner, Georg Hirsch-Stronstorff, Union Yachtclub Attersee	10,0	4	6
6	GER 1	Roland Gaebler, Nahid Gaebler, MIX, KYC-NRV	12,0	7	5
7	GRE 11	Nikos Mavros, Alexander Tagaropoulos, Nautical club of Thessaloniki	14,0	5	9
8	GER 60	Arndt Meyer, Manfred Syrowy, YCN	20,0	13	7
9	SUI 228	Martin Rusterholz, Simon Koster, RVS	20,0	12	8
10	SUI 22	Marcel Steiner, Jörg Steiner, Simpl	20,0	8	12
11	GBR 7	Joe Bennett, Marko Reynolds, Felixstowe Ferry SC	21,0	10	11
12	AUS 325	Allan Gamble, Kim Nicholas, Nedlands Yacht Club	22,0	9	13
13	GER 69	Dieter Maurer, Maren Odefey, MIX, LYC	28,0	11	17
14	AUT 3	Dietmar Salzmann, Arno Müller, YCRhd	29,0	15	14
15	GER 205	Stefan Lippert, Thomas Grassl, FCSS	32,0	16	16
16	AUT 354	Heinz Boehler, Markus Pinggera, YCRhd	33,0	23	10
17	GER 947	Guggenmos Wilhelm, Maier Alex, Segelclub Füssen Forggensee	33,0	18	15
18	AUS 305	Paul Peterson, Jared Eyles, Nedlands Yacht Club	38,0	17	21
19	GER 100	Josef Gunkel, David Gunkel, SCFF	38,0	20	18
20	GER 2	Betz Markus, Betz Andreas, SMCÜ / RVÜ	38,0	19	19
21	GER 4	Wilfried Jodorf, Ludwig Boecker, FCSS	44,0	22	22
22	NZL 89	Aaron Young, Robert Butterfield, Timaru Yacht & Power Boat Club	45,0	25	20
23	SUI 232	Jean-Marc Cuanillon, Michael Gloor, YCB / SCH	45,0	21	24
24	GBR 11	John Ready, Matt Johnson, MYC	49,0	24	25
25	GER 990	Hannes Jantke, Philipp Wetzig, Segel-Club Salzgitter e.V.	53,0	27	26
26	ITA 25	Lorenzo Sclavi, Paolo Reggio, yacht club italiano	54,0	26	28
27	GER 111	Hayung Schodde, Björn Helmerichs, Wilhelmshavener Segelclub	56,0	14	ocs
28	ESP 211	Jentsch Jürgen, Steimer Klees Sarah, MIX, SCFF/ CNSE	56,0	33	23
29	FRA 294	Jean Caron, Guillerme Nicolas, Yacht Club De Carnac	58,0	31	27
30	AUT 269	Jens Haefner, Stefan Neussl, ÖSV	61,0	30	31
31	ESP 15	Dominik Kopp, Florian Kopp, Segelclub Mattsee	62,0	32	30
32	SUI 223	Laurent Béguelin, Mottier Frédéric, CVMC	63,0	29	34
33	SUI 226	Gudrun Kolb, Dylan Teal, MIX, SCRG	64,0	35	29
34	AUT 337	Kurt Waibel, Denise Waibel, MIX, YCH	67,0	34	33
35	AUT 371	Harald Breitfuss, Anna Breitfuss, MIX, SYC	68,0	36	32
36	GER 99	Klaus Rocholl, Sven Rausch, Lübecker Yachtclub	70,0	28	dns
37	ESP 1	Antonio Bolado Cantera, Aurelio Martínez Gutiérrez, Real Club Maritimo De Santande	72,0	37	35
38	GBR 403	barry arnison, Nicole Davy Burton, MIX, gratham water	75,0	38	37
39	GER 1103	Jochen Seifert, Dusi Barske, Augsburger Segler-Club, Royal	78,0	dns	36
40	GER 13	Dirk Kroemker, Fiedler Jochen, SVGL	84,0	dns	dns
40	SUI 229	Christian Manz, Artur von Scala, SIMPL	84,0	dns	dns