ORC World Championship - Light wind opening day of racing

by ORC Media on 5 Aug 2014

Start line action in Class A Otto Kasch

A dominant high pressure center in northern Germany today challenged sailors and race managers alike in the first day of racing at the 2014 ORC World Championship, but there is one race on the scoreboard and five early leaders in the competition. The northerly breezes never topped eight knots and dropped at times below five before shutting down completely and preventing further racing today.

In Class A, the slower boats benefited from a lull in the 7.2-mile race, and were able to gain back on the larger fast boats who initially held the lead. Thus Claus Landmark's Landmark 43 Santa from Norway won the first race by over 2.5 minutes over Morten Ulrikkeholm's Oxygen from Denmark. Perhaps ironically, it was Landmark that raced this Farr 400 as Santa in the 2012-13 season, but has switched back now to his larger racer/cruiser. The three TP 52's were deep in the standings in this race, with two-time ORC World Champion Alberto Rossi on his Enfant Terrible from Italy managing only eighth in corrected time, and the race's elapsed time winner, Ole Martin Vordahl's Cookson 50 Camilla from Norway, only 10th.

H.E.A.T from Germany at start in Class B Blue © Pavel Nesvadba/Ranchi

In Class B, the fleet was quite aggressive, and race manager Stefan Kunstmann allowed two general recalls for each of the two 29-boat groups racing in this class before hoisting the Black Flag to control the crowd. Once off and running on their 7.5-mile windward-leeward course, Per Weiskvist's Ker 11.3 Visione 3.1 from Denmark found the correct path through the shifts and lulls to correct to first by over two minutes in the Yellow group, while in the Blue group it was a young team on the German Farr 30 H.E.A.T driven by Max Augustin who won by a similar margin.

Visione 3.1 from Denmark in Class B Yellow © Pavel Nesvadba/Ranchi

Augustin's success in this race came in large part from having a perfect start at the signal boat end of the line, where the nimble Farr 30 managed to swoop in to an available space where their larger rivals could not go, especially with the Black Flag flying. This gave them a front row advantage to work the shifts and vault themselves into corrected time victory.

Low Noise from Italy in light lumpy conditions © Segel-bilder.de/KYC

The two-time ORC European Championship team on Giuseppe Giuffre's modified M37 Low Noise from Italy showed their winning form today in the Class C Yellow fleet, winning the 5.9-mile windward-leeward course by an impressive three minutes in one hour 23 minutes of sailing. Yet the margin of victory in the Blue group of Class C was even more impressive: Patrik Forsgren's modified Beneteau First 36.7 Team Pro4U from Sweden defeated their closest rival by one second shy of four minutes.

'We knew the wind was very shifty today, and so tried to focus on speed rather than committing to a side of the course or fighting for a side of the line at the start,' said Duccio Columbi, helmsman of Low Noise. 'And we knew our strength is in upwind rather than downwind speed, so we used our light jib for the first upwind leg, but then changed to the Super-light jib on the second beat, and this made a big difference for us...we were always fast on these legs.'

Pro4U from Sweden, winner today in Class C Blue © Segel-bilder.de/KYC

Patrik Forsgren, helmsman on Pro4U, commented that the racing was close despite the great diversity of boat types in Class C. 'It was a very close race, many yachts with different design had done a good job,' he said. 'We got on the right side on the first leg the, and then were second to Mark 1. We had a good downwind leg and were first at the finish. Then we calculated the times and hoped we were correct, so now we are happy. After a Bronze medal for the [ORC] Europeans in 2013 and at the [ORC] Worlds in 2012, we want to get back on the podium...but a different color of medal would be great!

Racing resumes tomorrow for all classes with the first offshore race, a 62-mile course that given another light wind forecast will keep the teams out on their tour of the Kieler Bucht for 8-10 hours. This course is designed to replicate the variety of wind angles found in the Offshore Single Number handicap used for this race, but if the wind dies out the Race Committee has the option of shortening the course at several rounding marks in this race.

The Warning signal for Class A is scheduled for 8:55 AM local time, followed by the Yellow and Blue groups in Classes B and C.

Gruppe: (1,0) ORC Class A (ORCint) 1.Wf / Startzeit: 04.08.2014 11:30:00

Constructed Course: time-on-distance performance-curve

Courselength:7,18 sm

Scratch-Boat:Real

#	course length	course direction	wind direction	current direction	current speed
1	1,8	326	330
2	0,1	236	320
3	1,8	145	315
4	1,8	313	360
5	1,8	132	340

PL.	STARTNR	SEGELNR	BOOTSNAME	STEUERMANN/-FRAU	GES.ZEIT	BER.ZEIT	PUNKTE
1	23	NOR 12143	SANTA	Claus Landmark	01:28:20	01:13:45	1,00
2	29	NOR 411	OXYGEN	Morten Ulrikkeholm	01:26:13	01:16:24	2,00
3	25	NOR 12443	WHITE SHADOW	Torkjel Valland	01:32:14	01:17:30	3,00
4	15	GER 6999	SILVA NEO	Dennis Gehrlein	01:25:12	01:18:14	4,00
5	24	NOR 12343	DESTIN	Tore Kandahl	01:33:51	01:18:30	5,00
6	02c	DEN 9503	TAROK VII	Erik Berth	01:32:04	01:18:58	6,00
7	11	GER 6776	HIT	Roel van Merkesteyn	01:28:12	01:19:06	7,00
8	18	ITA 29141	ENFANT TERRIBLE	Alberto Rossi	01:20:30	01:19:34	8,00
9	20	NED 342	COIN COIN	Bas de Voogd	01:32:23	01:19:37	9,00
10	26	NOR 12811	CAMILLA	Ole Martin Vordahl	01:20:12	01:19:45	10,00
11	05c	GER 4815	IMMAC ONE4ALL	Kai Mares	01:31:08	01:20:02	11,00
12	32c	SWE 123	STORMTROOPER	Jonas Andersson	01:30:35	01:20:03	12,00
13	35	USA 18	K-FORCE	Jan de Kraker	01:33:43	01:20:19	13,00
14	04c	GER 4070	UIJUIJUI 4	Friedrich Hausmann	01:36:53	01:20:23	14,00
15	22	NOR 12000	WOLFPACK	Thomas Nilsson	01:20:49	01:20:49	15,00
16	12c	GER 6848	LM HISPANIOLA	Horst Mann	01:28:29	01:20:51	16,00
17	33	UAE 47	PLATOON	Harm Müller-Spreer	01:21:34	01:21:32	17,00
18	08c	GER 5609	TUTIMA	Kirsten Harmstorf	01:33:01	01:21:59	18,00
19	13c	GER 6868	EMBER SEA	Matthias Mier	01:26:45	01:22:57	19,00
20	21c	NED 7084	SKARP	Chris de Jongh	01:39:26	01:23:39	20,00
21	07c	GER 5588	DESNA	Sven Wackerhagen	01:36:16	01:25:07	21,00
22	30	SWE 10008	EDIN PROGRESSIVA	Roger Edin	01:24:16	01:25:09	22,00
23	28	NOR 16000	Ra Glede	Christen With	01:35:00	01:25:28	23,00
24	27	NOR 13950	NORSTEAM	Sindre Skrede	01:37:21	01:26:44	24,00
25	06	GER 5115	CHRILA	Claus Bressler	01:38:35	01:27:36	25,00
26	01	DEN 1	APM	Chris Nørgaard	01:38:11	01:28:19	26,00
27	10	GER 6260	UCA	Moritz Ruppert	01:35:57	01:33:32	27,00

Statistik: gemeldet: 27, gestartet: 27, gewertet: 27

Bootstyp: ORCi Class B (550,0 - 614,9 GPH)
Low-Point
Wettfahrtleitung: Stefan Kunstman (IRO,GER/GBR)
04.08.2014 - 14:15:47

Gruppe: (1,0) Day 1 yellow (ORCint) 1.Wf / Startzeit: 04.08.2014 12:05:00

Constructed Course: time-on-distance performance-curve

Courselength:7,56 sm

Scratch-Boat:Real

#	course length	course direction	wind direction	current direction	current speed
1	1,8	328	330
2	0,1	234	332
3	1,8	146	329
4	1,8	328	330
5	0,1	234	331
6	1,8	146	330
7	0,4	337	329

PL.	STARTNR	SEGELNR	BOOTSNAME	STEUERMANN/-FRAU	GES.ZEIT	BER.ZEIT	PUNKTE	GRUPPEN
1	02	DEN 1108	VISIONE 3.1	Per Weiskvist	01:10:49	01:07:00	1,00	Day 1 yellow
2	10	EST 499	PREMIUM	Mati Sepp	01:12:50	01:09:19	2,00	Day 1 yellow
3	59c	SWE 4646	FOXY LADY	Rickard Bergkvist	01:14:50	01:09:38	3,00	Day 1 yellow
4	46	HKG 2192	ROCKALL IV	Christopher Opielok	01:13:10	01:09:53	4,00	Day 1 yellow
5	07	DEN 437	MANDALAY	William Friis-Møller	01:15:57	01:10:38	5,00	Day 1 yellow
6	39c	GER 9903	FINESSE	Mathias Haufe	01:17:09	01:11:01	6,00	Day 1 yellow
7	14	GER 11	ISKAREEN	Sönke Bruhns	01:14:33	01:11:32	7,00	Day 1 yellow
8	24c	GER 5938	GINKGO	Dirk Clasen	01:16:58	01:12:03	8,00	Day 1 yellow
9	53	POL 2180	VIHUELA	Eugeniusz Ginter	01:18:12	01:13:12	9,00	Day 1 yellow
10	05	DEN 249	SAFRAN	Mads Elleskov	01:20:12	01:13:16	10,00	Day 1 yellow
11	06	DEN 3810	SOLDIER BLUE	Peter Kampmann	01:18:26	01:13:28	11,00	Day 1 yellow
12	12	FIN 11703	AUDI QUATTRO	Jani Lehti	01:20:10	01:13:43	12,00	Day 1 yellow
13	60	SWE 607	YRO	Percy Skyvell	01:20:26	01:13:46	13,00	Day 1 yellow
14	27	GER 6009	LEU	Albert Schweizer	01:14:05	01:14:05	14,00	Day 1 yellow
15	01	CZE 117	THREE SISTERS	Milan Hajek	01:21:33	01:14:11	15,00	Day 1 yellow
16	65	USA 38800	EXTREME WAYS	Andrew Holdsworth	01:19:04	01:14:14	16,00	Day 1 yellow
17	17c	GER 4858	BIG EASY III	Addi Bauer	01:18:47	01:14:18	17,00	Day 1 yellow
18	08	DEN 51	SIRENA	Peter Buhl	01:21:11	01:14:21	18,00	Day 1 yellow
19	49	NED 6169	ELKE	Frans Rodenburg	01:19:12	01:15:14	19,00	Day 1 yellow
20	50c	NOR 11595	SOLGANG	Rudolf Ugelstad	01:24:51	01:16:15	20,00	Day 1 yellow
21	30	GER 6433	ZEPHYR	Steffen Müller	01:19:40	01:16:47	21,00	Day 1 yellow
22	34c	GER 6661	BUKH BREMEN	Jens Ellermann	01:24:50	01:16:55	22,00	Day 1 yellow
23	35	GER 6685	SCHUDDELFROST	Martin Kehr	01:26:38	01:17:20	23,00	Day 1 yellow
24	61c	SWE 6222	TAKE OFF	Jörgen Wennberg	01:21:57	01:17:37	24,00	Day 1 yellow
25	28	GER 6316	CACILIE	Dr. Peter Leicht	01:22:34	01:17:48	25,00	Day 1 yellow
26	18	GER 5509	XTRA FUN	Horst Figge-Jänke	01:26:19	01:18:08	26,00	Day 1 yellow
27	62c	SWE 77091	SATISFACTION	Mikael Karlsson	01:25:55	01:18:49	27,00	Day 1 yellow
28	52	POL 12218	HOBART	Miroslav Zemke	01:28:56	01:20:27	28,00	Day 1 yellow
29	29c	GER 6423	AVENTURA	Joachim Hass	01:28:46	01:21:23	29,00	Day 1 yellow

Statistik: gemeldet: 29, gestartet: 29, gewertet: 29

Bootstyp: ORCi Class C (615,0-700,0 GPH)
Low-Point
Wettfahrtleitung: Fabian Bach (IRO,GER) | PRO Stefan Kunstman (IRO,GBR/GER)
04.08.2014 - 16:56:45

Gruppe: (1,0) Day 1 yellow (ORCint) 1.Wf / Startzeit: 04.08.2014 11:40:00

Constructed Course: time-on-distance performance-curve

Courselength:5,90 sm

Scratch-Boat:Real

#	course length	course direction	wind direction	current direction	current speed
1	1,6	330	330
2	0,0	236	330
3	1,4	153	330
4	1,4	335	340
5	0,0	236	340
6	1,4	153	350
7	0,2	83	350

PL.	STARTNR	SEGELNR	BOOTSNAME	STEUERMANN/-FRAU	LOA	FARBE	GES.ZEIT	BER.ZEIT	PUNKTE
1	52	ITA 15911	LOW NOISE	Duccio Colombi	11,220		01:25:17	01:23:19	1,00
2	41	GER 6669	SPORTSFREUND	Axel Seehafer	10,045		01:28:17	01:24:21	2,00
3	04	DEN 68	HANSEN	Michael Mollmann	11,345		01:24:56	01:24:36	3,00
4	07	EST 711	SUGAR 2	Erki Melts	11,436		01:26:59	01:24:59	4,00
5	08	FIN 11513	AUDI GEKKO	Hannu Niemelä	11,300		01:26:29	01:25:41	5,00
6	55	LTU 1620	EXTREME	Aistis Kalanavicius	10,600		01:26:11	01:26:19	6,00
7	71	SWE 104	VENCOM	Martin Nilsson	11,300		01:26:40	01:26:40	7,00
8	18	GER 4941	STATIC ELECTRIC	Heiko Päsler	10,720		01:30:19	01:26:49	8,00
9	15	GER 4732	CHINOOK	Johann Friedrichsen	10,060		01:31:55	01:26:51	9,00
10	26	GER 5564	HALBTROCKEN	Knut Freudenberg	10,640		01:33:08	01:28:47	10,00
11	53	ITA 16406	SOUTH KENSINGTON	Alessandro Consiglio	10,660		01:32:43	01:28:53	11,00
12	16	GER 4741	CALA VENTINOVE	Uwe Wenzel	8,750		01:39:32	01:28:58	12,00
13	32	GER 6332	DOGMATIX	Stefan Voss	10,060		01:34:36	01:29:19	13,00
14	57	NED 6252	DE ONDEUGD	Roland Berends	9,600		01:36:50	01:30:30	14,00
15	58	NED 6428	GRIEL	Robert Jockin	11,785		01:34:11	01:30:50	15,00
16	28	GER 6017	X-SUPERO	Peter Gillen	10,360		01:35:28	01:31:07	16,00
17	74	SWE 39	NORIX	Stephan Berntsson	9,991		01:32:08	01:31:29	17,00
18	38	GER 6560	JALAPENO	Hinnerk Blenckner	10,570		01:34:48	01:31:30	18,00
19	73	SWE 16532	XPLORER	Prof. Per Lundqvist	10,060		01:36:20	01:31:36	19,00
20	49	GER 7017	RELAX DE LUXE	Dietmar Wendel	11,280		01:37:18	01:31:48	20,00
21	37	GER 6511	PASSION X	Andreas Wulfes	10,720		01:35:51	01:31:49	21,00
22	61	NED 7458	ADDIXION	Harry Peterse	10,060		01:39:58	01:31:51	22,00
23	67	POL 6116	LITTLE JOHNKA	Konrad Smolen	8,250		01:34:23	01:32:39	23,00
24	09	FIN 15476	KIND OF MAGIC	Janne Timonen	11,360		01:32:36	01:32:59	24,00
25	40	GER 6630	REWIRED	Jan Duken	8,755		01:43:50	01:33:23	25,00
26	68	POL 9243	ANTIDOTUM	Marcin Mrówczynski	9,127		01:40:41	01:33:39	26,00
27	46	GER 6934	NEMO	Thoralf Wigger	7,620		01:41:14	01:34:05	27,00
28	69	RUS 297	KVARTET	Vasilii Alekseev	8,000		01:31:59	01:34:10	28,00
29	39	GER 6597	ASIA DE CUBA	Felix Hauss	12,017		01:36:31	01:34:18	29,00
30	30	GER 6100	PENTA	Ulrich Amann	11,833		01:40:06	01:36:14	30,00
31	33	GER 6337	JACARANDA	Juergen Klatt	10,660		01:39:52	01:36:17	31,00
32	35	GER 6435	REE	Bernhard Ihnken	10,494		01:38:19	01:38:03	32,00
33	19	GER 4953	PICCO BELLO	Josef Roessler	10,112		01:49:52	01:38:10	33,00