ISAF Tornado Worlds - Fluky winds with big holes

by Andrew Dowley on 6 Jan 2015

ISAF Tornado World Championships 2014-15. Martina Barnetova

At the ISAF Tornado World Championships 2014-15 Saturday’s first race saw a mixture of fluky winds with big holes across the race course. This proved tricky for some of the sailors who took the wrong side of the course on the first upwind putting them right at the back of the fleet. Some sailors got stuck and five boats were timed out from the 20 min time limit. It was Roland and Nahid Gaebler who led the fleet with their boat which was repaired overnight.

The race officer started another race but the wind died and shifted so the race was abandoned before end of the first lap. After a short wait the race officer and his team decided it was best to send the sailors back to shore under a postponement with one more race to sail.

ISAF Tornado World Championships 2014-15. © Martina Barnetova

After lunch the AP flag was removed much to the sailors’ amusement as they looked out to a lot of water and no wind. The sea breeze was coming and soon the sailors were flying out to the starting area to sail the last race of the event.

The race provided some great battles throughout the fleet with sailors chasing down places to try and improve their results. It was Gavin Colby who came out on top followed by Roland Gaebler and then Iordanis Paschalidis.

The third place result left Iordanis and Kostas seven points ahead of Brett Burvill and Ryan Duffield which meant they secured their fourth World Championship in a row.

Back on shore prize giving for Australian Tornado nationals came first with the presentations inside the club house with cheese and nibbles.

ISAF Tornado World Championships 2014-15. © Martina Barnetova

After a short break the ISAF Tornado World Championships presentation was held outside with the sun setting behind. Australian Tornado sailing legend Brian Lewis, eight times AUS champion, presented the prizes, he is one of the most decorated Australian Tornado sailors alongside Darren Bundock.

The class association and its members have had a great week of racing in Perth. A big thank you to Nedlands Yacht Club, the volunteers and sponsors for running a fantastic event.

Next year the Tornado Class will head to Carnac in France from the 5th to 12th September for the 2015 World Championships and Global Mixed Championships.

Top three Open Results

1. Iordanis Paschalidis and Kostas Trigonis (GRE7)

2. Brett Burvill and Ryan Duffield (AUS333)

3. Roland and Nahid Gaebler (GER1)

Top three Mixed Results

1. Roland and Nahid Gaebler (GER1)

2. Jurgen and Sarah Jentsch (GER211)

3. Maria Tsaousidou and Marc Baier (GER14)

Mixed podium - ISAF Tornado World Championships 2014-15. © Martina Barnetova

Open podium - ISAF Tornado World Championships 2014-15. © Martina Barnetova

2014 Tornado Worlds - Heat scores

Place	Skipper	Boat	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
1	Iordanis Paschalidis	Tornado: 01 - GRE7-Redbull	21	2	1	4	1		1	3	1	5	3
2	Brett Burvill	Tornado: 03 - AUS333-Windrush	28	4	6	2		3	3	1	2	3	4
3	Roland Gaebler	Tornado: 21 - GER1-J.J. Darboven, Marin	29.9	3		1	2	4	10	2	4.9	1	2
4	Gav Colby	Tornado: 05 - AUS05-Alter Ego	32	1	2	9	5	1	2	7		4	1
5	James Clark	Tornado: 27 - AUS331-Upstart	62	5	3	10	4		9	6	10	7	8
6	Lachie Gibson	Tornado: 13 - AUS300-Nothing Too Serio	68	9	17		6	2	12	12	3	2	5
7	Matthew Punch	Tornado: 33 - AUS322-NAUTICAL SUPP	83	8	11	11	13	6	11		5	11	7
8	Allan Gamble	Tornado: 32 - AUS3251-Sirius Minerals	85	6	8	5	16	11	8	10		8	13
9	betz markus	Tornado: 23 - GER02-Boattox	87	12	4	17	8	8	6	8		13	11
10	Paul Raymond	Tornado: 30 - AUS326-Massive Dong	96	14	9	13		5	5	15	4	15	16
11	Ethan Neaves	Tornado: 11 - AUS319-Kapeesh	96	10	15	12	10		14	13	6	6	10
12	Josef Gunkel	Tornado: 31 - GER100-Archimedes	108	16	13	18	14	14	7		7	10	9
13	Gavin Parker	Tornado: 18 - AUS325-Aeolos	110		18	26	9	7	13	11	8	12	6
14	Paul Peterson	Tornado: 04 - AUS330-Tornado Sailing	121	7	7	8	3	15	31	16		20	14
15	Gavin Davies	Tornado: 17 - RSA36-Wild Thing	126	22	20	3	31	9	17	4	11	9
16	Jurgen Jentsch	Tornado: 22 - GER211-GRIS	128	20	16	6		16	16	5	16	21	12
17	Billy Leonard	Tornado: 20 - AUS315-Hoon	131	11	22	16	12	10	20	9	13		18
18	Michael O_Halloran	Tornado: 08 - AUS8-Shergar	146	13	10	24	15	17	4	24		24	15
19	Maria Tsaousidou	Tornado: 24 - GER14-Gris	150	31	5	19	11	13	18	14	15		24
20	Stefan Bernsdorf	Tornado: 35 - AUS226	172	19	14	15	20	22	26		19	14	23
21	Bill Caunce	Tornado: 19 - NZL70-Quantum Leap	173	17	21	14	19		15	20	22	18	27
22	Bevan Chrimes	Tornado: 28 - AUS327-Sparks	176	15	23	20	23	31		19	9	19	17
23	PETER GIBB	Tornado: 07 - AUS317-VINO ROSA	186	18	19	28	17	12	19	30	12	31
24	VICENTE AMENGUAL RI	Tornado: 10 - ESP11-EL GAITERO	194	21	28	7	28	23	22	26	23	16
25	Ron Stokes	Tornado: 26 - AUS320-Full Monty	198	23		21	21	21	23	25	20	25	19
26	Glenn Neaves	Tornado: 15 - AUS319-Sail Bad The Sinn	209	24	31	29	26	20	21	23	14		21
27	Steve Glynn	Tornado: 25 - GBR415-Dinghy Rope	211	27	27	23	24	31	25	17	17		20
28	Harry Winspear	Tornado: 14 - AUS289-Dirty Harry	214	25	24	25	22		24	27	18	23	26
29	DIRK ALBER	Tornado: 12 - AUS324-VIAQUA	235	26	25	27	27	31	27	29	21		22
30	Cracknell Gwyn	Tornado: 06 - AUS251-Esoteric	240	28	29	31	29	31	28	22		17	25