Princesa Sofia – 49er Women finish with a bang, all Aussie results

by Australian Sailing on 5 Apr 2015 Trofeo Princesa Sofia – Olympic silver medallist Olivia Price (NSW) and crew Eliza Solly (VIC) have won the bronze medal in the Women’s Skiff 49er-FX last night (Saturday, 4 April). The pair finished the event with a bang by winning their medal race and moving onto the podium in third.

World number one Laser sailor Tom Burton (NSW) finished the event in fifth with teammate Matt Wearn (WA) following closely in sixth.

Five Australian Sailing crews had qualified for the medal races with Nacra 17 sailors Euan McNicol (NSW) and Lucinda Whitty (NSW) finishing the regatta in eight and Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) in tenth.

The Princes Sofia Regatta Iberostar in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (30 March to 4 April 2015) marked the start of the European season and kicked-off racing in the Northern Hemisphere for the Australian Sailing Team. Over 1200 sailors from 65 nations competed in the 46th edition of this international regatta, which has become a regular feature on the international regatta calendar.

The Australian Sailing Team was represented in two events (Laser and Nacra 17) while Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes raced in seven of the ten Olympic events. The event served as a warm-up regatta to the third ISAF Sailing World Cup of the 2015 series in Hyères, which will be the first major benchmark event and will see all Australian Sailing Team and Squad Olympic contenders compete in France from 20 – 26 April 2015.

49erFX
Australian Sailing Squad’s 49erFX crew of Olympic silver medallist Olivia Price (NSW) and Eliza Solly (VIC) had a strong finish to the finals racing series on Friday, when they won the first two races of the day, which catapulted the pair into fourth place overall going into the top ten medal race on Saturday.

In the medal race the pair continued their winning streak, winning the race and finishing the event on the podium in bronze medal position.

“We went into the medal race with the same mentality as the previous days, wanting to execute our plan and test ourselves against the rest of the fleet. Since the World Cup in Miami, we’ve been working hard at home on our speed and teamwork, and the work has been paying off this week. It was great to finish the regatta with a win in the medal race in shifty conditions”, Olivia Price said after the medal race.

“We’re looking forward to a little break here in Palma for cycling camp, before heading to Hyeres for the World Cup event.”

Fellow Australian Sailing Squad 49erFX teammates and training partners Tess Lloyd (VIC) and Caitlin Elks (WA) finished the event in 16th.

Laser
Racing had been tight in the Laser fleet as well as between the two Australian Laser sailors with the leader position changing over this week at Palma. Over the past few months, Tom Burton won the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne in December just ahead of Matt Wearn in second, Matt Wearn was on the podium at the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami at the end of January, when Tom Burton did not make the medal race.

Palma’s medal race was not the best for either and a tenth place in the medal race for last year’s winner Tom Burton and a ninth place for Matt Wearn meant the pair finished the regatta outside the medal ranks in fifth and sixth place respectively.

“Palma has been a little different than recent memories. We had very tricky breezes, which were very shifty and patchy. I found some good results at times, but I wasn’t so happy with my decision-making. So it was good to start here and get the cobwebs out in the big fleets before heading to Hyères in a couple of weeks”, Tom Burton said about the regatta.

And Matt Wearn added, “The entire regatta was extremely tough both mentally and physically. Racing was close throughout the week so there was plenty of pressure to get good results. Palma is always a great event to start year off with. Having a solid result here sets you up well for the year and now the way the World Cup circuit works it's even more important to perform at every event.”

“It has been great to keep pushing Tom throughout the regatta. I am sure we will have many more regattas where we are fighting it out at the top pushing for that Olympic spot. It's a great motivator having someone there that you always want beat,” he added when asked about the internal Australian ‘Laser battle’.

Nacra 17
Three Australian Nacra 17 crews are competing for one Olympic selection spot this season and all three raced in Palma as a warm-up to the World Cup in Hyères, France (20-26 April).

Australian Sailing Squad’s Nacra 17 crew of Olympic silver medallist Euan McNicol and Olympic silver medallist crew Lucinda Whitty had the most consistent week out of the three Australian Nacra 17 crews at Palma, and went into the medal race in sixth, finishing the event as the highest-ranked Australian crew in eighth.

AST cousins Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) were the most successful Australian crew at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander winning bronze and were the first Nacra 17 pair to qualify for the Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final when they took the Melbourne title in December, but in Palma a week of up and downs resulted in an overall tenth.

While the pair had made it up into third place after three days of racing, they dropped down to tenth on the final day and just squeezed into the medal race:

“The last two days before the medal race were pretty tricky. We struggled, had a DNC when we had a few equipment issues and couldn’t finish the race, and a couple of our other races just were not good compared to the rest of the week. We dropped from third to tenth which isn’t great at all but luckily we just scraped into the medal race.”

“The points were pretty close going into the medal race so we gave it a go but only managed a seventh place to finish off with. All in all we’ve learnt a lot at this event, which was a bit of a test event for us ahead of the next World Cup in Hyères and we are very excited to get to there in a couple of weeks.”

Australia’s third Nacra 17 crew of Olympic medallists Darren Bundock (NSW) and Nina Curtis (NSW) already earlier in the week missed the opportunity to qualify for gold fleet after they dropped down the ranks following a mast breakage. See media release here

Australian Sailing’s Finn sailors of Jake Lilley (QLD) and Oliver Tweddell (VIC) just missed the medal race after finishing the regatta in 13th and 15th respectively. Ashley Stoddart (QLD) finished 16th in the Laser Radial. For all results see below.

The Australian Sailing Team was represented in two events (Laser and Nacra 17), while Australian Sailing Squad (ASS) athletes raced in seven of the ten Olympic events.

The remainder of the team will be arriving in Europe over the next week for the third ISAF Sailing World Cup of the 2015 series in Hyères, which will be the first major benchmark event and will see all Australian Sailing Team and Squad Olympic contenders compete in France from 20 – 26 April 2015.

Australian Sailing Team and Squad results at 2015 Trofeo Princesa Sofia, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Mixed Multihull – Nacra17
- Euan McNicol (NSW) and Lucinda Whitty (NSW) – ASS: 10, 3, 10, 5, 1, 10, 18, 18, 10, 2, 5, 9, 8 – Eighth

- Jason Waterhouse (NSW) and Lisa Darmanin (NSW) – AST: 6, 7, 2, 5, 4, 2, 7, 20, 8, DNC, 8, 12, 7 – 10th

- Darren Bundock (NSW) and Nina Curtis (NSW) – AST: DNF, DNC, 5, UFD, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 4, 5 – 30th


Men's one person dinghy – Laser
- Tom Burton (NSW) – AST: 1, (20), 6, 1, 4, 10, 19, 1, 10, 16, 10 – Fifth

- Matthew Wearn (WA/WAIS) – AST: 2, 5, 16, 8, 9, 7, 1, 5, (20), 18, 9 – Sixth

- Luke Elliott (WA/WAIS) – ASS: 11, 20, 7, 8, 30, 24, (51), 8, 23, 19 – 17th

- Ryan Palk (QLD/QAS) – ASS: 10, 22, 5, 6, 26, BFD, 23, 49, 36, 31 – 34th

- Mitchell Kennedy (QLD/QAS) – ASS: 13, BFD, 28, 16, 5, 16, 6, 2, 3, 32 – 64th


Other non-AST/ASS Australian crews: Jeremy O’Connell (VIC): 18, 37, 3, 19, 42, 31, (52), 48, 13, 48 – 48th

Women's skiff – 49erFX
- Olivia Price (NSW) and Eliza Solly (VIC/VIS) – ASS: 6, 3, 16, 7, 17, 14, 10, 4, 5, (21), 1, 1, 14, 1 – Third

- Tess Lloyd (VIC/VIS) and Caitlin Elks (WA/WAIS) – ASS: 6, 13, 6, 6 (23), 11, 15, 19, 22, 13, 5, 11, 7 – 16th


Men’s skiff – 49er
- Will Phillips (VIC/VIS) and James Wierzbowski (VIC/VIS) – ASS: 16, 23, 9, 6, 11, 19, (25), 22, 21, 22, 19, 16 – 23rd


Women's one person dinghy – Laser Radial
- Ashley Stoddart (QLD/QAS) – ASS: 4, 13, 6, 9, 9, 18, 23, 17, 23, (58) – 16th


Men's one person dinghy (heavyweight) – Finn
- Jake Lilley (QLD/QAS) – ASS: 16, 9, 11, 31, 5, 23, 17, 21, (33), 5 – 13th

- Oliver Tweddell (VIC/VIS) – ASS: 11, 23, 1, 17, (44), 32, 6, 26, 21, 8 – 15th


Women's two person dinghy – 470W
- Carrie Smith (WA/WAIS) and Jaime Ryan (QLD/QAS) – ASS: 1, 13, 19, 15, 18, (19), DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC – 31st

- Sasha Ryan (QLD/QAS) and Amelia Catt (TAS/TIS) – ASS: 18, 12, 24, 14 (34), 4, 6, 7, 12, 11, 14 – 36th

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Full Results:

	SAIL #	BOW#	SPONSOR/BOAT	CREW	CLUB	NET POINTS	TOTAL POINTS
1	ARG 7	29	HALCON	Lucas CALABRESE Juan DE LA FUENTE	yacht club argentino	55	64
2	GBR 868	2		Luke PATIENCE Elliot WILLIS	WPNSA	64	105
3	SWE 348	77	RIOJA	Johan MOLUND Sebastian ÖSTLING	GKSS	81	119
4	ESP 9	5	ANYE	Onán BARREIROS RODRÍGUEZ Juan CURBELO CABRERA	Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria	90	106
5	JPN 12	4	THREEBOND	Tetsuya MATSUNAGA Yugo YOSHIDA		90	113
6	JPN 11	16	ABEAM CONSULTING	Kazuto DOI Kimihiko IMAMURA	470 International Class Association	95	124
7	USA 1713	6		Stu MCNAY Dave HUGHES	New York Yacht club/ Beverly Yacht club/	98	122
8	SWE 349	3	MAUI JIM	Anton DAHLBERG Fredrik BERGSTRÖM	KSSS	102	134
9	GRE 1	1	STAR BULK	Panagiotis MANTIS Pavlos KAGIALIS	PSC/NOKV	103	144
10	FRA 76	24		Guillaume PIROUELLE Valentin SIPAN	SNPH	109	139
11	RUS 5	11		Pavel SOZYKIN Denis GRIBANOV	KRASNODAR REGION,?SKA VMF/Krasnodar Region, CSKA VMF	103	135
12	SWE 350	27		Carl-Fredrik Fock Marcus DACKHAMMAR	GKSS	108	133
13	AUT 3	12	WALTRAUD	Matthias SCHMID Florian REICHSTAEDTER	YCBb	108	142
14	NZL 2	9		Paul SNOW-HANSEN Daniel WILLCOX	Wakatere/Murrays Bay	116	147
15	FIN 7	13		Joonas LINDGREN Niklas LINDGREN	HSK	122	152
16	RUS 2	22		Mikhail SHEREMETEV Maksim SHEREMETEV	S. Petersburg Sailing Academy	123	164
17	ESP 44	10	MOVISTAR - MAPFRE	Jordi XAMMAR HERNANDEZ Joan HERP MORELL	Club Nàutic Garraf	128	161
18	CHN 67	30		Zangjun XU Wei WANG	CYA	130	162
19	AUT 437	17		David BARGEHR Lukas MÄHR	Yacht Club Bregenz	142	176
20	GER 55	15	AUDI SAILING TEAM GERMANY,SAP	Jasper WAGNER Dustin BALDEWEIN	VSaW	143	184
21	GRE 165	14	GOLDEN CARGO	Panagiotis KAMPOURIDIS Efstathios PAPADOPOULOS	NOE/OSFP	147	188
22	ISR 14	51		Eyal LEVIN Dan FROYLICHE	SDOT-YAM/	148	181
23	TUR 1	43		Deniz CINAR Ates CINAR	Galatasaray	151	192
24	ITA 2	74	MARINA MILITARE	Gabrio ZANDONÀ Andrea TRANI	Marina militare /Marina militare	155	188
25	ITA 10	34	SLAM	Matteo CAPURRO Matteo PUPPO	YACHT CLUB ITALIANO	161	197
26	CHN 1267	20		Hao LAN Chao WANG	CYA	166	201
27	FRA 79	66		Hippolyte MACHETTI Sidoine DANTÈS	S R Antibes	170	205
28	SUI 16	8	TCHORA CURRONTA	Yannick BRAUCHLI Romuald HAUSSER	SCENGE	170	211
29	ESP 13	63		Enric NOGUERA SERRA Pedro TERRONES GARI	CV Puerto dAndratx/CN sArenal	173	212
30	ISR 277	28		Gal COHEN Ben BARAK	Hapoel Til aviv	178	219
31	ESP 22	32	LANZAROTE RESERVA DE LA BIOSFERA	Rayco TABARES Alfredo GONZALEZ	Real Club Náutico de Arrecife	181	222
32	GER 15	19	STELLA	Julian Autenrieth Philipp Autenrieth	Bayerischer Yacht Club	184	219
33	BEL 16	38		Corentin DEMANET Quinten LAUWERS	BRYC	190	227
34	POR 10	33		Joao VILLAS-BOAS Miguel NUNES	Clube Naval de Cascais	194	230
35	BRA 54	23		Henrique HADDAD Bruno BETHELM	470 International Class Association	207	248
36	ITA 757	52		Giacomo FERRARI Giulio CALABRO	470 International Class Association	212	252
37	JPN 7	46		Shibuki IITSUKA Shinji HACHIYAMA	Security Protection Network	219	259
38	ESP 1	37		David CHARLES VILA Alex CHARLES VILA	Club Nàutic El Balís	221	260
39	FRA 4	26		Vianney GUILBAUD Vincent GUILLARM	CVSQ	226	267
40	GBR 844	64		Tim RILEY James TAYLOR	Warsash/HISC	260	299
41	GER 10	7		Ferdinand GERZ Oliver SZYMANSKI	SVW/JSC, SVW	66	89
42	ITA 29	21	.	Simon SIVITZ KOSUTA Jas FARNETI	yacht club cupa	73	109
43	USA 89	42		Jordan FACTOR Matthew WEFER	US Sailing Team Sperry/US Sailing Team Sperry / Sea Cliff YC	104	135
44	BRA 1	18	-	Geison Mendes DZIOUBANOV Gustavo Canal THIESEN	CBVela - VDS	110	151
45	ESP 11	58		Nahuel RODRIGUEZ PEREZ Nicolás RODRÍGUEZ GARCÍA-PAZ	Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria/Real Club Náutico de Vigo	111	148
46	CAN 6	41	RUDY	Jacob SAUNDERS Graeme SAUNDERS	CYC / NSRNSYS	128	169
47	UKR 9	53		Borys SHVETS Pavlo MATSUYEV	SPARTAK	136	160
48	FRA 18	31	CARA/MUTUALIA/KAYAROPES	Hugo FEYDIT Charlie AGENEAU	CN La Tremblade	139	174
49	GRE 10	50	SHELL PROMOTION	Vasilis PAPOUTSOGLOU Ioannis ORFANOS	Piraeus Sailing Club	140	180
50	GER 11	45	WUERTTEMBERGISCHER YACHT-CLUB	Simon DIESCH Patrick AGGELER	WYC	150	180
51	DEN 164	39		Balder Marius TOBIASEN Magnus Jung JOHANSEN	KDY	162	203
52	GER 13	40		Malte WINKEL Matti CIPRA	Schweriner Yacht Club/Plauer Wassersport Verein	164	195
53	ESP 28	65	MAGIC MARINE - VELA ALBORAN	José Manuel RUIZ SÁNCHEZ Fernando DÁVILA	Club Náutico Mar Menor/Club Náutico El Candado	172	213
54	ITA 300	36	RIBOT	Emanuele SAVOINI Enzio SAVOINI	Lni sez Genova	172	207
55	JPN 8	35		Naoki ICHINO Takashi HASEGAWA	WAKAYAMA SAILING CENTRE	173	211
56	ITA 100	49		Niccolò BERTOLA Jacopo IZZO	C.S. Aeronautica Militare/LNI Ostia	176	216
57	POR 7	25	RESUL SAILING TEAM - VERTTY	Antonio MATOS ROSA Joao MATOS ROSA	Club Naval de Cascais	179	219
58	SIN 11	79		Darren CHOY Jeremiah YEO		186	222
59	AUT 477	48		Stefan SCHARNAGL Helmut SCHULZ	Segelclub Mattsee/Uyc Wolfgangsee	203	238
60	ARG 9	78		Agustin ROMERO Fermin JACOBS	yacht club argentino	203	243
61	FRA 95	76		Thomas PONTHIEU Quentin PATURLE	S.R.Antibes	212	245
62	SUI 46	61		Kilian WAGEN Grégoire SIEGWART	CNPully/CNMorges	212	246
63	RUS 10	47		Kristian CHEKH Denis GORETIY	Russian Youth Sailing Team	213	247
64	POR 11	62	BANCO BIC	Diogo Pereira Manuel Macedo	Clube Naval de Cascais	217	257
65	SUI 97	68	FURIA	David BIEDERMANN Max HAENSSLER	Bordee de Tribord	218	258
66	POL 50	69		Kamil CESARSKI Beniamin WASZKIEWICZ	BAZA	221	255
67	FRA 5	44	SALUFRED	Rémy THUILLIER Mathieu CORRUBLE	SNPH	225	265
68	GBR 840	55	MARCO	Ben HAZELDINE Rhos HAWES	HISC FPSC/HISC SCSC	235	276
69	FRA 25	59		Nicolas FERELLEC Hugo LAURAS	USAM Voile/SRB	239	275
70	POL 34	57	POSEJDON	Filip FLOREK Dominik JANOWCZYK	Sejk PogonSzczecin / WCSS	241	280
71	POL 32	75	SLEDz	Maciej SAPIEJKA Adam KREFFT	SEJK Pogon Szczecin/WCSS	243	281
72	UKR 57	60		Igor LVOV Ivan PAVLUSYK	KPDY/Spartak	248	288
73	TUR 1905	54	BLUEBLUE	Tora KUTOGLU Abdullah BAGLICA	Turkish Sailing Team	250	287
74	RUS 413	72		Boris KUCHERENKO Alexandr MOSKVICHEV	Saint-Petersburg sailing academy	251	291
75	ISR 9	67		Ian BARZELLAY Nir BARZELLAY	/Bnei Herzliya	252	289
76	TUR 2	56		Halil DEMIREL Firat SAHIN	GOKOVA SAILING CLUB/gökova yelken kulübü	255	295
77	ITA 69	71	SALINI IMPREGILO	Matteo PINCHERLE Ludovico BASHARZAD	C.C.Aniene	268	308
78	FRA 20	70		Brice YRIEIX Baptiste BERTHIER	SNO/SR Brest	300	341
79	ANG 1	73		Matias MONTINHO Paixao AFONSO	Clue Naval de Luanda/cLUB NAVAL DE LUANDA	312	353