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49er and 49erFX Worlds - Mens World Champions stumble on Day 1 + Video

by Ben Remocker/Sail-World on 17 Nov 2015
Racing underway - Day 1 - 49er and 49erFX Worlds, Argentina Matias Capizzano http://www.capizzano.com
The sun has risen and the men and women of the 49er and 49er FX fleets have begun the first day of the 2015 World Championship.

The weather for day one presented an ENE early with a bit of hazy sunlight, and reasonably warm temperature of 26 degrees. Just hot enough to get the FX sailors seeking shade and trying to shake the heat effects before their fleet headed out.

The Men’s 49er fleet started in the morning session with the breeze slowly switching from ENE to a more Easterly six - ten knot wind. Consistency was not the name of the game for most of the sailors in each group. Notable sailors whom usually place well in the top ten, and from the previous South Americans sailed very much all over the board.

Sailors all noted it was quite difficult to read the patterns because, well, there weren’t any really!

Currently standing in the top three places are: first - Croatia’s Kostov/Cupac, second - Spain’s Paz Blanco/Paz, and third – Poland’s Przybytek/Kolodzinski. Our other notable countries to watch, Argentina and Sweden, are currently sitting in sixth and twelfth respectively. Argentina’s two top boats sit just one point away from one another.

Consistent sailing has paid a big dividend for the top two crews on the leaderboard. Kostov and Cupac won two races and finished 4th in the third to end the day on 6pts. The second placed crew overall, scored a brace of second places and are also on 6pts. Already the top two crews have opened a nice break on the rest of the fleet.

Defending World Champions, Peter Burling and Blair Tuke (NZL) scored two wins, but also carded an 18th place. Their predecessors, Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen also had a tough day scoring a an OCS (starting infringement) in the third race of the day and without the ability, at this stage of the regatta, to drop their worst place, the Australians lie in an unfamiliar 27th place overall on the points table.


For the women’s 49er FX fleet the afternoon posed a bit steadier ENE direction, but the pressure variance was between 4-14 knots. They might’ve had more breeze to start but as the races were sailed, the breeze pressure slowly dropped making the final race a pretty light one!

Apart from the top ten finishers, some digger races were common amongst the mid fleet in this final race.

Currently standing in the top three slots are: first - Denmark's’ Nielsen/Olsen, second - France’s Steyaert/Compan, and third - Italy’s Conti/Clapcich. Denmark’s Nielsen and Olsen had a slam dunk of a day winning the first three races and throwing out only a fifth place finish.

Countries yet to qualify for the women’s fleet from Norway and Ireland sit both in the top ten.

Day 1 down, but oh, so many more to go. The FX fleet will start tomorrow leaving the 49er fleet to hopefully see more breeze come in during their afternoon session. Wind forecast is looking similar to today’s and possible chance of thunderstorms early AM.







Results 49er

 
Pos Sail Number Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 Total Netto
1 CRO 87 Pavle KOSTOV
Petar CUPAC 
4.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 6.0
2 ESP 32 Carlos PAZ BLANCO
Anton PAZ 
2.0 2.0 2.0 6.0 6.0
3 POL 42 Lukasz PRZYBYTEK
Pawel KOLODZINSKI 
7.0 6.0 2.0 15.0 15.0
4 ESP 46 Federico ALONSO
Arturo ALONSO TELLECHEA 
8.0 4.0 4.0 16.0 16.0
5 NZL 1 Peter BURLING
Blair TUKE 
1.0 18.0 1.0 20.0 20.0
6 ARG 97 Mario SEGERS
Federico VILLAMBROSA 
6.0 9.0 7.0 22.0 22.0
7 ARG 133 Yago LANGE
Klaus LANGE 
3.0 17.0 3.0 23.0 23.0
8 NZL 117 Markus SOMERVILLE
Aaron HUME-MERRY 
9.0 5.0 9.0 23.0 23.0
9 GER 12 Erik HEIL
Thomas PLOESSEL 
7.0 3.0 14.0 24.0 24.0
10 GBR 6 John PINK
Stuart BITHELL 
8.0 12.0 4.0 24.0 24.0
11 AUT 84 Nico Luca Marc DELLE KARTH
Nikolaus Leopold RESCH 
14.0 7.0 6.0 27.0 27.0
12 SWE 500 Victor BERGSTRÖM
Victor VÄSTERNÄS 
15.0 9.0 5.0 29.0 29.0
13 ITA 44 Luca DUBBINI
Roberto DUBBINI 
9.0 14.0 8.0 31.0 31.0
14 GBR 33 Dylan FLETCHER-SCOTT
Alain SIGN 
18.0 11.0 5.0 34.0 34.0
15 JPN 81 Yukio MAKINO
Kenji TAKAHASHI 
14.0 8.0 12.0 34.0 34.0
16 ITA 22 Ruggero TITA
Pietro ZUCCHETTI 
2.0 2.0 (OCS) 35.0 35.0
17 IRL 8 Ryan SEATON
Matt McGOVERN 
17.0 16.0 3.0 36.0 36.0
18 AUS 7 David GILMOUR
Rhys MARA 
5.0 16.0 16.0 37.0 37.0
19 ESP 900 Diego BOTÍN
Iago LOPEZ 
1.0 21.0 17.0 39.0 39.0
20 DEN 30 Jonas WARRER
Anders THOMSEN 
25.0 3.0 11.0 39.0 39.0
21 AUT 29 Benjamin BILDSTEIN
David HUSSL 
4.0 4.0 (OCS) 39.0 39.0
22 ESP 161 Carlos ROBLES
Daniel CÁNOVAS 
20.0 13.0 8.0 41.0 41.0
23 POL 52 Tomasz JANUSZEWSKI
Jacek NOWAK 
22.0 6.0 15.0 43.0 43.0
24 AUS 66 Will PHILLIPS
Sam PHILLIPS 
12.0 22.0 10.0 44.0 44.0
25 BRA 332 Marco SOFFIATTI GRAEL
Gabriel BORGES 
16.0 12.0 16.0 44.0 44.0
26 GBR 77 Stephen MORRISON
Ed POWYS 
6.0 26.0 13.0 45.0 45.0
27 AUS 3 Nathan OUTTERIDGE
Iain JENSEN 
10.0 5.0 (OCS) 46.0 46.0
28 SWE 16 Carl P SYLVAN
Marcus ANJEMARK 
5.0 28.0 13.0 46.0 46.0
29 BEL 777 Yannick LEFEBVRE
Tom PELSMAEKERS 
27.0 10.0 9.0 46.0 46.0
30 FRA 13 Mathieu FREI
Noe DELPECH 
3.0 24.0 20.0 47.0 47.0
31 FRA 9 Manu DYEN
Stéphane CHRISTIDIS 
21.0 20.0 7.0 48.0 48.0
32 GER 59 Justus SCHMIDT
Justus SCHMIDT, Max BOEHME 
15.0 10.0 23.0 48.0 48.0
33 CHI 700 Benjamin GREZ AHRENS
Cristobal GREZ 
17.0 7.0 25.0 49.0 49.0
34 ARG 266 Francisco PICCINI
Tomás WAGMAISTER 
10.0 15.0 24.0 49.0 49.0
35 BRA 300 Dante BIANCHI
Thomas LOW-BEER 
13.0 18.0 18.0 49.0 49.0
36 IND 316 Ganapathy KELAPANDA
Varun THAKKAR 
13.0 19.0 19.0 51.0 51.0
37 GBR 25 James PETERS
Fynn STERRITT 
11.0 17.0 25.0 53.0 53.0
38 USA 124 Judge RYAN
Hans HENKEN 
22.0 1.0 (OCS) 54.0 54.0
39 POR 5 Jorge LIMA
José COSTA 
18.0 (OCS) 6.0 55.0 55.0
40 BEL 314 Levi SLAP
Max SLAP 
29.0 11.0 17.0 57.0 57.0
41 USA 510 David LIEBENBERG
Daniel MORRIS 
16.0 24.0 18.0 58.0 58.0
42 SUI 111 Sebastien SCHNEITER
Lucien CUJEAN 
23.0 25.0 12.0 60.0 60.0
43 SWE 21 Fritiof HEDSTRÖM
Niclas DÜRING 
25.0 26.0 10.0 61.0 61.0
44 CAN 905 David MORI
Justin BARNES 
26.0 13.0 22.0 61.0 61.0
45 ITA 23 Jacopo PLAZZI
Umberto MOLINERIS 
24.0 19.0 19.0 62.0 62.0
46 ARG 69 Gonzalo POLLITZER
José María Jose Maria DIEZ 
11.0 (OCS) 21.0 63.0 63.0
47 ARG 767 Gaston TERRAB
Federico GARCIA 
19.0 21.0 23.0 63.0 63.0
48 KOR 515 Bongjin CHAE
Dongwook KIM 
19.0 22.0 22.0 63.0 63.0
49 ITA 96 Stefano CHERIN
Andrea TESEI 
20.0 15.0 (OCS) 66.0 66.0
50 USA 808 Thomas BARROWS III
Joseph MORRIS 
21.0 14.0 (OCS) 67.0 67.0
51 ARG 141 Martín Eduardo CUBRÍA
Eduardo Andrés LOPEZ SEGURA 
(DNC) 8.0 28.0 68.0 68.0
52 USA 50 Brad FUNK
Trevor BURD 
30.0 23.0 15.0 68.0 68.0
53 IVB 284 Alec ANDERSON
Christopher BROCKBANK 
23.0 25.0 20.0 68.0 68.0
54 AUS 400 Joel TURNER
Lewis BRAKE 
27.0 (OCS) 11.0 70.0 70.0
55 KOR 142 Insub KIM
Kwon JINKYUNG 
12.0 29.0 29.0 70.0 70.0
56 RSA 105 Graeme WILLCOX
Andrew TARBOTON 
26.0 23.0 21.0 70.0 70.0
57 NZL 989 Isaac McHARDIE
Trent Merged RIPPEY MERGED 
28.0 (OCS) 14.0 73.0 73.0
58 IND 194 Aman MOHAN VYAS
Shubham PILLAI 
24.0 27.0 24.0 75.0 75.0
59 USA 17 Frederick STRAMMER
Michael KUSCHNER 
(OCS) 20.0 27.0 79.0 79.0
60 URU 177 Santiago SILVEIRA
Philipp UMPIERRE 
(DSQ) 27.0 26.0 85.0 85.0
61 NZL 45 Logan DUNNING BECK
Jack SIMPSON 
(DNC) (DNC) (DNC) 96.0 96.0


Results 49erFX

 
Pos Sail Number Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 Total Netto
1 DEN 2 Ida Marie Baad NIELSEN
Marie Thusgaard OLSEN 
1.0 1.0 1.0 5.0 8.0 3.0
2 FRA 13 Sarah STEYAERT
Aude COMPAN 
3.0 1.0 1.0 9.0 14.0 5.0
3 ITA 3 Giulia CONTI
Francesca CLAPCICH 
4.0 6.0 3.0 1.0 14.0 8.0
4 DEN 71 Jena Mai HANSEN
Katja SALSKOV-IVERSEN 
2.0 2.0 6.0 4.0 14.0 8.0
5 BRA 12 Martine GRAEL
Kahena KUNZE 
9.0 4.0 2.0 5.0 20.0 11.0
6 ESP 23 Tamara ECHEGOYEN
Berta BETANZOS 
1.0 5.0 7.0 10.0 23.0 13.0
7 NOR 26 Helene NAESS
Marie RØNNINGEN 
5.0 6.0 4.0 8.0 23.0 15.0
8 GBR 22 Charlotte DOBSON
Sophie AINSWORTH 
10.0 8.0 2.0 6.0 26.0 16.0
9 DEN 49 Maiken Foght SCHÜTT
Anne-Julie SCHÜTT 
2.0 2.0 18.0 13.0 35.0 17.0
10 IRL 997 Andrea BREWSTER
Saskia TIDEY 
7.0 9.0 16.0 2.0 34.0 18.0
11 GER 55 Victoria JURCZOK
Anika LORENZ 
9.0 3.0 8.0 7.0 27.0 18.0
12 USA 826 Paris HENKEN
Helena SCUTT 
3.0 5.0 11.0 15.0 34.0 19.0
13 FRA 97 Lili SEBESI
Julie BOSSARD 
15.0 12.0 8.0 1.0 36.0 21.0
14 GER 161 Tina LUTZ
Susann BEUCKE 
4.0 3.0 14.0 14.0 35.0 21.0
15 NOR 888 Ragna AGERUP
Maia AGERUP 
12.0 9.0 5.0 7.0 33.0 21.0
16 GER 77 Leonie MEYER
Elena STOFFERS 
5.0 7.0 9.0 20.0 41.0 21.0
17 NED 4 Annemiek BEKKERING
Annette DUETZ 
15.0 4.0 7.0 12.0 38.0 23.0
18 CAN 812 Erin RAFUSE
Danielle BOYD 
7.0 10.0 12.0 6.0 35.0 23.0
19 AUS 41 Tess LLOYD
Caitlin ELKS 
11.0 10.0 12.0 3.0 36.0 24.0
20 NZL 16 Alexandra MALONEY
Molly MEECH 
12.0 11.0 4.0 9.0 36.0 24.0
21 GER 810 Jule GÖRGE
Lotta GÖRGE 
6.0 8.0 11.0 12.0 37.0 25.0
22 USA 224 Emily DELLENBAUGH
Elizabeth BARRY 
16.0 17.0 10.0 2.0 45.0 28.0
23 CRO 112 Enia Merged NINCEVIC MERGED
Marina DUJMOVIC 
13.0 14.0 3.0 13.0 43.0 29.0
24 FIN 17 Sinem KURTBAY
Silja KANERVA 
10.0 13.0 9.0 11.0 43.0 30.0
25 SIN 284 Kimberly Min LIM
Cecilia LOW 
17.0 15.0 6.0 10.0 48.0 31.0
26 SIN 33 Griselda KHNG
Sara TAN 
6.0 20.0 14.0 11.0 51.0 31.0
27 NED 15 Nina KEIJZER
Claire BLOM 
8.0 7.0 17.0 17.0 49.0 32.0
28 USA 816 Genevieve TULLOCH
Maggie SHEA 
8.0 12.0 13.0 21.0 54.0 33.0
29 ARG 19 Victoria TRAVASCIO
María Sol BRANZ 
13.0 16.0 5.0 17.0 51.0 34.0
30 CAN 514 Arielle MORGAN
Heather MYATT 
11.0 11.0 13.0 19.0 54.0 35.0
31 JPN 117 Keiko MIYAGAWA
Sena TAKANO 
17.0 18.0 16.0 3.0 54.0 36.0
32 AUT 24 Laura SCHÖFEGGER
Elsa LOVREK 
16.0 13.0 10.0 14.0 53.0 37.0
33 FIN 101 Noora RUSKOLA
Camilla CEDERCREUTZ 
21.0 19.0 19.0 4.0 63.0 42.0
34 JPN 611 Chika HATAE
Hiroka ITAKURA 
19.0 17.0 17.0 8.0 61.0 42.0
35 JPN 808 Saki MATSUNAE
Sayoko HARADA 
14.0 15.0 15.0 18.0 62.0 44.0
36 EST 372 Kätlin TAMMISTE
Anna Maria SEPP 
14.0 18.0 15.0 22.0 69.0 47.0
37 AUT 208 Anna LUSCHAN
Eva-Maria SCHIMAK 
19.0 16.0 20.0 15.0 70.0 50.0
38 ISV 391 Mayumi ROLLER
Agustina BARBUTO 
20.0 14.0 20.0 18.0 72.0 52.0
39 JPN 283 Eri FUKASAWA
Noriko OKUMA 
20.0 20.0 19.0 16.0 75.0 55.0
40 CHI 194 Arantza GUMUCIO
Begoña GUMUCIO 
18.0 19.0 18.0 20.0 75.0 55.0
41 GBR 99 Kate MACGREGOR
Stephanie ORTON 
18.0 22.0 21.0 19.0 80.0 58.0
42 ARG 122 Belen TAVELLA
Trinidad SILVA 
22.0 21.0 22.0 16.0 81.0 59.0
43 IND 171 Varsha GAUTHAM
Aishwarya CHEZHIYAN 
21.0 21.0 (DNE) 21.0 86.0 65.0
44 IND 136 Ekta YADAV
Shaila CHARLES 
(DNF) 22.0 21.0 22.0 88.0 65.0


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