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Laser Standard Masters World Championship - The perfect day on a Laser

by Eric Faust on 28 May 2016
2016 Laser Standard Masters World Championship – Day 5 JLDigitalMedia.net
2016 Laser Standard Masters World Championship - If you asked a Laser sailor to draw up the perfect day, a day where a Laser is its absolute most fun to sail, this would be it – sun, warm water, and a steady 12-15 knot breeze. These are the conditions that make upwind sailing a challenge and make downwind sailing an absolute blast. With the wind filling every day like clockwork, so far Riviera Nayarit, Mexico has delivered these perfect conditions in spades, and the sailors here have not been disappointed.

Right on schedule, the sea breeze filled and the day’s first race was started in a 10 knot, southwest wind that quickly built to 15 knots. Although going right still seems to be the most popular tactic for the majority of the sailors, like previous days, protecting the middle of the course again paid off.

According to Mike Matan from USA, “I made it a point in this regatta to not over stand the weather mark and it’s really helped me. I see a lot of people out there who go hard right and then end up reaching into the top mark and giving up distance. I’ve been making it a point to get back to the middle of the course a bit early and it seems to help.” Matan’s sixth and fourth place finishes today keep him in seventh place overall in the tightly contested Masters Division.



Leading the Masters Division is Australian Brett Beyer, who along with American Ernesto Rodrigues each had a first and second place finish today to remain at the top of the overall standings.

In the Grand Masters Division, Gavin Dagley of Australia kept things interesting by posting a seventh place finish in the day’s first race, putting him in a virtual tie with Chilean, Cristian Herman. But in the next race, Dagley vindicated himself with another bullet to open up a five-point lead over Herman going into the final day of the regatta. The real battle in the Grand Masters Division looks to be for third place, with three sailors within five point of each other.

American, Doug Peckover, is certainly happy after his first race in the Great Grand Masters Division where he became the only sailor in the fleet to cross the finish line in front of defending champion Mark Bethwaite from Australia. Bethwaite’s second place finish becomes his discard, allowing him to keep a perfect string of first place finishes on his score line. Peckover remains in second place overall ahead of Australian, James Temple.

Tomorrow if the final day of the championship, and once again the forecast is for more, perfect Laser sailing conditions.





Top-Three Standings by Division:

Apprentice Masters Division:

1) Pablo Rabago MEX 8pts
2) Guilherme Roth BRA 14pts
3) Alejandro Rabago MEX 23pts

Masters Division:

1) Brett Beyer AUS 9pts
2) Ernesto Rodriguez USA 22pts
3) Andrew Dellabarca NZL 28pts

Grand Masters Division:

1) Gavin Dagley AUS 20pts
2) Cristian Herman CHI 25pts
3) Allan Clark CAN 37pts

Great Grand Masters Division:

1) Mark Bethwaite AUS 8pts
2) Doug Peckover USA 17pts
3) James Temple AUS 26pts

Masters Standard Results - Great Grand Master Fleet

Rank
Sail No
Name
NAT
R1
R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Total
Nett
1st 209260 Mark Bethwaite
AUS
(1.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (2.0) 1.0 11.0 8.0
2nd 195708 Doug Peckover
USA
(4.0) 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 (6.0) 1.0 4.0 27.0 17.0
3rd 202729 James Temple
AUS
2.0 (6.0) 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 (5.0) 3.0 2.0 37.0 26.0
4th 210180 Alberto Larrea
ARG
(11.0) 5.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 (8.0) 6.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 53.0 34.0
5th 166047 John Dawson-Edwards
CAN
5.0 3.0 (8.0) 6.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 (14.0 DNC) 4.0 6.0 60.0 38.0
6th 202817 John Roberson
AUS
(7.0) 4.0 (7.0) 7.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 7.0 7.0 3.0 54.0 40.0
7th 201747 Poopy Marcon
FRA
3.0 (7.0) 5.0 5.0 7.0 6.0 (10.0) 3.0 6.0 7.0 59.0 42.0
8th 194567 Timothy Millhiser
USA
8.0 (11.0) 6.0 10.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 4.0 (14.0 UFD) 8.0 86.0 61.0
9th 132332 John Black
AUS
(12.0) (12.0) 9.0 8.0 11.0 7.0 7.0 10.0 8.0 10.0 94.0 70.0
10th 208074 David Elliott
CAN
10.0 10.0 (11.0) 9.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 9.0 (14.0 UFD) 9.0 102.0 77.0
11th 203318 Fernando Rabago
MEX
9.0 (14.0 RET) 10.0 11.0 10.0 11.0 9.0 8.0 (14.0 DSQ) 11.0 107.0 79.0
12th 206041 Stephen Wawn
AUS
6.0 8.0 (14.0 DNC) (14.0 DNC) 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 126.0 98.0
13th 209410 Chris Fyans
GBR
13.0 9.0 (14.0 DNC) (14.0 DNC) 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 14.0 DNC 134.0 106.0

Masters Standard Results - Grand Master Fleet


Rank
Sail No
Name
NAT
R1
R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Total
Nett
1st 206384 Gavin Dagley
AUS
2.0 2.0 1.0 (12.0) 1.0 2.0 (9.0) 4.0 7.0 1.0 41.0 20.0
2nd 199262 Cristian Herman
CHI
4.0 (19.0) 3.0 (9.0) 2.0 1.0 6.0 1.0 3.0 5.0 53.0 25.0
3rd 208054 Allan Clark
CAN
1.0 (11.0) 8.0 1.0 7.0 4.0 1.0 (40.0 BFD) 6.0 9.0 88.0 37.0
4th 195867 Tim Law
GBR
17.0 4.0 (18.0) 2.0 3.0 3.0 (18.0) 5.0 2.0 3.0 75.0 39.0
5th 198659 Vann Wilson
USA
5.0 (28.0) 2.0 (13.0) 6.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 8.0 11.0 83.0 42.0
6th 210483 Steve Gunther
AUS
7.0 3.0 12.0 3.0 4.0 12.0 4.0 (40.0 BFD) (13.0) 2.0 100.0 47.0
7th 210477 Luke Carter
NZL
6.0 17.0 (20.0) 8.0 9.0 7.0 2.0 (40.0 BFD) 4.0 7.0 120.0 60.0
8th 169575 Mark Bear
USA
10.0 13.0 4.0 (14.0) 5.0 6.0 11.0 3.0 10.0 (40.0 RET) 116.0 62.0
9th 209268 Anthony Scali
AUS
11.0 (40.0 UFD) 5.0 (16.0) 8.0 14.0 12.0 8.0 1.0 8.0 123.0 67.0
10th 167136 Emilio Castelli
USA
13.0 (24.0) 9.0 5.0 12.0 10.0 (15.0) 11.0 5.0 4.0 108.0 69.0
11th 171729 Andre Martinie
DOM
12.0 6.0 7.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 7.0 (15.0) 9.0 (16.0) 104.0 73.0
12th 198107 Nick Page
NZL
3.0 1.0 (25.0) 4.0 18.0 13.0 (23.0) 12.0 16.0 10.0 125.0 77.0
13th 209021 Laurent Bernaz
FRA
9.0 (20.0) 16.0 6.0 16.0 15.0 (20.0) 13.0 15.0 6.0 136.0 96.0
14th 209265 Michael Hicks
GBR
(24.0) 14.0 11.0 7.0 10.0 (22.0) 17.0 9.0 12.0 19.0 145.0 99.0
15th 204391 Christopher Raab
USA
8.0 (22.0) 14.0 15.0 14.0 16.0 13.0 10.0 (22.0) 12.0 146.0 102.0
16th 187366 Peter Drasnin
USA
14.0 16.0 (29.0) 11.0 13.0 9.0 (29.0) 18.0 18.0 17.0 174.0 116.0
17th 191085 Lance Burger
RSA
15.0 5.0 13.0 18.0 20.0 18.0 8.0 (40.0 BFD) (40.0 BFD) 20.0 197.0 117.0
18th 206202 Roberto Bini
ITA
19.0 (26.0) 10.0 20.0 21.0 (27.0) 5.0 6.0 17.0 22.0 173.0 120.0
19th 205869 Jan Larkens
RSA
20.0 12.0 26.0 (40.0 RET) 30.0 8.0 (31.0) 16.0 11.0 15.0 209.0 138.0
20th 197463 Giuseppe Cavalli
ITA
21.0 (33.0) 19.0 (32.0) 15.0 26.0 21.0 7.0 20.0 23.0 217.0 152.0
21st 203944 James Stanley
CAN
18.0 15.0 6.0 (33.0) 23.0 (35.0) 16.0 27.0 31.0 24.0 228.0 160.0
22nd 191612 Ashley Deacon
AUS
(25.0) 18.0 (31.0) 19.0 17.0 25.0 22.0 19.0 24.0 18.0 218.0 162.0
23rd 204450 Alejandro Grunwaldt
URU
28.0 7.0 21.0 23.0 27.0 (30.0) 10.0 21.0 26.0 (29.0) 222.0 163.0
24th 187308 Carlos Eduardo Oetling Ladron De Guevara
MEX
23.0 23.0 (34.0) 17.0 (25.0) 21.0 25.0 20.0 14.0 21.0 223.0 164.0
25th 20359 Antonio Vertiz
MEX
29.0 9.0 15.0 22.0 19.0 29.0 (30.0) 25.0 25.0 (34.0) 237.0 173.0
26th 202123 Francois Meesemaecker
FRA
22.0 27.0 23.0 (30.0) 22.0 (31.0) 24.0 24.0 19.0 13.0 235.0 174.0
27th 201846 Luca Braga
ITA
26.0 32.0 17.0 24.0 (40.0 BFD) 17.0 14.0 17.0 (40.0 DSQ) 27.0 254.0 174.0
28th 205005 David Rosenthall
AUS
(32.0) 8.0 24.0 25.0 26.0 23.0 (32.0) 28.0 27.0 14.0 239.0 175.0
29th 204443 Juan Grunwaldt
URU
(31.0) 29.0 22.0 21.0 29.0 20.0 19.0 14.0 21.0 (30.0) 236.0 175.0
30th 192097 Philip Paxton
CAN
16.0 10.0 28.0 28.0 24.0 24.0 26.0 (40.0 BFD) (29.0) 26.0 251.0 182.0
31st 185926 Richard Quinlan
CAN
(33.0) 21.0 (33.0) 26.0 31.0 32.0 27.0 31.0 23.0 25.0 282.0 216.0
32nd 190815 Grassi Davide
ITA
27.0 31.0 30.0 31.0 (40.0 BFD) (40.0 DNC) 28.0 22.0 28.0 28.0 305.0 225.0
33rd 191568 Michael Goldfarb
USA
(35.0) 25.0 32.0 29.0 34.0 19.0 (36.0) 26.0 32.0 32.0 300.0 229.0
34th 202321 Marco Falcone
ITA
30.0 (35.0) 27.0 35.0 28.0 28.0 34.0 23.0 34.0 (38.0) 312.0 239.0
35th 199218 Gregory Simon
NZL
34.0 34.0 (38.0) 27.0 32.0 33.0 (35.0) 30.0 30.0 31.0 324.0 251.0
36th 196036 Paul Swan
USA
(36.0) 30.0 36.0 34.0 33.0 36.0 33.0 (40.0 BFD) 33.0 33.0 344.0 268.0
37th 205512 Adam Glass
USA
(37.0) 36.0 35.0 37.0 35.0 34.0 (38.0) 29.0 36.0 35.0 352.0 277.0
38th 153352 Eugene Towle
MEX
(39.0) 38.0 (39.0) 36.0 36.0 37.0 39.0 33.0 35.0 37.0 369.0 291.0
39th 100318 Rodolfo Valdes
MEX
38.0 37.0 37.0 38.0 (40.0 DNC) (40.0 DNC) 37.0 32.0 37.0 36.0 372.0 292.0

Masters Standard Results - Master Fleet


Rank
Sail No
Name
NAT
R1
R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Total
Nett
1st 199257 Brett Beyer
AUS
1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (6.0) 1.0 1.0 (3.0) 2.0 1.0 18.0 9.0
2nd 207143 Ernesto Rodriguez
USA
5.0 2.0 6.0 2.0 (9.0) 2.0 (9.0) 2.0 1.0 2.0 40.0 22.0
3rd 210488 Andrew Dellabarca
NZL
2.0 (8.0) 2.0 5.0 2.0 (29.0 BFD) 7.0 1.0 3.0 6.0 65.0 28.0
4th 199146 Benoit Meesemaecker
FRA
(7.0) 3.0 7.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 (13.0) 5.0 3.0 54.0 34.0
5th 209289 Peter Hurley
USA
6.0 4.0 (10.0) 3.0 4.0 (15.0) 2.0 4.0 4.0 8.0 60.0 35.0
6th 196812 William Pullen
CAN
3.0 12.0 3.0 8.0 1.0 8.0 (14.0) 6.0 (29.0 BFD) 7.0 91.0 48.0
7th 208838 Mike Matan
USA
(13.0) 10.0 5.0 11.0 8.0 4.0 11.0 (17.0) 6.0 4.0 89.0 59.0
8th 187994 Ari Barshi
DOM
4.0 7.0 9.0 7.0 10.0 9.0 (12.0) 7.0 7.0 (12.0) 84.0 60.0
9th 210501 David Whait
AUS
10.0 (16.0) 14.0 6.0 (15.0) 6.0 4.0 5.0 12.0 5.0 93.0 62.0
10th 210102 Niclas Bornling
USA
(16.0) (25.0) 4.0 10.0 5.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 11.0 9.0 109.0 68.0
11th 195323 Luciano Oliveira
BRA
9.0 9.0 12.0 12.0 13.0 7.0 3.0 (29.0 BFD) (14.0) 11.0 119.0 76.0
12th 191910 Ryan Minth
USA
12.0 (14.0) 8.0 (15.0) 7.0 14.0 5.0 11.0 13.0 14.0 113.0 84.0
13th 208367 Stefano Carnevali
ITA
11.0 6.0 (15.0) 9.0 12.0 13.0 8.0 12.0 15.0 (18.0) 119.0 86.0
14th 208529 Rob Woodward
NZL
(18.0) 13.0 11.0 (14.0) 11.0 12.0 13.0 8.0 9.0 13.0 122.0 90.0
15th 200378 Andriy Kanyuka
CAN
8.0 5.0 17.0 16.0 18.0 16.0 (20.0) (25.0) 8.0 16.8 RDG 149.8 104.8
16th 197460 Alessandro Castelli
ITA
19.0 (24.0) 19.0 (29.0 RET) 14.0 5.0 15.0 10.0 16.0 10.0 161.0 108.0
17th 197569 Chris Ellyatt
GBR
(22.0) 15.0 13.0 13.0 22.0 11.0 (23.0) 20.0 18.0 15.0 172.0 127.0
18th 208362 Manolis Trigonis
GRE
15.0 21.0 (25.0) (24.0) 17.0 19.0 18.0 14.0 21.0 16.0 190.0 141.0
19th 195549 Tony Nicholson
NZL
(23.0) 19.0 21.0 19.0 16.0 21.0 (22.0) 18.0 10.0 19.0 188.0 143.0
20th 208369 Massimo Ciano
ITA
(25.0) 23.0 20.0 21.0 (25.0) 17.0 17.0 16.0 20.0 17.0 201.0 151.0
21st 203193 Hector David
ARG
14.0 20.0 (22.0) (22.0) 19.0 18.0 19.0 22.0 19.0 21.0 196.0 152.0
22nd 209082 Michael Hooper
CAN
21.0 11.0 16.0 18.0 23.0 23.0 24.0 19.0 (29.0 BFD) (25.0) 209.0 155.0
23rd 196108 Jorge A. Suarez
USA
(27.0) 18.0 18.0 17.0 21.0 25.0 16.0 21.0 (29.0 BFD) 22.0 214.0 158.0
24th 208842 Joseph Berkeley
USA
20.0 17.0 24.0 20.0 20.0 24.0 (26.0) 15.0 (29.0 BFD) 20.0 215.0 160.0
25th 209473 Roberto Porter
USA
17.0 22.0 (26.0) 23.0 (24.0) 20.0 21.0 24.0 17.0 23.0 217.0 167.0
26th 208583 Simon Bell
USA
24.0 (26.0) 23.0 25.0 (27.0) 22.0 25.0 26.0 22.0 24.0 244.0 191.0
27th 186681 Kevin Currier
IRL
26.0 (27.0) (27.0) 27.0 26.0 26.0 27.0 23.0 23.0 26.0 258.0 204.0
28th 122099 Guillermo Tapia Moreno
MEX
28.0 (29.0 DNC) 28.0 26.0 28.0 27.0 (29.0 DNC) 29.0 DNC 29.0 DNC 29.0 DNC 282.0 224.0

Masters Standard Results - Apprentice Fleet


Rank
Sail No
Name
NAT
R1
R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 Total
Nett
1st 176107 Pablo Rabago
MEX
1.0 (2.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 (2.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 12.0 8.0
2nd 159795 Guilherme Roth
BRA
(2.0) 1.0 2.0 2.0 (3.0) 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 19.0 14.0
3rd 194210 Alejandro Rabago
MEX
(3.0) 3.0 3.0 (5.0) 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 31.0 23.0
4th 209639 Alfonso Aguilar
MEX
(4.0) 4.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 (6.0 BFD) 4.0 41.0 31.0
5th 166966 Fabian Gomez-Ibarra
MEX
5.0 5.0 (6.0 UFD) 4.0 5.0 5.0 (6.0 DNC) 6.0 DNC 6.0 DNC 6.0 DNC 54.0 42.0

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