Big breeze baptism of fire for 2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships

by True Angle on 31 Aug 2016

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 1 Neuza Pereira

The Cascais SB20 World Championships got off to a strong start today, Tuesday August 30 with three races held in testing but hugely enjoyable conditions with Portuguese sun and strong breezes.

The first two races of the day were held offshore on an Atlantic course, in 15-25 knot north-westerly breezes with gusts in the high 20s, creating magnificent downwind conditions for the asymmetric sportsboat fleet. Competitors enjoyed a sleigh ride on the Atlantic rollers on the offwind legs, reaching speeds of up to 18 knots.

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 1 © Neuza Pereira

For the third race organisers from the host Clube Naval de Cascais moved the racing closer inshore, which added a tactical element to the day with reading the shifts proving key.

In a day that tested both boat handling, crew work, stamina and wind strategy, few teams managed to avoid a mid-fleet, high scoring finish. By far the boat of the day was Hugo Rocha, sailing New Territories (RUS 3711), who scored two, three, one over the days’ three races to clearly lead overnight. Rocha is a Portuguese Olympic medallist who was runner-up at the 2014 SB20 World Championships and is looking to go one better this time.

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 1 © Neuza Pereira

Vasco Serpa and team on Animal/Clever Mobility (POR 3114) had a strong start to their regatta with a one - two finish, coming back from their first result of an 11th. Chris Dare’s Australian team on Flirtatious also picked up two podium finishes and a 14th to finish third at the end of the day. The first race win went to Ukranian Olympian Rodion Luka (Luka, UKR2042), but a 25th in the third race could prove a problem with just one discard over the series.

Gabriel Skoczek and France Jeune SB20 (FRA3653) and his Youth team are currently in fourth place, while first Master helm is Jerry Hill in 14th on Sportsboatworld.com (GBR3750). Top lady helm is Mathilde Geron with Team Xavier Bourhis Generali (FRA3423) in 19th place.

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 1 © Neuza Pereira

With six different nations represented in the top 10 competition looks set to be fierce for the Nations Cup, the trophy that will be awarded to the country with the three best results. Currently Russia is in the lead, followed by Portugal with 92 points and then France with 134 points.

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships - Day 1 © Neuza Pereira

The Cascais SB20 World Championships feature live tracking, allowing spectators to watch the action online – visit website.

Racing continues until Saturday, 3rd September, with 14 races scheduled in total for the 75 competing teams.

Results:

Series Place	Sail No	Bow No	Helm	ISAF No	Crew	Crew2	Club	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
1	RUS3711	52	Hugo Rocha	PORVR1	Alex Semenov	Fran Palacios, Gonçalo Barreto	YC St-Petersburg	6	2	3	1
2	POR3114	7	Vasco Serpa	PORVS2	Joaquim Moreira	Pedro Costa Alemao	CNCascais	14	11	1	2
3	AUS3735	1	Chris Dare	AUSCD14	Oliver Tweddell	Ella Clark	Sorrento SBC	19	14	2	3
4	FRA3653	58	Gabriel Skoczek	FRAGS12	Michel Emeric	Lucas Chatonnier , Marine Boudot	YCAntibes	19	3	6	10
5	AUS3731	21	Michael Cooper	AUSMC46	David Chapman	Matthew Johnston	RYCTasmania	22	4	13	5
6	RUS3709	40	Vladimir Prosikhin	RUSVP7	Artem Basalkin	Alex Martemiyanov	YC St-Petersburg	25	6	7	12
7	UKR3042	80	Rodion Luka	UKRRL1	Andrey Klochko	Igor Severianov,Tomás Barreto	Kiev Racing YC	30	1	4	25
8	POR3620	46	José Caldeira	PORJC23	Helder Basílio	Tiago Leal, Mariana Lobato	ANMadeira	35	19	12	4
9	GBR3724	62	John Pollard	GBRJP4	Rob Smith	Benn Warnick	Royal Torbay YC	36	7	23	6
10	GBR3728	17	Richard Powell	GBRRP55	Tim Burnell	Ben Vines	Royal Ocean RC	42	10	18	14
11	POR3105	12	José Paulo Ramada	PORJR9	Gonçalo Ribeiro	Rita Gonçalves,Miguel Leal Faria	CNCascais/Dom Pedro	43	9	11	23
12	FRA3580	37	Kevin Peponnet	FRAKP2	Achille Nebout	Bruno Mourniac , Camille Rossi	YCMC/SRR	51	5	20	26
13	NED3714	35	Marco van Driel	NEDMV67	Joost Assmann	Martijn Worseling	WSV Braassemermeer	53	29	15	9
14	GBR3750	23	Jerry Hill		Alan Hillman	Craig Watson	RSrnYC	54	22	5	27
15	RUS3722	64	Vasily Grigoriev	RUSVG11	Mikhail Markin	Valeriy Ushkov	Pirogovo	55	26	9	20
16	POR3111	45	Manuel Marques	PORMG3	Rui Bóia	Hugo Mastbaum	CNCascais	56	32	16	8
17	POR3115	29	Rui Brites		Henrique Brites	Francisco Andrade, Mariana Freitas	CNCascais	62	15	14	33
18	IRL3065	51	James Gorman	IRLJG26	Rory Fitzpatrick	Neil O'Toole, Laura Jackson	National YC	64	12	36	16
19	FRA3423	61	Mathilde Geron	FRAMG11	Sophie de Turckheim	Julie Bossard , Alice Ponsar	CMVSB	64	17	30	17
20	FRA3706	2	Edward Russo	USAER67	Gilles Favennec	Cedric Chateau	CNValeriquais	67	13	22	32
21	RUS3707	47	Vadim Pushev	RUSVP10	Timur Sabirzianov	Alexander Mikhailov	YC St-Petersburg	71	27	31	13
22	POR3103	20	Luis Santos	PORLS5	Antonio Santos	Rui Duarte	CVSado	78	31	17	30
23	FRA3034	24	Johan Ravier	FRAJR36	Helene Urruti	Frederic Perroche, Alice Chiaporri	YCCannes	78	40	19	19
24	POR3558	30	Diogo Pereira		Fausto Briosa	Luís Queiroz	CVAtlantico	78	23	33	22
25	FRA3721	69	Hugo Feydit	FRAHF4	Valentin Sipan	Mathieu Corruble , Paola Amar	Cn La Tremblade	79	21	8	50
26	FRA3655	70	Charles Caudrelier	FRACC43	Pascal Bidegorry	Thomas Rouxel , Malo Abguillerm	DongfengRT	80	8	34	38
27	ITA3543	49	Antonillo Ciabatti	ITAVG1	Vincenzo Graciotti	Nando Colaninno	YCRiviera del Conero	81	30	27	24
28	GBR3732	4	Joe Llewellyn	GBRJL3	Jeremy Vigus	Nigel Wakefield	Wessex Exiles	84	18	38	28
29	FRA3609	42	Piriou Tugdual	CALTP1	Jade Lestré	Yan Rigal, Tom Picot	CNCaledonien	85	52	26	7
30	POR3738	14	Nuno Vasconcelos Porto		Francisco Ancêde	Diogo Costa, Pedro Costa	CVAtlantico	85	28	28	29
31	POR3616	19	John Tavares	PORJT3	Paulo Manso	Jorge Ferreira	ANMadeira	87	48	21	18
32	RUS3420	66	Igor Ginzburg	RUSIG12	Basalkina Anna	Krivov Oleg, Klepikov Leonid	YC St-Petersburg	95	44	40	11
33	RUS3708	5	Kirill Frolov	RUSKF1	Alexey Murashkin	Egor Ignatenko	YC St-Petersburg	97	25	51	21
34	POR3341	18	David Aleixo	PORDA1	Miguel Guimarães	David Abecassis , António Barros	CNCascais	99	37	10	52
35	GBR3710	28	Tich Summers	GBRBS10	Scott Graham	Nick Elder	Royal Tay YC	99	16	52	31
36	GBR3720	25	Adrian Peach	GBRAP17	Garry Phare	Jim Short	Royal Torbay YC	106	35	24	47
37	BEL3311	50	Jan Alleman		Paul Jonckheere	Geert Orbie	RNSYC	112	62	35	15
38	IRL3739	22	Ger Dempsey	IRLGD6	Chris Nolan	Maeve Judge, Blair Stanaway	Royal Irish YC	112	47	25	40
39	POR3505	3	Vasco Passanha	PORVP5	Diana Neves	Carlos Leitão, Rafael Rodrigues	CNCascais	119	34	49	36
40	IRL3537	41	Chris Arrowsmith	GBRCA29	David Cahill	Colin Galavan	Royal St George YC	122	42	46	34
41	POR3652	44	Paulo Palha		André Gonçalves	António José Barros, Rita Leal faria	CVAtlantico	126	46	29	51
42	POR3203	15	Margarida Aguiar	PORMA10	Sofia Regojo	Ana Champalimaud,Maria João Marques	CNCascais	127	43	42	42
43	UKR3726	38	Anna Kyselova	UKRAK17	Ivan Pavlusik	Anatolii Petrov, Irina Dorosheva	Odessa	131	36	37	58
44	POR3427	6	João Villas-Boas	PORJV6	José Camelo	Guilherme Gomes, Nuno Bajanca	CNCascais	136	33	58	45
45	RUS3730	78	Aleksey Kolobanov	RUSAK72	Gaiane Kolovalova	Bozhko Aleksander, Manuel Cruz	YC St-Petersburg	137	53	45	39
46	CHN3557	76	Kong Chengheng		Chen Jinhao	Liu Xue	DongfengRT	139	57	41	41
47	POR3723	54	Pedro Ambrósio	PORPA4	Miguel Oliveira	Francisco Oliveira	CVAtlantico	140	49	43	48
48	GBR3069	59	Ian Hudson	GBRIH3	Niall Peelo	Helen Macnamara, Laura Woosey	Warsash SC	141	56	32	53
49	GBR3716	77	Simon Hume		Oli Nedham	John Malone	Itchenor SC	145	38	53	54
50	AUS3390	34	Phil Reid		Sam Ibbott	Andre DeClerck	RYCTasmania	147	54	50	43
51	GBR3057	60	John Outhwaite	GBRJO15	David Atkinson	Carl Outhwaite	Royal Ocean RC	150	58	48	44
52	RUS3512	33	Vladislav Ivanovskiy	RUSVI06	Alexey Egorov	Vitaliy Nosach, Ekaterina Bessonova	YC St-Petersburg	156	61	39	56
53	GBR3027	32	Alec Russell		Mark Lees	Jess Lees, Rich Pull	RSrnYC	156	41	66	49
54	GBR3740	63	Doug Innes	GBRDI1	Martin Fox	Gareth Glover	RoyalSouthamptonYC	157	45	47	65
55	POR3286	9	Tiago Roquette	PORTR1	João Leite de Castro	Luis Pessanha	CVAtlantico	158	DNF77	44	37
56	BEL3345	27	Bart Tytgat	BELBT2	Hielke Krijnen	Kristof Woutters	RNSYC	165	50	60	55
57	OMA3560	75	Fahad Al Hasni	OMAFAZ	Yasir al Rahbi	Raad al Hadi	Oman Sail	170	59	54	57
58	ITA3637	48	Massimo Fullone		Andrea Airo	Nikolaos Mascoli, Pierfrancisco Schiavone	CVOndabuena	174	20	DNC77	DNC77
59	POR3525	72	Diogo Barros	PORDB3	Luis Alonso	Tiago Morais	CWDSailing	178	24	DNC77	DNC77
60	SUI3169	13	Ueli Guggenbuehl	SUIGU2	Caspar Guggenbuehl	Heinrich Guggenbuehl	CNCascais	178	70	62	46
61	GBR3276	39	Harry Barker		George Chilvers	Christopher Merril, Olive Bazfour	Radley College SC	178	63	55	60
62	IRL3060	71	Stefan Hyde		Graeme Grant	Tara Flood, Clara Hynes	Royal Cork YC	179	DNC77	67	35
63	POR3092	55	Patrick Lindley	GBRPL39	Pedro Simões	Luís Vasconcelos Dias	CNCascais	183	60	57	66
64	POR3411	10	Diogo C Mendes		Ana Santos	Bernardo Loureiro, Duarte Teles	CNCascais	186	71	56	59
65	POR3581	68	Andrei Balaykin	RUSAB45	Maksim Fedorov	Valentin Uvarkin	Pirogovo	188	68	59	61
66	FRA3576	26	Benoit Melen	FRABM11	Gregory Baum	Eric Brioist	YCCarnac	188	64	61	63
67	RUS3523	67	Iurii Popov	RUSYP4	Igor Svirida	Oleg Chugunov	YC St-Petersburg	193	39	DNC77	DNC77
68	GBR3305	65	Gary Baker	USAGB75	Dan Craft	Chris Odonnell	Warsash SC	195	65	68	62
69	POR3090	53	Paulo Lobo		Elisio Lourenço	Filipe Carioca, João Soeiro	CNCascais	200	67	65	68
70	GBR3516	43	Rob Clark		Alexey Farenyuk	Manuel Arriaga e Cunha	CVLagos	205	51	DNC77	DNC77
71	OMA3256	74	Ali Al Balushi	OMAAA10	Abdulrahman Al Mashari	Sami Al Shukaili	Oman Sail	205	DNC77	64	64
72	POR3150	31	Miguel Fonseca	PORMF4	Edgar Miguel Tereso Faria	Vasco Justino, Nuno Duarte	MENTOR	206	66	63	DNC77
73	POR3733	8	Peter Stratton		Pedro Henriques	Francisco Garcia	CNCascais	209	55	DNC77	DNC77
74	POR3521	11	Luís Rosário	PORLR4	Andre Carinhas	Valerio Conceição	CNCascais	210	72	69	69
75	POR3100	16	Luis Jardim		Bernardo Macedo	Guilherme Jardim	CVAtlantico	213	69	DNS77	67
76	SUI3183	36	Chappuis Denis	SUIDC4	Stalder Cécilia	Bober Volodymyr	TRSC	231	DNS77	DNC77	DNC77