Russians reassert their dominance at the Cascais SB20 Worlds on Day 4

by True Angle on 3 Sep 2016

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships – Day 4 Neuza Pereira

Three more races were completed for the Cascais SB20 World Championships on the penultimate day of racing, Friday September 2, with more strong breeze and big swell conditions providing superb racing for the asymmetric sportsboat fleet.

The breeze kicked in right on time for the 75 boats to start their first race of the day at 1300hrs, with 15-18 knots and the typical Atlantic rolling swell this Portuguese venue is famed for, making for some fast and fun downwind legs. Once again starting cleanly proved key, with five boats penalized for being OCS at the first gun of the day, including top British boat, John Pollard’s Xcellent (GBR3724).

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships – Day 4 © Neuza Pereira

By the second race the breeze had built to over 20 knots, and the right-hand side was strongly favoured due to a strong current running along the shore. This race was a real Cascais classic that saw boats regularly hitting 18 knots downwind.

For the final race of the day, and 12th of this demanding series, the breeze once again began to drop late afternoon, fading from 12 knots at the start to around eight knots by the middle of the race, with lots of holes and shifts to increase the tactical challenges. The fading conditions also saw the fleet towed in again with no wind outside the marina, although all were relieved to dock at 1730 after yesterday’s late-night marathon effort. There was plenty of time for the fleet to enjoy an outdoor dinner reception put on this evening by the host city.

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships – Day 4 © Neuza Pereira

Having had to retire from the final race yesterday, Hugo Rocha set out to re-establish his place at the top of the leaderboard on New Territories (RUS3711), which he achieved with an incredible two – one - two scoreline. This has put New Territories firmly back on the top of the table, with 45 points to France Jeune SB20’s (FRA3653) 61. However, with yesterday’s 77-point DNS hanging over the Russian crew they have no margin for error on the final day tomorrow.

Gabriel Skoczek on France Jeune SB20 won the final race of the day, while Massimo Fullone on Mercy Bocu (ITA3637) took the first – their third win of the event, but with two DNC’s on the first day the Italian team is only just inside the top 10.

There is a strong battle going on between two Australian teams with Flirtacious (AUS3735) in fourth on 93 points and Michael Cooper’s Export Roo (AUS3731) two points behind in fifth. Cooper commented after racing: “We had a better day today and it is really tight with Chris Dare (Flirtacious) keeping the Australian interest going, but with our third team member suffering a bit today it looks like the Nation’s Cup will have to wait for the 2018 worlds in Tasmania!”

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships – Day 4 © Neuza Pereira

Chris Dare, who is sailing with Oliver Tweddle, one of Australia’s top Olympic Finn sailors, was equally impressed with how tight the competition is at the top of the fleet and is looking forward to going head-to-head with Cooper tomorrow where Australian bragging rights will be on the line.

Marco Van Driel, whose MXTC (NED3714) is hovering just outside the top 10, was today scratching his head. “What do we have to do to get involved in the top 10? They are so fast, so consistent and no-one makes mistakes… it is so hard to mix it here and one small mistake sees you back in the pack!”

2016 Cascais SB20 World Championships – Day 4 © Neuza Pereira

Tomorrow is the final day of competition with two races planned. The Cascais SB20 World Championship, is hosted by the Cascais Naval Club thanks to the backing of the Municipality of Cascais and sponsorship by companies including Vista Alegre, Sagres, and Gaspar Simoes and LG. Media Partners are JC Decaux, Commercial Radio and TVI24, as well as fleet suppliers Sportsboat World, Harken and Hyde Sails.

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

Results:

Series Place	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Race 11	Race 12
1	RUS3711	Hugo Rocha	Alex Semenov	45	2	3	1	9	6	9	2	8	DNC77	2	1	2
2	FRA3653	Gabriel Skoczek	Michel Emeric	61	3	6	10	2	17	5	4	7	2	11	10	1
3	UKR3042	Rodion Luka	Andrey Klochko	75	1	4	25	1	5	19	11	1	7	5	5	16
4	AUS3735	Chris Dare	Oliver Tweddell	93	14	2	3	61	3	7	8	19	5	3	21	8
5	AUS3731	Michael Cooper	David Chapman	95	4	13	5	3	11	4	5	20	27	9	15	6
6	FRA3580	Kevin Peponnet	Achille Nebout	101	5	20	26	16	9	1	7	4	6	DNC77	4	3
7	POR3114	Vasco Serpa	Joaquim Moreira	102	11	1	2	15	7	53	6	3	9	4	19	25
8	GBR3724	John Pollard	Rob Smith	149	7	23	6	6	20	3	13	24	12	UFD77	16	19
9	POR3620	José Caldeira	Helder Basílio	153	19	12	4	5	1	15	14	16	4	24	DNF77	39
10	ITA3637	Massimo Fullone	Andrea Airo	166	20	DNC77	DNC77	4	19	6	1	11	1	1	3	23
11	RUS3709	Vladimir Prosikhin	Artem Basalkin	174	6	7	12	60	13	8	3	UFD77	31	28	2	4
12	RUS3722	Vasily Grigoriev	Mikhail Markin	182	26	9	20	34	4	12	28	22	16	20	7	18
13	NED3714	Marco van Driel	Joost Assmann	184	29	15	9	14	21	39	9	25	17	12	24	9
14	GBR3728	Richard Powell	Tim Burnell	185	10	18	14	19	10	2	BFD77	5	BFD77	16	9	5
15	FRA3423	Mathilde Geron	Sophie de Turckheim	195	17	30	17	13	24	14	17	17	BFD77	8	18	20
16	GBR3750	Jerry Hill	Alan Hillman	201	22	5	27	12	18	32	15	32	21	15	20	14
17	ITA3543	Antonillo Ciabatti	Vincenzo Graciotti	217	30	27	24	7	35	17	20	23	34	14	11	10
18	GBR3732	Joe Llewellyn	Jeremy Vigus	230	18	38	28	37	37	28	10	6	13	26	14	13
19	POR3105	José Paulo Ramada	Gonçalo Ribeiro	247	9	11	23	22	12	46	12	2	BFD77	22	UFD77	11
20	FRA3721	Hugo Feydit	Valentin Sipan	254	21	8	50	39	34	59	27	13	15	27	8	12
21	FRA3655	Charles Caudrelier	Pascal Bidegorry	257	8	34	38	18	8	61	18	14	BFD77	21	6	31
22	POR3115	Rui Brites	Henrique Brites	262	15	14	33	25	30	33	22	54	DNC77	6	13	17
23	RUS3708	Kirill Frolov	Alexey Murashkin	265	25	51	21	43	2	31	25	47	14	13	23	21
24	FRA3034	Johan Ravier	Helene Urruti	273	40	19	19	26	45	11	33	30	32	30	26	7
25	POR3616	John Tavares	Paulo Manso	296	48	21	18	17	15	55	30	UFD77	3	45	22	22
26	FRA3706	Edward Russo	Gilles Favennec	308	13	22	32	48	42	24	44	29	8	10	DNF77	36
27	POR3111	Manuel Marques	Rui Bóia	314	32	16	8	66	25	62	24	15	24	50	29	29
28	POR3558	Diogo Pereira	Fausto Briosa	329	23	33	22	11	29	13	BFD77	35	10	44	56	53
29	POR3738	Nuno Vasconcelos Porto	Francisco Ancêde	330	28	28	29	21	43	18	29	59	22	19	UFD77	34
30	UKR3726	Anna Kyselova	Ivan Pavlusik	332	36	37	58	46	14	41	35	33	23	7	17	43
31	POR3505	Vasco Passanha	Diana Neves	342	34	49	36	8	58	48	32	37	19	32	32	15
32	POR3103	Luis Santos	Antonio Santos	346	31	17	30	24	27	44	26	53	28	41	33	45
33	FRA3609	Piriou Tugdual	Jade Lestré	351	52	26	7	54	32	22	42	34	26	29	44	37
34	RUS3707	Vadim Pushev	Timur Sabirzianov	358	27	31	13	58	33	50	BFD77	40	18	17	25	46
35	GBR3720	Adrian Peach	Garry Phare	359	35	24	47	10	23	29	23	42	BFD77	33	46	47
36	GBR3710	Tich Summers	Scott Graham	359	16	52	31	68	40	25	46	31	25	48	12	33
37	POR3525	Diogo Barros	Luis Alonso	371	24	DNC77	DNC77	28	22	10	31	39	20	37	41	42
38	POR3286	Tiago Roquette	João Leite de Castro	376	DNF77	44	37	47	39	27	19	12	11	UFD77	31	32
39	POR3427	João Villas-Boas	José Camelo	376	33	58	45	20	51	49	38	28	37	18	27	30
40	IRL3060	Stefan Hyde	Graeme Grant	380	DNC77	67	35	23	38	30	34	9	47	25	37	35
41	IRL3739	Ger Dempsey	Chris Nolan	415	47	25	40	32	26	51	16	52	33	UFD77	35	58
42	IRL3065	James Gorman	Rory Fitzpatrick	419	12	36	16	59	59	56	21	21	35	56	48	65
43	GBR3027	Alec Russell	Mark Lees	437	41	66	49	27	44	37	45	26	30	55	34	49
44	RUS3420	Igor Ginzburg	Basalkina Anna	438	44	40	11	35	16	16	BFD77	DNC77	DNC77	31	53	38
45	POR3341	David Aleixo	Miguel Guimarães	441	37	10	52	42	28	DNF77	BFD77	43	36	53	36	27
46	AUS3390	Phil Reid	Sam Ibbott	466	54	50	43	72	56	20	54	44	38	36	30	41
47	BEL3345	Bart Tytgat	Hielke Krijnen	469	50	60	55	31	DNF77	DNC77	37	18	29	39	49	24
48	CHN3557	Kong Chengheng	Chen Jinhao	481	57	41	41	69	48	38	36	46	39	34	42	59
49	GBR3057	John Outhwaite	David Atkinson	494	58	48	44	40	49	65	40	38	52	42	43	40
50	GBR3069	Ian Hudson	Niall Peelo	509	56	32	53	45	36	40	43	61	54	38	51	67
51	IRL3537	Chris Arrowsmith	David Cahill	511	42	46	34	52	46	43	47	27	55	67	DNC77	52
52	POR3723	Pedro Ambrósio	Miguel Oliveira	511	49	43	48	44	52	52	57	41	57	52	45	28
53	POR3203	Margarida Aguiar	Sofia Regojo	524	43	42	42	41	70	60	52	51	43	54	39	57
54	RUS3512	Vladislav Ivanovskiy	Alexey Egorov	529	61	39	56	38	50	66	39	55	46	51	40	54
55	BEL3311	Jan Alleman	Paul Jonckheere	531	62	35	15	53	65	26	50	56	53	57	61	63
56	GBR3716	Simon Hume	Oli Nedham	554	38	53	54	62	60	DNF77	49	10	44	UFD77	47	60
57	GBR3740	Doug Innes	Martin Fox	555	45	47	65	49	31	70	BFD77	58	40	43	38	69
58	RUS3730	Aleksey Kolobanov	Gaiane Kolovalova	557	53	45	39	64	61	54	BFD77	57	42	66	28	48
59	POR3652	Paulo Palha	André Gonçalves	568	46	29	51	55	66	36	41	DNF77	BFD77	35	UFD77	55
60	POR3733	Peter Stratton	Pedro Henriques	596	55	DNC77	DNC77	50	53	21	DNF77	DNC77	DNC77	23	60	26
61	RUS3523	Iurii Popov	Igor Svirida	596	39	DNC77	DNC77	57	57	47	51	60	50	58	50	50
62	OMA3560	Fahad Al Hasni	Yasir al Rahbi	600	59	54	57	30	54	45	60	DNF77	DNC77	59	54	51
63	GBR3276	Harry Barker	George Chilvers	612	63	55	60	67	41	35	BFD77	62	49	60	52	68
64	FRA3576	Benoit Melen	Gregory Baum	623	64	61	63	65	55	57	56	50	41	49	UFD77	62
65	POR3411	Diogo C Mendes	Ana Santos	625	71	56	59	29	64	67	55	36	48	63	DNF77	DNC77
66	SUI3169	Ueli Guggenbuehl	Caspar Guggenbuehl	626	70	62	46	51	63	42	BFD77	45	45	62	63	UFD77
67	POR3581	Andrei Balaykin	Maksim Fedorov	632	68	59	61	70	47	34	58	66	58	47	64	DNC77
68	POR3092	Patrick Lindley	Pedro Simões	641	60	57	66	63	68	63	48	49	51	61	57	66
69	GBR3516	Rob Clark	Alexey Farenyuk	654	51	DNC77	DNC77	33	DSQ77	23	53	48	DNF77	UFD77	DNC77	61
70	POR3090	Paulo Lobo	Elisio Lourenço	686	67	65	68	56	73	68	61	65	56	65	59	56
71	POR3150	Miguel Fonseca	Edgar Miguel Tereso Faria	688	66	63	DNC77	36	69	64	BFD77	DNF77	DNC77	40	55	64
72	GBR3305	Gary Baker	Dan Craft	736	65	68	62	71	72	DNC77	DNF77	DNC77	DNC77	46	UFD77	44
73	OMA3256	Ali Al Balushi	Abdulrahman Al Mashari	744	DNC77	64	64	75	62	58	BFD77	64	DNF77	64	62	UFD77
74	POR3100	Luis Jardim	Bernardo Macedo	793	69	DNS77	67	73	71	69	59	DNF77	DNC77	DNC77	DNC77	DNC77
75	POR3521	Luís Rosário	Andre Carinhas	793	72	69	69	74	67	71	BFD77	63	DNF77	DNF77	DNC77	DNC77
76	SUI3183	Chappuis Denis	Stalder Cécilia	819	DNS77	DNC77	DNC77	76	74	72	DNF77	DNC77	DNC77	DNC77	58	DNC77