Latest ISAF Rankings

by ISAF and Sail-World on 21 Apr 2006 The start of a season of European sailing is upon us, with three major all Olympic Classes regattas set to mark the early challengers for gold in Beijing 2008.

With the preparatory regattas completed the latest release of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings sees one of the long time leaders fall from their perch and the most successful nation, Britain lose the last of its number one spots.

After 20 consecutive releases and a run of over 18 months in the number one spot Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks (GBR) are replaced by Rodion Luka and George Leonchuk (UKR) at the top of the 49er standings. Elsewhere the other ten leaders hold firm this release and will head to Hyères and the ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Française all set to defend their position as the World number one.

In contrast the Rankings continue to make happy reading for the Spanish and New Zealanders, both with two top spots apiece.

Despite their lack of leaders, Britain can still claim more crews in the top threes than any other nation at seven, with France remaining in second place with five. Spain also stay third on four crews, although New Zealand drop back with just two leaders.

Both Austria and the USA are also putting in very strong performances with three crews apiece in the top three positions.

One of the biggest losers in recent seasons has been Australia; double Gold at the Sydney Olympics and now Krystal Weir, currently fifth in the Laser Radials is the top ranked Australian sailor. Australian head coach Victor Kovalenko will be expected a big European summer from the Australian squad.

Amongst the Rankings for the eleven Olympic events, ISAF Rolex World Sailors of the Year and Tornado World and European Champions Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz (ESP) continue to hold the biggest points total of 5075.

Paige Railey (USA) also maintains by far the biggest lead, extending this month from 344 to 366 points despite her near-yearlong string of podium places coming to an end in Palma.
At the opposite end of the scale Robert Scheidt (BRA) also maintains a one point lead over Paul Goodison (GBR) at the top of the Laser Rankings, although a finish of eighth or better in Hyères should finally lift the Brit above the Brazilian.

France’s 470 crew of Ingrid Petitjean and Nadege Douroux are have now been the longest on top of the current leaders. They have held 21 consecutive number one spots since 1 October 2003 and with 242 points separating them from Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark (GBR) in second place, look good to make it 22 on 3 May.

With three ISAF Grade 1 all Olympic Classes regattas coming up, led by the ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Française next week, there is all to play for in the Rankings.
The next Rankings release will be on 3 May, following the ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Francaise.

Heavyweight Dinghy Finn

Rank Skipper Nation Prev. Events Points
1 Emilios PAPATHANASIOU GRE 1 7 4753
2 Jonas HOEGH CHRISTENSEN DEN 2 7 4634
3 Rafael TRUJILLO VILLAR ESP 3 7 4539
4 Gasper VINCEC SLO 4 7 4464
5 Daniel BIRGMARK SWE 6 7 4367
6 Edward WRIGHT GBR 7 7 4173
7 Ben AINSLIE GBR 5 6 4072
8 Aaron O`GRADY IRL 8 7 4064
9 Vladimir KRUTSKIKH RUS 9 7 4054
10 Soren HOLM DEN 11 7 3957
11 Johan TILLANDER SWE 12 7 3948
12 Chris COOK CAN 13 7 3895
13 Waclaw SZUKIEL POL 10 7 3892
14 Daniel SLATER NZL 14 6 3737
15 Stefan DE VRIES NED 15 7 3713
16 Ivan KLJAKOVIC GASPIC CRO 16 7 3709
17 Olexiy BORYSOV UKR 17 7 3708
18 Wietze ZETZEMA NED 18 7 3698
19 Rafal SZUKIEL POL 21 7 3586
20= Marin MISURA CRO 19 7 3528


Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser


Rank Skipper Nation Prev. Events Points
1 Robert SCHEIDT BRA 1 7 5017
2 Paul GOODISON GBR 2 7 5016
3 Andreas GERITZER AUT 3 7 4845
4 Vasilij ZBOGAR SLO 4 7 4831
5 Mate ARAPOV CRO 5 7 4594
6 Gustavo LIMA POR 6 7 4514
7 Felix PRUVOT FRA 7 7 4392
8 Tom SLINGSBY AUS 8 7 4386
9 Bernard LUTTMER CAN 10 7 4358
10 Brendan CASEY AUS 11 7 4355
11 Matias DEL SOLAR GOLDSMITCHI 9 7 4330
12 Milan VUJASINOVIC CRO 12 7 4308
13 Anders NYHOLM-PEDERSEN DEN 13 7 4228
14 Diego Emilio ROMERO ARG 14 7 4148
15 Evangelos CHIMONAS GRE 15 7 4121
16 Andrew MURDOCH NZL 16 7 4101
17 Jeremie STEYAERT FRA 17 7 4065
18 Alexander SCHLONSKI GER 19 7 4051
19 Luka RADELIC CRO 18 7 4050
20 Maciej GRABOWSKI POL 20 7 4004


Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470

Rank Skipper Nation Prev. Events Points Crew
1 Gidi KLIGER ISR 1 7 4876 Ehud GAL
2 Alvaro MARINHO POR 2 7 4830 Miguel NUNES
3 Benjamin BONNAUD FRA 3 7 4645 Romain BONNAUD
4 Gabrio ZANDONA ITA 4 7 4548 Andrea TRANI
5 Sven COSTER NED 5 7 4490 Kalle COSTER
6 Nick ASHER GBR 6 7 4460 Elliott WILLIS
7 Dmitri BEREZKIN RUS 8 7 4443 Alexandre ZYBIN
8 Gerald OWENS IRL 9 7 4374 Sam HUNT
9 Matthias SCHMID AUT 10 7 4345 Florien REICHSTAETTER
10 Mathew BELCHER AUS 11 7 4297 Nick BEHRENS
11 Javier CONTE ARG 12 7 4194 Juan DE LA FUENTE
12 Nicholas ROGERS GBR 7 6 4151 Joe GLANFIELD
13 Kazuhito SEKI JPN 14 7 4036 Yanagawa SYOUCHI
14 Tomaz COPI SLO 13 7 3973 Aljaz JADEK
15 Pierre LEBOUCHER FRA 17 7 3941 Vincent GAROS
16 Andreas KOSMATOPOULOS GRE 16 7 3919 Andreas PAPADOPOULOS
17 Matias BUHLER ARG 18 7 3912 Marcos LAMAS
18 Michael ANDERSON MITTERLIUSA 19 7 3802 David HUGHES
19 Nicolas CHARBONNIER FRA 20 7 3783 Olivier BAUSSET
20 Sime FANTELA CRO 24 7 3730 Igor MARENIC


Men s Keelboat - Star

Rank Skipper Nation Prev. Events Points Crew
1 Fredrik LOOF SWE 1 7 4313 Anders EKSTROM
2 George SZABO USA 3 7 4082 Eric MONROE
3 Xavier ROHART FRA 2 6 3878 Pascal RAMBEAU
4 Iain PERCY GBR 4 6 3843 Steve MITCHELL
5 Mark REYNOLDS USA 6 7 3648 Hal HAENEL
6 Maurice O`CONNELL IRL 7 7 3602 Edmund PEEL
7 Hans SPITZAUER AUT 9 7 3356 Christian NEHAMMER
8 Ross MACDONALD CAN 5 6 3267 Mike WOLFS
9 Francesco BRUNI ITA 8 6 3252 Gilberto NOBILI
10 Philipp ROTERMUND GER 12 7 2989 Florian FENDT
11 Luca MODENA ITA 21 7 2921 Michele MARCHESINI
12 Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ POL 15 6 2900 Dominik ZYCKI
13 Brian CRAMER CAN 11 7 2898 Tyler BJORN
14 Flavio MARAZZI SUI 10 6 2728 Annouk AUGSBURGER
15 Robert STANJEK GER 20 6 2629 Frithjof KLEEN
16 Torben SCHMIDT GRAEL BRA 14 4 2498 Marcelo FERREIRA
17 Iain MURRAY AUS 16 4 2490 Andrew PALFREY
18 Alexander HAGEN GER 13 5 2469 Kai FALKENTHAL
19 Roberto BERMUDEZ DE CASTRESP 17 4 2450 Manrique DOMINGO
20 Robert SCHEIDT BRA 29 4 2363 Bruno PRADA


Multihull - Tornado

Rank Skipper Nation Prev. Events Points Crew
1 Fernando ECHAVARRI ESP 1 7 5075 Anton PAZ BLANEO
2 Xavier REVIL FRA 2 7 4811 Christophe ESPAGNON
3 Leigh McMILLAN GBR 3 7 4798 Will HOWDEN
4 Johannes POLGAR GER 5 7 4762 Florian SPALTEHOLZ
5 Mitch BOOTH NED 4 7 4761 Herbert DERCKSEN
6 John LOVELL USA 6 7 4576 Charlie OGLETREE
7 Oskar JOHANSSON CAN 9 7 4548 Kevin STITTLE
8 Roland GAEBLER GER 8 7 4519 Gunnar STRUCKMANN
9 Andrey KIRILYUK RUS 7 7 4449 Valery USHKOV
10 Rob WILSON GBR 14 7 4326 Mark BULKELEY
11 Yann GUICHARD FRA 12 7 4314 Alexandre GUYADER
12 Roman HAGARA AUT 11 7 4266 Hans-Peter STEINACHER
13 Enrique FIGUEROA SUAREZ PUR 13 7 4210 Jorge HERNANDEZ
14 Darren BUNDOCK AUS 10 7 4048 Glenn ASHBEY
15 Jordanis PASCHALIDES GRE 15 7 4020 Konstantinos TRIGONIS
16 Andrew WALSH GBR 16 7 3966 Edward BARNEY
17 Billy BESSON FRA 19 7 3710 Arnaud JARLEGAN
18 Timo MITTELMEIER GER 21 7 3669 Niko MITTELMEIER
19 Matthieu SOUBEN FRA 18 7 3654 Gurvan BONTEMPS
20 Carolijn BROUWER BEL 27 7 3612 Sebastian GODEFROID


NP RS:X (Men)

Rank Skipper Nation Prev. Events Points
1 Jon-Paul TOBIN NZL 1 4 1417
2 Piotr MYSZKA POL 7 4 1142
3 Przemek MIARCZYNSKI POL 6 4 1136
4 Martin BENITEZ ARG 20 2 1099
5 Zachary PLAVSIC CAN 4 3 1087
6 Riccardo GIORDANO ITA 5 3 1072
7 Ertugrul ICINGIR TUR 8 3 1046
8 Mariano BENITEZ ARG 32= 2 1042
9 David ROBERTSON NZL 2 3 1016
10 Ivan PASTOR LAFUENTE ESP 10 3 1013
11 Tom ASHLEY NZL 11 3 1009
12 Matthew M