Optimist Worlds - Day 1 and Day 2 reports

by Optimist media on 3 Jan 2007 Day 2

Heavy winds delayed launching but clearance was given around 13.30 and it is hoped to sail three races.

Winds were still around 18 knots and the after-effect of the morning's breeze combined to produce a difficult chop.

Day 1

Two races were held on the opening day of the 2006 (yes, really!) Optimist World Championship in Montevideo, Uruguay. Wind strengths varied between 10 and 12 knots, going lighter towards the end of race 2. Unfortunately this led to 'bunching' which delayed publication of results.

The results themselves were the usual Optimist Class mix of the predictable and the totally unexpected.

Predictable were:

Two bullets registered by Julian Autenrieth (GER), the best placed in 2005 of the sailors eligible this year.

The start of what may be an epic struggle for the girls' prize. Stephanie Zimmermann (PER), 6th girl last year leads by a single point from Asian silver medallist Griselda Khng (SIN).

18 countries in the top 20. These days in the Optimist Class good sailors can come from anywhere.

Less predictable are:
The 4th place occupied by Eduardo Ariza from the Dominican Republic, probably the newest fleet represented, being formed only in 2003. Last year Eduardo was 158th!

The 3rd place of Andonios Tsiboukelis (GRE). It was thought that the Greeks had sent their first team to the Europeans (sailors do not compete in both events).

Alisa Chew Tung of Malaysia, leader of the girls, who may become the latest star of a country strong in the female sailors.

Our very welcoming hosts should be pleased with the good start made by their top sailors Alejo Morales and Manfredo Finck.

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Pl.	Sail #	Name	1A	1B	1C	2A	2B	2C	Total
1	GER11861	Julian Autenrieth			1		1		2
2	JPN1145	Haruka Komiya	2				7		9
3	GRE1231	Andonios Tsiboukelis			4		5		9
4	DOM23	Eduardo Ariza			5			6	11
5	CRO965	Roko Stambuk	9				3		12
6	MEX360	Santiago Yanes Solorzano			3		9		12
7	BRA3036	Diego Montautti			10			4	14
8	SWE4144	Victor Abenius		8		7			15
9	ESP1417	Arturo Noguer			2			15	17
10	CHN508	Zhou Chuancheng	7			10			17
11	ARG2631	Pablo Volker			18			1	19
12	MAS49	Khairul Nizam Mohd Afendy	16			3			19
13	POR2268	João Melo		11				8	19
14	ECU136	Edgar Diminich		2				18	20
15	URU230	Alejo Morales	4			16			20
16	MAS45	Alisa chew Tung			7		13		20
17	PER284	Stephanie Zimmermann	1			20			21
18	SIN33	Griselda Khng	8			15			23
19	USA13295	Antonie Screve	12				11		23
20	SIN55	Russell Kan		5				19	24
21	ARG2645	Magali Damitio			6		18		24
22	ISV8008	Ian Barrows		3		23			26
23	URU320	Manfredo Finck		12				14	26
24	SWE4139	Jacob Lundqvist			15			12	27
25	MEX440	Jose D. Reyes Marin	10				19		29
26	BER1023	James Anfossi		13		17			30
27	VEN35	Alberto Rengifo		4		28			32
28	CHI284	Benjamin Grez			31		2		33
29	NZL4216	Marcus Hansen			20			13	33
30	GRE113	Alexandros Kavas		9				25	34
31	ISV189	Alexander Coyle	23			12			35
32	IVB88	Alec Anderson		21		14			35
33	GER11911	Jens Marten		1		35			36
34	VEN91	Victor Diaz de Leon	5				31		36
35	NZL4163	Thomas Saunders		35				2	37
36	GRE31	Georgios Kavas	31			6			37
37	ECU131	Arianna Villena Palau	29			8			37
38	GRE1228	Andreas Bakatsias			9			28	37
39	ECU181	Maria Jose Cucalon			16			22	38
40	MAS48	Ong Jun Wei	25				14		39
41	JPN2965	Tetsuya Isozaki		29				11	40
42	PUR5565	Ramon Gonzalez			24		16		40
43	CHN663	Yang Yang			34			7	41
44	NED2728	Maarten Dagelet	33				8		41
45	CAN1178	Ted Murphy	30			11			41
46	GBR4699	Jonathon House		20				21	41
47	GUA20	Jose D. Hernandez Santos	21				21		42
48	SUI1345	Trachsel Vincent		39		5			44
49	SWE4159	Hampus Appelgren	18				27		45
50	ARG2987	Gaston A. Bisio	26			19			45
51	BER1013	Jordan Saints			37			9	46
52	NED2717	Hansebas Meijer		17		31			48
53	MAS46	Mohd Nazrin Mohd Afendy		45		4			49
54	SIN11	Sean Lee		7		42			49
55	USA12208	Perason Potts		40		9			49
56	UKR93	Anna Kyselova			32			17	49
57	SUI1363	Erika Fredrikson	19				30		49
58	ITA6711	Filippo Rocchini		14				36	50
59	SIN22	Rachel Lee	35				15		50
60	CHN305	Lu Yuting	40				12		52
61	TUR331	Yasar Kabakcioglu		25		27			52
62	URU170	Diego Henón	15				38		53
63	FIN444	Kaarle Tapper		24				30	54
64	AUT99	Benjamin Bildstein		26		29			55
65	NED2690	Cinco Adema			12		44		56
66	MEX516	Federico Ortiz Vivas	13			43			56
67	BER1189	Joshua Greenslade	24				32		56
68	ISV2401	Billy Gibbons			52			5	57
69	DOM41	Erik Holmbom			47		10		57
70	FRA77	Yvann Thelier			11		47		58
71	COL9322	Antonio Rojas		15				43	58
72	VEN27	Laura Malonda			17		42		59
73	CHI136	Andres Ducasse	49\SCP				11\SCP		60
74	POL1992	Dominik Buksak	11			49			60
75	AUT981	Thomas Palme	22			39			61
76	FRA1783	Sacha Pelisson		37		24			61
77	TUR132	Murat Can Toycelebi			40		22		62
78	PER277	Alexander Zimmermann			33		29		62
79	PER282	Jean Paul de Trazegnies	38				25		63
80	BRA3325	Carlo Mazzaferro	47				17		64
81	CRO936	Bartol Komadina		10		55			65
82	COL6187	Santiago Ramirez	39				26		65
83	GBR5447	Aaron Smith			27			38	65
84	USA14752	Nick Johnstone	65			1			66
85	NED2626	Guus Neeleman		18				48	66
86	TRI1012	Wesley Scott	49			18			67
87	SLO378	Jakob Boži		6		62			68
88	PUR5599	Jose Nigaglioni		23		45			68
89	AUS243	Nicholas Howe		41				27	68
90	ESP1112	Jose Manuel Ruiz	28				40		68
91	JPN1201	Hitoshi Kumakawa	6			63			69
92	GER11700	Fabian Kaske		16				55	71
93	ITA6804	Camila Marino			25		46		71
94	POL1226	Damian Pietruszewski		38		33			71
95	ARG2926	Tomas Dietrich	14				58		72
96	DEN7946	Stig Steinfurth		56				16	72
97	NOR3354	Kyrre L. Moe		19		53			72
98	DEN8001	Mathias Svendsen			19			54	73
99	SIN77	Timothy Seet			13			61	74
100	NZL4098	Jamie Dawson	3			72			75
101	FRA1752	Pauline Mazzocchi			51			24	75
102	RSA1368	Michael Crosland		28				47	75
103	CHI203	Benjamin Valdivieso	17			59			76
104	GRE10	Gregorios Karistineos	52				24		76
105	SUI1409	Massard Alexandre	32			44			76
106	URU323	Santiago González			14			63	77
107	DEN8003	Anne-Marie Rindom			26		51		77
108	SWE4138	Adam Johansson		32				45	77
109	AUT802	Lukas Hussmann	55				23		78
110	TUR1058	Halil Demirel		46				32	78
111	ISV7003	Nikole Barnes			44		34		78
112	DEN8004	Jes Lyhne Bonde		54		25			79
113	NOR3238	Kristian Hammarstrom		44				35	79
114	ESP1218	Alvaro Martinez	78\OCS			2			80
115	NOR3277	Trine-Merte Olsen			8			72	80
116	POL1201	Aleksander Arian			60		20		80
117	CRO890	Lovre Perhat			23			57	80
118	BER1014	Jason Saints			43		37		80
119	MAS81	Rufina Tan Hong Mui		78\OCS				3	81
120	FRA1823	Bart De Kerangat	59			22			81
121	GBR5556	Philip Sparks		27		54			81
122	TAH873	Nicolas Poree			48			33	81
123	SLO897	Enej Kocijan i		42				39	81
124	ECU118	Jonathan Martinetti	78\OCS				4		82
125	VEN95	Victor H. Colmenares	56			26			82
126	FIN440	Henri Fallenius	34			48			82
127	AHO8	Just van Aanholt	45			37			82
128	GER11613	Svenja Weger	27			56			83
129	BEL1068	Mathilde Van Laer		22				62	84
130	PUR4557	Fernando Monllor		50				34	84
131	ARG2738	Santiago Rigoni		34		51			85
132	GER11727	Hans Eike Jacobs			21			65	86
133	JPN3118	Yuka Naltahori			22			64	86
134	COL6397	Ana Maria Ramirez	50			36			86
135	PUR5395	Raul Rios			36			50	86
136	TUR769	Sinan Kayhan	20			67			87
137	ITA6616	Luca Piccone	57			30			87
138	ITA6578	Lorenzo Zampiccoli	37				50		87
139	PER285	Guillermo Arce		78\OCS				10	88
140	POR2303	Manuel Cunha			62			26	88
141	ITA6784	Leonardo Dubbini			35			53	88
142	DEN8055	Kristian Kirketerp	36				52		88T
143	BRA2970	Leonardo Mazzaferro		36				52	88T
144	COL1387	Laura Tamayo		47		41			88
145	SLO585	Simon Laganis	62				28		90
146	USA12207	Taylor Luts			54		36		90
147	BRA3235	Alexandre Alencastro		78\OCS		13			91
148	SUI1301	Meier Matthias			71			20	91
149	BEL1060	Sam Vandormael	41			50			91
150	ISV1995	Alecsander Tayler		33				59	92
151	NZL4219	Luca Hyatt-Brown			38		54		92
152	SLO63	Kim Pletikos			49		43		92
153	GUA25	Stephan Breeuwer Tejada		51				42	93
154	CRO892	Dominik Bacic			59		35		94
155	TRI1015	Alexander Weedon		57				37	94
156	MEX372	Jacobo Margules Cedeño		43		52			95
157	BEL1059	Quinten Lootens	46				49		95
158	NED2666	Jolbert van Dijk			45			51	96
159	CHI206	Mathias Robertson			30			67	97
160	ECU109	Kamilla Sabogal M.		31		66			97
161	TAH832	Vincent Labroy		48				49	97
162	GBR5540	Anna Burnet			29		69		98
163	TAH893	Maxime Mazard			41		57		98
164	FIN418	Miikka Nikkila		78\OCS		21			99
165	AUT1024	David Hussl		58				41	99
166	ESP1382	Miguel Castillo		78\OCS				23	101
167	BRA3135	Gaetan Labi			28		73		101
168	PAR11	Federico Cabello	54				48		102
169	POR2322	Diogo Pontes		30		73			103
170	AUS333	Alina Mueler			42		61		103
171	POL1991	Kacper Staniul	42				63		105
172	TAH898	Etienne Lepen		59		46			105
173	SLO658	Ren Kaligari	48			58			106
174	GBR5559	James Grant	51				55		106
175	CAN1241	Thomas Nicholson		78\DNF				29	107
176	TRI1018	Mark Peters			61			46	107
177	GUA29	Josué A. Hernandez Guzman			50			58	108
178	USA15010	Jordan Factor		78\OCS				31	109
179	MEX112	Carlos Pereda del Camino			39			70	109
180	ESP822	Diego Botin		78\OCS		32			110
181	PAR13	Joaquin Guanes	63			47			110
182	NZL4010	Chris Steele	78\DSQ				33		111
183	BEL1028	Gilles Cleeren		78\OCS		34			112
184	BER1991	Haley Powell	43			70			113
185	NOR3333	Maxime S. Brackman	78\OCS			38			116
186	FIN427	Sinem Kurtbay	78\OCS				39		117
187	TUR706	Ceyla Yurtseven	53				64		117
188	CRO978	Ante Botica	78\OCS			40			118T
189	CHN585	Gui Chao		78\OCS				40	118T
190	URU119	Luis Bouza		53		65			118
191	VEN23	Francisco Barro			58			60	118
192	FRA1822	Clement Ikhlef	78\OCS				41		119
193	IRL1141	Timothy O Laoire			75		45		120
194	NOR3300	Martin Pedersen			46		74		120
195	IRL1150	Ross Vaughan		49		71			120
196	PAR10	Carlos Schauman (h)		60		60			120
197	DOM21	Luis Guillermo Prida		78\DNF				44	122
198	CHN302	Gu Min		61		61			122
199	SWE4140	Emma Oljelund			70		53		123
200	CAN1260	Paul Evhert			55			68	123
201	SUI1327	Tim Wäechter			56		68		124
202	BEL967	Maïté Colombie			53		72		125
203	FIN410	Otso Ahvonen			69		56		125
204	EGY77	Ahmed Ragab			63		62		125
205	RSA1339	Scott Stephens	58			68			126
206	POR2369	Francisco Fernandes	66				60		126
207	CAN1272	Caroline de Alcala		52		76			128
208	RSA1369	Matthew Shaw			57			71	128
209	IRL1169	Cian O Regan	61				67		128
210	GUA10	David M. Hernandez Guzman		55		74			129
211	GUA21	Juan Lejarraga Mc Sweeney	60			69			129
212	POL1114	Maciej Ma kiewicz			65			66	131
213	AHO11	Ard van Aanholt		78\DNF				56	134
214	RSA1327	Alex Lehtinen	64				70		134
215	PUR859	Ivan Aponte	78\OCS			57			135
216	COL333	Julian Ramirez			76		59		135
217	CAN1266	Morgan Megarry			64		71		135
218	POR2317	Luis Manso			74		65		139
219	UKR99	Daniil Kutsyna			73		66		139
220	PAR127	Guillermo Gomez			66			74	140
221	AUT1036	Clemes Saje			72			69	141
222	PER280	Matias Rengifo		78\OCS		64			142
223	TAH827	Mickael Codol	67			75			142
224	RSA1370	Brevan Thompson			68		75		143
225	AUS255	Edward Cambell			67			78\DNC	145
226	CHI204	Rodrigo Ducasse		78\OCS				73	151
227	DOM19	Sebastian Bros	78\OCS			78\DNC			156T
228	TRI1005	Nicholas Knox	78\DNF				78\DNF		156T
229	PAR15	Ivana Cabello		78\OCS				78\DNF	156T