Saugmann / Ramsbaek win race 6 at 505 World

by Jordan Spencer/SW UK on 1 Feb 2007
Jan Saugmann and Morten Ramsbaek of Denmark nailed race six of the SAP 505 World Championship being sailed in Australia and now have a firm grip on the world title.

In second place overall Mike Martin and Jeff Nelso of the USA could only finish in eleventh and the gap has now opened to 11 points off the Danes. Harry Hamlin and Fritz Lanzinger of the USA jump up into third place overall after finishing second today.

Third on the water in race six went to the lowly placed (28th) German pair, Boris Herrman and Julian Kliener, who have suddenly found some speed, they finished fifth in race five, by far their best results for the week so far.

Another German pair, Jens Findel and Johannes Tellen took fourth and climb seven places to be seventh overall, one behind the best placed British team, Ian Pinnell and Steve Hunt in sixth overall after a seventh place finish today.

Continuing the German theme, their was another good performance today for the ladies; Helen Fischer and Angela Strenger of Germany finished fifth and after an 8th in race five they move up six places to 32nd overall in the 92 boat fleet.

The fourth day of the 2007 World Championship being sailed out of Brighton and Seacliff YC, in Adelaide, South Australia. Race 6 and the forecast was to be a 15-20kn sea breeze.

The morning dawned with a strong ‘gully wind’, a 15kn Sou’ Easter and a lot of cloud. Normally it will bend to the South West and turn into a sea breeze. The cloud was a warning sign, but when it swung to the nor’ East, we knew we were in trouble.

You never get a good sea breeze after a Northerly. Before the race start, it had bent back to the South easter by the time we started; we were heading into a North Wester. There was going to be trouble ahead.

Pressure wise, it was light, 5-8 knots occasionally hitting 10 knots. And there were, as you would expect a lot of shifts. There were some massive positional movements throughout the field, with the field being both compressed several times during the race and then spread on the last beat.

The winner was again Saugmann and Ramsbaek from Denmark, but they had to work hard to do it, digging themselves out from 14th at the first mark. Hamlin and Lanzinger pulled second after being ninth at the first mark.

Beyond that there were some huge horror stories. There were plenty of shifts during the race, with the race committee moving the top mark at every bottom mark rounding.

But it was the last beat that was the doozy. The wind had weakened and had bent a little to the left, but there was slightly more pressure to the right and direction was WSW. However as the leaders approached the finish, the wind died and a south easter formed on the shore.

The first two boats crept over the line, and then we had boats coming from the right in a Westerly and boats running from the left with their kites up. In the end the Sou’ Easter kicked in, but a lot of damage was done.

Tomorrow, there are two races and the forecast is again for a 15-20kn sea breeze. We can only hope.

Positions after 6 races:

Pos	From	Sail No	Skipper	Crew	R 6	R 5	R 4	R 3	R 2	R 1	Pts
1	DEN	8620	Jan Saugmann	Morten Ramsbaek	1.00	3.00	1.00	7.00	6.00	[20.00]	18.00
2	USA	8714	Mike Martin	Jeff Nelson	11.00	9.00	2.00	6.00	1.00	[14.00]	29.00
3	USA	8266	Howie Hamlin	Fritz Lanzinger	2.00	14.00	3.00	9.00	[15.00]	7.00	35.00
4	USA	8081	Nick Adamson	Steve Bourdow	12.00	15.00	[17.00]	3.00	2.00	4.00	36.00
5	AUS/SA	8839	Sandy Higgins	Paul Marsh	17.00	12.00	[28.00]	1.00	8.00	1.00	39.00
6	GBR	8882	Ian Pinnell	Steve Hunt	7.00	[24.00]	5.00	14.00	10.00	3.00	39.00
7	GER	8875	Jens Findel	Johannes Tellen	4.00	[25.00]	15.00	20.00	4.00	11.00	54.00
8	GER	8744	Martin Goerge	Hans-Heinrich Rix	10.00	19.00	4.00	8.00	13.00	[19.00]	54.00
9	AUS/NSW	8894	Chris Nicholson	Darren Nicholson	9.00	[27.00]	22.00	2.00	9.00	13.00	55.00
10	AUS/SA	8877	Robin Deussen	Jordan Spencer	8.00	21.00	10.00	10.00	[34.00]	6.00	55.00
11	USA	8822	Mike Holt	Carl Smit	23.00	26.00	[34.00]	4.00	3.00	2.00	58.00
12	AUS/NSW	8920	Michael Quirk	Geoff Lange	[18.00]	7.00	16.00	15.00	11.00	15.00	64.00
13	USA	7771	Kevin Taugher	Jon Bell	6.00	[35.00]	33.00	13.00	7.00	9.00	68.00
14	Sweden	8232	Ebbe Rosen	Olle Wenrup	21.00	1.00	11.00	18.00	18.00	[32.00]	69.00
15	AUS/QLD	8784	Adrian Finglas	Tom Watson	[46.00]	22.00	9.00	28.00	5.00	5.00	69.00
16	GBR	8881	Terry Scutcher	Christian Diebitsch	13.00	16.00	[24.00]	12.00	12.00	22.00	75.00
17	AUS/SA	8890	Malcolm Higgins	Andrew Chisholm	22.00	13.00	12.00	17.00	[25.00]	12.00	76.00
18	GER	8915	Hasso Plattner	Peter Alarie	14.00	[40.00]	7.00	25.00	14.00	21.00	81.00
19	USA	8681	Barney Harris	Stuart Park	31.00	11.00	8.00	[56.00]	23.00	17.00	90.00
20	AUS/NSW	8893	Andrew Hewson	Kane Sinclair	20.00	23.00	20.00	[32.00]	17.00	18.00	98.00
21	AUS/QLD	8922	Bill Cuneo	John Warlow	15.00	28.00	[45.00]	16.00	16.00	24.00	99.00
22	AUS/QLD	8644	Phil Gray	Richard Machin	[48.00]	10.00	25.00	35.00	22.00	8.00	100.00
23	USA /AUS	8554	Doug Hagan	Michael Duffield	26.50	18.00	29.00	5.00	[93.00F]	23.00	101.50
24	USA	8631	Parker Shin	Gareth Williams	[39.00]	17.00	14.00	33.00	26.00	28.00	118.00
25	AUS/NSW	8853	Carter Jackson	Ian Taylor	[33.00]	31.00	21.00	21.00	20.00	27.00	120.00
26	AUS/SA	8783	Michael Thomson	Nick Johnston	36.00	44.00	[48.00]	19.00	19.00	10.00	128.00
27	AUS/QLD	8921	Nigel Lott	Bob Franks	35.00	32.00	19.00	22.00	21.00	[43.00]	129.00
28	GER	8903	Boris Herrmann	Julien Kleiner	3.00	5.00	23.00	11.00	93.00S	[93.00F]	135.00
29	GER	8880	Christian Kellner	Robert Rothe	24.50	30.00	27.00	[34.00]	30.00	25.00	136.50
30	France	8321	Bertrand Loyal	Laurent Nevo	40.00	2.00	6.00	57.00	[93.00F]	33.00	138.00
31	AUS/SA	8891	Damian Carey	Marcus Cooper	16.00	48.00	[61.00]	23.00	28.00	26.00	141.00
32	GER	8751	Helen Fischer	Angela Stenger	5.00	8.00	30.00	[59.00]	49.00	53.00	145.00
33	DEN	8826	Tom Bojland	Jakob Karbo	[93.00R]	29.00	26.00	26.00	29.00	36.00	146.00
34	USA	8919	Neal Fowler	Doug McKeige	30.00	6.00	35.00	39.00	[51.00]	38.00	148.00
35	USA	8831	Mats Elf	Paul VonGrey	[52.00]	33.00	42.00	30.00	27.00	16.00	148.00
36	AUS/QLD	8840	Kevin Cameron	Jeremy Manders	47.00	4.00	32.00	38.00	36.00	[50.00]	157.00
37	GER	8777	Stefan Schollmayer	Frisco Sanguino	19.00	37.00	31.00	46.00	33.00	[93.00F]	166.00
38	AUS/WA	8855	Mark Stowell	Anthony Dean	32.00	36.00	40.00	27.00	31.00	[40.00]	166.00
39	GBR/AUS	8701	Rob Napier	Pip Pearson	26.50	42.00	18.00	[52.00]	47.00	35.00	168.50
40	AUS/QLD	8781	Earle Alexander	Ian Gregg	24.50	34.00	47.00	24.00	[93.00S]	45.00	174.50
41	USA	8012	Henry Amthor	Douglas Amthor	41.00	39.00	38.00	29.00	38.00	[49.00]	185.00
42	GBR	8905	Stuart Turnbull	Jason Lunn	28.00	38.00	[93.00S]	47.00	42.00	44.00	199.00
43	DEN/SWE	8849	Per Larsen	Andreas Carlsson	93.00F	20.00	13.00	31.00	43.00	[93.00F]	200.00
44	AUS/NSW	8557	Neil Long	Les Evans	43.00	[71.00]	56.00	58.00	24.00	29.00	210.00
45	USA	8084	Aaron Ross	Rob Waterman	[68.00]	52.00	41.00	51.00	35.00	31.00	210.00
46	AUS/SA	8884	Chris Went	Mitchell McDonald	37.00	46.00	46.00	37.00	[93.00F]	46.00	212.00
47	AUS/SA	8810	John Jenkins	Steve Sievewright	42.00	65.00	43.00	[68.00]	46.00	30.00	226.00
48	RSA	8520	Rudolph Holm	Dirk Rother	50.00	58.00	[93.00Q]	50.00	32.00	37.00	227.00
49	AUS/QLD	8876	Chris Tattersall	Greg Clarke	[70.00]	41.00	49.00	62.00	48.00	39.00	239.00
50	AUS/NSW	8759	Scott Ovenden	Bryce Penfold	51.00	59.00	36.00	54.00	[93.00S]	41.00	241.00
51	GER	8675	Volker Goerge	Friederichs Hartwig	54.00	[55.00]	50.00	49.00	41.00	48.00	242.00
52	AUS/NSW	8864	Hamish Jarrett	Chris Pearson	29.00	61.00	53.00	[71.00]	58.00	47.00	248.00
53	AUS/SA	8785	Ian Burford	Wayne Boyd	45.00	54.00	57.00	48.00	44.00	[64.00]	248.00
54	USA	6499	Angus Brackett	Colin Orsini	34.00	43.00	37.00	42.00	93.00S	[93.00F]	249.00
55	GBR	8925	Martin Wedge	Scott Allen	[82.00]	45.00	65.00	60.00	40.00	42.00	252.00
56	AUS/SA	8796	Jonno Bannister	Matt Burns	81.00	49.00	52.00	41.00	37.00	[93.00S]	260.00
57	ITA	8817	Marco Gambardella	Gabriele Cortegiani	[85.00]	50.00	69.00	55.00	45.00	51.00	270.00
58	POL	7539	Kuba Pawluk	Piotr Zoltowski	38.00	53.00	63.00	[65.00]	57.00	61.00	272.00
59	AUS/SA	8795	Martin Pike	Dan Cowan	[77.00]	62.00	58.00	67.00	54.00	34.00	275.00
60	AUS/SA	8760	Peter Woolman	Phil Webb	53.00	64.00	73.00	40.00	[93.00S]	52.00	282.00
61	USA	8786	Hubert Guy	Steve Adolph	55.00	70.00	55.00	44.00	[93.00F]	59.00	283.00
62	AUS/NSW	8648	Jeff Robinson	Mick O'Donnell	60.00	57.00	44.00	36.00	93.00F	[93.00F]	290.00
63	AUS/WA	8278	Luke Payne	Ben Davis	44.00	72.00	62.00	[77.00]	53.00	62.00	293.00
64	USA	7873	Mark Dowdy	Jason Bright	72.00	68.00	[74.00]	61.00	39.00	54.00	294.00
65	AUS/WA	8811	Matt Hansen	Shane Attwell	67.00	[67.00]	64.00	63.00	50.00	57.00	301.00
66	ZIM	8445	Patrick McCosh	David Horsfall	49.00	47.00	51.00	64.00	93.00F	[93.00F]	304.00
67	Finland	8746	Raimo Raita	Juha Nurmela	57.00	51.00	60.00	45.00	93.00S	[93.00S]	306.00
68	USA	8577	Bruce Van Deventer	Scott Weiler	58.00	60.00	54.00	76.00	64.00	[93.00F]	312.00
69	GBR	8885	Ben Iliffe	Simon Lake	62.00	56.00	39.00	66.00	93.00S	[93.00F]	316.00
70	AUS/WA	8501	Heath Patten	Nick Merker	78.00	[89.00]	72.00	53.00	66.00	56.00	325.00
71	AUS/SA	8092	Bill Travis	Warren Cosh	64.00	73.00	71.00	[73.00]	56.00	67.00	331.00
72	AUS/NSW	8637	Sam Cronin	Kevin Whitbread	69.00	79.00	79.00	[84.00]	52.00	55.00	334.00
73	RSA	8789	Tony Murray	Karl Kuhn	66.00	84.00	75.00	[93.00F]	62.00	58.00	345.00
74	AUS/SA	8602	Kym Campion	Charlie Longbottom	75.00	78.00	[84.00]	78.00	55.00	60.00	346.00
75	GER	8418	Jan Sell	Wiebke Gewinn	56.00	66.00	59.00	74.00	93.00S	[93.00F]	348.00
76	AUS/QLD	8589	Annabel Jones	Brian Jones	79.00	75.00	68.00	[79.00]	60.00	66.00	348.00
77	RSA	8707	Albrecht Holm	Warwick Ham	61.00	63.00	93.00Q	72.00	63.00	[93.00Q]	352.00
78	AUS/SA	8040	Robin Cross	Mark Paparella	74.00	69.00	67.00	82.00	61.00	[93.00F]	353.00
79	AUS/NSW	8173	Bob Fussell	Jeremy Fussell	65.00	85.00	66.00	69.00	[93.00F]	68.00	353.00
80	AUS/NSW	8803	Ian Bryden	James Bryden	93.00S	93.00S	80.00	43.00	[93.00S]	63.00	372.00
81	AUS/SA	8765	Greg Illman	Andrew Slater	83.00	76.00	77.00	83.00	59.00	[93.00F]	378.00
82	AUS/SA	8292	Mark Scrymgour	Liam McMahon	84.00	[86.00]	81.00	85.00	65.00	65.00	380.00
83	USA	8808	Evert Meyer	Matt Kennerknecht	59.00	81.00	78.00	70.00	93.00S	[93.00S]	381.00
84	GBR	8907	Jim Berry	Carl Gibbon	63.00	74.00	76.00	75.00	93.00S	[93.00F]	381.00
85	AUS/WA	7830	Jake Flintoff	Jesse Flintoff	71.00	87.00	70.00	81.00	93.00S	[93.00S]	402.00
86	CAN	8755	Brian Trainor	Karl Oswald	73.00	82.00	82.00	86.00	93.00S	[93.00S]	416.00
87	AUS/NSW	7983	David Johnson	Grahame Tindall	80.00	77.00	87.00	80.00	93.00S	[93.00F]	417.00
88	AUS/SA	7338	Glen Greenhalgh	Jeff Keogh	76.00	88.00	86.00	87.00	93.00S	[93.00S]	430.00
89	USA	8647	Hank Henry	Mike Zimmerman	87.00	80.00	85.00	88.00	93.00S	[93.00S]	433.00
90	GBR/AUS	8435	Patrick McGale	Marcus Korobacz	86.00	83.00	83.00	93.00F	93.00S	[93.00S]	438.00
91	AUS/QLD	6765	Peter Croft	Gary Rushton	88.00	90.00	88.00	89.00	93.00F	[93.00F]	448.00
92	GER	8728	Meiki Schomaeker	Rainer Goerge	93.00S	93.00S	93.00S	93.00S	93.00S	[93.00S]	465.00