Day 3- Off to a sensational start

by Richard Gladwell, Sail-World on 17 Mar 2008

Paige Railey (USA - 193020) squeezes past the Committee Boat on Day 3 of the Womens Laser Radial Worlds incurring a RRS42 penalty Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Light winds have put all racing on hold at Takapuna for the third day of the Womens Laser Radial World Championships.

Conditions on the Hauraki Gulf were glassy with no wind but got underway in a 6-7kt northerly breeze.

The second fleet got underway with a sensation when USA sailor Paige Railey was penalised for a RRS42 infringement, close to the startline. Sail-World understands the penalty was for pumping (with her body movement). Railey was the most leeward competitor at the pin end and may have incurred her penalty as she squeezed around the leeward starting vessel.

Railey was forced to sail off the course and retire from the race, as this is her second penalty for an infringement of RRS42.

If she infringes again in this regatta she will be not be excluded from the World Championship as happened to her once previously in the 2006 World Championships in USA. Instead she (and another competitor who infringes more than once) are excluded from that race.

At the midway stage another US sailor, Anna Tunnicliffe is leading the yellow fleet by a substantial margin.

Xu Lija, the 2006 World Champion crosses the finish line on Day 3 of the Womens Laser Radial Worlds © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

In the blue fleet, Lijlia Xu (CHN) lead by a comfortable margin of 200 metres, for most of the race with the with the fleet strung out behind her in a procession.

Currently the regatta is on hold while the official wait for the wind to settle. The sea breeze was extinguished by an approaching land breeze from the west coast, and there was a decision to be made at 1800hrs local time as to whether a further race would be sailed.

We have been advised that there will be no further racing today. Currently only three of a possible six races have been sailed, and officials will start racing tomorrow and attempt to sail a further three races.

The Finals were due to start on Wednesday and the regatta finishes on Thursday.

Paige Railey sails off the course after her second penalty in the 2008 Laser Radial Worlds © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Paige Railey administers some self-therapy after her penalty on Day 3 - Womens Laser Radial Worlds © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Paige Railey’s coach approaches after she was penalised on Day 3 - Womens Laser Radial Worlds © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Rounding the leeward gate Day 3 - Womens Laser Radial Worlds © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz

Fleet allocations for Day 3:

BLUE DAY 3

Sailno	Name
NZL 193001	Aleh Jo
CHN 193008	Xu Lijia
FRA 193009	Steyaert Sarah
GBR 193011	Clark Penny
NZL 193014	Winther Sara
CRO 193016	Mihelic Tina
FRA 193017	de Turckheim Sophie
GBR 193018	Baldwin Laura
LTU 193019	Volungeviciute Gintare
USA 193020	Railey Paige
AUS 193021	South Alexandra
BEL 193025	Maes Laura
BLR 193026	Drozdovskaya Tatiana
BRA 193027	Kostiw Adrina
CAN 193033	Merry Rachael
CAN 193035	Bertold Isabella
CAN 193039	Smutny Tanja
CHN 193040	Shen Huanqi
CHN 193042	Shen Xiaoying
CRO 193044	Bello Marijana
CZE 193046	Fenclova Veronika
DEN 193047	Lindberg Alberte
DEN 193048	Livbjerg Anna
DEN 193050	Schutt Maiken
DEN 193051	Gunni Sarah
ESP 193053	Reyes Fatima
EST 193056	Randmaa Merili
FIN 193058	Multala Sari
FRA 193059	Antoine Corinne
FRA 193060	Le Sausse Fanny
FRA 193061	de Kerangat Mathilde
FRA 193062	Brain Solenne
GBR 193063	Young Alison
GBR 193066	Williams Sarah
GRE 193068	Kolida Haidi
GRE 193069	Vlachou Maria
IND 193071	Rau Rohini
IRL 193074	Peelo Ciara
IRL 193075	Hanna Debbie
ISR 193076	Endelman Nufar
ITA 193080	Nevierov Larissa
ITA 193081	Fabbri Matilde
JPN 193084	Hiruta Kanako
JPN 193085	Takahashi Kaori
JPN 193086	Sato Maiko
JPN 193087	Saiki Yukiyo
NED 193091	Bouwmeester Anneke
NZL 193094	Hibbard Aevril
NZL 193095	Dye-Hutchinson Briar
NZL 193097	Barrell Jessica
PER 193102	Schmidt Paloma
POL 193103	Gladysz Zuzanna
RUS 193107	Oblova Elena
SIN 193108	Yin Elizabeth
SIN 193110	Chan Victoria
SUI 193112	Meyer Corinne
SUI 193113	Brugger Nathalie
VEN 193120	Saba Andria

YELLOW DAY 3

Sailno	Name
USA 193002	Tunnicliffe Anna
AUS 193003	Blanck Sarah
BEL 193004	Van Acker Evi
POL 193005	Szotynska Katarzyna
GBR 193006	Dobson Charlotte
FIN 193007	Tenkanen Tuula
GBR 193010	Brewster Andrea
GBR 193013	Vickers Lizzie
NED 193015	Bouwmeester Marit
AUS 193022	Stoddart Ashley
AUS 193023	King Gabrielle
AUS 193024	de Lange Megan
BRA 193028	Decnop Coelho Fernanda
BRA 193029	Ginaid Odile
BRA 193030	Gatti Raulino Patricia
BRA 193031	Rosa Borges Roberta
CAN 193032	Vittery Alanna
CAN 193034	Dube Danielle
CAN 193037	Rasa Keamia
CAN 193038	Ross Lisa
CHN 193041	Zhu Jiangyan
CRO 193043	Barbic Gea
CRO 193045	Petronijevic Mateja
DEN 193049	Hall Cathrine
ESP 193052	Cebrian Alicia
ESP 193054	Reyes Lucia
ESP 193055	Romero Steensma Susana
GBR 193064	Martin Chloe
GRE 193067	Mantzaraki Eftychia
GRE 193070	Kravarioti Virginia
IRL 193072	Murphy Annalise
IRL 193073	Murphy Claudine
ISV 193077	Roller Mayumi
ITA 193078	Clapcich Francesca
ITA 193079	Valsecchi Giovanna
ITA 193082	Graziani Maria
JPN 193083	Ishikawa Ayumi
LAT 193088	Aile Anna
LTU 193089	Mileviciute Ausra
MAS 193090	Anuar Nurul
NOR 193092	Samdal Elin
NZL 193093	Hargreaves Amanda
NZL 193096	Hume-Merry Cushla
NZL 193098	Monk Jane
NZL 193099	Powrie Miranda
NZL 193100	Tootill Sarah
PAR 193101	Cerutti Bogado Florencia
POR 193104	Carmo Sara
RUS 193105	Chernova Anastasia
RUS 193106	Kirilyuk Alisa
SIN 193109	Lo Manyi
SRB 193111	Dukic Milica
SWE 193114	Skarp Helena
SWE 193115	Soderstrom Karin
TPE 193116	Kuan Hsin
TUR 193117	Unver Ayda
USA 193118	Billing Emily
GBR 193119	Russell Suzanne