Carveth goes top at SB3 Worlds - day 3
by Event media on 25 Sep 2008

SB3 World Championships 2008 - day 3 Gareth Craig (Fotosail)
As the qualification stage of the SB3 World Championships at Dun Laoghaire, Ireland came to a close ‘humbling’ was how some crews described the intensity after day three. Until today, the top contenders may not have been on the same course as their nearest rivals in the overall standings, but with nine races now in the bag, the fleet will divide permanently into its gold and silver halves for five final races on Thursday and Friday.
Positions at the top of the fleet are very close. The leading six boats are covered by ten points with five races still to be sailed. At the top of the table is Geoff Carveth with 31 points. Second is Craig Boulton with 33 points, then Mike Budd 34, Dave Hudson (RSA) 35, Tim Fells 39 and Dave Lenz with 41 points.
The sailing by the leading teams has been of the highest quality in the big fleets. In the 18 races, each sailing nine, none of the leading group has a finishing place worse than a 17 and they have racked up ten wins. Expect to see that consistency maintained over the next two days and who ever blinks will be out of the running
Light shifty airs and grey, overcast skies on Wednesday morning warned of what is to come, with high pressure and even lighter winds set to dominate the last two days of racing.
The racing - day 3
The easterly wind never built above ten knots on Dublin Bay, and Hamble sailor Craig Burlton, overall leader going into Wednesday, said that the lighter conditions would make for unpredictable and open racing for the rest of the event.
'We’re okay in the light stuff,' he said. 'We’ve mainly sailed in heavier breezes this year as a team, but it will open the field up a lot more being lighter breeze, although the breeze so far has been better than the forecast, so fingers crossed.'
Despite posting two fourths today, Burlton could only hang on to second overall, while Geoff Carveth slipped past into the overall lead. Mike Budd, in third overall, rounds out the top three, with GBR sail numbers filling four of the top five slots.
Things could change further, however, as protest hearings are scheduled to stretch long into the night. Thirteen disputes, five of those against the race committee, will be heard before results are made final and the gold and silver fleets are split for once and for all.
Burlton and his crew are one of a handful of boats managing to find consistency in very even conditions, with normally steady performers and the bookies’ hot picks posting wildly erratic results.
'It is pretty tough to find lanes and clear breeze,' said Burlton. 'We’re trying to play the middle of the course but it is pretty tough. The courses are pretty good, some of the lines are a little more biased than we might like, but it’s very tight racing and the [race] committee are doing it very well.'
Irish boats again failed to make a dent in the top ten results overall, but there was a rare Irish one-two in the Orange fleet, with Cork helms Ronan Collins and Aidan O’Connell coming out on top in second race of the day.
'We managed to sail around the people who were around us at the first mark,' said O’Connell. 'I think we would have been four or five around the first mark – and then we were very close to Ronan but he managed to clip us at the end, which was unfortunate, but it was great to see a one-two for the Irish boats in that race.'
Among the other overseas boats, Dave Hudson from South Africa is in fourth place, Daniel Geoghegan of Australia is eighth and Hannes Wairner from the United Arab Emirates is 20th. Caresani Roberto of Italy is 21st, Fernando Belo from Portugal is 27th and Ben Duncan of New Zealand is 31st.
Tomorrow’s racing will be scrutinized further, with GPS trackers on the top 20 boats allowing online spectators follow the racing in real time on www.live-regatta.com.
SB3 World Championship - Leading positions after 9 races, 1 discard (132 entries)
1 |
GBR |
3053 |
Geoff Carveth |
Orange |
3 |
2 |
-16 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
47 |
31 |
nett pts |
2 |
GBR |
3042 |
Craig Burlton |
Orange |
1 |
-17 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
13 |
4 |
4 |
50 |
33 |
nett pts |
3 |
GBR |
3475 |
Mike Budd |
Blue |
3 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
-17 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
51 |
34 |
nett pts |
4 |
RSA |
3451 |
David Hudson |
Blue |
1 |
6 |
4 |
-17 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
52 |
35 |
nett pts |
5 |
GBR |
3231 |
Tim Fells |
Blue |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
-67 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
13 |
106 |
39 |
nett pts |
6 |
GBR |
3106 |
David Lenz |
Blue |
4 |
-7 |
7 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
48 |
41 |
nett pts |
7 |
GBR |
3082 |
Mark Richards |
Orange |
6 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
-20 |
2 |
16 |
15 |
1 |
67 |
47 |
nett pts |
8 |
AUS |
3469 |
Daniel Geoghegan |
Orange |
4 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
-23 |
4 |
9 |
14 |
74 |
51 |
nett pts |
9 |
GBR |
3027 |
Chris Darling |
Blue |
-27 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
18 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
27 |
85 |
58 |
nett pts |
10 |
IRL |
3500 |
Peter Kennedy |
Blue |
6 |
5 |
3 |
-24 |
5 |
15 |
15 |
4 |
11 |
88 |
64 |
nett pts |
11 |
GBR |
3467 |
Mark Rushall |
Orange |
11 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
11 |
10 |
-13 |
9 |
81 |
68 |
nett pts |
12 |
GBR |
3057 |
Martin Boatman |
Orange |
12 |
5 |
15 |
3 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
18 |
-29 |
100 |
71 |
nett pts |
13 |
IRL |
3307 |
Peter O Leary |
Blue |
7 |
3 |
16 |
15 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
-18 |
14 |
89 |
71 |
nett pts |
14 |
GBR |
3517 |
Colin Simonds |
Orange |
14 |
-19 |
8 |
7 |
12 |
4 |
17 |
13 |
5 |
99 |
80 |
nett pts |
15 |
GBR |
3039 |
Marshal King |
Blue |
22 |
-25 |
22 |
5 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
14 |
2 |
112 |
87 |
nett pts |
16 |
GBR |
3152 |
Guy Jackson |
Blue |
-35 |
10 |
15 |
11 |
3 |
25 |
14 |
9 |
5 |
127 |
92 |
nett pts |
17 |
GBR |
3462 |
Paul Lovejoy |
Blue |
5 |
8 |
6 |
18 |
27 |
-41 |
8 |
5 |
15 |
133 |
92 |
nett pts |
18 |
GBR |
3134 |
Jono Shelley |
Orange |
8 |
18 |
14 |
6 |
12 |
6 |
15 |
-22 |
22 |
123 |
101 |
nett pts |
19 |
GBR |
3465 |
Jerry Hill |
Orange |
2 |
6 |
38 |
25 |
9 |
7 |
-67 |
11 |
4 |
169 |
102 |
nett pts |
20 |
UAE |
3360 |
Hannes Waimer |
Blue |
17 |
14 |
9 |
13 |
3 |
-67 |
12 |
20 |
24 |
179 |
112 |
nett pts |
21 |
ITA |
3543 |
Caresani Roberto |
Blue |
28 |
9 |
11 |
2 |
9 |
16 |
28 |
-40 |
10 |
153 |
113 |
nett pts |
22 |
GBR |
3527 |
Richard Stenhouse |
Orange |
-67 |
16 |
18 |
11 |
15 |
7 |
15 |
19 |
12 |
180 |
113 |
nett pts |
23 |
GBR |
3336 |
Adrian Peach |
Orange |
10 |
-28 |
27 |
14 |
6 |
9 |
27 |
16 |
6 |
143 |
115 |
nett pts |
24 |
GBR |
3508 |
Nick Phillips |
Blue |
19 |
11 |
9 |
20 |
18 |
-30 |
8 |
7 |
26 |
148 |
118 |
nett pts |
25 |
IRL |
3281 |
Sean Craig |
Orange |
33 |
25 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
10 |
-36 |
32 |
7 |
156 |
120 |
nett pts |
26 |
GBR |
3546 |
Richard Catchpole |
Orange |
13 |
13 |
9 |
21 |
24 |
18 |
-26 |
17 |
12 |
153 |
127 |
nett pts |
27 |
POR |
3506 |
Fernando Belo |
Orange |
24 |
-26 |
13 |
7 |
13 |
3 |
17 |
26 |
25 |
154 |
128 |
nett pts |
28 |
GBR |
3021 |
Charlie Whelan |
Orange |
27 |
9 |
28 |
16 |
19 |
21 |
3 |
6 |
-41 |
170 |
129 |
nett pts |
29 |
IRL |
3232 |
Stefan Hyde |
Blue |
-40 |
18 |
35 |
14 |
4 |
20 |
24 |
8 |
11 |
174 |
134 |
nett pts |
30 |
IRL |
3551 |
Ronan Collins |
Orange |
5 |
14 |
7 |
38 |
-39 |
23 |
22 |
1 |
25 |
174 |
135 |
nett pts |
31 |
NZL |
3287 |
Ben Duncan |
Orange |
9 |
11 |
-35 |
19 |
17 |
17 |
31 |
29 |
2 |
170 |
135 |
nett pts |
32 |
GBR |
3509 |
Nico Honor |
Blue |
16 |
16 |
5 |
22 |
21 |
22 |
11 |
23 |
-26 |
162 |
136 |
nett pts |
33 |
GBR |
3154 |
Jeremy Entwistle |
Blue |
21 |
27 |
24 |
10 |
16 |
13 |
21 |
-29 |
13 |
174 |
145 |
nett pts |
34 |
GBR |
3060 |
Stewart Reed |
Blue |
10 |
21 |
18 |
4 |
25 |
26 |
16 |
27 |
-31 |
178 |
147 |
nett pts |
35 |
IRL |
3433 |
Gareth Flannigan |
Blue |
8 |
24 |
12 |
34 |
13 |
-67 |
26 |
17 |
15 |
216 |
149 |
nett pts |
36 |
ITA |
3187 |
Luca Bacci |
Blue |
-67 |
28 |
29 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
22 |
12 |
23 |
218 |
151 |
nett pts |
37 |
GBR |
3047 |
Ben Ainsworth |
Orange |
16 |
-67 |
39 |
21 |
26 |
33 |
12 |
10 |
1 |
225 |
158 |
nett pts |
38 |
GBR |
3149 |
Mark Gillett |
Blue |
26 |
15 |
17 |
26 |
10 |
-35 |
20 |
11 |
33 |
193 |
158 |
nett pts |
39 |
IRL |
3501 |
Emma McDonald |
Blue |
18 |
13 |
13 |
-67 |
7 |
28 |
23 |
26 |
32 |
227 |
160 |
nett pts |
40 |
GBR |
3302 |
Ian Sullivan |
Orange |
25 |
-34 |
6 |
15 |
14 |
30 |
31 |
24 |
19 |
198 |
164 |
nett pts |
41 |
IRL |
3279 |
Aidan O'Connell |
Orange |
17 |
28 |
32 |
27 |
-45 |
16 |
37 |
2 |
7 |
211 |
166 |
nett pts |
42 |
IRL |
3240 |
Ger Owens |
Orange |
28 |
23 |
45 |
10 |
-57 |
34 |
19 |
8 |
8 |
232 |
175 |
nett pts |
43 |
IRL |
3324 |
Kieran Dorgan |
Blue |
13 |
29 |
27 |
-35 |
15 |
29 |
30 |
16 |
17 |
211 |
176 |
nett pts |
44 |
IRL |
3322 |
Robert Cahill |
Orange |
41 |
-75 |
10 |
35 |
11 |
22 |
20 |
12 |
28 |
254 |
179 |
nett pts |
45 |
POR |
3256 |
Peter Stratton |
Blue |
32 |
-67 |
23 |
26 |
21 |
6 |
33 |
21 |
19 |
248 |
181 |
nett pts |
46 |
GBR |
3031 |
Christina Summerhayes |
Orange |
7 |
8 |
19 |
41 |
28 |
19 |
-49 |
46 |
21 |
238 |
189 |
nett pts |
47 |
IRL |
3257 |
Colin Galavan |
Orange |
19 |
17 |
20 |
-46 |
25 |
12 |
38 |
30 |
34 |
241 |
195 |
nett pts |
48 |
GBR |
3388 |
Chris King |
Blue |
31 |
23 |
19 |
33 |
31 |
34 |
10 |
-35 |
18 |
234 |
199 |
nett pts |
49 |
TBA |
3542 |
Kaity Storck |
Blue |
30 |
32 |
30 |
30 |
-51 |
13 |
35 |
14 |
20 |
255 |
204 |
nett pts |
50 |
GBR |
3216 |
Dave Best |
Orange |
34 |
-49 |
49 |
18 |
34 |
29 |
18 |
3 |
24 |
258 |
209 |
nett pts |
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