Finn focus at Kiel - day one

by Corinne McKenzie / IFA on 21 Jun 2009 Seventh on the ISAF Sailing World Cup standings, Rafal Szukiel from Poland is leading the strong 63 Finn fleet after one race sailed under difficult conditions in Kiel, Germany.

The sixth event in the ISAF Sailing World Cup has started Saturday in Kiel with difficult racing conditions which only provided for one race in the Finn and Star classes sharing the Delta area.

A big squall disturbed the start of racing forcing the Finn sailors to wait while the Stars had three attempts to start. When the Finn’s starting procedure was finally given it was under black flag to avoid further delay, sending home Beijing Olympic Silver medallist Zach Railey (USA) and young German Anian Schreiber.

Indian sailor Nachaatar Johal explains the race: 'The pin end was favoured at the start. Dan Slater (NZL) was leading at the top mark. In the last beat, the wind swung to the right side by 30 to 40 degrees and there was lot of up down in the finishing positions.'

The rain was back after the first race and then the wind died down forcing the race committee to send everyone home!

While Szukiel made the most of the day, Sailing World Cup leader, Ed Wright (GBR) had a bad start in the regatta with a 19th place.

The first Junior across the line is 19 years old Caleb Paine from the United States in 14th position. Caleb Paine is part of a youth development programme set up by the US Finn Foundation.

There are 18 juniors (21 and under in the Finn class) engaged in Kiel week and preparing for the Junior Finn World Championship (Joerg Bruder Silver Cup) starting at the end of July at Balatonfured, Hungary.

Racing will hopefully resume on Sunday despite very light winds forecast.

Pos.	Sailingnumber	Skipper	1	Points
1	POL 7	Szukiel, Rafal (1976) AZS UWM	1.00	1.00
2	EST 2	Deniss, Karpak (1986) Transbunke	2.00	2.00
3	RUS 9	Skorniakov, Eduard (1980) MSS	3.00	3.00
4	CRO 524	Ivan, Kljakovic Gaspic (1984) JK Zenta	4.00	4.00
5	FRA 112	LOBERT, Jonathan (1985) SNO nantes	5.00	5.00
6	AUT 3	Raudaschl, Florian (1978) UYC Wg	6.00	6.00
7	USA 1140	Boyd, Bryan (1976) AYC	7.00	7.00
8	FRA 115	le breton, Thomas (1982) SR Brest	8.00	8.00
9	ITA 101	Cordovani, Riccardo (1983) F.V.R.	9.00	9.00
10	NZL 1	Slater, Dan (1976) MBSC	10.00	10.00
11	CZE 3	Rudolf, Lidarik (1978) LS Brno	11.00	11.00
12	TUR 7	Muslubas, Akif (1974) I.Y.K	12.00	12.00
13	ESP 7	MUSCAT, Alex (1985) CN LEscala	13.00	13.00
14	USA 619	Paine, Caleb (1990) SWYC	14.00	14.00
15	NOR 1	Peer, Moberg (1971) KNS YC	15.00	15.00
16	GER 712	Christoph, Froh (1989) SYC	16.00	16.00
17	POL 17	Kula, Piotr (1987) BTZ	17.00	17.00
18	RUS 57	Egor, Terpigorev (1990) MSS	18.00	18.00
19	GBR 111	Wright, EDWARD (1977) ?	19.00	19.00
20	HUN 6	Gaszton Pal, Gaszton (1983) BYC	20.00	20.00
21	USA 808	Ramming, Phililip (1956) NHYC	21.00	21.00
22	RUS 707	Egor, Larionov (1989) Moscow Reg	22.00	22.00
23	GER 64	Luttkus, Lennart (1992) SKBUe	23.00	23.00
24	GER 108	Munck, Sebastian (1975) wscw	24.00	24.00
25	GER 81	Dellas, Jan-Dietmar (1969) OYC	25.00	25.00
26	UKR 5	Andriy, Gusenko (1988) OSHVSM	26.00	26.00
27	POR 5	Frederico, Melo (1987) CNC	27.00	27.00
28	POL 9	Kosmicki, Tomek (1986) AZS POZNAN	28.00	28.00
29	GER 17	Schrader, Kai (1964) BSC	29.00	29.00
30	CZE 52	Vika, Tomas (1988) YCCh	30.00	30.00
31	BRA 5	henry, boening (1983) ICRJ	31.00	31.00
32	ITA 123	Filippo, Baldassari (1988) Ancona y c	32.00	32.00
33	UKR 21	Anton, Sadchikov (1989) FOND	33.00	33.00
34	USA 55	casey, Andrew (1978) teamameric	34.00	34.00
35	ESP 100	TRUJILLO, Rafael (1975) CN LaLinea	35.00	35.00
36	GER 27	Wolff, Matthias (1981) KYC	36.00	36.00
37	DEN 231	Bøggild, Kenneth (1968) VSK	37.00	37.00
38	CZE 1	Maier, Michael (1964) YCR RnL	38.00	38.00
39	DEN 46	Andresen, Kaspar (1987) FSK	39.00	39.00
40	GBR 99	Bagnall, Henry (1987) RCYC	40.00	40.00
41	HUN 212	Richard, Hirschler (1992) SÉP	41.00	41.00
42	SWE 6	Allansson, Björn (1986) GKSS	42.00	42.00
43	POL 41	Falczynski, Piotr (1988) KS Spojnia	43.00	43.00
44	USA 9	Cook, Ian (1988) Eastern YC	44.00	44.00
45	GER 22	Mitterer, Martin (1974) WVF	45.00	45.00
46	NED 839	Hagoort, Timo (1987) ARZV	46.00	46.00
47	RUS 1	Alex, Selivanov (1987) Krasnoadar	47.00	47.00
48	RUS 91	VIACHESLAV, SIVENKOV (1991) MSKH	48.00	48.00
49	GER 242	corbett, peter (1968) HSC	49.00	49.00
50	EST 7	Harles, Liiv (1972) Nightclub	50.00	50.00
51	GER 165	Meid, Dirk (1965) SCLM	51.00	51.00
52	IND 11	nachhatar, johal (1979) AYN	52.00	52.00
53	UKR 1	Oleksiy, Borysov (1983) FOND	53.00	53.00
54	CZE 81	Tomas, Hrncal (1991) YC Pce	54.00	54.00
55	CZE 55	Milan, Hrncal (1989) YC Pce	55.00	55.00
56	CZE 21	Cajcik, Jan (1988) YC Pce	56.00	56.00
57	AUS 235	Castles, Tim (1985) FSC	57.00	57.00
58	CZE 11	Deutscher, Patrik (1991) YCR RnL	58.00	58.00
59	DEN 262	.Teglers, Bo (1975) Hellerup	59.00	59.00
60	BLR 7	Strakh, Ilya (1986) RCOP	60.00	60.00
61	HUN 8	Beliczay, Marton (1986) ARSC	61.00	61.00
62	HUN 16	Vas, Gyorgy (1970) ALBAREGIA	62.00	62.00
63	GER 21	Schreiber, Anian (1988) WYC	65.00BFD	65.00
63	USA 4	zach, railey (1984) stfyc	65.00BFD	65.00