Laser SB3 World Championships 2009, Burlton Maintains lead on Day 2

by Katie Ashworth on 2 Sep 2009 The forecast for Day 2 of the Laser SB3 Worlds in Cascais allowed the Race Officer the option of using either race area. The decision was made to use Race Area B, to the east of the bay. The wind arrived from the north with a steady 8 to 10 knots for the start of the 1st Race and built throughout the day. By the start of Race 3 the wind had swung 20 degrees to the right and increased to 25 knots.

Following an injury to a member of his crew, past Portuguese Olympic sailor Fernando Bello was unable to compete in the second day of the Championships leaving the competition open for the local Portuguese fleet for the coveted spot of 1st Portuguese boat.

At the end of Day 2, Filipe Silva and his crew on board Black Bird/Capital Moura lie 8th overall with a 25 point lead over the 2nd Portuguese boat who lies in 10th position. It’s tough and tight at the top of this Championship.

Having led over night, Craig Burlton suffered a poor first leg during the 1st Race, rounding the windward mark at least three quarters of the way down the fleet.

Amazingly, Burlton and crew managed to pick off the fleet and finished the race in seventh position. Ian Sullivan and his crew of Cheeky Monkey’s put in a sterling performance in the first race finishing second. This was a great return to the race course for Sullivan having had to return to the dock on Day 1 with a damaged spreader and torn mainsail.

Strong performances in Race 1 also came from Jerry Hill and Chris Jennings, finishing third and fourth respectively.

However, the winner of Race 1 was South African, David Hudson and his Race Ahead crew of Neil Malan, Wadnisile Xayimpi and Jamie Waters with a tremendous lead and awesome down wind boat speed. Mike Budd was OCS in Race 1 and although he discards his 55 point penalty score, he drops from second to fourth overall after 6 races.

Robert Gullan, helming Pieter Heyn’s Sun Microsystems lead Race 2 from a strong start and managed to extend an impressive lead to win with approximately 20 boat lengths to spare.

At the end of Day 2, Sun Microsystems lies 3rd overall with a score tally of 7, 7, 5, (17), 1, 4. Their boat speed was certainly impressive and crew work appeared impeccable.

The wind built throughout the second race and the leeward mark rounding’s were fruity as gusts of 25 plus knots blew across the course. Early genneker drops benefitted many as other boats struggled to loose the genneker and round the mark.

Race 3 got underway on the 2nd attempt following a well judged general recall. Roger Hudson and Taariq Jacobs had an excellent start and after rounding the windward mark in the top spot, they managed to extend their lead and comfortably won the 3rd race of the day.

Race 3 was sailed in 20 to 25 knots of wind and was by far the longest race of the day with the leading boats finishing after 1 hour 50 minutes.

3 Sad Old Blokes managed to hook the mark at the end of their first beat.

Correctly Hill did his turn and after losing at least 20 places, he managed to finish the race in 15th position. A fantastic recovery from an ugly mistake.

Credit must be given at the end of Day 2 to Sarah Allan and her three person crew; Charlotte Savage, Michael-John Gifford and David Giles. Sarah has posted some really consistent results and should be recognised for her transition in the SB3 class this season.

Allan has moved from bow on board Geoff Carveth’s winning team at the 2008 World Championships to owner and helm this year. Currently Allan’s boat,

Sailboatspares.com lies 7th overall.

Craig Burlton, Steve ‘AB’ White and Adam Heeley maintain their lead for a second day, but their lead drops from 4 points to 2. The best overall position improvement today has been achieved by Team Solent / Helly Hansen.

Having been caught with a black flag in the first race of Day 1 and losing a crew member overboard, Guy Jackson pulled out all the stops on Day 2, jumping from 28th overall on Day 1 to 13th overall on Day 2.

Laser SB3 World Championship 2009

Entries: 54      Races Sailed: 6      Discard: 1

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Country	Helm	Crew	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	3042	Gill Race Team	GBR	Craig Burlton	Adam Healley/Stephen White	18	8	2	2	7	2	5
2	3469	Spirit of Cape Town	RSA	Roger Hudson	Taariq Jacobs/Ashton Sampson/Marlon Jones	20	2	1	55	13	3	1
3	3047	Sun Microsystems	GBR	Robert Gullan	Ben Ainsworth/Pieter Heyn/Maria Stanley	24	7	7	5	17	1	4
4	3475	Zimmer	GBR	Mike Budd	Mark Greaves / Sam Gardner	27	1	5	11	55	8	2
5	3451	City of Cape Town	RSA	David Hudson	Neil Malan/Wandisile Xayimpi/Jamie Waters	28	3	6	6	1	12	17
6	3465	3 Sad Old Blokes	GBR	Jerry Hill	Joe Llewellyn / Paul Kameen	29	9	12	1	3	4	15
7	3575	Sail Boat Spares.com	GBR	Sarah Allan	Charlotte Savage/Michael John Gifford/David Giles	31	4	9	10	20	5	3
8	3558	Black Bird/Capital Moura	POR	Filipe Silva	Joaquim Moreira / Pedro Costa Alemão	39	6	4	17	12	9	8
9	3032	Rumbleflurg	GBR	David Cummins	Ian Schenkel/Chris Cousins	61	14	10	8	15	20	14
10	3115	Quebramar	POR	Rui Brites	Gonçalo Esteves/Francisco Neto	64	16	11	9	9	31	19
11	3401	Else	GER	Ferdinand Ziegelmayer	Maximilian Ziegelmayer/Sebastien Ziegelmayer	65	10	14	15	16	10	18
12	3462	In Your Pocket	GBR	Andrew Oddie	Gareth Edwards / Andy Rice	66	5	18	3	37	6	34
13	3152	Team Solent Helly Hansen	GBR	Guy Jackson	Jorgen Stromquist / James Moore	71	55	3	34	18	7	9
14	3311	Selden Mast	GBR	Chris Jennings	Simon Everest/ Neil Hughston	72	15	19	25	4	11	23
15	3014	Sponge Bob	GBR	Marshall King	Matt Waite / Steven McLean	74	41	16	19	10	22	7
16	3506		POR	Rui Caldas Barreiro	Diogo Pereira / Gonçalo Cabrita	76	17	25	7	29	16	11
17	3038	Cheeky Monkey	GBR	Ian Sullivan	Tom Mallindine / Chris Noble	77	18	18	18	2	34	20
18	3082	Badger Racing	GBR	Paul Lovejoy	Sam Minns/Fredrik Blencke	88	20	17	55	6	35	10
19	3083	Bettersoft/Cidade Setubal	POR	Luis Santos	Rui Duarte/João Bolina	88	31	8	55	11	17	21
20	3027	Darling Associates	GBR	Chris Darling	Alice Darling/Sian McCleave/Alastair Shaw	88	44	21	14	14	27	12
21	3491	Stenghele	ITA	Roberto Caresani	Pietro Negri/Giulia Conti	93	12	27	23	21	21	16
22	3155	Fishbone	ITA	Giovanni Meloni	Massimiliano Pez/Cristian Ferro	106	30	24	20	5	37	27
23	3256	Bicasco/Cidade Setubal	POR	António Santos	Fernando Faneco/José Miguel Cunha	111	48	15	13	22	13	48
24	3187	Phi!Number	ITA	Luca Bacci	Duccio Colombi/Michele Saleri	111	19	20	55	19	24	29
25	3543	Citta di Numana	ITA	Vicenzo Graciotti	Camillo Zucconi/Andrea Trani	112	29	36	16	24	30	13
26	3090	Purple DayDream	POR	João Duarte	Gonçalo Boto/Paulo Lobo/Christian Bayon	113	22	13	26	26	26	38
27	3420	Manias	POR	José Pedro Dias Pinheiro	Antonio Leal Faria/ Bernardo Dias Pinheiro	119	25	26	4	32	32	39
28	3203		POR	António Mello	João Mello/João Westwood/Lourenço P. Gonçalves	129	40	55	12	30	19	28
29	3177	Hot Pants	GBR	Mike Wood	Mike Walker / Ian Martin	132	36	40	29	8	23	36
30	3379	Pelican Racing	GBR	Ash Holmes	Ian Gilmour / Simon Davies	136	21	28	35	27	25	37
31	3523	Sete	POR	Bernardo Pinto Gonçalves	Carlos Empis / Lourenço Empis/Martim Mello	140	13	22	36	55	29	40
32	3209	Trunk Monkey	GBR	Joe Burnie	Doug Peniston/Mike Austen	143	23	35	27	23	47	35
33	3581		POR	Peter Straton	Francisco Garcia/Miguel Pedro	145	45	23	55	31	14	32
34	3505		POR	Vasco Passanha	Tiago Malhão Pereira/André Caiado	146	34	30	38	34	18	30
35	3438	Trinca Espinhas	POR	Luis Figueiredo	Gonçalo Lacerda/Nuno Rosa Lopes	149	11	29	30	38	41	45
36	3295	Razzmatazz	GER	Sebastian Dohrendorf	Fieda van Belle/Jonathan Griffiths/Frank Geerlings	153	26	55	22	28	28	49
37	3105	Dom Pedro Hotels	POR	José Paulo Ramada	Abilio Amaral / Pedro Riebiro da Cunha	163	55	34	24	41	39	25
38	3333	Coating	ITA	Luca Maitan	Luca Zuklic/Manuel Faro	163	35	39	40	25	33	31
39	3048	Xcellent	GBR	John Pollard	Robert Smith/Martin Schwartz	168	37	55	55	55	15	6
40	3111	ROFF - SAP Consulting	POR	Gonçalo Horta	Hugo Mastbaum / Pedro Rebelo	169	32	31	33	35	38	43
41	3563	Isabella II	GER	Reinhard Schroeder	Stefan Sorgel/Nico Thielemann	173	39	38	21	46	42	33
42	3150	Audi Sunshine Girls	AUS	Lauren Calder	Lissa McMillan/Louise Watson/Morgann Stanton	184	55	33	28	33	49	41
43	3101	Casilda	POR	Duarte Bello	Gonçalo Eusébio /Eduardo VanZeller	185	27	37	32	39	50	50
44	3103	ESRI	POR	Piedade Colaço	Diana Caldeira/Ariana Nunes/Luisa Figueiredo	185	28	41	55	36	36	44
45	3114	Clube Millenium BCP	POR	Vanessa Batista	Telma Miranda/Inês Soares/Mariana Freitas	187	33	43	18	47	48	46
46	3139	Wagop	AUS	Michael Quirk	Jordan Spencer / Michael McLean	190	55	55	31	42	40	22
47	3055	Rumshack Event Management	GBR	Roger Hexton	Peter Christie/Christopher Anthony	196	42	32	37	44	43	42
48	3411	Herdade do Esporão	POR	Diogo Corrêa Mendes	Fernando Passeiro / Duarte Pinto Coelho	203	46	46	55	43	44	24
49	3093	Super Bad	IRL	Emmet Ryan	James Budd/Anna Mackenzie/Jonny White	205	24	55	55	55	45	26
50	3077	Skallywag	GBR	James Ford	Rob Day / Nina Day	210	43	42	39	40	46	47
51	3092	Mergulhão	POR	André Gray	Rodrigo Amaral/Filipe Hogan	241	47	45	55	45	52	52
52	3124	Delta Q	POR	Gonçalo Almeida	João Lino/Daniel Matias/Elisa Matias	243	49	44	55	48	51	51
53	3525	Engexpor	POR	Fernando Bello	António Gois/Francisco Mourão	258	38	55	55	55	55	55
54	3521	Santa Maria	POR	Firmino Morgado	Elísio Lourenço/Luis Rosario	262	50	47	55	55	55	55

Six Races have now been completed and a World Championship Series is now in place.

Stay tuned for further developments at the Laser SB3 World Championships on Day 3…