29er World Championship day 3 - Argentine teams hold top spots

by Jerelyn Biehl on 6 Jan 2011 29er World Championship - Belen Tavella and Franco Greggi will finally meet Pepe Bettini and Fernando Gwozdz on the race course for the beginning of the finals.

These two Argentine teams have been tied for the first two days of racing and both are sailing excellent regattas. Today’s tie was broken with Tavella/Greggi sailing a 1-3-1 in the final 3 races of the 9 race qualification series. Discarding their two worst races (OCS and 3) they have a 2-point lead over Bettini/Gwozdz who finished the day with a 2-2-3. Commenting on her race day, Belen Tavlla said 'we finished first in the qualifying series and we’re very happy – we hope tomorrow we will win. I think our course was easier than the other today.' Franco Greggi added; 'I’m very confident and we hope tomorrow will be a very good day.'

The conditions were quite different then the previous days with lighter wind, a little rain and confused seas left over from the previous day. Changes in conditions kept everyone on their toes, including the race committee. The wind began at 16 knots but by the end of the day, both courses had velocity drops to around 11 knots. The wind also shifted to the southeast after serving up the morning easterly for the first race.

Bettini and Gwozdz raced on the north course for today’s racing and, crew Fernando Gwozdz commented that they 'had a good day but unfortunately it wasn’t enough to win the qualification series, but it’s alright, because tomorrow a new regatta starts. We will go with everything we have.'

Argentine teams currently hold the top six positions going into the finals with Australians Byron White and Ash Rooklyn being the top foreign team. The Aussies liked the lighter conditions and sailed to a 3-4-4 putting them in seventh overall. The French team of Gael Jaffrezic/Julien Boyet who are also the top youth team, had a tough day sailing their two drop races but keeping a sixth and they stand in eighth overall. The top female team of Ida Baad Nielsen and Marie Thusgard Olsen stand in 19th overall.

Wednesday evening the sailors were treated to a talk by Santiago Lange, multi-World, Olympic champion and America’s Cup veteran who is also competing in the 29er Worlds as a crew for his son Klaus. Afterwards, a traditional Argentine asado fed the sailors who were also entertained by some authentic music and of course the Tango.

Tomorrow’s finals will have the top 25 teams in the gold fleet on the north course. The silver fleet will consist of the remaining 35 teams who will compete on the south course.

Racing continues on Thursday, January 6 with three days of the final series. The prizegiving will be held on Saturday, January 8.

puesto	vela	timonel / tripulante		reg_1	reg_2	reg_3	reg_4	reg_5	reg_6	reg_7	reg_8	reg_9	puntos
1	ARG 1726	BELEN TAVELLA / FRANCO GREGGI	SOUTH	1-1.00	1-1.00	2-2.00	(OCS-31.00)	1-1.00	1-1.00	1-1.00	(3-3.00)	1-1.00	8
2	ARG 0002	BETTINI PEPE /GWOZDZ FERNANDO	NORTH	1-1.00	1-1.00	2-2.00	(3-3.00)	1-1.00	1-1.00	2-2.00	2-2.00	(3-3.00)	10
3	ARG 1720	COSENTINO FRANCISCO /WAGMAISTER TOMAS	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	2-2.00	4-4.00	1-1.00	3-3.00	2-2.00	1-1.00	(6-6.00)	1-1.00	14
4	ARG 1314	POLLITZER GONZALO /DIEZ JOSE MARIA	SOUTH	2-2.00	(7-7.00)	1-1.00	1-1.00	3-3.00	2-2.00	6-6.00	2-2.00	(10-10.00)	17
5	ARG 1723	KREVISKY JUAN / LOPEZ SEGURA BILLY	SOUTH	3-3.00	2-2.00	5-5.00	3-3.00	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	4-4.00	1-1.00	3-3.00	21
6	ARG 1798	REALI ETCHART VICTORIA/TERRAB GASTON	NORTH	4-4.00	3-3.00	(7-7.00)	(7-7.00)	2-2.00	7-7.00	3-3.00	1-1.00	7-7.00	27
7	AUS 1535	BYRON WHITE / ASHLEN ROOKLYN	SOUTH	(6-6.00)	5-5.00	3-3.00	2-2.00	(6-6.00)	6-6.00	3-3.00	4-4.00	4-4.00	27
8	FRA 0009	JAFFREZIC GAEL / BLOYET JULIEN YOUTH	NORTH	4-4.00	3-3.00	1-1.00	6-6.00	7-7.00	4-4.00	(11-11.00)	(12-12.00)	6-6.00	31
9	ARG 0006	MARTINEZ NAHUEL / VUGDELIJA AXEL	NORTH	3-3.00	6-6.00	(12-12.00)	5-5.00	8-8.00	3-3.00	6-6.00	(13-13.00)	5-5.00	36
10	USA 0005	FRASER MAXWELL / LIEBENBERG DAVID	SOUTH	7-7.00	(9-9.00)	5-5.00	2-2.00	(8-8.00)	6-6.00	5-5.00	8-8.00	7-7.00	40
11	ARG 1316	SIELECKI MICAEL / OCAMPO TOMAS	SOUTH	6-6.00	7-7.00	4-4.00	4-4.00	7-7.00	5-5.00	7-7.00	(13-13.00)	(9-9.00)	40
12	ARG 1724	TRAVASCIO VICTORIA / SEGERS MARIO	NORTH	(21-21.00)	4-4.00	7-7.00	5-5.00	(11-11.00)	8-8.00	8-8.00	7-7.00	2-2.00	41
13	DEN 1732	LUBECK MADS EMIL / LUBECK CHRISTIAN PETER	SOUTH	5-5.00	8-8.00	(13-13.00)	10-10.00	4-4.00	8-8.00	2-2.00	5-5.00	(12-12.00)	42
14	ARG 1799	BILLOCH GERMAN / KOCOUREK PEDRO	NORTH	8-8.00	4-4.00	6-6.00	(10-10.00)	2-2.00	(14-14.00)	5-5.00	10-10.00	8-8.00	43
15	ARG 1719	BRANZ SOL / ALVAREZ GALLESIO JUAMPI	NORTH	(RAF-31.00)	(RAF-31.00)	11-11.00	8-8.00	4-4.00	3-3.00	9-9.00	4-4.00	10-10.00	49
16	ARG 1313	AGUS BRANZ /FEDE TRAVASCIO	SOUTH	8-8.00	9-9.00	3-3.00	8-8.00	(17-17.00)	9-9.00	(18-18.00)	11-11.00	2-2.00	50
17	ESP 1615	TRITTEL FLORIAN / TRITTEL LUCAS	SOUTH	2-2.00	6-6.00	(DNC-31.00)	4-4.00	5-5.00	5-5.00	(16-16.00)	16-16.00	15-15.00	53
18	GBR 1702	LLOYD WILLIAMS HENRY / BATTEN SAM YOUTH	NORTH	(12-12.00)	(14-14.00)	11-11.00	6-6.00	6-6.00	9-9.00	4-4.00	5-5.00	12-12.00	53
19	DEN 0010	BAAD IDA / OLSEN MARIE FEM	NORTH	9-9.00	8-8.00	8-8.00	7-7.00	(10-10.00)	(11-11.00)	7-7.00	8-8.00	9-9.00	56
20	USA 0015	TYLER MACDONALD / JAMES MOODY	SOUTH	(15-15.00)	10-10.00	10-10.00	11-11.00	5-5.00	7-7.00	13-13.00	(17-17.00)	5-5.00	61
21	ARG 1184	PIRAN CLARA / PELLEGRINO MARIANO	NORTH	(17-17.00)	5-5.00	9-9.00	14-14.00	12-12.00	(19-19.00)	12-12.00	3-3.00	11-11.00	66
22	ARG 1807	LANGE SANTIAGO / LANGE KLAUS	NORTH	10-10.00	(16-16.00)	9-9.00	9-9.00	9-9.00	4-4.00	(15-15.00)	14-14.00	13-13.00	68
23	ARG 0436	AUTELLI JUAN JOSE /PINI NICOLAS	SOUTH	7-7.00	13-13.00	(14-14.00)	12-12.00	9-9.00	11-11.00	(15-15.00)	12-12.00	8-8.00	72
24	ARG 1717	BAUDOINO ALEJANDRO / CUBRIA MARTIN	NORTH	10-10.00	22-22.00	6-6.00	(OCS-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	10-10.00	10-10.00	11-11.00	4-4.00	73
25	ARG 1315	GOMEZ LEANDRO / VILLAMBROSA FEDERICO	SOUTH	(13-13.00)	(15-15.00)	13-13.00	11-11.00	11-11.00	12-12.00	9-9.00	6-6.00	13-13.00	75
26	CRO 0016	FIZULIC DOMAGOJ / OSTREZ LEON	NORTH	9-9.00	10-10.00	8-8.00	14-14.00	10-10.00	10-10.00	14-14.00	(19-19.00)	(15-15.00)	75
27	ARG 1805	BELLOCCHIO FRAN / ZAPIOLA IGNACIO	SOUTH	5-5.00	17-17.00	(20-20.00)	12-12.00	16-16.00	12-12.00	10-10.00	(22-22.00)	6-6.00	78
28	ESP 1626	RODENAS LORDA LUIS / MARTINEZ RUIZ JUAN MIGUEL	SOUTH	12-12.00	11-11.00	(19-19.00)	(18-18.00)	13-13.00	15-15.00	14-14.00	7-7.00	14-14.00	86
29	USA 0019	LANE KRISTEN / NOBLE MATTHEW	SOUTH	11-11.00	11-11.00	12-12.00	9-9.00	(21-21.00)	13-13.00	19-19.00	(20-20.00)	11-11.00	86
30	DEN 1392	CHRISTIANSEN LIN / QUORNING STINE FEM	NORTH	11-11.00	14-14.00	(DSQ-31.00)	(15-15.00)	14-14.00	13-13.00	13-13.00	9-9.00	14-14.00	88
31	GBR 1754	COOPER OLLIE / POYNER JAMES YOUTH	SOUTH	14-14.00	12-12.00	(21-21.00)	15-15.00	12-12.00	15-15.00	17-17.00	9-9.00	(19-19.00)	94
32	ARG 1310	COSENTINO IVAN / CHOMETOWSKI NICOLAS	NORTH	13-13.00	13-13.00	10-10.00	13-13.00	14-14.00	(DNC-31.00)	(22-22.00)	16-16.00	20-20.00	99
33	ARG 0590	ARIGOS JOSE MANUEL / NOE ALEJANDRO	SOUTH	16-16.00	16-16.00	15-15.00	16-16.00	(17-17.00)	16-16.00	11-11.00	(19-19.00)	17-17.00	107
34	ARG 1181	VAN AVERMAETE FRANCISCO / CARRANO ALFREDO	SOUTH	16-16.00	17-17.00	14-14.00	16-16.00	(23-23.00)	17-17.00	(20-20.00)	14-14.00	20-20.00	114
35	USA 0014	HENKEN STERLING / DEADY MIKE	NORTH	18-18.00	12-12.00	18-18.00	13-13.00	18-18.00	(DNC-31.00)	21-21.00	(22-22.00)	18-18.00	118
36	ARG 1311	PILAR TAVELLA /OTERO MARTIN	SOUTH	19-19.00	20-20.00	(23-23.00)	23-23.00	13-13.00	16-16.00	8-8.00	(DSQ-31.00)	21-21.00	120
37	GBR 1504	HAWKINS JACK / THOMAS CHRISTOPHER YOUTH	NORTH	15-15.00	18-18.00	(21-21.00)	20-20.00	16-16.00	14-14.00	19-19.00	(21-21.00)	21-21.00	123
38	ARG 0433	CAZEAUX JUSTO / DE MARTIS RAFAEL	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	21-21.00	18-18.00	17-17.00	15-15.00	18-18.00	18-18.00	(26-26.00)	16-16.00	123
39	USA 0841	WHITMYER DECLAN / STORCK IAN YOUTH	SOUTH	18-18.00	(25-25.00)	(DNC-31.00)	25-25.00	20-20.00	21-21.00	12-12.00	15-15.00	16-16.00	127
40	USA 0111	ANDREW MOLLERUS / MATT MOLLERUS YOUTH	SOUTH	14-14.00	(DNC-31.00)	17-17.00	21-21.00	15-15.00	(DNC-31.00)	24-24.00	18-18.00	22-22.00	131
41	USA 0510	HENKEN PARIS / KELTER CONNOR YOUTH	SOUTH	(23-23.00)	19-19.00	19-19.00	19-19.00	18-18.00	19-19.00	(21-21.00)	21-21.00	18-18.00	133
42	ARG 0577	MARLENE RIQUELME ANTONETTI /FRANCO RIQUELME ANTONETTI	NORTH	22-22.00	18-18.00	16-16.00	22-22.00	20-20.00	18-18.00	(23-23.00)	(25-25.00)	22-22.00	138
43	ARG 1303	PEIRANO PEDRO / PEIRANO NICOLAS	SOUTH	(DNC-31.00)	19-19.00	20-20.00	17-17.00	19-19.00	17-17.00	(25-25.00)	24-24.00	24-24.00	140
44	ARG 0582	HORMAZABAL RENE / CANDIA AGUSTINA	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	18-18.00	25-25.00	22-22.00	16-16.00	17-17.00	17-17.00	146
45	ARG 0585	FUMAGALLO EDUARDO / GIAVITTO TOMAS	NORTH	20-20.00	23-23.00	17-17.00	21-21.00	22-22.00	20-20.00	(24-24.00)	23-23.00	(27-27.00)	146
46	ARG 1308	TRAVASCIO MERCEDES / GREGGI MARIANO	NORTH	17-17.00	20-20.00	15-15.00	22-22.00	19-19.00	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	155
47	CAN 1451	CORBEIL OLIVIER / ROBITAILLE JEAN LUC	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	15-15.00	16-16.00	20-20.00	21-21.00	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	23-23.00	157
48	ARG 1305	ORTIZ ANA / PITTALUGA QUIQUE	SOUTH	(DNC-31.00)	24-24.00	24-24.00	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	23-23.00	10-10.00	25-25.00	168
49	ARG 0587	GAINZA DELFINA / ZAPIOLA MATIAS	NORTH	24-24.00	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	19-19.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	20-20.00	18-18.00	25-25.00	168
50	ARG 0594	IVAN CASAS HOJSAN / LUIS CASAS HOJSAN	SOUTH	(DNC-31.00)	26-26.00	22-22.00	24-24.00	24-24.00	23-23.00	26-26.00	25-25.00	(DNC-31.00)	170
51	ARG 0591	CONTEGRAND LAUTARO / CONTEGRAND ALEJO	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	22-22.00	DNC-31.00	25-25.00	20-20.00	19-19.00	179
52	SWE 0845	SOMMARLUND JOHANNA / GRIM HENRIK	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	17-17.00	15-15.00	24-24.00	180
53	ARG 1317	SECCHI FEDERICO /PIERRARD JAVIER	SOUTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	RAF-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	20-20.00	22-22.00	23-23.00	23-23.00	181
54	CHI 1182	CAPELLE THOMAS / MALDONADO DIEGO	SOUTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	27-27.00	26-26.00	26-26.00	203
55	ARG 0435	BENOZZI NATALIA /PIERINI LUCIA FEM	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	24-24.00	26-26.00	205
56	ARG 0586	DASSO NICOLAS / CABELLO FEDERICO	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	23-23.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	209
57	ARG 0593	NOCERINO IGNACIO / NOCERINO FEDERICO	SOUTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	26-26.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	212
58	ARG 1814	BOSCO SANTIAGO / BIAVA IGNACIO YOUTH	SOUTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	27-27.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	213
59	ARG 1307	BOZZO MARU / CONTESSI DOMINGO	NORTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	217
60	ARG 1718	BONGIORNO GINO / BONGIORNO ERIC	SOUTH	(DNC-31.00)	(DNC-31.00)	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	DNC-31.00	217

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