Laser 4.7 Worlds - It's all about shifts

by Paige Brooks on 30 Jul 2011 Laser 4.7 World Championships, St Francis Yacht Club, CA, USA commenced July 28 and will conclude August 2.

Friday evening and day two of the Laser 4.7 Worlds is a wrap.

Yesterday, the dock talk among the competitors was current, today, it is the shifts. The St. Francis Yacht Club Race Committee is alternating the girls and boys fleets, 165 competitors in total, on a daily basis. Today they started the two boys fleets at 1100 this morning, and the girls fleet at 1500. This morning was overcast with increased wind from yesterday, ranging from 15-22 knots, and shifty.

Three of the boys representing Spain, Francisco Gonzalez, Juan Kevin Cabrera Gonzalez and Carlos Rosello are now in first, third and fifth, respectively, making them a team to be reckoned with. Carlos Rosello, who won the first race today, said he actually had a better start in the second race, saw a huge right shift, but because it lifted the boats to windward of him, he could not tack for it and rounded the top mark deep in the fleet. He managed to eke his way back to 19th in that race.

In race one, Rosello said he led almost the entire race, but got passed by two boats on his way to the finish line. 'I couldn’t believe it,' he said, laughing. 'But I found a wind cone and was able to get by,' and finish in first. Turkish team member Mehmet Turkmen won the second race today, and was ecstatic at his results. How does he read the shifts? 'I feel it,' Turkmen said.

It took four starts to get the girls two races off today. PRO Bruce Greene said that the competitors like to crowd the boat end of the line in order to get the long starboard tack toward the beach and as a result, he said he’s favored the pin end more than he normally would. Ultimately, Green said they had to fly the black flag to get the racers starting properly.

Italian sailor Cecilia Zorzi blazed through the fleet today with two bullets, taking her to the top of the leader board. An observer watched her surf downwind against the ebb tide, which initially seemed counter-intuitive, until she started passing all of her competition. To that she said, 'if you have good speed in the big wind, the tide doesn’t stop you.'

Results Laser 4.7 Boys

 
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No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4
1	ESP 198731	Gonzalez Sammarco Francisco	3.0	1	(14)	1	1
2	ESP 185048	Rosello Carlos	8.0	6	1	1	(18)
3	JPN 196496	Okada Keiju	8.0	(12)	1	4	3
4	ESP 196937	Cabrera Gonzalez Juan Kevin	8.0	1	4	(14)	3
5	DEN 198547	Guldberg Rost Christian	11.0	4	(12)	5	2
6	SLO 195998	Zelko Zan Luka	13.0	5	(19)	6	2
7	NZL 160130	Inglis Keith	17.0	5	5	(10)	7
8	BRA 174386	Servaes Andre	18.0	10	2	(18)	6
9	BEL 198479	de Smet William	18.0	9	3	(25)	6
10	AUS 193111	Walkemeyer Ben	20.0	7	2	11	(12)
11	SUI 197138	Theuninck Nils	24.0	2	(24)	3	19
12	ITA 194438	Benvenuto Riccardo	24.0	10	4	(17)	10
13	ITA 191765	de Luca Pietro	25.0	(20)	7	7	11
14	CRO 189507	Poretti Antonio	26.0	7	(14)	5	14
15	TUR 195569	Turkmen Mehmet	27.0	(16)	11	15	1
16	GBR 197306	Pain David	28.0	2	(ocs)	7	19
17	JPN 195521	Sugiyama Koichiro	28.0	15	5	(32)	8
18	SUI 199430	Schneiter Sebastien	28.0	(ocs)	9	9	10
19	AUS 192561	Connor Nicholas	29.0	9	(33)	2	18
20	PER 182311	Peschiera Stefano	29.0	8	(15)	8	13
21	NOR 192013	Klovstad Carl Cedrik	31.0	4	(ocs)	19	8
22	ITA 196190	Gregorin Zeno	31.0	19	7	(34)	5
23	NZL 157463	Rippey Trent	32.0	11	17	(24)	4
24	GBR 185614	Parke Anthony	32.0	11	(18)	4	17
25	SLO 192388	Medved Jure	33.0	14	(20)	3	16
26	ITA 199281	Salva Simone	33.0	13	9	(39)	11
27	TUR 201324	Sayin Mete	36.0	(dnf)	25	6	5
28	AUS 169434	Gore Dylan	37.0	20	10	(33)	7
29	MEX 151167	Belausteguigoitia Ander	37.0	16	8	(19)	13
30	JPN 195676	Kitamura Yuichiro	39.0	(ocs)	12	15	12
31	CRO 188198	Frzop Jure	40.0	17	6	(34)	17
32	HKG 181818	Williams Gerald	40.0	(40)	8	11	21
33	USA 197510	Toland Jack	42.0	(22)	19	2	21
34	USA 197626	Marshall Jack	42.0	13	17	12	(24)
35	ESP 196594	Cruz Gaston	43.0	6	21	16	(ocs)
36	BRA 168883	Lowy Martin	45.0	23	18	(24)	4
37	DEN 201659	Korsby Mikkel	45.0	12	25	8	(26)
38	ITA 198597	Gasparini Angelo	45.0	21	10	14	(27)
39	USA 199169	Shanahan Brendan	48.0	17	6	(28)	25
40	RUS 195125	Krapivin Daniil	53.0	3	(28)	22	28
41	ITA 195060	Kuester Maximilian	53.0	8	30	(36)	15
42	USA 173662	Shaw Bradley	53.0	18	(35)	26	9
43	PER 161520	Torres-llosa Alonso	53.0	(dnf)	29	10	14
44	HKG 196511	Johnston James	53.0	22	11	20	(23)
45	AUS 193018	Vos Max	53.0	15	16	(30)	22
46	ESP 181399	Alcázar López Toño	56.0	(28)	23	13	20
47	GBR 196650	Hazelwood James	56.0	14	16	26	(32)
48	NZL 187886	Burn Taylor	57.0	18	30	(35)	9
49	SIN 182200	Tan Wei Ann Nicodemus	59.0	25	(26)	12	22
50	SIN 182199	Tan Jen-E	59.0	24	13	22	(40)
51	NZL 193141	Amlehn Ryan	63.0	19	(dnf)	21	23
52	SUI 190887	Ormond Bryan	68.0	35	3	(45)	30
53	NZL 196405	Mcdonald Liam	68.0	21	22	(42)	25
54	SUI 194303	Haenni Luca	72.0	(41)	32	13	27
55	GRE 197175	Theodorakis Nikos	73.0	29	(37)	16	28
56	RUS 190781	Voloshenko Dima	75.0	(39)	21	20	34
57	AUS 172232	Johnson Kailas	77.0	29	15	(52)	33
58	GER 192977	Lietz Jonas	78.0	25	38	(dns)	15
59	CAN 180568	Vlasic Adrian	80.0	34	23	23	(37)
60	FRA 200296	Antoine Calliste	80.0	26	26	28	(dns)
61	CAN 188125	Fritz Alexander	81.0	27	22	(37)	32
62	AUS 197282	Calvert Jock	82.0	28	27	27	(34)
63	GBR 198882	Verburgt Freddie	83.0	32	13	(38)	38
64	USA 197571	Mccarthy Liam	85.0	24	32	29	(38)
65	GRE 192026	Efraimidis Synodinos Panagioti	87.0	3	(ocs)	27	ocs
66	SUI 199851	Wagen Kilian	88.0	33	(49)	9	46
67	USA 187697	Butcher Thomson	88.0	(34)	31	31	26
68	GBR 191314	Phillips Rupert	88.0	30	27	31	(41)
69	SIN 185393	Yong Jie Tan	89.0	35	24	30	(44)
70	GRE 193175	Papachristou Ioannis	90.0	(ocs)	ocs	17	16
71	CAN 199991	Harney Graham	90.0	(43)	20	35	35
72	GBR 196171	Bullock Dan	90.0	23	31	(40)	36
73	USA 185453	Livernois William	92.0	(38)	36	32	24
74	GER 176584	Bilger Jakob	94.0	33	28	(50)	33
75	USA 195637	Larsen Kyle	96.0	27	38	(43)	31
76	GRE 179905	Giokas Thanasis	97.0	31	48	18	(dsq)
77	THA 195004	Whitcraft Don	99.0	40	(46)	23	36
78	GBR 169214	Sellers Ollie	99.0	26	(47)	42	31
79	PER 182326	Saco Sebasthian	100.0	(44)	29	41	30
80	FRA 198818	Tougeron Timothee	100.0	(dnf)	35	36	29
81	AUS 197285	Brown Nelson	103.0	(ocs)	43	40	20
82	IND 195369	Patrick Rufus	103.0	(44)	42	21	40
83	ARG 182335	Pellejero Manuel	104.0	36	39	29	(44)
84	USA 184441	Suorsa Markus	106.0	39	(44)	25	42
85	USA 190468	Willard Lawson	109.0	30	36	(46)	43
86	ITA 200462	Pescini Alfonso	109.0	32	(44)	38	39
87	BRA 195362	Boani Paulucci Luis Felipe	112.0	42	(dnf)	41	29
88	PUR 175595	Campos Diego	112.0	36	34	(47)	42
89	ARG 168620	Rolon Joan	113.0	37	33	43	(51)
90	USA 170402	Tan Michael	119.0	38	34	(52)	47
91	USA 171007	Cannard Jonathan	119.0	37	41	(51)	41
92	USA 194291	Hughes Howdy	120.0	(51)	42	33	45
93	USA 192958	Dana Will	123.0	31	41	(55)	51
94	JPN 196497	Sakakibara Ryutaro	124.0	(47)	46	39	39
95	USA 174300	Kent Greggory	129.0	(ocs)	ocs	37	35
96	PER 150210	Dewerpe Pierre	131.0	43	43	45	(47)
97	FRA 186558	Hamker Maxence	132.0	(48)	40	46	46
98	USA 199203	Guerriero Max	134.0	49	(dns)	48	37
99	USA 184640	Cefali William	134.0	42	48	44	(49)
100	PER 163288	Dewerpe Jean	134.0	46	45	(53)	43
101	USA 194043	Finlayson Calum	135.0	47	39	49	(50)
102	USA 198664	Clemett Nathaniel	136.0	(dns)	37	54	45
103	USA 198011	Ticatch Harlan	138.0	45	45	(54)	48
104	USA 192924	Carter Joe	141.0	(ocs)	40	49	52
105	IND 195325	Prabhakar Praveen	142.0	45	(ocs)	48	49
106	USA 181864	Kendrick Daniel	143.0	46	(50)	47	50
107	ARG 153458	Rodriguez Ansaldi Tomas	144.0	48	52	44	(53)
108	GER 191899	Neumann Johannes	145.0	41	51	53	(dns)
109	USA 187728	Dreyer Sterling	145.0	50	47	(51)	48
110	THA 174874	Whitcraft Dylan	148.0	49	49	50	(52)
111	USA 165038	Lee Logan	171.0	(dnc)	dnc	dns	dns
112	GRE 194809	Florentin Filipos	171.0	(dnc)	dnc	dns	dnc

Results Laser 4.7 Girls

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No	Sailno	Name	Scores	1	2	3	4
1	ITA 200480	Zorzi Cecila	3.0	(5)	1	1	1
2	SLO 198483	Pletikos Kim	9.0	1	3	5	(6)
3	GRE 183545	Fakidi Athanasia	10.0	3	(bfd)	4	3
4	NOR 194765	Höst Line Flem	11.0	(12)	2	2	7
5	TUR 198917	Yentur Zeynep	14.0	6	6	(16)	2
6	HKG 122064	Sakai Nagisa Karis	24.0	2	14	(23)	8
7	USA 194042	Weaver Hanne	24.0	(45)	4	10	10
8	USA 165073	Bushnell Lola	25.0	(30)	5	11	9
9	ESP 196946	Luque Gonzalez Yolanda GranCan	27.0	4	(bfd)	18	5
10	NOR 198747	Herud Celine Therese	28.0	18	(bfd)	6	4
11	GRE 194857	Karachaliou Vasileia	30.0	9	(bfd)	8	13
12	BEL 201051	Van de Loock Laura	33.0	13	(bfd)	3	17
13	AUS 196421	Bennett Milly	38.0	19	8	(41)	11
14	SUI 197161	Van Campenhoudt Marine	38.0	14	15	9	(45)
15	SIN 185404	Siew Kiah Hui Savannah	39.0	8	11	20	(31)
16	ITA 195487	Modena Camilla	45.0	15	10	(21)	20
17	ITA 193660	Liebman Anna	46.0	(41)	22	12	12
18	BRA 197089	Silva Julia	47.0	25	9	13	(27)
19	SLO 174363	Peternelj Eva	52.0	7	18	27	(39)
20	CRO 196187	Prtenjaca Nikolina	52.0	10	23	19	(26)
21	GBR 199438	Asplund Johanna	53.0	23	7	(30)	23
22	ARG 159970	Zalazar Maria Florencia	59.0	24	19	(26)	16
23	SUI 199846	Jayet Maud	60.0	11	(bfd)	31	18
24	CRO 186212	Hamerlitz Anja	61.0	17	(bfd)	22	22
25	AUS 169684	Chesterman Sophie	63.0	(37)	20	14	29
26	ITA 193583	Caruso Bianca	67.0	31	(bfd)	15	21
27	USA 188912	Bryer Rachel	68.0	28	16	(34)	24
28	USA 191985	Naughton Sophie	69.0	(44)	12	32	25
29	JPN 196486	Kunimi Ayano	70.0	22	(bfd)	33	15
30	AUS 184674	Barton Emma	71.0	27	(bfd)	7	37
31	ITA 196211	Frazza Francesca	73.0	(46)	21	38	14
32	GER 193240	Hinders Sonka	76.0	40	17	(42)	19
33	CRO 182661	Kacan Antonela	78.0	21	(bfd)	29	28
34	SLO 196239	Janezic Lea Dora	79.0	16	(bfd)	28	35
35	SIN 182202	Ho Airiel	87.0	20	(raf)	37	30
36	SIN 185781	Goh Su Min Rebecca	89.0	29	(bfd)	24	36
37	USA 176237	Hughes Hannah	90.0	36	13	(46)	41
38	USA 164258	White Maeve	95.0	32	(bfd)	17	46
39	USA 198386	Mackey Sarah	98.0	(50)	29	35	34
40	JPN 199062	Murayama Hitomi	100.0	26	(bfd)	25	49
41	ARG 164030	Rivas Ines	103.0	34	30	39	(43)
42	IND 190923	Charles Shaila	104.0	(47)	28	44	32
43	HKG 180992	Mascia Sofia-Marie	106.0	33	25	48	(50)
44	ARG 146046	Varela Dasso Lucia	106.0	35	27	(50)	44
45	AUS 184702	Vaughan Anna	109.0	42	31	36	(51)
46	GER 181610	Edinger Nadine	112.0	48	26	(dns)	38
47	IND 195372	Sadanandan Shweta	114.0	43	24	47	(48)
48	IND 195378	Nedunchezhiyan Aishwarya	118.0	39	32	(49)	47
49	USA 199347	Kardek Haley	125.0	49	(bfd)	43	33
50	USA 158824	Goethe Hannah	125.0	38	(bfd)	45	42
51	USA 192949	Dana Francesca	131.0	51	(bfd)	40	40

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