Tornado World Championships - Perfect conditions on day 4

by Andrew Dowley on 21 Sep 2012

2012 Tornado World Championships Martina Barnetova

The third day of the 2012 Tornado World Championships was a write off with no wind on Wednesday. The race committee evaluated their decision again at 2pm CET but then cancelled racing for the day with not a breath of wind in sight.

On Wednesday evening the class held the Annual General Meeting. There was good attendance with the main point of discussion around where the class now goes and how we promote this fantastic multihull to new sailors now we are officially no longer an Olympic class. There was also some change within the committee with Roland and Nahid Gaebler standing down from their positions as President and Treasurer.

On behalf of the class, I would personally like to say a massive thank you to Roland and Nahid for their hard work and dedication over the past few years. Roland has been the figure head at the front of the push to regain Olympic status and put hours of his own personal time into promoting the class and boat he loves so much.

There are new horizons ahead with lots of keen sailors who enjoy sailing the boat. Jurgen Jentsch will now take over as President of the ITA.

Day four was the complete opposite to day three with sailors waking up to beautiful sunshine across Lake Garda and the wind building.

2012 Tornado World Championships © Martina Barnetova

The racing started at 1PM CET with race 6 of the 2012 World Championships. Clear skies and the famous Ora winds kicking in from the South to set up perfect conditions for the sailors. There was a steady 10 - 12 knots of breeze across the race course for race one. Of course in first place were Team Redbull followed by Roland and Nahid Gaebler who had a consistent day on the water. In third place were Nikos Mavros and Alexander Tagaropoulos.

The wind picked up for race two with 18 – 20 knots blowing but still the right hand side of the course being the best route as it always is in Lake Garda. The sailors who judged the upwind lay line best came out at the front of the fleet but others missed the lay line losing up to 20 places in the fleet.

Matteo Ferraglia and Lorenzo Bianchini who are currently sitting in second place overall were unable to start the second race due to a boat breakage which they managed to fix this evening. Again Iordanis and Kostas came out with another bullet followed by Roland and Nahid then Brett and Ryan who sit in third place overall.

The Greeks are now only one race away from winning the World Championships for the second time in a row.

There is a big gap in the fleet after eighth place but with lots of individual battles making great racing for the whole fleet.

2012 Tornado World Championships © Martina Barnetova

Results

Number	Numero	Name	Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7
1	GRE 7	Iordanis Paschalidis, Konstantinos Trigkonis, Nautikal Club Thessaloniki	6,0	1	1	1	1	-2	1	1
2	ITA 8	Matteo Ferraglia, Lorenzo Bianchini, CV ARCO	19,0	2	3	4	5	1	4	(dns)
3	AUS 330	Brett Burvill, Ryan Duffield, Nedlands Yacht Club	24,0	3	4	2	3	-10	9	3
4	GER 1	Roland Gaebler, Nahid Gaebler, MIX, KYC-NRV	26,0	7	5	3	7	-13	2	2
5	GRE 11	Nikos Mavros, Alexander Tagaropoulos, Nautical club of Thessaloniki	32,0	5	9	7	-11	4	3	4
6	AUT 377	Manfred Schönleitner, Georg Hirsch-Stronstorff, Union Yachtclub Attersee	32,0	4	6	8	4	3	7	(dns)
7	SUI 228	Martin Rusterholz, Simon Koster, RVS	34,0	-12	8	6	2	5	8	5
8	CZE 686	David Krizek, Adam Zdenek, YC LP	35,0	6	2	5	6	-18	5	11
9	SUI 22	Marcel Steiner, Jörg Steiner, Simpl	53,0	8	-12	10	9	7	12	7
10	GBR 7	Joe Bennett, Marko Reynolds, Felixstowe Ferry SC	54,0	10	11	-14	8	9	10	6
11	AUS 325	Allan Gamble, Kim Nicholas, Nedlands Yacht Club	76,0	9	13	19	-29	11	11	13
12	SUI 232	Jean-Marc Cuanillon, Michael Gloor, YCB / SCH	78,0	21	-24	17	13	6	6	15
13	GER 69	Dieter Maurer, Maren Odefey, MIX, LYC	86,0	11	17	9	12	14	23	-27
14	GER 60	Arndt Meyer, Manfred Syrowy, YCN	89,0	13	7	12	19	24	-28	14
15	GER 100	Josef Gunkel, David Gunkel, SCFF	98,0	20	18	-25	18	8	18	16
16	GER 205	Stefan Lippert, Thomas Grassl, FCSS	101,0	16	16	15	15	-31	13	26
17	AUT 354	Heinz Boehler, Markus Pinggera, YCRhd	104,0	-23	10	21	17	12	22	22
18	GER 4	Wilfried Jodorf, Ludwig Boecker, FCSS	109,0	-22	22	20	16	15	16	20
19	AUS 305	Paul Peterson, Jared Eyles, Nedlands Yacht Club	110,0	17	21	23	22	19	(ocs)	8
20	GER 2	Betz Markus, Betz Andreas, SMCÜ / RVÜ	114,0	19	19	16	10	(dns)	dns	9
21	GER 99	Klaus Rocholl, Sven Rausch, Lübecker Yachtclub	118,0	28	(dns)	18	14	25	15	18
22	NZL 89	Aaron Young, Robert Butterfield, Timaru Yacht & Power Boat Club	124,0	25	20	11	-30	26	30	12
23	AUT 3	Dietmar Salzmann, Arno Müller, YCRhd	126,0	15	14	28	28	20	21	(dns)
24	ESP 211	Jentsch Jürgen, Steimer Klees Sarah, MIX, SCFF/ CNSE	133,0	-33	23	27	26	27	20	10
25	GBR 11	John Ready, Matt Johnson, MYC	135,0	24	25	26	27	16	(dns)	17
26	GER 947	Guggenmos Wilhelm, Maier Alex, Segelclub Füssen Forggensee	138,0	18	15	24	(dns)	32	25	24
27	GER 111	Hayung Schodde, Björn Helmerichs, Wilhelmshavener Segelclub	142,0	14	(ocs)	22	dns	23	19	23
28	GER 990	Hannes Jantke, Philipp Wetzig, Segel-Club Salzgitter e.V.	143,0	27	26	13	(dns)	dns	17	19
29	FRA 294	Jean Caron, Guillerme Nicolas, Yacht Club De Carnac	151,0	-31	27	30	23	21	29	21
30	ESP 15	Dominik Kopp, Florian Kopp, Segelclub Mattsee	154,0	32	30	29	20	17	26	(dns)
31	SUI 223	Laurent Béguelin, Mottier Frédéric, CVMC	158,0	29	-34	31	24	22	24	28
32	AUT 337	Kurt Waibel, Denise Waibel, MIX, YCH	170,0	-34	33	32	25	33	14	33
33	AUT 269	Jens Haefner, Stefan Neussl, ÖSV	178,0	30	31	37	21	34	(ocs)	25
34	SUI 226	Gudrun Kolb, Dylan Teal, MIX, SCRG	182,0	35	29	-36	31	28	27	32
35	ESP 1	Antonio Bolado Cantera, Aurelio Martínez Gutiérrez, Real Club Maritimo De Santande	192,0	-37	35	35	33	29	31	29
36	AUT 371	Harald Breitfuss, Anna Breitfuss, MIX, SYC	192,0	-36	32	34	32	30	33	31
37	GBR 403	barry arnison, Nicole Davy Burton, MIX, gratham water	211,0	-38	37	33	35	36	35	35
38	ITA 25	Lorenzo Sclavi, Paolo Reggio, yacht club italiano	213,0	26	28	(dns)	dns	dns	36	dns
39	GER 1103	Jochen Seifert, Dusi Barske, Augsburger Segler-Club, Royal	214,0	(dnf)	36	dnf	34	35	34	34
40	SUI 229	Christian Manz, Artur von Scala, SIMPL	226,0	(dns)	dns	dns	dns	dns	32	30