2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships at Royal Varuna Yacht Club Day 1

by ILCA 10 Feb 2023 08:01 PST 10-16 February 2023

2023 ILCA 6 Masters Worlds Day 1 © Matias Capizzano / www.capizzano.com

The 2023 ILCA 6 Masters World Championships, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, kicked off with two races in beautiful champagne sailing conditions. The Gulf of Thailand provided sunny skies, warm seas, and 12-14 knots of breeze for the first day of racing at the event.

"Pre-event training was in fantastic conditions, absolutely awesome," said Great Britain's Max Hunt, a regular on the ILCA Masters circuit and a master sailing control systems designer with Southeast Sailboats.

2023 ILCA 6 Masters Worlds Day 1 - photo © Matias Capizzano / www.capizzano.com

There are 117 sailors from 23 countries competing. The 75+ years Legends fleet has 20 competitors, and among the eldest are two 85-year-olds who have only minor issues about having to compete against their juniors. Among the youngest at this regatta are 2008 Olympian Adil Khalid from the United Arab Emirates, who was the first Arab to sail around the world, and 2020 Olympian (and 2024 hopeful) Viktorija Andrulyte from Lithuania.

After the first two races, Andrulyte is leading the Apprentice fleet and Great Britain's Jon Emmett is leading the Masters fleet, each with two bullets on the leaderboard. American Toshinari Takayanagi is first in the Grand Masters fleet, and Japanese Michio Komiyama is winning the Great Grand Masters fleet. Last but not least, American Jonathan Andron is the leading Legend after day 1.

2023 ILCA 6 Masters Worlds Day 1 - photo © Matias Capizzano / www.capizzano.com

Two races are scheduled for Saturday, February 11. There will be six days of racing and one reserve day in the middle of the regatta. The Royal Varuna Yacht Club's mission this week is to ensure the event is a most memorable one, with Thai touches to make it magical, ranging from Thai food tastings to traditional Thai puppetry for the international guests.

More information on the event website, 2023ilca6masters.ilca-worlds.org

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Gender	R1	R2	Pts
Apprentice Fleet
1	LTU	219486	Viktorija Andrulyte	F	1	1	2
2	JPN	201484	Kaoru Arai Awano	F	2	5	7
3	KOR	214439	Bo Jeong	M	4	3	7
4	UAE	180000	Adil Khalid	M	6	2	8
5	CAN	196278	Isaac Bussin	M	3	6	9
6	AUS	212869	Elliot Scali	M	5	4	9
7	SGP	158031	Justiin Ang	M	9	7	16
8	AND	193871	Carla Canturri	F	7	9	16
9	SGP	193916	Liang Fion Yingyi	F	8	8	16
Master Fleet
1	GBR	216115	Jon Emmett	M	1	1	2
2	ITA	221377	Alexandro Montanari	M	2	4	6
3	GBR	220041	Ian Gregory	M	3	3	6
4	BRA	194980	Fabio Suyama Ramos	M	5	2	7
5	GER	213660	Alexandra Behrens	F	4	7	11
6	HKG	187010	Michael Anderson	M	7	5	12
7	USA	216177	Al Sargent	M	6	6	12
8	JPN	173421	Naoko Kemmoku	F	8	8	16
9	THA	213992	Rotjana "Apple"	F	9	10	19
10	MDA	221358	Vadym Yakhinson	M	12	9	21
11	JPN	217707	Rika Nishino	F	10	12	22
12	JPN	221083	Hidetoshi Mori	M	11	11	22
13	CAN	166900	Ryan Bennett	M	13	13	26
14	AUS	202777	Andrew Wyllie	M	14	14	28
Grand Master Fleet
1	USA	111908	Toshinari Takayanagi	M	1	7	8
2	AUS	209259	Gavin Dagley	M	5	6	11
3	GBR	219670	Ian Jones	M	2	12	14
4	AUS	221011	David Early	M	4	10	14
5	GBR	162576	Terry Scutcher	M	9	5	14
6	CAN	175948	Allan Clark	M	3	13	16
7	SWE	215255	Ulf Myrin	M	14	3	17
8	USA	218653	Monica Wilson	F	7	11	18
9	NZL	217619	Scott Mcdougall	M	13	8	21
10	JPN	213157	Norio Akiyama	M	20	2	22
11	BRA	202034	Luis Andre Castro	M	24	1	25
12	NED	183282	Jan Van Ek	M	6	20	26
13	AUS	214414	James Mitchell	M	18	9	27
14	AUS	218102	Stephen Girdis	M	8	23	31
15	NED	218400	Martin Van Olffen	M	11	21	32
16	ARG	173910	Carlos Palombo	M	17	15	32
17	AUS	202799	Richard Longbottom	M	15	19	34
18	GBR	213641	Robert Cage	M	10	25	35
19	JPN	196484	Haruo Morohashi	M	34	4	38
20	AUS	215574	Diane Sissingh	F	12	27	39
21	HKG	221395	Tim Storey	M	25	14	39
22	AUS	217832	Anthony Scali	M	22	17	39
23	AUS	203227	Michael Tilden	M	29	16	45
24	JPN	217002	Kazufumi Tashiro	M	16	32	48
25	AUS	216193	David Luketina	M	19	30	49
26	SWE	211973	Ann Loren	F	28	22	50
27	AUS	212841	Martin Wilson	M	27	26	53
28	AUS	184667	Michelle Lefevre	F	23	31	54
29	AUS	216358	Pru Bennett	F	21	34	55
30	USA	215642	Stephen Dolan	M	26	33	59
31	JPN	214979	Kiyoshi Sato	M	BFD	18	61
32	USA	218888	Andrew Holdsworth	M	BFD	24	67
33	GER	208258	Ulrike Pflugradt	F	30	37	67
34	CAN	206529	John Kortbeek	M	32	38	70
35	BRA	203765	Carlos Frederico	M	DNC	28	71
36	THA	222324	Marijke (Malee) Whitcraft	F	RET	29	72
37	ARM	170161	Samvel Rostomyan	M	31	41	72
38	AUS	220018	Christopher Mcarthur	M	33	39	72
39	GER	202406	Stefan Doemoek	M	BFD	35	78
40	JPN	95247	Takafumi Nagaoka	M	BFD	36	79
41	GER	163639	Gabriele Bayer	F	DNC	40	83
42	THA	152281	Aek Lokitiyakul	M	DNC	UFD	86
Great Grand Master Fleet
1	JPN	216311	Michio Komiyama	M	4	4	8
2	BRA	181781	Alcir Cachapuz	M	2	15	17
3	USA	210660	Walt Spevak	M	5	13	18
4	NED	212983	Jaap Mazereeuw	M	6	12	18
5	USA	159089	Bruce Martinson	M	1	18	19
6	AUS	222428	Stephen Gunther	M	14	5	19
7	AUS	209533	Lyndall Patterson	F	13	7	20
8	AUS	211482	Malcolm Parsons	M	11	10	21
9	CAN	220140	Keith Kennedy	M	8	14	22
10	GBR	222555	Max Hunt	M	12	11	23
11	FRA	220147	Bruno Peyron	M	3	21	24
12	SUI	212744	Jacques Perret	M	7	26	33
13	AUS	220063	Martin White	M	BFD	1	34
14	AUS	216200	Robert Jeffreys	M	BFD	2	35
15	AUS	199093	Jeff Loosemore	M	BFD	3	36
16	JPN	211648	Takafumi Nishino	M	20	17	37
17	AUS	203797	Martin Linsley	M	BFD	6	39
18	AUS	217581	Michael O'Brien	M	9	30	39
19	AUS	210495	Frant Bucek	M	17	22	39
20	AUS	217851	Michael Pitt	M	BFD	8	41
21	SWE	193198	Lars Gelin	M	10	31	41
22	AUS	206004	John Ryan	M	BFD	9	42
23	JPN	217012	Takashi Inoue	M	16	28	44
24	THA	200119	Casey Algra	M	19	27	46
25	GBR	219061	Robert Draper	M	15	32	47
26	USA	194481	Charles Thomas	M	18	29	47
27	AUS	222751	Ian Tudball	M	BFD	16	49
28	JPN	203813	Akira Takahashi	M	BFD	19	52
29	SWE	221603	Claes Elmen	M	BFD	20	53
30	MEX	209755	Luis Barrios	M	BFD	23	56
31	USA	220818	Rob Hodson	M	BFD	24	57
32	AUS	220059	Patrick Levy	M	BFD	25	58
Legend Fleet
1	USA	218890	Jonathan Andron	M	3	3	6
2	USA	174236	Jacques Kerrest	M	6	1	7
3	JPN	187421	Shigeo Kato	M	4	4	8
4	AUS	216357	Robert Lowndes	M	1	8	9
5	USA	212594	Bill Symes	M	2	7	9
6	USA	218477	Peter Seidenberg	M	9	2	11
7	AUS	220062	Peter Heywood	M	7	5	12
8	GBR	203323	Kevin Pearson	M	5	10	15
9	GBR	213093	Michael Kinnear	M	10	9	19
10	AUS	215020	Lew Verdon	M	8	14	22
11	FRA	218380	Poopy Marcon	M	12	11	23
12	GBR	213579	Ian Rawet	M	11	13	24
13	AUS	217374	Kerry Waraker	M	UFD	6	27
14	JPN	207439	Tamio Meguro	M	15	12	27
15	AUS	202677	David Wyllie	M	13	15	28
16	GBR	220522	Roger Williams	M	14	17	31
17	AUS	181906	Francis Walsh	M	17	16	33
18	AUS	210494	Dave Kershaw	M	16	20	36
19	AUS	216157	Peter Craig	M	18	19	37
20	USA	167395	Stephen Avery	M	UFD	18	39