ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club

ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club - Day 1

by Harry Fisher, Down Under Sail 26 Jan 2024 00:37 PST 24-31 January 2024

Adelaide provided perfect conditions for the opening day of racing - 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship © Jack Fletcher, Down Under Sail

Norwegian Hermann Tomasgaard has won his two opening races of the 2024 Wireless Communications ILCA 7 Men's World Championships in Adelaide today, giving himself the perfect start to his 2024 campaign.

Norway's Hermann Tomasgaard sits in the lead after the first day of racing with two wins - 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher, Down Under Sail

With the 153-strong entry list split between three qualifying fleets, Tomasgaard drew first blood in the red fleet with two race wins, while Australian hopefuls Matt Wearn and Luke Elliott took a race win each in the yellow fleet, and Philipp Buhl (GER) and Mickey Beckett (GBR) each took a win in blue fleet.

Reigning Olympic Champion Matt Wearn was in the mix on Day 1 - 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher, Down Under Sail

It sets the scene for an exciting battle at the front of the fleet with Tomasgaard a point clear in first, Elliott second on three points, and Buhl third on four points, however it remains far too early to identify any key favourites for the title.

Australia's Luke Elliott is one of the top contenders after Day 1 - 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher, Down Under Sail

German Philipp Buhl, a world champion from the last time the ILCA 7 Worlds were in Australia, said the first day of the Worlds was always an important one to ensure you got away to a good start.

"The first day today was pretty solid and I'm quite happy with the result even though I didn't manage to get off the start line too well in the first race," he said.

"In the beginning of an event, basically it is all about not having a big score, so I managed to do this and came through the day quite cleanly in amazing conditions.

"This World Championships means quite a lot to me personally, because it's part of my Olympic selection that is not done yet for us in Germany, and it's a World Championships where you always want to do well."

The top Aussie sailors are all in good shape as well, which was to be expected on home waters, with the five Australian Sailing Team and Australian Sailing Squad members all inside the top 20 after the first day.

The fleet at the 2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship - photo © Jack Fletcher, Down Under Sail

Australian Sailing Squad member Finn Alexander finished the first day with a 9,7 scorecard and said the team was in good shape to perform well over the next week.

"We've spent a bit of time here in Adelaide and it's a beautiful place, the weather absolutely turned it on today, we had a really nice gradient breeze of about 10-20 knots, you can't really ask for much more on day one of a Worlds," he said.

"We've got a really strong contingent, we've got five really good guys (in the squad) and we've all been pushing hard, backed up with a really solid futures group, so the future of Australian sailing is looking pretty good."

Tomorrow's forecast is looking like it will offer more glamour Adelaide conditions with variable morning weather shifting into a late afternoon sea breeze of up to 15 knots.

If all goes to plan, the race committee is expected to run two races per day, giving them a 10-race series up until the end of 30 January followed by the exciting 10-boat medal race on 31 January to close out the series.

For more information visit event website.

Full results available here.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Q1	Q2	Pts
1st	NOR	224454	Hermann Tomasgaard	1	1	2
2nd	AUS	219896	Luke Elliott	1	2	3
3rd	GER	191131	Philipp Buhl	3	1	4
4th	CRO	216063	Filip Jurišic	2	3	5
5th	AUS	199015	Matt Wearn	6	1	7
6th	CHI	211771	Clemente Seguel Lacámara	2	5	7
7th	FRA	216112	Jean‑Baptiste Bernaz	6	2	8
8th	ARG	222111	Francisco Guaragna Rigonat	3	8	11
9th	NOR	223393	Christoffer Sørlie	4	7	11
10th	IRL	222017	Finn Lynch	8	4	12
11th	AUS	211556	Ethan Mcaullay	5	9	14
12th	NZL	219921	Thomas Saunders	4	11	15
13th	GUA	211981	Juan Maegli	6	10	16
14th	AUS	214418	Finn Alexander	9	7	16
15th	CAN	221811	Luke Ruitenberg	2	15	17
16th	CYP	212431	Pavlos Kontides	14	3	17
17th	AUS	199088	Zac Littlewood	12	5	17
18th	GBR	223102	Sam Whaley	7	10	17
19th	ESP	211710	Joel Rodriguez Perez	13	5	18
20th	DEN	210987	Johan Lundgaard Schubert	7	11	18
21st	FIN	214111	Kaarle Tapper	10	8	18
22nd	MAS	214989	Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy	4	15	19
23rd	GBR	224124	Daniel Whiteley	10	9	19
24th	MNE	191715	Milivoj Dukic	16	4	20
25th	HUN	213119	Jonatan Vadnai	13	7	20
26th	NZL	214137	George Gautrey	3	30%	21
27th	TUR	213512	Yigit Yalcin Citak	5	17	22
28th	GBR	210139	Michael Beckett	30%	6	22
29th	GER	211241	Nik Aaron Willim	19	4	23
30th	ITA	216159	Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini	5	20	25
31st	NED	223054	Duko Bos	11	14	25
32nd	ARG	222148	Facundo Olezza	12	14	26
33rd	ESA	210211	Enrique Arathoon	16	12	28
34th	NOR	218563	Uffe Tomasgaard	14	14	28
35th	CRO	212013	Tonci Stipanovic	23	6	29
36th	HKG	171979	Nicholas Halliday	17	13	30
37th	FIN	222065	Valtteri Uusitalo	29	2	31
38th	SWE	219489	Emil Bengtson	13	18	31
39th	GRE	221449	Georgios Papadakos	12	20	32
40th	IRL	216101	Ewan Mcmahon	24	9	33
41st	PUR	214311	Pedro Fernandez	17	16	33
42nd	GRE	212521	Dimitris Papadimitriou	19	15	34
43rd	IND	218191	Vishnu Saravanan	15	19	34
44th	POR	223215	Eduardo Marques	29	6	35
45th	ESP	211309	Joaquin Blanco Albalat	9	26	35
46th	ESP	211436	Leopoldo Barreto Haschke	10	25	35
47th	AUS	198098	Stefan Elliott‑Shircore	16	19	35
48th	MNE	224085	Ilija Markovic	18	18	36
49th	USA	157851	Leo Boucher	9	28	37
50th	POR	217531	Santiago Sampaio	11	26	37
51st	SUI	191817	Gauthier Verhulst	8	30	38
52nd	HUN	213095	Benjamin Vadnai	15	23	38
53rd	SLO	214148	Zan Luka Zelko	21	17	38
54th	GER	191899	Philip Walkenbach	8	31	39
55th	GER	211217	Tim‑Felipe Conradi	27	12	39
56th	CRO	222212	Bruno Gaspic	20	19	39
57th	USA	218131	Marshall Mccann	7	33	40
58th	SWE	222506	Ludvig Lindqvist	33	8	41
59th	CAN	217718	James Juhasz	28	13	41
60th	GER	224211	Nico Naujock	25	16	41
61st	FRA	203855	Alexandre Boite	18	23	41
62nd	GBR	221582	Finley Dickinson	32	10	42
63rd	GER	223181	Julian Hoffmann	17	25	42
64th	SWE	216181	Wilhelm Kark	24	18	42
65th	USA	221715	Ford Mccann	26	17	43
66th	CAN	216264	Ryan Anderson	18	25	43
67th	CZE	221935	Ondrej Teply	21	22	43
68th	ECU	197116	Matias Dyck	23	21	44
69th	DEN	218174	Nikolaj Borch	22	22	44
70th	BEL	214116	William De Smet	29	16	45
71st	JPN	204996	Yoshihiro Suzuki	22	23	45
72nd	THA	213137	Arthit Mikhail Romanyk	11	35	46
73rd	NOR	224254	Theodor Middelthon	26	20	46
74th	USA	199796	Malcolm Lamphere	25	21	46
75th	ITA	219281	Giacomo Musone	34	13	47
76th	AUS	217316	Michael Compton	15	32	47
77th	FIN	224484	Nooa Laukkanen	38	11	49
78th	SGP	222980	Ryan Lo	19	30	49
79th	AUS	219891	Lawson Mcaullay	20	29	49
79th	AUS	181887	Sam King	20	29	49
81st	ITA	221118	Dimitri Peroni	14	36	50
82nd	GER	221387	Justin Barth	28	24	52
83rd	GRE	210600	Anastasios Panagiotidis	26	26	52
84th	BER	222411	Campbell Patton	23	31	54
85th	CAN	217218	Michael Leigh	27	27	54
86th	NZL	219221	Luke Deegan	33	22	55
87th	CAN	178611	Fillah Karim	24	32	56
88th	TUR	191719	Berkay Abay	22	35	57
89th	USA	218111	Chapman Petersen	30	27	57
90th	JPN	217704	Haruto Kuroda	46	12	58
91st	AUS	221956	Isaac Schotte	31	27	58
92nd	CAN	215011	Liam Bruce	21	38	59
93rd	LCA	214113	Luc Chevrier	39	21	60
94th	ARG	220573	Juan Pablo Cardozo	36	24	60
95th	GBR	219895	James Percival‑Cooke	37	24	61
96th	BER	223238	Sebastian Kempe	34	28	62
97th	ISR	214931	Maor Ben Harosh	28	34	62
98th	NZL	212259	Caleb Armit	32	30	62
99th	AUS	222155	Jack Eickmeyer	30	33	63
100th	IVB	208841	Thad Lettsome	33	31	64
101st	NZL	218101	Luke Cashmore	31	34	65
102nd	CHN	211313	Yulong Qiu	38	28	66
103rd	DEN	222816	Andreas Krabbe‑Christensen	30	37	67
104th	CHN	211513	Ning Zhao	35	32	67
105th	BRA	171171	Bruno Fontes	32	36	68
106th	USA	221611	Daniel Escudero	34	34	68
107th	JPN	216228	Kazumasa Segawa	40	29	69
108th	NZL	222172	George Pilkington	25	46	71
109th	AUS	166789	Edward Reid	27	44	71
110th	MON	221812	Jeremy Moutout	31	40	71
111th	JPN	220186	Kenji Nanri	35	36	71
112th	DEN	218709	Kenneth Frederiksen	37	35	72
113th	NZL	220054	Dylan Forsyth	36	37	73
114th	AUS	217820	Daniel Costandi	36	39	75
115th	LTU	223708	Martis Pajarskas	43	33	76
116th	CAN	191126	Ben Flower	35	42	77
117th	FIN	215016	Fredrik Westman	40	37	77
118th	BER	215024	Malcolm Benn Smith	37	40	77
119th	SRB	203013	Nikola Banjac	39	38	77
120th	CAN	219066	Norman Struthers	40	38	78
121st	USA	200404	Robby Meek	39	39	78
122nd	CHI	214730	Ricardo Seguel Lacámara	38	42	80
123rd	AUS	221522	Julian Taylor	45	39	84
124th	AUS	217539	Lachie Weber	42	42	84
125th	SAM	216199	Eroni Leilua	44	41	85
126th	AUS	209514	Alexander Bijkerk	42	43	85
127th	CRO	219759	Stipe Gaspic	PI1	41	86
128th	AUS	222421	Patrick Scally	41	45	86
128th	BAH	213428	Joshua Higgins	41	45	86
128th	IND	212161	Mohit Saini	41	45	86
131st	AUT	191101	Clemens Kuebber	43	44	87
132nd	AUS	211566	Thomas Farley	48	40	88
133rd	USA	222516	James Golden	47	41	88
134th	SGP	214170	Wonn Kye Lee	44	44	88
135th	JPN	208222	Ao Higuchi	42	48	90
136th	JPN	217058	Shusuke Takeuchi	47	43	90
136th	AUS	224626	Will Sargent	47	43	90
138th	AUS	223666	Tom Holmes	43	47	90
139th	AUS	216359	Otto Henry	45	46	91
140th	AUS	216366	Hamish Gilsenan	45	48	93
141st	AUS	217361	Patrick Cummin	46	47	93
142nd	THA	211027	Chusitt Punjamala	49	46	95
143rd	ITA	221411	Valerio Cassanmagnago	46	49	95
144th	CHN	221231	Jindong Kong	48	47	95
145th	AUS	224558	Steve Gunther	48	48	96
146th	AUS	221957	Hamish Crabb	49	49	98
147th	AUS	202847	John Gordon	50	49	99
148th	JPN	220060	Yuta Irie	49	50	99
149th	UKR	216369	David Surkov	50	50	100
149th	AUS	224557	James Quentin Burns	50	50	100
151st	POL	213213	Vincent Peter	51	51	102
151st	AUS	199224	Chris Thorpe	51	51	102