ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club

ILCA 7 World Championship at Adelaide Sailing Club - Day 2

by Harry Fisher, Down Under Sail 27 Jan 05:08 PST 24-31 January 2024

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 2 © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

Late sea breeze delays racing, finals takes shape

Tricky and variable conditions may have halted the start of Day 2 of the 2024 Wireless Communications ILCA 7 Men's World Championship, but a late afternoon sea breeze ensured everything got back on track.

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 2 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

The first race of the day got under way just after the scheduled start time, but was soon abandoned with sailors sent ashore to await further instructions.

With the sea breeze filling in late, sailors strapped themselves in for a long day, wrapping up just past 8:00pm local time after two solid races were completed.

The long day was frustrating for some, and beneficial for others, with the results now settling in on the eve of the final day of qualifying.

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 2 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

Norwegian Hermann Tomasgaard remains atop the rankings, taking another race win in Race 3 to solidify top spot as the drop comes into play.

Reigning Olympic and World champion Matt Wearn also slid right into the mix as well with a second and a first putting him second overall, only dropping a 6th from Day 1.

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 2 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

British Sailing Team member Sam Whaley led the opening race before it was abandoned, however said he had maintained consistent form this event and was happy with how he was going.

"Long day on the water, we went out in the morning and started one race, we got most of the way round and rather annoyingly I was in the lead, so I was pretty much there when they abandoned it and then they sent us in," he said.

"The last day of qualifying is going to be interesting, I think the forecast is looking quite light at the moment, but hopefully we'll get kind of a sea breeze, so fingers crossed."

2024 ILCA 7 Men World Championship Day 2 - photo © Jack Fletcher / Down Under Sail

With two more races remaining in qualifying, the top 50 gold fleet is beginning to take shape and a number of countries continue vying for Olympic selection.

India's Vishnu Saravanan was a big mover today, putting a 7th and a 2nd on his scorecard that moved him into a strong position in 22nd overall.

"Today was a good day so it puts me up there, it was a nice day to just kind of refresh what was going on in training and then just to put it all together, even though I had some really bad starts, I just recovered and the goal was to just keep the focus high and just fight until the end," Saravanan said.

"It's gonna be tricky (tomorrow) because it's the last qualifying day so it's very important to do really well in the qualifying because finals, as everybody knows, is going to be tough.

"All the good guys are going to be there so it's better to have good results in the qualifying and then you can wait for your discards in the finals."

Tomorrow's forecast looks similar to today with a late afternoon sea breeze forecast, however with everything to play for, anything can happen.

For more information visit event website.

Full results available here.

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Nat	Sail no	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1st	NOR	224454	Hermann Tomasgaard	1	1	1	‑5	3
2nd	AUS	199015	Matt Wearn	‑6	1	2	1	4
3rd	CRO	216063	Filip Jurišic	2	3	‑4	1	6
4th	AUS	219896	Luke Elliott	1	2	5	‑9	8
5th	GER	191131	Philipp Buhl	3	1	‑5	5	9
6th	GBR	210139	Michael Beckett	(30%)	6	1	3	10
7th	CHI	211771	Clemente Seguel Lacámara	2	5	3	‑9	10
8th	HUN	213119	Jonatan Vadnai	‑13	7	2	3	12
9th	FRA	216112	Jean‑Baptiste Bernaz	‑6	2	4	6	12
10th	AUS	211556	Ethan Mcaullay	5	‑9	1	7	13
11th	NOR	223393	Christoffer Srrlie	4	7	2	‑16	13
12th	NZL	219921	Thomas Saunders	4	‑11	9	4	17
13th	POR	223215	Eduardo Marques	‑29	6	6	5	17
14th	IRL	222017	Finn Lynch	‑8	4	6	8	18
15th	AUS	199088	Zac Littlewood	12	5	‑16	3	20
16th	GER	211241	Nik Aaron Willim	‑19	4	10	6	20
17th	BEL	214116	William De Smet	‑29	16	3	2	21
18th	CYP	212431	Pavlos Kontides	‑14	3	8	10	21
19th	GUA	211981	Juan Maegli	6	10	5	‑31	21
20th	NZL	214137	George Gautrey	3	(30%)	3	17	23
21st	TUR	213512	Yigit Yalcin Citak	5	‑17	7	11	23
22nd	IND	218191	Vishnu Saravanan	15	‑19	7	2	24
23rd	CAN	221811	Luke Ruitenberg	2	‑15	13	9	24
24th	PUR	214311	Pedro Fernandez	‑17	16	4	4	24
25th	IRL	216101	Ewan Mcmahon	‑24	9	9	6	24
26th	ARG	222111	Francisco Guaragna Rigonat	3	8	‑17	14	25
27th	ARG	222148	Facundo Olezza	12	(DSQ)	12	2	26
28th	MNE	191715	Milivoj Dukic	‑16	4	8	14	26
29th	GBR	224124	Daniel Whiteley	10	9	7	‑21	26
30th	AUS	214418	Finn Alexander	9	7	‑11	11	27
31st	ESP	211309	Joaquin Blanco Albalat	9	‑26	17	4	30
32nd	ESP	211710	Joel Rodriguez Perez	13	5	‑36	12	30
33rd	GBR	223102	Sam Whaley	7	10	14	‑17	31
34th	SUI	191817	Gauthier Verhulst	8	‑30	11	12	31
35th	FIN	214111	Kaarle Tapper	10	8	‑19	14	32
36th	FIN	224484	Nooa Laukkanen	‑38	11	8	13	32
37th	CRO	212013	Tonci Stipanovic	‑23	6	13	15	34
38th	USA	157851	Leo Boucher	9	‑28	11	15	35
39th	NED	223054	Duko Bos	11	14	‑15	10	35
40th	FIN	222065	Valtteri Uusitalo	‑29	2	12	22	36
41st	DEN	210987	Johan Lundgaard Schubert	7	11	18	‑20	36
42nd	USA	218131	Marshall Mccann	7	‑33	12	17	36
43rd	HUN	213095	Benjamin Vadnai	15	‑22	15	7	37
44th	NOR	218563	Uffe Tomasgaard	14	14	10	‑27	38
45th	MAS	214989	Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy	4	15	‑28	20	39
46th	SWE	219489	Emil Bengtson	13	17	9	(DNC)	39
47th	HKG	171979	Nicholas Halliday	17	13	10	‑19	40
48th	ITA	216159	Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini	5	‑20	20	16	41
49th	SGP	222980	Ryan Lo	19	‑30	22	1	42
50th	AUS	198098	Stefan Elliott‑Shircore	16	18	‑20	8	42
51st	ESP	211436	Leopoldo Barreto Haschke	10	‑25	14	18	42
52nd	THA	213137	Arthit Mikhail Romanyk	11	‑35	24	8	43
53rd	GBR	221582	Finley Dickinson	‑32	10	21	16	47
54th	MNE	224085	Ilija Markovic	18	18	‑25	11	47
55th	GRE	221449	Georgios Papadakos	12	20	16	(BFD)	48
56th	CRO	222212	Bruno Gaspic	20	19	‑22	12	51
57th	BER	223238	Sebastian Kempe	‑34	28	6	18	52
58th	GER	224211	Nico Naujock	25	15	13	(10%)	53
59th	AUS	217316	Michael Compton	15	‑32	23	15	53
60th	NOR	224254	Theodor Middelthon	‑26	19	16	21	56
61st	ESA	210211	Enrique Arathoon	16	12	29	(BFD)	57
62nd	USA	221715	Ford Mccann	26	17	14	(BFD)	57
63rd	FRA	203855	Alexandre Boite	18	23	17	‑24	58
64th	JPN	217704	Haruto Kuroda	‑46	12	40	7	59
65th	CAN	215011	Liam Bruce	21	‑38	15	23	59
66th	SWE	222506	Ludvig Lindqvist	33	8	20	(BFD)	61
67th	TUR	191719	Berkay Abay	22	‑35	18	21	61
68th	CZE	221935	Ondrej Teply	21	22	18	‑29	61
69th	GBR	219895	James Percival‑Cooke	‑37	24	28	10	62
70th	GRE	212521	Dimitris Papadimitriou	19	14	29	‑42	62
71st	SLO	214148	Zan Luka Zelko	21	16	25	‑27	62
72nd	JPN	204996	Yoshihiro Suzuki	22	23	‑24	18	63
73rd	GER	211217	Tim‑Felipe Conradi	27	12	‑32	25	64
74th	USA	218111	Chapman Petersen	‑30	27	19	19	65
75th	DEN	218174	Nikolaj Borch	22	21	‑38	23	66
76th	POR	217531	Santiago Sampaio	11	25	‑31	31	67
77th	BRA	171171	Bruno Fontes	32	‑36	22	13	67
78th	SWE	216181	Wilhelm Kark	24	18	27	‑30	69
79th	CAN	178611	Fillah Karim	24	‑31	26	19	69
80th	GER	191899	Philip Walkenbach	8	31	31	‑44	70
81st	ITA	221118	Dimitri Peroni	14	35	21	(BFD)	70
82nd	ITA	219281	Giacomo Musone	34	13	25	(BFD)	72
83rd	AUS	181887	Sam King	20	‑29	27	25	72
84th	ECU	197116	Matias Dyck	23	20	‑33	30	73
85th	GER	221387	Justin Barth	28	23	‑44	22	73
86th	LTU	223708	Martis Pajarskas	‑43	33	28	13	74
87th	CAN	216264	Ryan Anderson	18	24	‑34	32	74
88th	GER	223181	Julian Hoffmann	17	25	33	(BFD)	75
89th	AUS	221956	Isaac Schotte	‑31	26	19	30	75
90th	CAN	217218	Michael Leigh	‑27	27	21	27	75
91st	BER	222411	Campbell Patton	23	‑31	27	26	76
92nd	GRE	210600	Anastasios Panagiotidis	‑26	26	26	24	76
93rd	CAN	217718	James Juhasz	28	13	‑38	38	79
94th	USA	199796	Malcolm Lamphere	25	21	34	(BFD)	80
95th	ISR	214931	Maor Ben Harosh	28	‑34	33	20	81
96th	NZL	219221	Luke Deegan	33	22	‑42	26	81
97th	CHN	211513	Ning Zhao	‑35	32	29	22	83
98th	CAN	219066	Norman Struthers	‑40	38	23	23	84
99th	NZL	212259	Caleb Armit	32	29	23	‑40	84
100th	LCA	214113	Luc Chevrier	39	21	‑40	26	86
101st	AUS	219891	Lawson Mcaullay	20	DGR	35	‑39	86.3
102nd	IVB	208841	Thad Lettsome	33	30	‑36	25	88
103rd	ARG	220573	Juan Pablo Cardozo	36	24	(UFD)	29	89
104th	MON	221812	Jeremy Moutout	31	‑40	30	29	90
105th	USA	221611	Daniel Escudero	34	33	24	(BFD)	91
106th	AUS	166789	Edward Reid	27	‑44	30	34	91
107th	JPN	216228	Kazumasa Segawa	‑40	29	32	33	94
108th	AUS	217539	Lachie Weber	‑42	42	32	24	98
109th	AUS	222155	Jack Eickmeyer	30	32	37	(BFD)	99
110th	DEN	222816	Andreas Krabbe‑Christensen	30	37	‑39	33	100
111th	JPN	220186	Kenji Nanri	35	‑36	34	31	100
112th	DEN	218709	Kenneth Frederiksen	37	34	30	(BFD)	101
113th	CHN	211313	Yulong Qiu	38	27	37	(BFD)	102
114th	USA	222516	James Golden	‑47	40	26	37	103
115th	THA	211027	Chusitt Punjamala	‑49	44	31	28	103
116th	FIN	215016	Fredrik Westman	‑40	36	35	32	103
117th	CAN	191126	Ben Flower	35	‑41	36	32	103
118th	NZL	222172	George Pilkington	25	‑46	45	35	105
119th	CRO	219759	Stipe Gaspic	(SPI)	41	38	28	107
120th	AUS	222421	Patrick Scally	41	‑45	39	28	108
121st	NZL	218101	Luke Cashmore	31	34	44	(BFD)	109
122nd	NZL	220054	Dylan Forsyth	36	37	‑40	37	110
123rd	BER	215024	Malcolm Benn Smith	37	40	‑43	35	112
124th	AUS	217820	Daniel Costandi	36	38	‑47	38	112
125th	IND	212161	Mohit Saini	41	‑45	39	33	113
126th	AUS	224626	Will Sargent	‑47	43	35	39	117
127th	SRB	203013	Nikola Banjac	39	37	41	‑42	117
128th	JPN	208222	Ao Higuchi	42	‑48	42	34	118
129th	USA	200404	Robby Meek	39	39	‑43	40	118
130th	SAM	216199	Eroni Leilua	‑44	41	43	36	120
131st	AUT	191101	Clemens Kuebber	43	44	‑46	34	121
132nd	SGP	214170	Wonn Kye Lee	44	43	‑45	35	122
133rd	AUS	221522	Julian Taylor	‑45	39	45	38	122
134th	CHI	214730	Ricardo Seguel Lacámara	38	42	‑47	43	123
135th	AUS	211566	Thomas Farley	‑48	39	42	43	124
136th	BAH	213428	Joshua Higgins	41	(DSQ)	47	37	125
137th	AUS	217361	Patrick Cummin	46	‑47	46	36	128
138th	AUS	209514	Alexander Bijkerk	42	42	44	‑45	128
139th	CHN	221231	Jindong Kong	‑48	47	41	41	129
140th	AUS	221957	Hamish Crabb	‑49	49	37	45	131
141st	JPN	217058	Shusuke Takeuchi	47	43	41	(BFD)	131
142nd	AUS	216366	Hamish Gilsenan	45	46	‑49	41	132
143rd	AUS	223666	Tom Holmes	43	45	‑48	46	134
144th	AUS	202847	John Gordon	‑50	49	49	39	137
145th	JPN	220060	Yuta Irie	49	‑50	48	40	137
146th	ITA	221411	Valerio Cassanmagnago	46	47	‑48	44	137
147th	AUS	216359	Otto Henry	45	46	50	(DNC)	141
148th	AUS	224557	James Quentin Burns	‑50	48	46	47	141
149th	AUS	224558	Steve Gunther	48	48	‑49	48	144
150th	UKR	216369	David Surkov	‑50	50	50	47	147
151st	AUS	199224	Chris Thorpe	‑51	51	51	46	148
152nd	POL	213213	Vincent Peter	‑51	51	51	49	151