Final day

Princesa Sofia Olympic Classes Regatta nears a conclusion

Spanish sailor Iván Pastor, in the Mistral class and Portuguese sailor Gustavo Lima, in the Laser class, are the main candidates to become the absolute winner of the 36 Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofía – Madrid 2012. The leaders in their respective categories will have a tough fight tomorrow with the inconvenience of sailing in different areas and not knowing how the results are going. At this moment, Pastor starts with some advantage over the Portuguese sailor and if he finally wins, we would see again a Spanish sailor as absolute winner of the Trophy. The last Spanish absolute winner was Europe sailor Pablo Arandia in 1999.

Spanish team Natalia Via-Dufresne/Laia Tutzó keep climbing positions in the 470 W and are now second overall with the option of winning in their class tomorrow. German team Stefanie Rothweiler/Vivien Kussatz lost the lead in favour of Austrian sailors Sylvia Vogl/Carolina Flatscher. Third place is for British sailors Christina Bassadone/Saskia Clark.

Mallorcan team Marc Patiño/Omar Juan are down to 8th place overall in the 470 M due to a black flag disqualification. “We had a reference at the starting line –admitted Patiño- but we made a mistake and we were out by a half boat length”. With 26 points, the leaders are British sailors Nic Asher/Elliot Willis, followed by French teams Pallu De La Barriere/Chappellier Aymeric and Dreano/Floch Ronan.

Australian sailors Darren Bundock/Aaron Worrall confirm the lead in the Tornado. Bundock, silver medallist at the Sydney Olympics and three times World Champion is on the way of winning the Trophy, which he already won in 2003. With only 16 points the Australians have a comfortable advantage over German sailors Roland Gaebler/Gunnar Struckmann and Spanish team Fernando Echavarri/Antón Paz, second and third respectively.

The biggest surprises are still seen in the Europe fleet. After nine races, Swedish sailor Sebastian Östling has managed to gain an important distance over Spanish rival Jesús Rogel, for whom it will be difficult tomorrow to beat Östling . Third place overall is for Portuguese sailor Hugo Verissimo.

Polish sailors Marcin Czaykowski/Krzysztof Kierkowsky resisted the attacks of their rivals and maintain the lead in the 49er. Danish team Peter Hansen/Soren Hansen are now second overall and Spanish sailors Alberto Padrón/Javier de la Plaza are in third place together with Ukranian team Rodion Luka/Georgiy Leonchuk with equal points.

Unless there is a dramatic change, Spanish sailor Iván Pastor will be the winner in the Mistral class with 25 points difference over the second classified. The Olympic sailor from Club Náutico de Santa Pola showed his strength in the class winning today’s three races. Second place is also for Spanish sailor Francisco Manchón followed by Ukranian Maxim Oberemko in third place.

No changes in the Finn. Emilios Papathanassiou(GRE) is about to be the winner of the class, followed closely by Gaspar Vincec (SLO) and Jonas Hoegh-Christiensen (DEN), second and third respectively. Rafael Trujillo did not have much luck again today and is down to sixth overall.

The clear leader today in the Laser was Gustavo Lima (POR) winning today’s three races and taking the lead in the class with Paul Goodison (GBR) going down to second place. The Portuguese competitor will sail tomorrow with advantage but he will have to decide if he sails in a safe way to assure the victory in the class or takes some risk to become the absolute winner of the 36 Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofía – Madrid 2012. Third place is for Mark Howard (GBR).

A first and second place for US sailor Paige Railey in the Laser Radial today. Despite being disqualified in the third race for OCS, she can still maintain the lead. Second place is for Charlotte Dobson (GBR) and third place for Wiebke Schröder (GER).

Danish team Lars Hendriksen/Peter Johansen/Martin Leifeldt on board BB-King managed to beat Russian boat My Best with crew members Vadim Slatsenko/Andry Litsynskyy/Petr Zaharov and are now the leaders in the Dragon. My Best is down to second place followed in third place by Danish team Jørgen Schönherr/Lars Jensen/Finn Nicolajsen.

Change of leader in the Yngling class. Team Ekaterina Skoudina/Diana Krutskikh/Tatiana Larsteva could not resist the tension of the racing and are down to third place overall. Leaders are now French sailors Anne Le Helley/Marion Deplanque/Catherine Lepesant. Second place overall is for Spanish team Monica Azón/Graciela Pisonero/Sandra Azón.

Friday is the last day of racing of the 36 Trofeo SAR Princesa Sofía – Madrid 2012. The prize giving ceremony will be held at 20:00 hrs at Pueblo Español.

Provisional Results (Courtesy RYA, Thursday - Day 4):

Laser Gold Fleet
1, Gustavo Lima, POR (3,1,2,1,1,(11),2,1,(12),1,1,1) 14 pts
2, Paul Goodison, GBR (1,1,1,1,1,7,7,1,2,(10),(11),4) 15 pts
3, Mark Howard, GBR (1,2,1,(6),3,5,4,3,4,5,(16),2) 30 pts
Other GBR
4, Mark Powell ((8),7,2,2,4,1,4,4,1,8,8,(10)) 41 pts
6, Giles Scott ((15),6,8,3,5,2,1,6,(10),4,7,5) 47 pts
7, Keir Clarke (9,7,6,2,19,1,8,2,(11),7,9,(23)) 62 pts
10, Nick Thompson (11,4,(12),6,5,9,11,9,6,3,(23),3) 67 pts
16, Andy Brooks (5,8,9,5,2,10,(OCS),8,19,13,(31),14) 93 pts
17, Charles Baillie Strong (8,(20),10,11,16.3,14,7,11,(27),2,15) 97 pts
20, Andrew Commander (12,17,5,17,11,10,(24),3,12,(20),10,7) 104 pts
24, Stephen Powell ((22),10,18,9,9,12,16,18,(23),19,5,22) 138 pts

Laser Radial
1, Paige Railey, USA (1,1,7,2,1,(26),5,8,(OCS),2,1) 28 pts
2, Charlotte Dobson, GBR (4,(16),6,1,6,2,1,2,(OCS),6,7) 44 pts
3, Wiebke Schroder, GER (3,3,1,3,11,(28),12,13,10,1,14) 57 pts
Other GBR
5, Penny Mountford (2,18,8,12,7,1,3,3,(24),15,(20)) 69 pts
6, Andrea Brewster (16,(19),10,6,4,10,6,(19),5,10,2) 69 pts
15, Lizzie Vickers ((26),25,14,4,14,3,4,(BFD),16,8,13) 101 pts
16, Colette Blair (13,11,15,13,9,9,19,(25),14,(20),9) 112 pts
18, Laura Baldwin (19,9,17,18,16,(20),14,1,(25),13,16) 123 pts

Yngling
1, Janneke Hin/Pemonella De Jong/Klattie Zuiderbaan, NED ((10),6,2,3,3,(11),2,3,1,2,1,1) 24 pts
2, Monica Azon/Graciela Pisonero/Sandra Azon, ESP (1,1,5,9,4,1,4,(12),5,1,(11),4) 35 pts
3, Ekaterina Skoudina/Diana Krutskikh/Tatiana Larsteva, RUS (4,2,1,2,1,2,9,2,(10),(10),5,11) 38 pts
GBR
6, Sarah Ayton/Annie Lush/Lisa MacDonald (2,8,(10),1,(11),8,10,7,3,5,2,3) 54 pts
7, Lizzie Edwards/Rachel Howe/Lucy Burn (7,3,9,6,6,(OCS),1,4,(11),8,8,5) 57 pts
8, Dom Lindsey/Diana Shanks/Fleur Oswald (3,(10),6,(11),2,5,8,8,9,4,6,7) 58 pts

Tornado
1, Darren Bundock/Aaron Worrall, AUS (1,(18),(7),4,1,1,1,1,1,4,2) 16 pts
2, Roland Gaebler/Gunnare Struckmann, GER ((7),(OCS),2,7,2,2,3,7,2,3,3) 31 pts
3, Fernando Echavarri/Anton Paz Blanco, ESP (2,(21),1,2,4,7,19,3,(23),5,12) 55 pts
GBR
5, Leigh McMillan/Will Howden (8,(20),8,5,14,(15),9,5,8,1,1) 59 pts
7, Rob Wilson/Mark Bulkeley (6,9,(15),9,11,6,12,2,9,(13),9) 73 pts
8, Hugh Styles/Graham Vials ((14),13,(23),10,3,10,5,10,7,7,10) 75 pts
19, Andrew Walsh/Edd Barney (15,7,19,12,20,22,(24),8,(25),25,13) 140 pts
28, Jonathan Hutchcroft/Marcus Lynch (22,26,26,23,22,20,17,(29),(28),20,28) 204 pts
29, Leo Farrow/Joffan Garcka (31,(DNC),(DNC),28,32,30,28,26,19,27,29) 250 pts

49er Gold Fleet
1, Marcin Czaykowski/Krzysztof Kierkowsky, POL (4,1,1,1,2,2,(15),2,1,9) 23 pts
2, Peter Hansen/Lillebror Hansen, DEN (4,2,2,3,1,4,1,3,5,(11)) 25 pts
3, Alberto Padron/Javier De La Plaza, ESP (2,4,8,1,3,1,2,7,8,(12)) 36 pts
GBR
6, Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes (1,3,2,6,5,5,8,(11),2,10) 42 pts
12, John Pink/Alex Hopson (1,16,4,14,8,13,6,9,(21),3) 74 pts
14, Ben Mcgrane/John Clegg (6,(17),5,10,9,11,14,16,3,14) 88 pts
17, Dave Evans/Rick Peacock (7,16,4,13,11,16,(22),8,12,15) 102 pts
22, Steve Wilson/Tom Dawson (9,11,10,14,7,6,17,21,22,(23)) 117 pts
23, Tom Smedley/Phil Kennard (13,13,13,15,11,10,17,21,22,(23)) 117 pts

Finn
1, Emilios Papathasiou, GRE (4,1,2,3,(13),2,1) 13 pts
2, Gasper Vincec, SLO (3,4,9,1,4,(18),2) 23 pts
3, Jonas Hoegh-Christensen, DEN (1,5,(19),6,1,10,6) 29 pts
GBR
12, Chris Brittle (19,7,(21),9,18,4,20) 77 pts
13, Ed Wright (10,6,19,12,11,(25),19) 77 pts
14, Matt Howard (17,9,5,13,22,(27),15) 81 pts
17, Ed Greig ((28),14,14,14,25,5,14) 86 pts
30, Mark Andrews (15,27,(DSQ),31,27,24,23) 147 pts

470 Women
1, Sylvia Volg/Carolina Flatscher, AUT ((7),1,2,3,5,7,1,3,5,3) 30 pts
2, Natalia Via Dufresne/Laia Tutzo, ESP (4,(10),7,5,1,5,8,1,2,4) 37 pts
3, Christina Bassadone/Saskia Clark, GBR (11,2,(15),2,10,6,2,2,3,1) 39 pts
Other GBR
11, Pippa Wilson/Sheena Craig (13,9,14,6,9,(17),10,6,6,9) 82 pts
13, Lucy Macgregor/Julia Scott ((19),14,11,12,11,16,13,13,17,15) 122 pts
15, Melissa Heppell/Rebecca Marriot (14,(25),21,16,18,13,17,7,8,19) 133 pts

470 Men
1, Nic Asher/Elliot Willis, GBR (5,5,1,1,5,(12),2,1,2,4) 26 pts
2, Pallu De La Barriere/Chappellier Aymeric, FRA (1,6,6,7,3,8,7,2,6,(13)) 46 pts
3, Dreano Ronan/Floch Ronan, FRA (4,7,4,5,(26),5,15,20,1,6) 67 pts
Other GBR
16, Callum Macdonald/Stuart Bithell ((25),9,24,17,12,18,35,28,25,14) 172 pts
19, Luke Patience/Chris Grube (27,16,9,23,6,32,27,(42),19,32) 191 pts
23, John Gimson/Dave Steed ((41),17,21,41,27,24,34,18,13,8) 203 pts
26, Jonny Mcgovern/Tom Mapplebeck (26,18,20,13,28,27,42,41,11,26) 210 pts
39, Tristan Jaques/Alain Sign (40,37,30,45,43,(OCS),31,35,5,21) 287 pts