Greece take over the lead

After day two of the 420 Worlds at Hayling Island Sailing Club

The second day of the International 420 World Championships saw perfect sailing weather continue at Hayling Island Sailing Club. The day’s racing was sponsored by Maui Jim, makers of high quality polarised sailing glasses, there was an extra incentive for the sailors today, as prizes were provided for the best results. With a steady force 3-4 from the south south west and good waves, the conditions provided a perfect challenge for the world class sailors assembled.

In a change from yesterday, the Ladies fleet started first, causing some confusion on the start line when one of the men’s fleet, not realising the alteration, decided to join them. His appearance, although surprising, didn’t seem to affect any of the ladies unduly, although it did provoke a few choice words from some of the less than ladylike competitors!

The Race Officer, however, expressed approval at the generally orderly manner of starting amongst the competitors. Only a small number of recalls were required during the day and very few black flags were issued. A number of sailors were, however, deemed by the jury to have infringed rule 42 (illegal propulsion by pumping) in trying to gain an extra edge; they were required to do penalty turns at the start.

In both championships, one boat proved dominant today. The slightly fresher winds suited Isabel Flicker and Laura Zanni who romped home in both races to leap up the overall rankings to 3rd. Winning by a large margin, this classy Brazilian pair look sure to contest the medals with overnight leaders Dorothea Gebert and Natascha Lorenz of Germany, and top British team Charlotte Savage and Maia Walsh who remain 3rd. Both leading pairs were required to employ their discard today, but turned in a 2nd consistent result to remain ahead. With a 2nd and a 5th, German pair Silke Hahlbrock and Marion Rommel showed their form to lie 5th, behind the consistent Virginia Morales Paez and Elena Barambio Hurtaoo of Spain. These 5 pairs are now 11 points clear of the rest of the fleet and, if they are able to retain their form, look likely medal prospects.

For the men, Greek pair George Vassilas and Evangelos Mitakis stamped their authority on the flights competition with two wins and a 3rd place. Two beautiful starts won them their races; choosing the less popular port tack, they showed great boat speed to emerge ahead of the pack and take the lead. Coupled with a first yesterday, today’s great performance was sufficient to see them emerge the winners of the round robin competition.

From Tuesday (when racing resumes after tomorrow’s lay day for the Francis Mouvet Team Racing Championship) the fleet will be split evenly into a Gold and Silver fleet with the top and bottom halves of the current rankings respectively. The other results were more evenly shared between the competitors, with French pair Alexandre Rossignol and David Boudgourd doing enough to stay 2nd, whilst two 2nd places from Max Dzembritski and Fabian Baumgarten of Germany saw them jump up the rankings to 3rd.
The dominance of the French ebbed slightly today; they still have a number of boats well-placed for the coming championship, but their monopolisation of the higher places has given way to a more widely spread fleet. Their consistent, and at times outstanding, performance, however, seems to ensure that a number of the French pairs will challenge for medals. The British team, after a slow start, appeared to recover their form today. In the final race in flights, four British boats, headed by Luke Patience and Adam Wagner who eventually took 1st by almost a leg, led at the windward mark, and eventually took four of the top five places. Some consistent results from winners of Flanders Regatta Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes and Jonathan Frazer have jumped them up the rankings to finish this stage 7th. They will have stiff competition from a very strong field, as the flight races have proven the depth of ability in the men’s fleet.

Duarte Santos and Duarte Silva of Portugal were unlucky not to be higher ranked tonight. They led their last race from the start and were set for victory when, at the final mark, their boom broke compelling them to finish the race with Silva on the transom holding their main. A valiant effort saw them cross the line in 19th place and, having qualified for the gold fleet, they will have a chance to challenge for the medals.

A brief prize giving at the end of the day saw many of the sailors go home with Maui Jim sunglasses, an enviable memento of a highly successful day of racing.

Men's fleet

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nat	R1A	R1B	R2A	R2B	R3A	R3B	R4A	R4B	R5A	R5B	R6A	R6B	Tot
1	George Vassilas	Evangelos Mitakis	GRE	5		1		11		1		3		1		11
2	Alexandre Rossignol	David Boudgourd	FRA		1		5	2			4		17	6		18
3	Max Dzembritzki	Fabian Baumgarten	GER		6		10	4			2		8	2		22
4	Jose Antonio Medina Ruiz	Onan Barreiros Rodriguez	ESP		7	8			3		7	1			6	24
5	Giovanni Pizzatti	Michele Pavoni	ITA		3	6			6		1	9			12	25
6	Goncalo Ribeiro	Fausto Neves Briosa	POR	22			7		8	2			6		4	27
7	Laurie Fitzjohn-Sykes	Jonathon Frazer	GBR	18			11		4	5			9		2	31
8	Mikee Anderson-Mitterling	Andrew Lam	USA		10		20	5			13		2	8		38
9	Morgan Lagraniere	Nor Delpech	FRA		11	2			15		6	5			21	39
10	Oliver Dix	Philip Lasko	GBR	25			8		19	6			3		3	39
11	Luke Patience	Adam Wagner	GBR	15			12		17	7			5		1	40
12	Morten Bogacki	Felix Patterson	AUS	1			24		1	3			28		15	44
13	Tom England	Tom Chisholm	AUS		5	12			33		3	16			10	46
14	Luis Niza	Paulo Baptista	POR		9		2	16			9		38	13		49
15	Guilherme Almeida	Bernado Almeida	POR		14	5			9		11	10			17	49
16	Thomas Mallindine	Ross Harvey	GBR		21	14			10		14	7			5	50
17	Cyril Auburtin	Pascal Drappier	FRA	16		26		13		10		8		5		52
18	Nicolas Duron	Sebastian Durand	FRA		2		1	47			DNE47		1	3		54
19	Ignacio Zalvide Lopez	Antonino Zalvide Lopez	ESP	2			14		27	4			19		16	55
20	Giacomo De Carolis	Jacopo Di Guiseppe	ITA	8		27		10		9		11		17		55
21	Duarte Santos	Duarte Silva	POR	9		9		17		17		6		19		58
22	Nick Cherry	Joe Henry	GBR	31		11		23		16		2		9		61
23	Nahuel Fernando Martinez	Jonatan Ricardo Izquierdo	ARG	17		15		1		18		13		47		64
24	Frank Tybor	Hilary Shapiro	USA	6			4		2	24			37		30	66
25	Alex Bishop	Pierre Bombray	FRA		12	4			16		16	20			23	68
26	Sam Carter	Paul Davies	GBR		17		23	28			12		10	7		69
27	Erik Storck	John Kempton	USA	30		24		9		19		14		4		70
28	Pedro Guimaraes	Frederico Gerveira	POR	23			3		32	13			21		11	71
29	Manuel Weiller	Jose Luis Mansilla Garau	ESP	7		18		18		30		18		11		72
30	Florence Auger	Romain Dubreuil	FRA	21			27		14	11			4		27	77
31	Timo Fischer	Gundram Leifert	GER	14			16		18	15			20		14	77
32	Fabio Zeni	Stefano Petissi	ITA		4		17	15			21		32	21		78
33	Stuart Bithell	Jonathon McGovern	GBR	40			28		12	14			7		18	79
34	Justin Law	Adrienne Patterson	USA		15	20			7		5	42			35	82
35	Jens Lehmann	Christian Wandel	GER	13		31		20		8		15		27		83
36	Ben Ainsworth	Thomas Heywood	GBR	26			26		34	12			13		7	84
37	Adam Roberts	Nick Martin	USA	10			29		5	33			12		29	85
38	Giorgio Catta	Daniele Catta	ITA	24			6		24	27			11		20	85
39	James Goss	Daniel Schieber	GBR	4		10		22		37		24		26		86
40	Juan Maria Brito Santana	Aaron Sarmiento	ESP		18		22	27			19		16	14		89
41	FranciscoCardenas Montesdeoca	Juan Manuel Cerezo Ruiz	ESP	20		25		31		32		4		10		90
42	Markus Wieber	Martina Wieber	GER	32			13		13	20			15		41	93
43	Sanjeev Chauhan	Rajesh Dhyllaji	IND	27		28		12		28		12		15		94
44	Oriol Gili Rico	Daniel Cianfagna Capria	ESP	12			9		22	31			29		24	96
45	Pedro Cunha	Miguel Faria	POR	11		23		6		39		34		23		97
46	Martin Lewin	Oliver Lewin	GER		31	32			29		10	19			8	97
47	Tiago Talone	Mariana Rocha Ferreira	POR		8		19	14			23		33	34		97
48	Matt Burge	Jezz Nickolls	GBR		16		21	8			33		27	25		97
49	Simon Lambert	Chris Evans	GBR	29		7		21		47		22		22		101
50	Magdalena Ericsson	Fredrik Ericsson	SWE		27	13			21		25	17			26	102
51	Nicolas Thebaud	Thomas Pasquier	FRA	3		3		32		25		25		DNE47		103
52	Eamonn King	Tom Mappleback	GBR		19	47			26		15	23			22	105
53	Ian Dobson	Andrew Hall	GBR		35		34	37			8		14	20		111
54	Mattia Pagani	Nicola Pavoni	ITA	37			15		20	26			26		25	112
55	David Siegal	Andrew Flynn	USA		20	21			23		29	32			19	112
56	Mario Zaetta	Salvatore Cervellieri	ITA	19		19		30		23		28		24		113
57	Christoph Pawlowski-Hegermann	Julius Boeckler	GER		13		38	3			26		34	47		114
58	Argyris Kambitsis	Yiannis Mitakis	GRE		23	37			31		18	30			13	115
59	Marco Cavallini	Paolo Cavallini	ITA		30		25	7			31		23	47		116
60	Sandeep Jain	Utpal More	IND	28			32		40	29			22		9	120
61	Sven-Erik Heilscher	Philipp Rohde	GER	34		17		24		41		29		16		120
62	Nikos Papapopoulos	Panagiotis Farakos	GRE		33		30	26			17		30	18		121
63	Eivind Karlsen	Courtney Cox	USA		29		37	34			24		24	12		123
64	Conor Clancy	James Clancy	IRL	35			33		11	21			25		34	124
65	David Omedes	Pol Crelpi	ESP		34		18	33			28		18	32		129
66	Manolis Stoubos	Panayiotis Aivazoglou	GRE		24	22			30		20	40			36	132
67	Oliver Gray	James Hughes	GBR		22	38			28		35	21			28	134
68	Koen Depreitere	Pieter Phlips	BEL		32		39	25			22		31	28		138
69	Timothy Verhofstede	Bert de Bie	BEL		25	34			25		27	37			33	144
70	Xavier Vande Ghinste	Matthieu Janssens de Bisthoven	BEL	39		36		19		38		26		29		148
71	Aralt Spinnewyn	Sigrun Spinnewyn	BEL	38		29		29		36		27		33		154
72	Tuathal Mac Colgáin	Dualtach Mac Colgáin	IRL		26	16			38		34	41			47	155
73	Kenneth Rumball	David Morah	IRL		28	35			36		30	31			42	160
74	Kevin Stallard	Andrew Murphy	IRL		36		35	38			32		35	36		174
75	Ioanis Konstantinois	Alexis Vattis	GRE	46			40		43	22			39		31	175
76	Ozgun Firtina	Mert Pekicten	TUR	44		33		41		34		38		30		176
77	Edgardo Vieytes	Fiamma Brizioli	BRA	33			42		35	35			43		32	177
78	Simon Mitton	Neil O'Hagan	IRL	42		30		40		47		35		31		178
79	Evangelos Mavrakis	Anestis Kefetzidakis	GRE		39		36	35			36		42	35		181
80	Peter Buerger	Claudio Kotnig	AUT		40		31	36			39		44	38		184
81	Robert Jan de Kort	Joost Mertens	NED		37	39			37		38	33			39	184
82	Bram Van der Biest	Stijn Helsen	BEL	36			47		39	43			36		38	192
83	Marek Pavlovsky	Adam Plhon	CZE		38	41			44		37	36			47	196
84	Brian Flahive	Bryan Byrne	IRL	41		40		39		44		39		37		196
85	Can Ozguzel	Kaan Darnel	TUR	43			41		42	40			40		40	203
86	Troy McNamara	Cillian Magee	IRL	45			43		41	42			41		37	204

Women's fleet

Pos	Helm	Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Tot
1	Dorothea Gebert	Natascha Lorenz	GER	2	1	3	28	3	9
2	Charlotte Savage	Maia Walsh	GBR	1	8	1	16	7	17
3	Isabel Flicker	Laura Zanni	BRA	20	11	6	1	1	19
4	Virginia Morales Paez	Elena Barambio Hurtaoo	ESP	5	5	2	8	10	20
5	Silke Hahlbrock	Marion Rommel	GER	11	10	5	2	5	22
6	Delhia Seurin	Lorraine Manlay	FRA	6	17	10	4	13	33
7	Lucy Macgregor	Nicola Macgregor	GBR	8	12	7	6	28	33
8	Joanne Macdonald	Laurie Marsden	GBR	7	6	11	13	24	37
9	Laura Wade	Jessica Makey	GBR	10	16	4	15	11	40
10	Lydia Koppin	Kristina Kummer	GER	12	9	38	5	18	44
11	Carolina Mariani	Camilla Gabrielli	ITA	38	4	16	19	8	47
12	Maria Stella Turizio	Maria Carolina Rendano	ITA	4	7	17	60	20	48
13	Rachel Wigmore	Mary Rook	GBR	21	21	9	9	9	48
14	Marit Jordan	Svenja Muller	GER	9	29	40	11	4	53
15	Juliane Wolf	Claudia Wolfe	GER	13	22	12	12	16	53
16	Stefania Favretto	Francesca Mocnik	ITA	18	25	13	7	25	63
17	Gaia Scotti	Roberta De Paoli Ambrosi	ITA	19	13	32	31	2	65
18	E.Leigh Kempton	Kaitlin Storck	USA	17	2	30	21	27	67
19	Joanna Brigg	Jane Turner	GBR	28	3	14	22	31	67
20	Charlotte Bosch	Sophie Cohen	NED	29	28	15	14	17	74
21	Leslie Geurin	Aurelie Vidron- Sibonie	FRA	14	47	34	23	6	77
22	Emmanuelle Maillard	Berangere Le Pley	FRA	27	38	25	10	15	77
23	Maria-Eleni Giannopoulou	Eleni Kafetzidaki	GRE	3	18	26	42	33	80
24	Jenny Taylor	Mari Shepherd	GBR	26	33	20	17	30	93
25	Micky Boughton	Sophie Anderson	GBR	34	24	8	30	38	96
26	Delphine Macaire	Marie Lise Rizzo	FRA	60	40	28	18	12	98
27	Sabaisa Lelouch	Marion Landry	FRA	36	15	23	44	26	100
28	Molly Carapiet	Sarah Himmelfarb	USA	54	32	55	3	14	103
29	Stephanie Koepcke	Maren Hahlbrock	GER	22	45	41	20	22	105
30	Eugenia Di Giacomo	Aurora Lupo	ITA	15	31	24	41	37	107
31	Janease Graham	Claire Johnston	AUS	16	19	37	37	51	109
32	Robyn Phillips	Rachel Jarvis	GBR	24	20	36	29	47	109
33	Elena Cesina	Cristina Cianca	ITA	32	35	31	26	23	112
34	Franziska Goltz	Monique Niemann	GER	33	26	35	35	21	115
35	Marie Lumeau	Claire Bossard	FRA	37	27	21	33	34	115
36	Piedade Collaco	Mariana Lobato	POR	47	36	19	25	36	116
37	Emily East	Christina Duncan	USA	49	23	48	27	19	117
38	Aline Bourgeois	Emmanuelle Carpente	FRA	23	41	42	24	29	117
39	Jemma Henderson	Bettina Neate	AUS	31	14	39	60	41	125
40	Irene Saderini	Matilde Casuccio	ITA	30	37	22	45	40	129
41	Henriette Peeters	Paulien de Lange	BEL	40	30	18	48	43	131
42	Becky Fontaine	Megan Grigg	AUS	25	34	43	36	42	137
43	Aisling Canty	Sarah-Louise Ryan	IRL	45	39	29	34	35	137
44	Erika Tait	Lorraine Stallard	IRL	41	42	45	55	32	160
45	Karen Smalley	Claire Paramore	GBR	44	43	49	32	45	164
46	Rowan Popplewell	Nikki Stewart	GBR	35	46	54	38	48	167
47	Sophie Ainsworth	Lucy Cripps	GBR	55	54	27	39	49	169
48	Laura Farrell	Alison Bennett	GBR	39	49	33	51	52	172
49	Alba Rego Pernas	Julia Marcet Alonso	ESP	43	50	46	40	46	175
50	Ana Rocha	Matilde Moreira	POR	46	48	47	60	39	180
51	Maria Ramires	Alexandra Ramires	POR	42	58	60	46	44	190
52	Samantha Green	Kate Sudell	GBR	60	44	44	52	53	193
53	Louise Hutton	Clair McCartney	AUS	50	52	51	43	50	194
54	Yui Okada	Azusa Gokan	JPN	48	51	52	47	57	198
55	Lynn Reilly	Freya Macken	IRL	52	55	50	49	55	206
56	Heike Spinnewyn	Herlinde Spinnewyn	BEL	53	53	53	50	54	209
57	Jill Buckley	Sarah Buckley	IRL	51	56	58	60	56	221
58	Catherine McCarter	Hannah Lennon	IRL	56	59	57	53	58	224
59	Jennifer Ormond	Aoife Campbell	IRL	57	57	56	54	59	224