Peter Saxton into the lead

High scoring day at the Zhik Laser SB3 Worlds

Tuesday May 17th 2011, Author: Katie Ashworth, Location: United Kingdom

It’s been a tough day on the water at Day 2 of the Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011 for competitors and Race Officers alike. Shifting winds combined with general recalls and last minute abandonments meant a long day on the water for everyone involved. Races 4, 5 and 6 of the championship have now been completed and qualifying for the gold and silver fleets is complete.

After lying second overall at the end of the first day of the Championship, Peter Saxton (GBR) and his crew on Rola-Trac had a poor first race today. Clearly undeterred, the Rola-Trac crew got back into the groove for the second and third races, achieving a 1st and 3rd place in the Orange fleet. Saxton now shows a score card of 1, 5, 2, (36), 1, 3 and leads the championship by two points.

Italian entry Stenghele helmed by Roberto Caresani (ITA) and crewed by Pietro Negri and Enrico Fonda put in a strong performance on the Yellow course. “We had a good day today,” explained bow man Enrico, “We’ve had 3 good races! We won the first race, we lead the first beat and after a gybe set, we literally flew downwind, extending our lead to 200m on the next boat!” Roberto added, “It’s been a lucky day and we are very happy with our results.”

Craig Burlton (GBR) lies fifth overall going into the gold fleet and finals races. Burlton was disappointed with their performance: “It’s been a tough day, the wind has been really shifty and we’ve found the starts hard. The third race today wasn’t good and we got stuck in a hole downwind.” There are high expectations onboard and their frustration showed. “We’ve made some stupid mistakes and not quite executed our attack on this event.”

Many entrants are still struggling to find their form and continue to battle the vagaries of Tor Bay’s wind conditions. 2010 World Champion Jerry Hill arrived in Torquay with high hopes of defending his title, but this evening returns ashore deflated. “It’s not been a great day...we were over the line in the first race, 7th in the second and then really deep in the third race today.” Hill has sailed in the Laser SB3 class since the beginning and has been a driving force behind the organisation of the World Championship in Torquay. It’s unfortunate to see him struggling to find his form and lying in 29th place going into the gold fleet finals.

With the challenging conditions that Tor Bay is providing, it’s certain that the winner of the Zhik SB3 Worlds will be a deserving Champion. The standard of the fleet is extremely high and nobody is yet willing to bet their life savings on who will lift the beautiful Waterford Crystal trophy on Friday 20th May. With six qualifying races now complete, the pressure really heats up as the gold and silver fleet finals begin.

Results:

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Tot
1	GBR3065	Rola-Trac	Peter Saxton	1	5	2	36	1	3	12
2	GBR3058	Xcellent	John Pollard	2	6	14	1	4	1	14
3	GBR3053	Race Team Gill	Geoff Carveth	4	2	9	3	4	1	14
4	ITA3073	Stenghele	Roberto Caresani	2	3	19	1	3	7	16
5	GBR3042	Gill Racing Team	Craig Burton	4	3	2	8	1	10	18
6	GBR3489	Red	Robert Greenhalgh	1	2	1	11	8	8	20
7	AUS3063	One Design Sailing	Nathan Outteridge	6	4	3	4	53	4	21
8	GBR3032	Rumbleflurg	David Cummins	3	8	5	2	9	7	25
9	GBR3082	Henri Lloyd/Forelle Estates	Joe Llewellyn	6	13	1	4	53	2	26
10	AUS3108	Club Marine	Glenn Bourke	5	1	11	53	5	5	27
11	NZL3287	Sailing West - Sharkbait	Ben Duncan	16	28	4	2	6	4	32
12	NED3441	Rivium	Paul Gast	9	5	8	5	9	9	36
13	GBR3475	Perky III	Jez Entwistle	12	6	5	26	3	11	37
14	RSA3469	Musto Race Ahead	Asenaithi Jim	3	4	10	3	53	25	45
15	GER3561	Razzmatazz	Sebastian Dohrendorf	12	7	7	45	14	6	46
16	ITA3543	Bravi Thytronic	Giovanni Meloni	23	12	17	5	7	8	49
17	IRL3324	Sibelus	Mel Collins	17	8	21	7	16	2	50
18	GBR3047	Parkway Pirates	Rob Gullan	9	14	12	11	5	15	51
19	GBR3134	Marilyn	Dom Ford	5	18	9	14	8	20	54
20	GBR3336	Uber 3	Adrian Peach	8	15	18	9	53	9	59
21	GBR3149	Poor Buoy	Mark Gillett	17	16	6	33	19	5	63
22	GBR3462	Underground Toys	Andrew Oddie	19	1	10	53	17	17	64
23	GER3402	Norah	Daniel Spaenle	14	17	20	6	14	14.2	65.2
24	GBR3464	Eric	Martin Wedge	15	13	22	7	11	53	68
25	RUS3554	Team Russia	Rodion Luka	8	53	4	53	2	3	70
26	GBR3546	Orthteam	Richard Catchpole	7	18	13	25	10	23	71
27	GBR3292	Chill Pill	Tich Summers	41	7	41	10	2	12	72
28	GBR3556	Herbie	Phil Tilley	7	29	15	6	53	18	75
29	GBR3465	3 Sad Old Blokes	Jerry Hill	25	9	6	53	7	30	77
30	GBR3079	Excuse Me Gents	Ann Jackson	19	37	8	17	21	14	79
31	AUS3607	Wysiwyg VI	Stephen Fries	22	10	31	25	13	10	80
32	IRL3298	Toucan 3	Ross Vaughan	43	19	17	14	19	12	81
33	GBR3041	Robina	Dan Goodman	16	24	18	10	15	25	83
34	ITA3606	Lunatico XS	Aurelio Bini	20	15	53	23	16	11	85
35	GBR3575	Sailboat Deliveries	Sarah Allan	29	9	16	22	10	41	86
36	GBR3027	Darling Associates	Chris Darling	10	11	23	32	13	29	86
37	GBR3029	3-Some	Niall Peelo	11	16	22	27	11	34	87
38	GBR3305	Rigging Gurus	Mark Richards	26	25	3	29	53	6	89
39	GBR3517	Doolalli	Colin Simonds	18	19	12	22	18	28	89
40	GBR3276	Trouble & Strife	Ian Armstrong	11	20	19	30	12	53	92
41	GBR3510	Hutton's	Richard Wharram	21	10	25	21	18	30	95
42	UKR3443	Transbunker	Polovy Valeriy	27	14	13	53	25	20	99
43	GBR3106		Tom Clay	21	29	37	20	6	24	100
44	BEL3472	Los Zaparteros	Alex Schoenmakers	14	21	36	26	23	16	100
45	GBR3183	Respect	John Danby	33	11	23	8	28	32	102
46	GBR3468	Fully Badgered	Paul Lovejoy	10	32	42	29	17	17	105
47	GBR3021	Here Comes Bod	Charlie Whelan	44	27	24	9	24	22	106
48	GBR3084	Eau No!	Mark Sotkes	20	34	26	23	26	13	108
49	ITA3596	Briefing	Luca Bacci	39	24	20	53	12	14	109
50	IRL3338	Milvus Milvus	Robert Howe	30	21	26	38	20	19	116
51	IRL3226	Quantitative Easing	Paul McMahon	35	30	11	13	53	31	120
52	IRL3312	Bomchickawahwah	John O'Driscoll	32	30	15	16	29	53	122
53	FRA3078	Tad Minus	Vincent Biarnes	28	17	24	37	53	21	127
54	RUS373	Alissa	Vladislav Ivanovski	29	20	14	38	38	27	128
55	GBR3060	Finitor 7	Stewart Reed	35	26	28	12	32	31	129
56	IRL3484	Seriously Bonkers x 3	Martin Cuppage	26	44	33	18	35	18	130
57	GBR3074	Tonic	Douglas Paton	27	33	35	12	24	53	131
58	GBR3515	The Young Pretender	Callum Calder	24	53	21	53	21	15	134
59	GBR3126	Geronimo	Simon Hume	28	23	35	21	28	53	135
60	FRA3423	Morpheus	Edward Russo	37	31	25	53	22	21	136
61	GBR3545	Savage Sailing Team	Chris Savage	31	32	29	32	30	16	138
62	GER3600	Isabella III	Reinhard Schroeder	23	46	30	19	27	39	138
63	GBR3198	Magic Marine	Hugh Styles	15	12	7	53	53	53	140
64	GBR3104	Retail Therapy	Charles Sheppard	40	38	33	17	33	19	140
65	GBR3379	Joyride	Nick Andrews	18	23	51	35	39	26	141
66	FRA3609	Marcon Yachting	Louis Marcon	34	25	38	34	37	13	143
67	GBR3531	Carnage	Nick Over	44	50	38	24	15	22	143
68	GBR3267	Neilson Heart of Gold	Tom Hayhoe	22	47	30	15	40	36	143
69	GBR3319	Devils Advocate	Tony Jaffa	43	33	27	18	25	42	145
70	GBR3014	Sponge Bob	Steve McLean	13	22	34	40	53	39	148
71	GBR3038	TeamB4Ego,com2	Will Brooks	13	40	42	43	32	23	150
72	NED3511		Marco van Driel	32	26	32	41	22	53	153
73	GBR3215	Sail Navy	Darren Roach	24	27	47	34	33	35	153
74	GBR3362	Polar Bear	Tim Newton	34	42	16	28	39	53	159
75	POR3103	Viero	Piedade Colaco	38	45	27	20	30	53	160
76	GBR3048	Control-Alt-Delete	Ann Ashworth	33	44	43	27	27	32	162
77	GBR3096	Red Kite	Roger Harford	30	47	39	13	34	53	163
78	UKR3522	Stemcor	Valentin Klymentyev	46	35	44	24	36	24	163
79	IRL3307	Bad/Kilcullen	Stephan Hyde	36	22	34	19	53	53	164
80	GBR3094	Xceptable	Ian Lievesley	52	39	32	28	23	44	166
81	GBR3056	Woohoo	Tom Davidson	45	41	28	40	34	29	172
82	GBR3069	Not just a number	Paul Hine	42	37	31	39	29	37	173
83	IRL3033	Blue Bird	Cathy MacAleavey	47	39	53	16	31	45	178
84	GBR3088	Healthy1.co.uk	Ray Davies	40	34	40	33	39	34	180
85	GBR3516	TeamB4Ego.com	Geoff Gritton	25	36	36	42	42	53	181
86	AUS3224	Jester 3	Dave Bull	50	31	37	31	44	40	183
87	GRE3251	SailingHolidays.com	Ruairi Bradley	45	49	46	39	20	35	185
88	NED3470	Cube	Martijn Buitenhuis	42	43	49	36	31	33	185
89	GBR3473	Sceptre	Nathan Bailey	50	48	40	15	43	43	189
90	ITA3598	Alghero Giorico Hotels	Alessandro Balzani	38	35	42	49	53	28	192
91	GBR3335	Royal Signals	Stu Southan	31	38	39	48	36	53	192
92	GBR3366	Hooligan	Guy Broom	47	41	50	30	41	37	196
93	GBR3309	Narwhal	David Bates	51	36	48	44	35	33	196
94	GBR3081	Prostate Cancer Charity	Ross Lang	36	28	43	41	53	53	201
95	GBR3123	Mini Mayhem	Paul Craft	48	53	45	47	37	27	204
96	GBR3519	May contain nuts	John Greenaway	41	43	49	46	38	36	204
97	ITA3437	Lupi D'irlanda	Marco Sorgassi	39	42	44	50	41	38	204
98	IRL3062		Ronan Downing	37	49	45	31	43	53	205
99	IRL3297	Sunday Brunch	Richard Tate	49	46	41	53	44	38	218
100	IRL3315	Sirius Black	Ken Hudson	49	51	52	35	45	39	219
101	GBR3368	Kapow	Nick Barnett	48	48	48	37	42	53	223
102	GBR3540	Water Music viii	Jonny Foot	51	45	47	51	40	46	229
103	GBR3077	Skallywag	Rob Day	46	40	46	53	53	53	238