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Geoff Carveth crowned for a second time

Rob Greenhalgh beaten into second on the concluding day of the Zhik Laser SB3 Worlds

Friday May 20th 2011, Author: Katie Ashworth, Location: United Kingdom

Geoff Carveth, Andy Ramus, Ian Mills and Emma Clarke are winners of the Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011. Carveth and crew have sailed an excellent series of qualifying and finals races and win the 2011 Championship in Torquay with a four point lead.

Going afloat this morning, Robert Greenhalgh and crew led the Gold Fleet by 5 points. At the first windward mark of Race 1, Rob Gullan led the course, tailed by John Pollard and Geoff Carveth. Greenhalgh rounded deep in the pack. At the leeward mark, Greenhalgh had recovered some ground, but not enough.

It looked like Rob Gullan was on to take the first to take two bullets. On the second lap, Gullan led Pollard and Carveth. Rodion Luka and Team Russia were hot on the heels of the leaders. Choosing the right of the course for his final downwind leg, it paid off and Team Russia went on to win the first race of the day and the first race of their Championship. Carveth finished fourth. Greenhalgh finished 17th.

Carveth led Greenhalgh by two points going into the final race of the Zhik SB3 World Championship 2011. The pressure was on Carveth to defend and Greenhalgh to attack.

By the first windward mark of Race 2 Race Ahead, helmed by 2010 South African Sailor of the Year, Jim Asenathi led the fleet, Carveth rounded second with Greenhalgh in fifth. At the leeward gate, Asenathi had extended his lead. Carveth followed the South Africans around the left leeward gate mark while Greenhalgh went right. By the windward mark on the second lap, positions hadn’t changed. Carveth had extended his lead and Greenhalgh’s hopes of victory were fading fast.

Jim Asenathi won the final race of the Championship. Carveth crossed the finish line second, securing his victory of the Zhik SB3 World Championships 2011.

“Awesome,” “Fantastic,” and “Amazing” cheered the crew of Carveth's Race Team Gill as they hit the dock in Torquay after racing. Carveth explained their day: “In Race 1 today Robert and I sailed our own races, we gained the upper hand and then covered Rob on the start of the second race and took control.” The rest they say is history. “We’ll be celebrating with a few beers this evening! We’ve had a great week and we’re sailed really well as a crew.”

Geoff Carveth is a second time World Champion in the Laser SB3 class, having won the 2008 Worlds in Dun Laoghaire. “It means a lot to win it twice. It shows the first time wasn’t just a fluke!”

In 2012, the Laser SB3 European Championships will be held in Medemblik, Netherlands over 1-7 September and the World Championships will be held at Hamilton Island, Australia over 13-20 December. The Laser SB3 Class has had a fantastic Championships hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Torquay, UK. Thanks go to all of our generous sponsors, supporters and volunteers. Title sponsors, Zhik, have been fantastic to work with and our extreme thanks go to them for helping us put this event on the map.

Full gold fleet results at the bottom of the page...

 

 

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Pos Sail No Boat Helm R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 Tot
1 GBR3053 Race Team Gill Geoff Carveth 4 2 9 3 4 1 2 14 6 9 1 8 4 2 46
2 GBR3489 Red Robert Greenhalgh 1 2 1 11 8 8 1 3 1 3 11 7 17 4 50
3 GBR3042 Gill Racing Team Craig Burlton 4 3 2 8 1 10 21 2 29 4 9 1 12 9 76
4 AUS3108 Club Marine Glenn Bourke 5 1 11 53 5 5 7 4 14 15 4 3 14 10 83
5 GBR3058 Xcellent John Pollard 2 6 14 1 4 1 17 13 13 36 5 15 5 8 90
6 GBR3047 Parkway Pirates Rob Gullan 9 14 12 11 5 15 3 6 4 7 20 4 2 24 97
7 RSA3469 Musto Race Ahead Asenathi Jim 3 4 10 3 53 25 9 8 10 18 25 2 7 1 100
8 GBR3082 Henri Lloyd/Forelle Estates Joe Llewellyn 6 13 1 4 53 2 13 19 8 13 8 11 33 3 101
9 RUS3554 Team Russia Rodion Luka 8 53 4 53 2 3 5 5 2 41 7 6 1 14 110
10 ITA3073 Stenghele Roberto Caresani 2 3 19 1 3 7 23 9 32 5 24 12 20 5 114
11 IRL3324 Sibelus Mel Collins 17 8 21 7 16 2 11 10 22 1 6 16 6 26 122
12 AUS3063 One Design Sailing Nathan Outteridge 6 4 3 4 53 4 24 29 35 10 53 5 3 7 134
13 NZL3287 Sailing West - Sharkbait Ben Duncan 16 28 4 2 6 4 15 49 11 12 34 9 16 11 140
14 GBR3475 Perky III Jez Entwistle 12 6 5 26 3 11 4 1 37 17 28 42 15 20 159
15 GBR3065 Rola-Trac Peter Saxton 1 5 2 36 1 3 18 20 43 30 12 24 21 47 180
16 ITA3543 Bravi Thytronic Giovanni Meloni 23 12 17 5 7 8 16 18 19 19 19 21 32 34 193
17 GBR3462 Underground Toys Andrew Oddie 19 1 10 53 17 17 36 15 27 27 43 10 11 6 196
18 GBR3032 Rumbleflurg David Cummins 3 8 5 2 9 7 6 36 25 22 40 41 10 33 197
19 GBR3149 Poor Buoy Mark Gillett 17 16 6 33 19 5 27 30 5 45 2 14 19 46 205
20 GBR3336 Uber 3 Adrian Peach 8 15 18 9 53 9 33 27 15 11 17 43 27 21 210
21 GBR3465 3 Sad Old Blokes Jerry Hill 25 9 6 53 7 30 28 12 20 53 23 22 8 23 213
22 GBR3575 Sailboat Deliveries Sarah Allan 29 9 16 22 10 41 14 24 48 2 10 28 24 30 218
23 GBR3305 Rigging Gurus Mark Richards 26 25 3 29 53 6 32 7 9 53 3 19 31 36 226
24 GBR3134 Marilyn Dom Ford 5 18 9 14 8 20 36 22 28 20 37 47 13 18 228
25 GER3561 Razzmatazz Sebastian Dohrendorf 12 7 7 45 14 6 41 26 31 37 22 37 22 19 240
26 GBR3292 Chill Pill Tich Summers 41 7 41 10 2 12 49 17 3 28 14 33 46 29 242
27 GBR3106   Tom Clay 21 29 37 20 6 24 48 11 24 8 33 27 28 12 243
28 GBR3546 Orthteam Richard Catchpole 7 18 13 25 10 23 12 38 17 24 42 51 23 16 243
29 GBR3517 Doolalli Colin Simonds 18 19 12 22 18 28 22 32 21 32 27 17 18 53 258
30 GBR3079 Excuse Me Gents Ann Jackson 19 37 8 17 21 14 8 25 40 42 32 29 9 48 264
31 IRL3298 Toucan 3 Ross Vaughan 43 19 17 14 19 12 31 37 7 25 50 23 48 17 269
32 GBR3556 Herbie Phil Tilley 7 29 15 6 53 18 44 40 30 16 18 20 40 51 283
33 GBR3027 Darling Associates Chris Darling 10 11 23 32 13 29 26 33 47 6 15 31 47 40 284
34 NED3441 Rivium Paul Gast 9 5 8 5 9 9 46 46 12 39 47 44 42 25 290
35 GBR3029 3-Some Niall Peelo 11 16 22 27 11 34 19 48 33 14 44 35 39 22 293
36 GBR3084 Eau No! Mark Sotkes 20 34 26 23 26 13 30 21 16 38 39 13 30 37 293
37 GBR3510 Hutton's Richard Wharram 21 10 25 21 18 30 38 41 18 26 26 18 44 38 300
38 GBR3021 Here Comes Bod Charlie Whelan 44 27 24 9 24 22 25 34 38 29 13 50 43 13 301
39 ITA3596 Briefing Luca Bacci 39 24 20 53 12 14 37 43 44 21 31 25 35 15 316
40 ITA3606 Lunatico XS Aurelio Bini 20 15 53 23 16 11 40 23 46 34 53 36 29 32 325
41 GBR3276 Trouble & Strife Ian Armstrong 11 20 19 30 12 53 50 16 49 40 45 26 26 41 335
42 GBR3183 Respect John Danby 33 11 23 8 28 32 39 39 26 23 35 49 37 39 340
43 GER3402 Norah Daniel Spaenle 14 17 20 6 14 14.2 43 35 39 48 29 45 52 42 346
44 GBR3464 Eric Martin Wedge 15 13 22 7 11 53 29 51 34 44 41 38 49 44 347
45 AUS3607 Wysiwyg VI Stephen Fries 22 10 31 25 13 10 45 31 36 53 48 40 34 35 349
46 GBR3041 Robina Dan Goodman 16 24 18 10 15 25 33 47 42 46 21 34 51 43 349
47 UKR3443 Transbunker Polovy Valeriy 27 14 13 53 25 20 47 42 23 43 29 32 38 49 353
48 BEL3472 Los Zapateros Alex Schoenmakers 14 21 36 26 23 16 35 45 41 31 30 46 45 28 355
49 GBR3468 Fully Badgered Paul Lovejoy 10 32 42 29 17 17 34 28 50 33 49 48 41 27 365
50 IRL3338 Milvus Milvus Robert Howe 30 21 26 38 20 19 42 52 51 35 36 39 36 45 400
51 IRL3312 Bomchickawahwah John O'Driscoll 32 30 15 16 29 53 51 50 52 47 46 52 25 31 424
52 IRL3226 Quantitative Easing Paul McMahon 35 30 11 13 53 31 52 44 45 53 38 30 50 50 429
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