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Goodie takes Gold in Palma
posted 4 months ago
Three-times European Laser Champion sailor, Paul Goodison has proved once again he is the man to beat at the Beijing Olympics after beating the world’s best Laser sailors at the Princess Sophia Regatta, Palma. After seven days of competitive racing he went on to win the 107-boat Laser fleet.
After spending time out of action recovering from a broken wrist, Paul has been happy to have regained his winning form:
“The Princess Sofia Regatta attracted over 100 of the best Lasers sailors so it was a very competitive event. Luckily my wrist seemed to hold up well. I had a horrible cold though so I am really pleased I have won this event, it gives me even more confidence to go into the Olympics!”
Paul has had a gruelling two weeks fitness and weight loss training in Palma prior to this regatta. To get ready for the lighter winds in China this summer, Paul needs to lose a total of 10 kilos. His training schedule involves cycling, gym strength work and training on the water to hone his skills.
”In Palma there are sea breezes in the afternoon and the water is nice and warm which is always a bonus!! The training has been varied – racing, tuning, round marking general tactic work and debriefing / coaching. The weight loss isn’t quite as hard as the last Olympics because this time I have a bit longer to lose the weight.”
Paul is briefly back in the UK for a few days, before he heads back to Palma again tomorrow to continue his Olympic training.
Paul blows the rust away in Melbourne
posted 7 months ago
Reigning laser sailing European champion Paul Goodison has made a winning return to championship racing at the Asia Pacific Championship held during the Sail Melbourne Regatta in Australia 14 – 19 Jan 2008.
Despite a three month layoff due to a broken wrist Paul managed to beat the worlds leading laser sailors to claim the title. Paul got off to a brilliant start on the first day of racing finishing third and first. The lack of race practice showed on the second day with Paul sliding down the leader board into 11th place. Undeterred by the results, he came back fighting and finished in the top three of the next four races and went into the deciding day’s medal race in second place overall, on equal points with world champion Tom Slingsby (AUS). On the final Paul showed his class finishing second in the medal race with nearest rival Slingsby behind in seventh place, meaning the Asia Pacific Championship title was secure.
Paul was pleased with the result “It’s been quite a surprise to be competing so well so soon, I am still pretty poor at the boat handling as my wrist is a little restricted due to wearing a brace whilst racing and I’m suffering a little bit from lack of fitness in the boat but I have really enjoyed the racing and it’s great to be back in the boat again, the rust seems to be falling off bit by bit”
Sailing out of Royal Brighton Yacht Club the Asia Pacific Championships is a crucial event for sailors looking for preparation ahead of the Laser Worlds held in Terrigal Australia (5 – 13 Feb 08). With just five days sailing before the event, Paul has definitely shown he is one of the men to beat in Beijing this summer. Goodison who won the Olympic test event in Qingdao China last year is a light air specialist and with average conditions looking anything but gusty a medal is a real prospect
Skandia Team GBR today won two further Gold medals taking total medal haul to 5 Gold and 1 Silver at the 2007 Olympic Test Event in Qingdao, China
posted 12 months ago
In an incredibly close finish, Paul Goodison won Gold in the men’s singlehanded Laser class by three seconds, to give Skandia Team GBR, the British sailing team preparing for the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, their fourth Gold medal at the 2007 Olympic Test Event. Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson also won Gold in the highly competitive Yngling class finishing nine points ahead of the Dutch team in second place.
Today’s two Gold medals bring Skandia Team GBR’s medal haul to 5 Gold and 1 Silver at the Olympic Test Event, with the remaining Golds won yesterday by Ben Ainslie, Bryony Shaw and Stevie Morrison & Ben Rhodes yesterday, and a Silver by Nick Rogers & Joe Glanfield.
The 2007 Olympic Test Event in Qingdao, China, is seen as a major indicator in the sailor selection process for the British team for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Golden end for Team Draper-Hiscocks and Shaw
posted about 1 year ago
British sailors won five medals in five classes on the final day of the French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres on Friday (27 April), with gold going to World Champions Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks in the 49er class, and windsurfer Bryony Shaw.
After predominantly light wind conditions earlier in the week, the French Rivera resort saw its second consecutive day of 12-15 knot conditions for the final and decisive day of racing at this Grade 1 regatta.
Athens bronze medallists Draper and Hiscocks helped ensure a golden end to the week for Skandia Team GBR, clinching the regatta win after a nail-biting final race in which they trailed the rest of the pack heavily, eventually finishing the race in eighth place. It was enough to see them hold on to their overnight lead by four points and broke break their jinx of the Hyeres regatta being the only Grade 1 event they’ve never won a medal at.
“We were pretty slow upwind today – we didn’t quite get our rig tuning right so that didn’t help,” Draper explained.
“We were pretty disappointed with that race, but of course still really pleased to have won. We had a bad first day to our regatta, but kept on believing throughout that we could do it and surpassed our goal for the event which was to finish in the top five.”
John Pink and Simon Wheeler notched up a fourth race win of the week in the medal race today to end their superb run this week in fourth place overall, while European Champions Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes end the regatta in sixth.
In the RS:X women’s windsurfing discipline, Bryony Shaw went into the last day in first place and finished her regatta in the best possible shape. She was second behind nearest rival Blanca Manchon of Spain heading into the first windward mark, but then took control and was leading by the time she hit the first leeward gate. She won the race by a comfortable margin to hand her the regatta win with a 10 point buffer over Manchon.
John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas secured silver in the Paralympic Sonar class with a third from their final fleet race, while Helena Lucas sailed a solid last race in the 2.4mR class, only to discover she was judged to have crossed the startline early – she took the bronze, with Megan Pascoe finishing sixth overall.
Yngling crew Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson continued their lucrative run as a crew adding a bronze medal and a fourth straight podium finish to their silver medals at the recent Princes Sofia Trophy in Palma, the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta in January and a bronze at the Skandia RYA Sail for Gold Regatta last October.
The Skandia Team GBR sailors went into today’s race in the silver medal position, but the USA boat, skippered by Sally Barkow, got the better of them early on in the final showdown to cross the finish line first, with Ayton, Webb and Wilson in second. The two crews were then on equal points in the results table, but Barkow’s superior position in the medal race was the deciding factor.
Victoria Rawlinson, Emma Rawlinson and Sue Monson – 11th hour recruits to the medal race after the disqualification of Shirley Robertson, Annie Lush and Lucy Macgregor last night – finished ninth overall in the Yngling event.
In the Finn class, Ed Wright was unable to pull himself back into the podium spots today – he needed to finish ahead of New Zealander Dan Slater, but after a premature start he had to re-cross the start line and only managed to recover to eighth place, while Slater finished in seventh. Giles Scott had a notable fourth in his first Grade 1 medal race to finish ninth overall.
Two sets of penalty turns for Paul Goodison in the Laser final ended his chances of a podium position – he finished tenth overall, while Nick Dempsey was involved in a battle royal with Brazilian Ricardo Santos in the RS:X men’s medal race with the two sailors evenly matched until Dempsey raced to one of the wrong marks. He finished the final in second, which pulled him up to seventh overall after a disappointing start to the week.
Skandia Team GBR medallists
Gold
Chris Draper-Simon Hiscocks (49er)
Bryony Shaw (RS:X women)
Silver
John Robertson-Hannah Stodel-Stephen Thomas (Sonar)
Bronze
Sarah Ayton-Sarah Webb-Pippa Wilson (Yngling)
Helena Lucas (2.4mR)
For results and information from the regatta, visithttp://www.skandiateamgbr.com/events/hyeresreg/
Bigger breezes shake up day three in Palma
posted about 1 year ago
British sailors made the most of improved conditions on day three of the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma on Tuesday, with Shirley Robertson, Annie Lush and Lucy Macgregor advancing to second place overall in the Yngling event.
With three days of the regatta still left to run, Robertson’s team are currently the best placed British crew, with a second, fifth and a discardable 22 from the women’s keelboat fleet’s three races of the day.
“It was another challenging day in Palma Bay,” said Robertson. “The wind shifts were making sailing difficult and many a position was lost and gained out there.
“But we had two good results which we’re really happy about, and are hoping that for the rest of the week we have improved conditions.”
Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson, lying in ninth place at the close of racing on Tuesday, finished ahead of Robertson in the first race of the day but were adjudged to have crossed the start line early.
Nick Dempsey, defending champion in the RS:X men’s event, enjoyed a 3,6,6 from the windsurfing fleet’s three races and is poised just outside of the top three, with opponents from Ukraine, Israel and Spain all tied on 19 points and just one point ahead of Skandia Team GBR’s European Champion.
Bryony Shaw and Lucy Horwood are in 14th and 27th positions after four races in the women’s RS:X event, while Britain’s Laser Radial sailors made gains in the bright and breezy conditions on Tuesday. Charlotte Dobson is currently in tenth place, with Lizzie Vickers and Penny Clark just behind in 12th and 13th respectively.
Skandia Team GBR’s 49er sailors took advantage of wind speeds of up to 18 knots in Palma Bay today, with World Champions Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks posting a race win and a third from their two races to see them into seventh place, and European Champions Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes also enjoying a race win, followed by 9,5 to round off their three-race day and put them in eighth place just one point behind their teammates.
In the Tornado class, also contesting their European Championships here in Palma, Leigh McMillan and Will Howden’s good run so far took a knock today when they were forced to retire from the day’s racing after Howden sustained some ligament damage to his foot after being hit by Spanish rivals Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz, currently in second place overall – the British pair filed a protest over the incident.
In the 470 men’s event, development squad sailors Luke Patience and Chris Grube are still the top British crew, posting another third in their opening race of the day, followed by a 12,16 which sees them in eighth overall, but on equal points with French, Greek and Japanese crews in fifth, sixth and seventh.
Athens silver medallists Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield are up to 21st, with 12,8,3 to show from their three races today, but still confident of making their way further up the leaderboard.
“We’re not where we would want to be at the moment,” admitted Glanfield. “We’ve been pretty inconsistent over the past few days, but then most others have been as well.
“We need to start a bit better for the gold fleet races and then hopefully we’ll be able to get back into it. Things aren’t going massively wrong, so there’s no reason we can’t get back up to the front ready for the medal race on Friday.”
Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark are in twelfth place after day three in the 470 women’s event, Paul Goodison is eighth in the Laser class, while Matt Howard is currently top British sailor in the Finn fleet in 15th place, followed by Ed Greig in 16th. European Champion Ed Wright, Junior World Champion Mark Andrews and Giles Scott were all caught for premature starts in the first race of the day, but the overall standings should shake up when the discard comes in after the first race on Wednesday.
Racing at the Princess Sofia Trophy runs through until Friday 6 April. For results and regatta information visit www.skandiateamgbr.com/events/princsoftrop
Laser Midwinters East - Comfortable Win for Goodison while Tunnicliffe Pips Railey to the Title
posted about 1 year ago
The ISAF Grade 1 Laser Midwinters East came down to a final race shoot out in Florida as Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) got the better of team mate and rival Paige Railey (USA) to take the Laser Radial title on countback. In the Laser fleet, world #1 Paul Goodison (GBR) secured a more comfortable victory with a double bullet finish.
Tunnicliffe and 2006 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Railey had been a class apart in their respective qualifying fleets, winning nine of the ten races between them to both move into the gold fleet on a perfect four points.
In the 88 strong Laser fleet, Brits Nick Thompson and Goodison led after the qualifying series, and from there the world #1 took control. Goodison took three bullets from the five gold fleet races to score victory by ten points. Thompson was less consistent and slipped back to third place overall, as Bernard Luttmer (CAN) moved up to take second. Victory in the 19 strong Laser 4.7 fleet went to Cameron Hall (USA). Daivd Alfonso (PUR) was second, with Alex Anderson (IVB) third.
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ISAF,
Top five Lasers:
1. Paul Goodison, GBR, 19 points
2. Bernard Luttmer, CAN, 29
3. Nick Thompson, GBR, 31
4. Andrew Campbell, USA, 31
5. Brad Funk, USA, 34
Top five Radial Class:
1. Anna Tunnicliffe, USA, 15
2. Paige Railey, USA, 15
3. Gintare Volungeviciute, LTU, 19
4. Lisa Ross, CAN, 38
5. Keamia Rasa, CAN, 71
Seventeen British boats through to Miami medal races
posted about 1 year ago
The penultimate day of racing at the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta (22-27 January) saw seventeen British boats across ten classes qualify for Saturday’s final medal races. Eight Skandia Team GBR crews are in medal-winning positions heading into the final day of this Grade 1 regatta, with Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield and Bryony Shaw consolidating their leads in the 470 men’s and women’s RS:X categories, and Leigh McMillan and Will Howden moving to the top of the Tornado leaderboard ahead of Australian World Champions Darren Bundock and Glenn Ashby after Friday’s racing.
Athens silver medalists Rogers and Glanfield take a 19 point lead into the final medal race on Saturday, recording 7,20,7 from their three races of the day, and will be joined in the medal race, featuring the top ten boats in a double-points scoring final showdown, by teammates and World Champions Nic Asher and Elliot Willis, currently in eighth place.
Bryony Shaw picked up her first race win of the regatta to see her extend her lead to four points in the women’s RS:X class, while Tornado sailors McMillan and Howden posted two solid seconds in Biscayne Bay’s 12 knot conditions to put them into first place and assured of at least a silver providing they sail a clean race tomorrow. “It feels great to be in this position,” said Howden. “We have really struggled over the last few regattas for no apparent reason, and it’s easy to get your head down. We came here with no real expectations, just wanting to feel like our program was moving forward again. “We haven’t changed a thing since the Worlds,” he continued. “I think this just shows how tight and hard this fleet is to compete in consistently at the top which is our short-term goal. Bundy [Darren Bundock] is really good in the medal races so we will have to be on top of our game tomorrow.”
Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson will also have to be on the top of their game if they’re to come out on top in the Yngling event. ‘Team Mirabaud’ sailed a solid 4,2,1 from today’s three races, but their closest rivals, the American team skippered by Sally Barkow, had an even better 2,1,2 to see them take the lead by two points over the British boat so the Yngling medal race will see an nail-biting showdown between the two crews.
The 49er leaderboard remains delicately balanced, with Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes still within reach of some silverware. Currently in fifth place, they’re just five points off the second placed boat of USA’s Tim Wadlow and Christopher Rast, while in the men’s RS:X class, third placed Nick Dempsey is on equal points with the Joao Rodrigues heading into tomorrow’s medal race.
In the single-handed events, Paul Goodison is currently fifth in the Laser class, Ed Wright and Ed Greig have made in through to the Finn medal race in seventh and ninth places respectively, and Charlotte Dobson and Lizzie Vickers will fly the Skandia Team GBR flag in the Laser Radial class. Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark head into the women’s 470 medal race in sixth place, while the Star class will be the only one without British interest as the new crew of Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson were unable to make the cut.
While there’s still everything to play for in the Olympic disciplines, there was a dramatic conclusion to the regatta for Sonar sailors John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas. With no medal races scheduled for the three Paralympic classes, Friday’s final fleet races determined the overall regatta winners. Robertson, Stodel and Thomas were overnight leaders in the Sonar class, but were left under pressure from their teammates and training partners Dan Parsons, Tom Pygall and Guy Draper heading into the final race. In an attempt to aggressively match race Parsons’ team out of contention in the last race, the two-time IFDS World Champions Robertson, Stodel and Thomas inadvertently broke Rule 22, which prohibits a boat from altering its course to interfere with another boat sailing a different leg. On learning of their mistake, Robertson’s team confessed to the jury and were subsequently disqualified from the two races of the final day. They finished the regatta with bronze, after starting the day in the gold medal position. “The guys have never been in the situation before where they’ve had to win a race through any other means than just sailing as fast as they can,” said Skandia Team GBR Sonar coach Mark Rushall. “It was a training regatta for them here, so learning was the most important thing for the team – they’ve certainly learnt a lot!”
Megan Pascoe and Helena Lucas secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the 2.4mR Paralympic class, behind able-bodied sailor and five time 2.4mR Open World Champion Stellan Berlin of Sweden. For 20-year-old Pascoe, it was her best result to date, and “a brilliant way to start the year”. Allan Smith and Jackie Gay finished in fifth place in only their second event in the new SKUD-18 class.
Skandia Team GBR medal race contenders:
470 men – Nick Rogers-Joe Glanfield; Nic Asher-Elliot Willis
470 women – Christina Bassadone-Saskia Clark
49er – Stevie Morrison-Ben Rhodes; Paul Campbell James-Mark Asquith Finn – Ed Wright; Ed Greig
Laser – Paul Goodison Laser Radial – Charlotte Dobson; Lizzie Vickers
RS:X women – Bryony Shaw; Lucy Horwood
RS:X men – Nick Dempsey Tornado – Leigh McMillan-Will Howden; Rob Wilson-Mark Bulkeley
Yngling – Sarah Ayton-Sarah Webb-Pippa Wilson; Victoria Rawlinson-Emma Rawlinson-Sue Monson
For the full results and information, visithttp://www.skandiateamgbr.com
Contrasting conditions challenge Miami sailors
posted about 1 year ago
Tuesday’s second day of the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta saw a marked change of conditions, and mixed fortunes for the British sailors in the hunt for medals.
The steady 12-15 knot breezes which greeted competitors on Monday’s first day of racing were replaced with shifty and light conditions on Tuesday (23 January), with winds hovering around the 6 knot mark following a postponement to the start of racing until the early afternoon.
British sailors currently occupy nine top three spots across the 14 Olympic and Paralympic classes competing at Biscayne Bay, with four days of racing still to go.
Windsurfer Bryony Shaw, Athens 470 silver medallists Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield, and 2.4mR Paralympic sailor Megan Pascoe currently top their respective results tables, while British Sonar crew Dan Parsons, Tom Pygall and Guy Draper – tuning partners to Skandia Team GBR’s Paralympic campaigners John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas – lead their teammates by one point at the top of the Sonar leaderboard.
Pascoe and her 2.4mR compatriot and world silver medallist Helena Lucas occupy the top two positions in the 2.4mR results table, with Lucas describing Tuesday as “tricky – a real head out of the boat day”.
Bryony Shaw took at step toward the defence of the RS:X women’s crown from the 2006 event thanks to a fourth from the windsurfing fleet’s only race of the day, while an 11th in the sole 470 men’s race was enough for Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield to hold on to the top spot, ahead of Spaniards Gustavo Martinez and Dimas Wood.
After a strong start in the breeze on Monday, Skandia Team GBR’s 49er European Champions Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes got to grips with the lighter conditions today, posting a first from the only race once the eager fleet had finally been released from the shore.
“We’re really happy with today’s race,” said the 28-year-old Morrison afterwards. “It was a bit on the light side after yesterday’s champagne racing, but we’re pleased with how we adjusted out techniques to cope with the change in conditions.
“But my legs didn’t enjoy all the crouching, that’s for sure!”
Morrison and Rhodes are now in second place overall, just one point behind the series leaders Tim Wadlow and Christopher Rast and with Italy’s Sibello brothers and Spanish Olympic Champions Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez right behind them.
The world number two Yngling trio of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson are currently in third, following a 6,5 from their two races of the day, while windsurfer Nick Dempsey is in fourth place, on equal points with the third ranked Przeymslaw Miarczynski of Poland, after crossing 13th in the men’s RS:X fleet’s only race of the day. SKUD-18 Paralympic sailors Allan Smith and Jackie Gay are poised in third place – they were adjudged to have had a premature start to their first of three races, before going on to post a 7,4.
Development squad sailor Ed Greig, in 13th place, is still the top Brit in the Finn class, although European Champion Ed Wright had a better second day with results of 8,3 moving him inside the top 20 after suffering gear failure yesterday.
Paul Goodison struggled with the shifts in the Laser fleet, while Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson got off to a strong start in the Star class and showed good speed upwind before being caught by a wind shift and left with no opportunity to pass back – they finished ninth.
Lizzie Vickers in the Laser Radial and 470 women Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark sit in seventh position in their respective classes, while the Tornado leaderboard remains unchanged from Monday as the catamaran sailors saw no racing today due to the light winds. Leigh McMillan and Will Howden are the top British crew, in fifth place after two races.
Racing at the Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta runs through until Saturday 27 January.
For the latest news and information, visit www.skandiateamgbr.com
Rolex Miami OCR - Still Wind Stalls, Then Challenges, Racers
posted about 1 year ago
Like a bratty sister of yesterday’s perfect conditions, light air slipped in this morning to tease the 855 sailors from 49 countries who were anxious to start their second day of racing at US SAILING’s 2007 Rolex Miami OCR. The nuisance imposed by the “postponement ashore” for 14 one-design classes was understandable, since for many, this regatta - in its 18th year and sailed on Biscayne Bay - plays a critical role in fulfilling Olympic and Paralympic dreams. As the only International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Grade-One regatta in the United States for Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, the Rolex Miami OCR helps determine national and world rankings and, for some countries, the actual teams that will attend the 2008 Games in China.
By early afternoon, most classes had been sent out or put on standby to go racing, but the Tornados, with a circle several miles down the bay, were told to stay put. Their cancelled racing left yesterday’s standings intact, with Australia’s four-time Tornado world champion and two-time ISAF World Champion Darren Bundock and crew Glenn Ashby leading the 43-boat fleet. The team faces stiff competition from such top players as 2005 Rolex ISAF World Sailors of the Year Fernando Echavarri and Anton Paz from Spain, currently fourth; Austria’s two-time Olympic gold medalist Roman Hagara and crew Hans Peter Steinacher, currently sixth; and the USA’s silver medalists John Lovell and Charlie Ogletree (New Orleans, La./Kemah, Texas), currently 14th.
The Star class’ pool of talent also runs deep, with an even more overwhelming number of world champions and Olympic medalists competing. At the top of his game-and the scoreboard after one race today in 5-6 knots of wind-was Sweden’s two-time World Champion Fredrik Loof and crew Anders Ekstrom. Finishing second today, they soared past current world champion Hamish Pepper and crew David Giles, who were second overall yesterday after two races and fell to 16th today when they had to count a 28th-place finish. Plummeting and rising are actions typical for this class, where today’s lag-behinds may be tomorrow’s leaders.
Even though competition is equally world-class in Lasers - Australia’s Olympic bronze medalist Michael Blackburn is leading, followed by fellow countryman Tom Slingsby, the runnerup at the 2006 Laser Worlds - there is still enough elbow room for underdogs to learn from top dogs. “You can’t sail anywhere else against competition like this,” said the USA’s Kyle Rogachenko (Collegeville, Pa.), a teenage college student ranked fourth on the US Sailing Team and currently in 32nd overall. “This year is definitely tougher because the top 20 world-ranked teams are here, but I’m still young and the 2012 Olympics are really my goal.”
Jesse Fielding (North Kingstown, R.I.), another teen crewing on one of the speedy and wildly exciting 49er skiffs, shares Rogachenko’s sentiment. “Competing in this event is like playing on the PGA Tour without having to qualify,” said Fielding, who is also a member of Disney’s Morning Light Team of youngsters being trained for the Transpac Race.
While Fielding and skipper Mike Coe (Annapolis, Md.) are humbly fighting for position at the back of the fleet, another U.S. team - comprised of third-ranked US Sailing Team members Tim Wadlow (Beverly, Mass.) and Christopher Rast (Wake Forest, N.C.) - rose from second to first overall today after finishing third in their one race today. “We were really fast; we had good upwind boat speed,” said Wadlow, who won two of yesterday’s three races. Echoing the refrain heard in every class, Wadlow added, “The competition is incredible. There are 20 boats who can win a race, so it’s hard to narrow down who the toughest competition is.”
US SAILING’s Rolex Miami OCR Top-Three Results (Provisional)
Day 2
Finn (49 boats)—4 races
1. Dan Slater (NZL), 3-8-3-2, 16
2. Daniel Birgmark (SWE), 6-2-5-4, 17
3. Pieter-Jan Postma (NED), 1-6-1-10, 18
49er (47 boats)—4 races
1. Tim Wadlow/Christopher Rast (Beverly, Mass./Wake Forest, N.C., USA), 5-1-1-3, 10
2. Ben Rhodes/Stevie Morrison (GBR), 1-6-3-1, 11
3. Pietro Sibello/Gianfranco Sibello (ITA), 8-2-1-2, 13
470 Men’s (31 boats)—4 races
1. Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield (GBR), 2-1-4-11, 18
2. Gustavo Martinez/Dimas Wood (ESP), 4-3-13-3, 23
2. Alvaro Marinho/Miguel Nunes (POR), 1-7-7-10, 25
470 Women’s (18 boats)—5 races
1. Marcelien de Koning/Lobke Berkhout (NED), 1-1-1-[8]-5, 8
2. Erin Maxwell/Isabelle Kinsolving (Norwalk, Conn./New York, N.Y., USA), 3-4-[11]-3-2, 12
3. Ingrid Petitjean/ Nadege Douroux (FRA), 4-2-[8]-6-1, 13
Laser (69 boats)—4 races
1. Michael Blackburn (AUS), 3-6-1-3, 13
2. Tom Slingsby (AUS), 2-1-7-9, 19
2. Paul Goodison (GBR), 2-1-1-18, 22
Laser Radial (69 boats)—3 races
1. Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla., USA), 5-2-6, 13
2. Gintare Volungeviciute (LTU), 3-3-7, 13
3. Tania Elias Calles (MEX), 4-5-4, 13
RS:X Men (44 boats)—3 races
1. Byron Kokkalanis (GRE), 9-7-3, 19
2. Ivan Pastor (ESP), 2-8-10, 20
3. Przeymslaw Miarczynski (POL) 1-5-15, 21
RS:X Women (28 boats)—3 races
1. Bryony Shaw (GBR), 4-5-4, 13
2. Antonia Frey (GRE), 7-4-6, 17
3. Marta Hlavaty (POL), 2-1-17, 20
SKUD-18 (10 boats) – 5 races
1. David Cook/Brenda Hopkin (CAN), 2-4-3-1-[5], 10
2. Karen Mitchell/ JP Creignou (Deerfield Beach, Fla./St. Petersburg, Fla., USA), 6-2-1-2-[7], 12
3. Allan Smith/Jackie Gay (GBR), 1-1-[11/OCS]-7-4, 13
Sonar (14 boats)—5 races
1. Dan Parsons/Tom Pygall/Guy Draper (GBR), 3-3-2-[15/OCS]-1, 9
2. John Robertson/Hannah Stodel/Stephen Thomas (GBR), 2-4-1-3-[7], 10
3. Rick Doerr/Tim Angle/Bill Donohue, (Clifton, N.J./ Marblehead, Mass./ Brick, N.J., USA), 6-1-[9]-2-8, 17
Star (67 boats)—3 race
1. Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom (SWE), 3-2-2, 7
2. Robert Stanjek/Frithjof Kleen (GER), 2-8-2, 12
3. Afonso Domingos/ Bernardo Santos (POR), 1-11-1, 13
Tornado (43 boats)—2 races (no racing today)
1. Darren Bundock/Glenn Ashby (AUS), 3-3, 6
2. Olivier Backes/Paul Ambroise Sevestre (FRA), 2-5, 7
3. Andrey Kirilyuk/Valery Ushkov (RUS), 7-1, 8
2.4 mR (25 boats)—4 races
1. Megan Pascoe (GBR), 3-1-2-7, 13
2. Helena Lucas (GBR), 5-7-5-2, 19
3. Stellan Berlin (SWE), 1-5-9-6, 21
Yngling (18 boats)—4 races
1. Silja Lehtinen/ Maria Klemetz/Livia Varesmaa, (FIN), 2-2-2-1, 7
2. Sally Barkow/Carrie Howe/Debbie Cappozi (Nashotah, Wis./Grosse Pointe, Mich./Bayport, N.Y., USA) 3-1-4-6, 14
3. Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson, (GBR), 1-3-6-5, 15
Rolex Miami OCR - Sailors Breeze Through First Day
posted about 1 year ago
Perfect conditions welcomed more than 855 elite sailors from 49 countries on the first day of racing at US SAILING’s 2007 Rolex Miami OCR. A steady southeasterly breeze and blue skies offered competitors a taste of what makes Biscayne Bay an ideal venue for this world-class event in its 18th year. The regatta is the only International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Grade-One regatta in the United States for Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls.
A number of American sailors enjoyed peak performances today, including Sally Barkow (Nashotah, Wisc.) and her crew, Carrie Howe (Grosse Pointe, Mich.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.), the number-one ranked Yngling team on the US Sailing Team, who tied in points with Great Britain’s team of Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson and Finland’s team of Silja Lehtinen/Maria Klemetz/Livia Varesmaa but topped the scoreboard after tie-breaker rules were applied. Barkow and her crew swapped first- and third-place finishes in today’s two races, while Lehtinen’s team came in second place in both races.
“We stuck to our game plan and didn’t make it too complicated,” said Barkow. “We felt good to be in that position at the end of the day.” As for today’s neck-and-neck competition, Barkow expects it to “be tight all the way to the end.”
Among the classes that were large enough to warrant splitting into two racing fleets was the 49er. US Sailing Team member Tim Wadlow (Beverly, Mass.) and his crew Chris Rast (Wake Forest, N.C.) topped their fleet by posting two bullets after a fourth-place finish and went on to post a second-place overall after scoring from the two groups was merged. Edging out the U.S. team by one point in overall scoring was the Japanese team of Akira Ishibashi and Yuko Makino, sailing in the second fleet.
More good fortune came to U.S. sailors in the 470 Women’s racing, where American sailors Amanda Clark (Shelter Island, N.Y.) and Sarah Mergenthaler (Aberdeen, N.J.) secured a third-place finish with 13 points in three races, behind The Netherlands’ Marcelien de Konig and Lobke Berkhout with three bullets and Italy’s Giulia Conti and Giovanna Micol with 10 points. In the second of two races, the American team struck an object with their rudder on the downwind leg and lost some distance they needed to recover.
“We never gave up,” said Clark. “We concentrated on the small gains, and finished with some good results.” Clark added: “We’re lucky to have such tight competition on home waters.”
In the men’s 470 class, Portugal’s Alvaro Marinho and Miguel Nunes came out swinging early with a victory in the first of that fleet’s three races. “The wind was a bit tricky,” said Marinho, “but even with that it was an awesome day of 470 sailing.” Marinho acknowledged the presence of world champions and other top players in his fleet, including Great Britain’s Olympic silver medalist Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield, who finished 2-1-4 to post seven points and take the overall lead for the day. Marinho and Nunes finished their day with a 7-7 and settled for second place with 15 points. “This will be a tough week to get good results but we are fighting,” said Marinho.
Rolex Miami OCR Top-Three Results
Day 1
Finn (49 boats)—2 races
1. Tapio Nirkko (FIN), 4-1, 5
2. Christopher Cook (CAN), 2-4, 6
3. Pieter-Jan Postma (NED), 1-6, 7
49er (47 boats)—3 races
1. Akira Ishibashi/Yuko Makino (JPN), 1-2-2, 5
2. Tim Wadlow/Christopher Rast (Beverly, Mass./Wake Forest, N.C., USA), 4-1-1, 6
3. Federico Alonso/Arturo Alonso (ESP), 6-1-1, 8
470 Men’s (31 boats)—3 races
1. Nick Rogers/Joe Glanfield (GBR), 2-1-4, 7
2. Alvaro Marinho/Miguel Nunes (POR), 1-7-7, 15
3. Gustavo Martinez/Dimas Wood (ESP), 4-3-13, 20
470 Women’s (18 boats)—3 races
1. Marcelien de Koning/Lobke Berkhout (NED), 1-1-1, 3
2. Giulia Conti/Giovanna Micol (ITA), 5-3-2, 10
3. Amanda Clark/Sarah Mergenthaler (Shelter Island, N.Y./Aberdeen, N.J., USA), 2-5-6, 13
Laser Radial (69 boats)—2 races
1T. Sari Multala (FIN), 1-1, 2
1T. Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla., USA), 1-1, 2
3. Karin Soderstrom (SWE), 2-2, 4
Laser (114 boats)—2 races
1. Tom Slingsby (AUS), 1-1, 2
2. Paul Goodison (GBR), 2-1, 3
3T. Vasilij Zbogar (SLO), 4-3, 7
3T. Thomas Le Breton (FRA) 4-3, 7
RS:X Men (44 boats)—2 races
1. Casper Bouman (NED), 3-1, 4
2. Przeymslaw Miarczynski (POL) 1-5, 6
3. Nick Dempsey (GBR) 4-4, 8
RS:X Women (28 boats)—2 races
1. Marta Hlavaty (POL), 1-1, 2
2. Lucy Horwood (GBR), 5-3, 8
3. Bryony Shaw (GBR), 3-5, 8
Skud (10 boats)—3 races
1. Allan Smith/Jackie Gay (GBR), 1-1, 2
2. David Cook/Brenda Hopkin (CAN), 2-4, 6
3. Gustaf Fresk/Annika Lindgren (SWE), 3-5, 8
Sonar (14 boats)—2 races
1. Rick Doerr/Tim Angle/Bill Donohue, (Clifton, N.J./ Marblehead, Mass./ Brick, N.J., USA), 1-1, 2
2. John Twomey/Brian O’Mahony/Anthony Hegarty (IRL), 2-2, 4
3. Dan Parsons/Tom Pygall/Guy Draper (GBR), 3-3, 6
Star (67 boats)—2 races
1. John Dane/Austin Sperry, (Gulfport, Miss./Gulfport, Miss., USA), 1-3, 4
2. Hamish Pepper/Dave Giles, NZL, 4-1, 5
3. Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom, SWE, 3-2, 5
Tornado (43 boats)—2 races
1. Darren Bundock/Glenn Ashby (AUS), 3-3, 6
2. Olivier Backes/Paul Ambroise Sevestre (FRA), 2-5, 7
3. Andrey Kirilyuk/Valery Ushkov (RUS), 7-1, 8
2.4 mR (25 boats)—2 races
1. Megan Pascoe (GBR), 3-1, 4
2. Stellan Berlin (SWE), 1-5, 6
3. Jim Gluek (Pewaukee, Wis., USA), 2-4, 6
Yngling (18 boats)—2 races
1. Sally Barkow/Carrie Howe/Debbie Cappozi (Nashotah, Wis./Grosse Pointe, Mich./Bayport, N.Y., USA) 3-1, 4
2. Sarah Ayton/Sarah Webb/Pippa Wilson, (GBR), 1-3, 4
3. Silja Lehtinen/Maria Klemetz/Livia Varesmaa, (FIN), 2-2, 4
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