Thursday, December 12, 2019
Moth - Australian National Championship - Perth AUS - Final results, Slingsby leads the dominating Australian mates, best non-Aussie Brad Funk USA 10th
Winning three races in his group yesterday, Tom Slingsby AUS grasped the Moth Australian Championship title ahead of Scott Babbage AUS at equal points. Bronze went to Kyle Langford AUS. ----- Brad Funk USA on rank 10 is the best non-Aussie, Rome Kirby USA finished on rank 19. ----- The 'Fremantle-Doctor' - the seabreeze of Western Australia - turned on massively challenging the fleet, but nevertheless, over 75% of the 112 participants finished at least one of the three races held. ----- The results. ----- Today, the Moth Worlds are kicked off with the Practice Race. After the Nationals, the favorites for the title are obvious: Six Australians dominated in the top ranks of all races and they will no doubt be fighting for the Worlds title as well in the prevailing fresh breeze. ----- All ranking list, the news and the video of the day (facebook).
With two race wins, Emma Wilson GBR has taken the lead in the RS:X women windsurfers ahead of Stefania Elfutina RUS. [B]Farrah Hall USA is 15th, Mariana Aguilar Chavez Peon MEX 19th. ----- Piotr Myszka POL is new on top of the RS:X men. Louis Giard FRA advanced on rank 2. Pedro Pascual Suitt USA moved up on 17th. ----- Okada/Hokazono JPN defended their lead in the 470s Open ahead of Ferrari/Calabro ITA and Winkel/Cipra GER. Leader change in the 470 women with Skrzypulec/Ogar POL on first one point ahead of Kondo/Yoshioka JPN and Mills/McIntyre GBR. ----- Nick Thompson GBR is the new first in the Lasers Standard in front of Eliott Wilson GBR and Michael Beckett GBR. Pau Ramis Balaguer MEX is 43rd. ----- In the Lasers Radial, Magdalena Kwasna POL, winning two races, is new on rank one followed by Coralie Wittecoq CAN. Agata Barwinska POL progressed on rank 3. Stéphanie Devaux-Lovell LCA (St-Lucia) descended on rank 5, Sarah Douglas CAN dropped on the 11th place after an UFD start disqualification. ----- The new Olympic Foil Windsurf discipline had its debut with Przemislav Miarczinski POL winning both heats ahead of Maksim Oberenko RUS. ----- Fresher winds of up to 18kn prevailed in Vilamoura POR during the three races of the day. ----- All 
This morning UTC, 'Sail Sydney' attended by 20 classes - Olympic and many youth classes from the Optimist to the 29ers - on the entry lists, kicked-off the 2019 competition. ----- A top quality fleet is starting in the Lasers Standard and after the first three races finished so far, Matthew Wearn AUS and Chris Barnard USA are jointly on top. Jeemin Ha KOR follows on rank 3. ----- In the Lasers Radial, Sofiane Karim FRA leads one point ahead of Paige Caldecoat AUS. ----- All 
The Japanese 470 finished the only regatta of the opening day on the ranks one with Ai Kondo/Miho Yoshioka JPN leading in the Women (10 teams from 8 nations) ahead of Skrzypulec/Ogar POL and Lecointre/Reetornaz FRA, as well as Keiju Okada/Jumpei Hokazono JPN in the Men (25 teams from 5 nations and 3 continents) in front of Ferrari/Calabro ITA and Costa/Costa POR. ----- Piotr Myszka POL is on top of the RS:X Men windsurfers ahead of Kieran Holmes GBR and Yoav Omer ISR. Pedro Pascual Suitt USA is 24th. ----- On rank 1 in the Women and Juniors is Finn Hawkins GBR ahead of Lucie Belbeoch FRA and Noy Drihan ISR. Farrah Hall USA is 15th, Mariana Aguilar Chavez Peon MEX 21st.----- In the Lasers Standard, Lorenzo Chiavarini GBR finished first ahead of Nooa Laukkanen FIN. The favorites were in difficulties with Jean-Baptiste Bernaz FRA 22nd and und Robert Scheidt BRA 23rd. Pau Ramis Balaguer MEX is 37th among the 39 participants.. ----- In the Lasers Radial, Stéphanie Devaux-Lovell LCA (St-Lucia) finished on top followed by Coralie Vittecoq CAN and Sarah Douglas CAN. ----- Only four Dutch sailors competed in the Lasers 4.7 with William Zielinski NED winning. ----- Light winds prevailed during the first race sailed at the Olympic Classes Portugal Grand Prix in Vilamoura POR yesterday. ----- All 
The Australian National Moth Championship on the Swan River in the Western Australian Perth - a tune-up race for the Moth Worlds - began yesterday with 4 races. Interim first among the 122 participants is Matthew Chew AUS one point ahead of a tied trio with Scott Babbage AUS, Robert Greenalgh GBR and Kyle Langford AUS. Another point behind follow the Laser Olympic Champions Tom Slingsby AUS and Tom Burton AUS. Brad Funk USA is on rank 17, Rome Kirby USA on rank 28. ----- The 
Superior victory of 'Winning Group' with John Winning jr/Seve Jarvin/Sam Newton AUS in the third race of the 18 Footer NSW Championship on Sydney Harbour last Sunday, sailed in freshening winds. 'Yandoo' with John Winning AUS, the father of the winner, followed 2 min behind. With this third victory, 'Winning Group' becomes more and more the favorite for the JJ Giltinan Trophy in March with the New Zealand teams, especially the defending Champion, challenging the Australians. ----- Next Friday, the Super Cup Challenge, a special event for the 18-Footer-Class Veterans., will be held, to be followed livestream on 
Clear winner overall and corinthian of the first of three J/70 Winter Series Regattas at the Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL was Brian Keane (Weston, MA) and his team (three second ranks) ahead of Will Welles (Portsmouth, RI) and John and Marissa Koten (New York, NY). ----- Over the past weekend, 46 teams, including 3 boats from CAN, MEX and GBR, sailed three races on last Sunday, with no racing on Saturday. ----- The Series continues January 10-12 and February 7-9. ----- The 
Steve Benjamin (Miami, FL, USA) and his team are the winners of the first of four 
First in the second event of the Star Winter Series 2019/20 held in Miami FL were William Swigart/Andriy Shafranyyk HKG (Hongkong) ahead of the tied Doug Smith/Brian O’Mahony (San Francisco, CA). 4 points behind followed Jim Buckingham/Phil Toth (Newport Beach, CA) on 3rd. ----- Light winds prevailed on Saturday allowing one race. The wind strengthening on 14 kn on Sunday permitted three more race. 22 boats, including a HKG, POR, CAN and ITA team participated. ----- The 
Final Results, December 8th :
This Sunday morning UTC, two fleet races and the Medal Race concluded the 2019 World Championships of the Olympic 49er, 49erFX and Nacra17 Classes in Auckland NZL. ----- The US Sailing Team grasped two Olympic Nations Berths in the 49ersFX with Paris Henken (Coronado, Calif.) and Anna Tobias Tunnicliffe (Pittsburg, Penn.), rank 9, and in the Nacras17 with Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) and Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), rank 14. Congratulations ! ---------- Nevin Snow (San Diego, Calif.) and Dane Wilson (Ojai, Calif.), rank 13, however could unfortunately not carry thru the excellent results of the first races and as fifth nation not-qualified for 2020 Tokyo, the did not make the nations cut by 5 points. The World Sailing Rules stipulate, that "if an allocated quota place is not confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline (March 15, 2020) or is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated ... (..) ... within the same event (i.e. 49ers) to the next highestplaced NOC, irrespective of the continent not yet qualified, based on the results of the 2019 World Championships", the last chance for the USA 49er. (Rule interpretation before final statement of World Sailing.) ------ Read here the 
Paris Henken/Anna Tobias rank 8 in the 49ersFX are the only USA team defending their place in the top-10 with an excellent 1st and 3rd place in the last two races of the day. As 3rd non-qualified nation, they are on a solid track for an 2020 Olympic nations berth (6 places at stake). Nevin Snow/Dane Wilson (49ers) however had their worst day (23/22/21) and dropping on rank 14 as 6th not-yet-qualified nation, they are out of the race for an Olympic nation berth (4 places at stake). On the ranks 15 are Ian Barrows/Mitchell Kiss (49ers), Stephanie Roble/Maggie Shea (49ersFX) and Riley Gibbs/Anna Weis (Nacra 17). As 5th nation in the Nacra 17, they have a suffient margin to the 6th place to grasp an 2020 Olympic nations berth. ----- The 
After the last Qualification Series races held in a light 5kn breeze yesterday at the SSL Final on the Bahamas, Mateusz Kusznierewicz POL/Bruno Prada BRA remained on rank 1 with a race win and qualified directly for the Final of the best four. Diego Negri ITA/Frithjof Kleen GER on rank 2 are qualified for the Semi Final. The ranks 3 to 10 will sail the Quarter Final today with the best five qualified for the Semi Final. ----- Surprisingly, the English Laser Olympic campaigner Lorenzo Chiavarini GBR with Kilian Weise GER as crew defended the 3rd place ahead of the past Starboat World Champions Melleby NOR/Revkin USA, Cayard/Trinter USA and Percy GBR/Ekström SWE on the rand 4 to 6. On rank 7 follows the Snipe World Champion Henrique Haddad BRA with Henry Boening BRA and also on rank 8 follows another non-Starboat team, the Finn Junior World Champion Muhonen FIN with Kushnir UKR to qualifiy for the Quarter Final. Ranks 9 and 10, Rohart/Ponsot FRA and Doyle/Infelise USA are both past World Champions. ------ Among the prominent eliminated are Pepper NZL/Trouche BRA, Mirsky AUS/O'Leary IRL or Lööf SWE/Fatih USA. ----- The 
The Final Series at the Olympic High-Performance Class Worlds in Auckland began yesterday with three races per class. ----- Racing in the Goldfleet with the top-25 by Class, Nevin Snow/Dane Wilson remain in the top-10 with a 6th place overall in the 49ers. So did Paris Henken/Anna Tobias in the 49ersFX now on rank 10 overall. Riley Gibbs/Anna Weis are on the 14th place in the Nacra 17. All three teams are on 2020 Olympic Nations Qualification Berths for the moment. ----- The 
Update Day 4, December 6th :
Yesterday, 'World Sailing' published the list of Race Officials (Race Officers, Juries, Measurers) at the 2020 Olympic Regatta in Japan. ----- The 
The High-Performance-Class World Championship Qualification Series in Auckland NZL have been completed this morning UTC with 8, respectively 9 races, and 7 USA teams are qualified for the Goldfleet. ----- Nevin Snow/Dane Wilson delivered again a top performance in the 
The experienced Starboat teams ruled the show at the SSL Final on the Bahamas yesterday in the fresh up to 20kn wind, and the three races held were won by Negri/Kleen ITA/GER, Percy/Ekström GBR/SWE and Cayard/Trinter USA. First on the interim ranking list are Diego Negri/Frithjof Kleen with the ranks 1/2/4. Mateusz Kusznierewicz/Bruno Prada POL/BRA follow 8 points behind. Paul Cayard/Phil Trinter USA are on rank 3. Still on a positive streak are the young Finn sailors Oskari Muhonen/Vitalii Kushnir FIN/UKR on rank 6. ----- The 
The Star Sailors League Final on the Bahamas began yesterday with two races held in moderate but very shifty winds. Eidvind Melleby NOR/Joshua Revkin USA have taken the lead with the ranks 2 and 4, followed by Diego Negri ITA/Frithjof Kleen GER. A surprise is the Finn Junior World Champion Oskari Muhonen FIN with Vitalii Kushnir UKR who finished day one on the 3rd place. ----- The 
A 25-30kts breeze from the North, swinging to the West with gusts above 70kts prevailed for most of day one of the combined 49er, 49erFX and Nacra17 World Championships in Auckland NZL. Racing was cancelled for the day for the 49erFX and Nacra17, while the 49ers started to their first heat at 3:30 when the breeze settled down to 8-10 kts from offshore. ----- Clear leaders after 2 races are Erik Heil/Thomas Ploessel GER (ranks 1 and 2) ahead of Kevin Fischer/Yann Jauvin FRA (5/1) and Bart Lambrieux/Pim van Vugt NED (3/4). ----- The best North American Nevin Snow/Dane Wilson USA follow on 8th, the America's Cup and Olympic Champions Peter Burling/Blair Tuke NZL are 11th ----- The 
Moderate winds prevailed last Sunday on Sydney Harbour during the second race of the NSW-Championship. As a week ago, the winner was 'Winnning Group', this time with John Winning AUS steering. With a massive 3min backlog, 'Shaw and Partners Financial Services' (James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Tim Westwood AUS) finished 2nd. ----- The 
Up to 8 hours sailing live on the Internet next week ! Tomorrow Sunday morning (4 a.m. UTC), race 2 of the 18-Footer NSW Championship on Sydney Harbour can be followed livestream here on sailing-news.com. As from Monday, the 
Winner of the first race of the 18-Footer NSW Championship on Sydney Harbour last Sunday was 'Winning Group' with a massive 2:45 min advantage. The multiple Champion Seve Jarvin AUS was steering subsistuting the owner John Winning AUS who missed the start due to a delayed flight arrival. Together with Sam Newton and Tom Clout, the team recalled the 8 years dominating the JJ-Giltinan Championship. ------ Moderate winds around 10kn prevailed during this first event. Race two will follow next Sunday, as always aired livestream here on sailing-news.com. ----- The 
