Wednesday, January 22, 2025
SB20 - World Championship 2025 - Singapore SGP - Day 2
The SB20 World Championship began in Singapore on Monday in light and inconsistent winds. ----- After 7 races, Paul McCartney AUS and his team are in the lead with a one-point advantage over title defender Jack Pollard GBR. The French Youth Team with Paul Loiseau FRA is in 4th place, 6 points behind. In 8th place is Charlotte Borghesi GBR's women's team, including the Olympic cracks Rebecca Netzler SWE and Lovisa Karlsson SWE. Olympic medallist Xavier Rohart FRA follows as Ed Russo FRA's tactician in 19th place out of 53 teams from 10 nations. ----- The ranking and the reports.
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There were fresh winds this morning in Auckland for the final of the Sail GP: Team Australia (Tom Slingsby), Team GBR (Dylan Fletcher GBR) and Team Spain (Diego Botin ESP) secured their place in the final in the two contested final qualifying races. Team Italia made a strong start with Olympic champion Ruggero Tita ITA, finishing in 6th place in their first outing. Team Switzerland (Sébastien Schneiter/Arnaud Psarofaghis SUI) started the day slowly with two 10th places, but managed to book a 4th place in the final race and moved up to 7th place in the final rankings. Team GER with Erik Heil GER follow in 8th place. In the final, Team AUS clearly dominated at first, but Team ESP was able to catch up before the final run, but it was not to be enough. ----- The 
Conditions were good today in Auckland, at the start of Act 2 of the SailGP and 4 races were sailed with 4 different race winners, including Team Switzerland with Sébastien Schneiter SUI and Arnaud Psarofaghis SUI, who after a weak start (10th and 11th places) turned up the heat and moved up to 7th intermediate place with 1st and 3rd places and thus remain in the race for the 3 final places tomorrow. Today's lead is Team Australia with Tom Slingsby AUS followed by Team GBR with Dylan Fletcher GBR and Team Spain with Diego Botin ESP. Two more qualifying races are on the program tomorrow. ----- The 
The Etchells World Championship in Brighton ended this morning with two races. ----- Title defenders Graeme Taylor/Ben Lamb/James Mayo AUS controlled their only remaining opponents John Dane/Eric Doyle/Bill Hardesty USA in the final race and secured the title. Bronze went to the best-classified helmswoman Jeanne-Claude Strong AUS and her team with the 18-footer cracks Seve Jarvin AUS and Sam Newton AUS. ----- The 
The first round of the Euromasters 2025 ended yesterday in La Valetta with another 3 races. ----- With further race wins, Colin Leonard GBR in the ILCA 7, and Adil Khalid UAE in the ILCA 6 remained in a class of their own. Thomas Gyr SUI improved to 5th place in ILCA 6, Markus Ochs SUI finished 9th in ILCA 7. ----- All 
After yesterday's storm break, the Etchells World Championship continues this morning in Brighton AUS. Two races have already been sailed and a 3rd race is underway. ----- Title defender Graeme Taylor AUS leads after 6 races with 6 points ahead of John Dane USA, Star World Champion Austin Sperry USA (with John Kostecki USA) follows in 3rd place. ----- The 
Sunshine and good conditions for the first round of the ILCA Euromasters in La Valetta. So far 4 races have been sailed. ----- There have been 4 race wins each for the two leaders Colin Leonard GBR (ILCA 7) and Adil Khalid UAE (ILCA 6). Markus Ochs SUI is 8th in ILCA 7 and Thomas Gyr SUI is 6th in ILCA 6. ----- The 
Thunderstorms prevented further races at the Etchells World Championship in Brighton AUS today. ----- After 4 races sailed so far, defending champion Graeme Taylor AUS and his team lead ahead of John Dane USA. ----- The 
There have been moderate winds so far at the Etchells World Championship in Australia. As on the start day, two races were sailed this morning. Graeme Taylor AUS and his team are in the lead with a 10-point advantage over John Dane USA/Eric Doyle/Bill Hardesty USA. There are also plenty of sailing celebrities in 4th place: America's Cup legend John Bertrand AUS with ILCA Olympic winner Matthew Wearn AUS and Mateusz Kusznierewicz POL. ILCA 6 Olympic participant Emma Plasschaert BEL makes a guest appearance in 25th place. The 
The Musto Skiff World Championship came to an end this morning in Sydney with two races. ----- Andy Tarboton RSA was the best of the day with 2nd and 3rd place and took the title ahead of Robert Richardson GBR and Jon Newman AUS. Alexander Greil SUI was able to climb to 10th place at the end, Pierre-Yves Pfirter SUI was 25th of the 39 participants. ----- The 
The ILCA Europacup traditionally ended after Christmas with the race in Hvar CRO. Last year, more than 2,000 ILCAs from 56 nations participated in the 11 series in 11 countries - a new record number of participants! The best three results in each series count towards the annual ranking. ----- In ILCA 4, both titles (m&f) went to the Czech Republic, while the Ukrainians dominated ILCA 6 and 7. The Swiss also achieved good results: Leanne Turrin SUI/DRCS came 2nd in the girls‘ ILCA 4, Ulysse Raison SUI/SNG finished 3rd in the boys’ ILCA 6. ----- The 
Four races were sailed this morning in Sydney. Andy Tarboton RSA and Jon Newton AUS are tied on points going into tomorrow's final day! Alexander Greil SUI is in 12th place, Pierre-Yves Pfirter SUI is still 26th. The 
The Oceania and Australia Championships of the ILCAs came to an end this morning with 2 more races. ----- Mara Stransky AUS claimed the top spot in the 
The first 4 final races were sailed this morning at the Moth World Championship in New Zealand. ----- With two race wins, Mattias Coutts NZL extended his lead over his club colleague Jacob Rye NZL by 10 points. A further 16 points behind him, Richard Didham USA has moved up to the third place. The best European is now Richard Schultheis MLT in 6th place, followed by Enzo Balanger FRA in 9th. Sébastien Schneiter SUI follows in 15th, Diego Botin ESP in 19th and Jann Schüpbach SUI in 34th. ----- The 
