A second in the last race of today's SB3 World Championships gives Royal Cork's Mel Collins 17th overall and keeps the Crosshaven trio top Irish crew in Torquay. Howth's Ben Duncan – racing for New Zealand – is 11th overall. Full results below. It's been a tough day on the water at Day 2 of the event 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 2 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 5th overall going into the gold fleet and finals races. Catching up with Craig and crew after racing, it was clear that they were 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." But 5th overall at this stage of the event isn't too shabby is it?!
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.
Series Place | Sail No | Bow No | Boat | Helm | Series Points |
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1 | GBR3065 | 65 | Rola-Trac | Peter Saxton | 12 |
2 | GBR3058 | 15 | Xcellent | John Pollard | 14 |
3 | GBR3053 | 111 | Race Team Gill | Geoff Carveth | 14 |
4 | ITA3073 | 39 | Stenghele | Roberto Caresani | 16 |
5 | GBR3042 | 54 | Gill Racing Team | 18 | |
6 | GBR3489 | 19 | Red | 20 | |
7 | AUS3063 | 32 | One Design Sailing | 21 | |
8 | GBR3032 | 92 | Rumbleflurg | David Cummins | 25 |
9 | GBR3082 | 68 | Henri Lloyd/Forelle Estates | Joe Llewellyn | 26 |
10 | AUS3108 | 70 | Club Marine | Glenn Bourke | 27 |
11 | NZL3287 | 36 | Sailing West - Sharkbait | Ben Duncan | 32 |
12 | NED3441 | 17 | Rivium | Paul Gast | 36 |
13 | GBR3475 | 57 | Perky III | Jez Entwistle | 37 |
14 | RSA3469 | 49 | Musto Race Ahead | Asenaithi Jim | 45 |
15 | GER3561 | 86 | Razzmatazz | Sebastian Dohrendorf | 46 |
16 | ITA3543 | 101 | Bravi Thytronic | Giovanni Meloni | 49 |
17 | IRL3324 | 22 | Sibelus | Mel Collins | 50 |
18 | GBR3047 | 95 | Parkway Pirates | Rob Gullan | 51 |
19 | GBR3134 | 84 | Marilyn | Dom Ford | 54 |
20 | GBR3336 | 8 | Uber 3 | Adrian Peach | 59 |
21 | GBR3149 | 16 | Poor Buoy | Mark Gillett | 63 |
22 | GBR3462 | 58 | Underground Toys | Andrew Oddie | 64 |
23 | GER3402 | 21 | Norah | Daniel Spaenle | 65.2 |
24 | GBR3464 | 5 | Eric | Martin Wedge | 68 |
25 | RUS3554 | 109 | Team Russia | Rodion Luka | 70 |
26 | GBR3546 | 98 | Orthteam | Richard Catchpole | 71 |
27 | GBR3292 | 93 | Chill Pill | Tich Summers | 72 |
28 | GBR3556 | 69 | Herbie | Phil Tilley | 75 |
29 | GBR3465 | 26 | 3 Sad Old Blokes | Jerry Hill | 77 |
30 | GBR3079 | 116 | Excuse Me Gents | Ann Jackson | 79 |
31 | AUS3607 | 104 | Wysiwyg VI | Stephen Fries | 80 |
32 | IRL3298 | 64 | Toucan 3 | Ross Vaughan | 81 |
33 | GBR3041 | 67 | Robina | Dan Goodman | 83 |
34 | ITA3606 | 114 | Lunatico XS | Aurelio Bini | 85 |
35 | GBR3575 | 56 | Sailboat Deliveries | Sarah Allan | 86 |
36 | GBR3027 | 63 | Darling Associates | Chris Darling | 86 |
37 | GBR3029 | 44 | 3-Some | Niall Peelo | 87 |
38 | GBR3305 | 55 | Rigging Gurus | Mark Richards | 89 |
39 | GBR3517 | 75 | Doolalli | Colin Simonds | 89 |
40 | GBR3276 | 89 | Trouble & Strife | Ian Armstrong | 92 |
41 | GBR3510 | 52 | Hutton's | Richard Wharram | 95 |
42 | UKR3443 | 78 | Transbunker | Polovy Valeriy | 99 |
43 | GBR3106 | 37 | Tom Clay | 100 | |
44 | BEL3472 | 35 | Los Zaparteros | Alex Schoenmakers | 100 |
45 | GBR3183 | 30 | Respect | John Danby | 102 |
46 | GBR3468 | 60 | Fully Badgered | Paul Lovejoy | 105 |
47 | GBR3021 | 51 | Here Comes Bod | Charlie Whelan | 106 |
48 | GBR3084 | 1 | Eau No! | Mark Sotkes | 108 |
49 | ITA3596 | 99 | Briefing | Luca Bacci | 109 |
50 | IRL3338 | 59 | Milvus Milvus | Robert Howe | 116 |
51 | IRL3226 | 112 | Quantitative Easing | Paul McMahon | 120 |
52 | IRL3312 | 91 | Bomchickawahwah | John O'Driscoll | 122 |
53 | FRA3078 | 115 | Tad Minus | Vincent Biarnes | 127 |
54 | RUS373 | 106 | Alissa | Vladislav Ivanovski | 128 |
55 | GBR3060 | 73 | Finitor 7 | Stewart Reed | 129 |
56 | IRL3484 | 33 | Seriously Bonkers x 3 | Martin Cuppage | 130 |
57 | GBR3074 | 3 | Tonic | Douglas Paton | 131 |
58 | GBR3515 | 108 | The Young Pretender | Callum Calder | 134 |
59 | GBR3126 | 102 | Geronimo | Simon Hume | 135 |
60 | FRA3423 | 76 | Morpheus | Edward Russo | 136 |
61 | GBR3545 | 71 | Savage Sailing Team | Chris Savage | 138 |
62 | GER3600 | 13 | Isabella III | Reinhard Schroeder | 138 |
63 | GBR3198 | 80 | Magic Marine | Hugh Styles | 140 |
64 | GBR3104 | 74 | Retail Therapy | Charles Sheppard | 140 |
65 | GBR3379 | 27 | Joyride | Nick Andrews | 141 |
66 | FRA3609 | 2 | Marcon Yachting | Louis Marcon | 143 |
67 | GBR3531 | 87 | Carnage | Nick Over | 143 |
68 | GBR3267 | 77 | Neilson Heart of Gold | Tom Hayhoe | 143 |
69 | GBR3319 | 12 | Devils Advocate | Tony Jaffa | 145 |
70 | GBR3014 | 61 | Sponge Bob | Steve McLean | 148 |
71 | GBR3038 | 119 | TeamB4Ego,com2 | Will Brooks | 150 |
72 | NED3511 | 29 | Marco van Driel | 153 | |
73 | GBR3215 | 79 | Sail Navy | Darren Roach | 153 |
74 | GBR3362 | 47 | Polar Bear | Tim Newton | 159 |
75 | POR3103 | 48 | Viero | Piedade Colaco | 160 |
76 | GBR3048 | 23 | Control-Alt-Delete | Ann Ashworth | 162 |
77 | GBR3096 | 72 | Red Kite | Roger Harford | 163 |
78 | UKR3522 | 41 | Stemcor | Valentin Klymentyev | 163 |
79 | IRL3307 | 31 | Bad/Kilcullen | Stephan Hyde | 164 |
80 | GBR3094 | 20 | Xceptable | Ian Lievesley | 166 |
81 | GBR3056 | 100 | Woohoo | Tom Davidson | 172 |
82 | GBR3069 | 66 | Not just a number | Paul Hine | 173 |
83 | IRL3033 | 34 | Blue Bird | Cathy MacAleavey | 178 |
84 | GBR3088 | 6 | Healthy1.co.uk | Ray Davies | 180 |
85 | GBR3516 | 14 | TeamB4Ego.com | Geoff Gritton | 181 |
86 | AUS3224 | 28 | Jester 3 | Dave Bull | 183 |
87 | GRE3251 | 105 | SailingHolidays.com | Ruairi Bradley | 185 |
88 | NED3470 | 82 | Cube | Martijn Buitenhuis | 185 |
89 | GBR3473 | 85 | Sceptre | Nathan Bailey | 189 |
90 | ITA3598 | 96 | Alghero Giorico Hotels | Alessandro Balzani | 192 |
91 | GBR3335 | 24 | Royal Signals | Stu Southan | 192 |
92 | GBR3366 | 11 | Hooligan | Guy Broom | 196 |
93 | GBR3309 | 43 | Narwhal | David Bates | 196 |
94 | GBR3081 | 9 | Prostate Cancer Charity | Ross Lang | 201 |
95 | GBR3123 | 4 | Mini Mayhem | Paul Craft | 204 |
96 | GBR3519 | 107 | May contain nuts | John Greenaway | 204 |
97 | ITA3437 | 53 | Lupi D'irlanda | Marco Sorgassi | 204 |
98 | IRL3062 | 40 | Ronan Downing | 205 | |
99 | IRL3297 | 90 | Sunday Brunch | Richard Tate | 218 |
100 | IRL3315 | 42 | Sirius Black | Ken Hudson | 219 |
101 | GBR3368 | 45 | Kapow | Nick Barnett | 223 |
102 | GBR3540 | 46 | Water Music viii | Jonny Foot | 229 |
103 | GBR3077 | 88 | Skallywag | Rob Day | 238 |