| MEDEMBLIK, THE NETHERLANDS-(28-5-2005) The penultimate day of the Holland Regatta proved to be unlike any previous day so far in the series. With 22 knots of breeze, numerous capsizes and semi-finals for four of the classes, today demonstrated just how exciting sail racing can be.
After completing three races in the morning, the 49er fleet was the first to hold its semi-final. The top six boats, including two GBR Teams, set up on the starting line to sail several short races. With each race lasting 10-15 minutes, there was a lot at steak for the sailors, as the boat that finished last faced elimination. The result was a tight fleet battling to finish at the top. Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks sailed well, but in the final race they capsized twice and finished last knocking them out of medal position. Draper and Hiscocks will sail for their final position tomorrow. Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes finished in the top three and kept from being eliminated, securing them a medal.
Commenting on today’s semi-final, Stevie Morrison explained, “The new semi-final format makes sailing more interesting and exciting for people to watch. It was really hard racing and good fun, but any mistakes you made, you were punished for. We were able to stay in the races and finish in a position that will allow us to sail in the finals.”
Pippa Wilson and Sheena Craig also had a good performance today. Finishing in the top six, the pair went on to qualify for the semi-finals in the women’s 470. At the time of going to press the women’s 470 were still competing to determine who went on to the finals.
Leigh McMillan and Will Howden also went to the semi-finals but got a last place after they had trouble with their mainsail at the start. They too will sail for their final position on the last day.
Laser Radial sailor Lizzie Vickers had another fantastic day of sailing. Just two days ago Vickers was lying in twenty fourth overall; at the end of today, Vickers has jumped onto the leader’s board and into third place. Just ahead of her is Charlotte Dobson holding fast to her second place.
Sarah Ayton reclaimed pole position in the Yngling. Ayton explained, “I am really pleased with the way we sailed. After finishing fourth yesterday we really needed to get in there and have some good results. We went out and secured a first and a second which put us back into leading position.”
The event continues through to Sunday 29 May. Further information and results can be found on the event website www.hollandregatta.org.
Results
470 Men
1, Mathew Belcher/Nick Behrens, AUS (7,1,7,8,2,3,10,5,3,2,3,(15)) 41 pts
2, Sven Coster/Kalle Coster, NED (1,2,2,12,1,4,16,13,2,1,5,(DSQ)) 43 pts
3, Fantela Sime/Igor Marenic, CRO (9,8,9,4,4,16,3,2,5,(27)1,2) 47 pts
GBR
11, Luke Patience/Chris Grube (8,5,11,10,10,11,19,21,11,(25),14,4) 102 pts
14, Neil Marsden/Graham Nelson (10,15,6,2,9,15,(25),18,20,6,12,22) 113 pts
20, John Gimson/Bevis Field (16,21,20,21,19,8,15,30,(31),15,27,20) 182 pts
26, Jonny McGovern/Tom Mapplebeck (26,22,26,(DNF),18,24,27,DNF,16,19,26) 221 pts
470 Women
1, Ingrid Petitjean/Douroux Nadege, FRA (2,1,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,(6),2,2) 14 pts
2, Marcelien do Koning/Lobke Berkhout, NED (1,2,3,7,(7), 3,3,1,6,4,1,1) 29 pts
3, Elise Rechichi/Tessa Parkinson, AUS (6,4,9,3,2,4,3,5,2,1,(11),7) 37 pts
GBR
7, Pippa Wilson/Sheena Craig (7,5,10,2,3,,9,(OCS),18,8,3,10) 64 pts
49er
1, Stevie Morrison/Ben Rhodes, GBR (2,1,2,2,6,2,1,2,(20),5,10,4) 27 pts
2, Pietro Sibello/Gianfranco Sibello, ITA (1,1,6,6,5,1,4,1,6,3,4,(8)) 32 pts
3, Chris Draper/Simon Hiscocks, GBR (2,2,4,5,4,7,3,2,1,(13),6,3) 32 pts
Other GBR
15, John Pink/Alex Hopson (7,15,(23),8,10,12,2,15,12,7,1,21) 89 pts
32, Richard Bone/Christopher Rodway (7,10,15,15,15,14,17,24,16,11,(DNC),1) 121 pts
40, Jonny Coates/Charlie Muir (17,23,17,(25),13,18,18,17,24,8,10,10) 151 pts
Finn
1, Ben Ainslie, GBR (1,2,1,2,3,4,5,1) 14 pts
2, Emilios Papathansiou, GRE (5,1,7,8,(DNF),5,1,8) 35 pts
3, Gasper Vincec, SLO ((17),3,3,6,8,3,3,12) 38 pts
Other GBR
4, Edward Wright, GBR (7,4,4,4,27,7,(14),9) 49 pts
12, Chris Brittle ((20),19,12,14,20,11,4,3) 86 pts
14, Matt Howard (15,5,11,19,17,(45),16,7) 90 pts
28, Nick Craig (24,31,(32),27,25,24,28,19) 178 pts
31, Mark Andrews (30,22,22,(OCS),35,DNF,13,24) 202 pts
34, Jim Hunt (35,30,(44),38,26,32,25,29) 215 pts
36, Tim Carver (37, (OCS),28,15,43,26,49,34) 232 pts
48, Mark MacDonald ((49),48,48,47,41,33,43,40) 300 pts
49, Mathieu Colin de Verdiere ((52),51,51,51,48,37,46,41) 325 pts
Laser Radial
1, Sophie de Turckheim, FRA (1,2,3,9,1,(OCS),2,3,3,21,1,3) 28 pts
2, Charlotte Dobson, GBR (1,2,2,1,7,5,4,5,10,2,26,(DNF)) 39 pts
6, Lizzie Vickers (5,(RDG),1,5,8,6,16,3,4,7,4,2) 42 pts
Other GBR
16, Laura Baldwin (14,16,19,14,9,14,3,1,8,(28),10,10) 99 pts
21, Colette Blair (16,17,18,11,11,14,3,7,7,12,(28),14) 112 pts
29, Andrea Brewster (16,10,7,16,19,16,10,8,22,(26),18,18) 138 pts
31, Alison Young (15,10,8,10,14,13,(20),6,5,2) 196 pts
58, Kelsey Suggitt ((DNC),27,26,27,28,23,22,23,25,20,21,DNC) 242 pts
Laser
1, Tom Slingsby, AUS (2,1,1,3,1,3,1,(14).4,4,5,1) 21 pts
2, Vcasilij Zbogar, SLO (1,2,3,1,1,2,2,3,12,(18),3,16) 30 pts
3, Luka Radeliae, CRO (1,5,1,4,4,(24),2,6,8,1,1,8) 33 pts
GBR
4, Paul Goodison, GBR (2,7,3,2,(OCS),6,1,1,2,13,9,7) 40 pts
28, Mark Powell (16,7,4,10,6,(28),6,5,20,15,22,22) 111 pts
34, Keir Clark (6,3,21,13,9,3,3,19,25,34,14,26,(DNC)) 115 pts
42, James Gray (12,20,(DSQ),15,7,10,5,17,15,8,16,10) 139 pts
51, Bruce Keen (22,11,13,18,10,16,17,(27),14,20,13,16) 148 pts
102, Richard Williams (25,28,26,33,30.34,32,(36),34,19,28,9) 264 pts
108, Ian Sharps (34,33,31,30,28,20,26,33,36,30,DNC,(DNC)) 301 pts
Star
1, Fredrik Loof/Anders Ekstrom, SWE (2,1,3,1,(11),1,1,5) 14 pts
2, Mateusz Kusznierewicz/Dominik Zycki, POL (5,(OCS), 1,4,1,5,6,2) 24 pts
3, Andy Beadsworth/David Carr, GBR (1,(OCS),5,3,2,7,2,6) 26 pts
GBR
19, Ante Razmilovic/John Tremlett (DNF,DNF,DNF,DNF,4,OCS,12,4) 112 pts
Tornado
1, Fernando Echavarri/Anton Paz, ESP (3,(OCS),1,4,6,1,21,14,4,1,4) 38 pts
2, Darren Bundock/Edoardo Bianchi, AUS (9,2,2,8,(11),2,1,7,1,11,9) 41 pts
3, Leigh McMillan/Will Howden, GBR (13,1,11,5,(20),3,7,4,7,3,3) 44 pts
GBR
8, Hugh Styles/Graham Vials ((OCS),9,3,1,13,13,14,5,OCS,19,6) 82 pts
9, Rob Wilson/Mark Bulkeley (OCS, 4,DNF,13,9,8,20,12,2,8,10) 85 pts
10, Andrew Walsh/Edward Barney (11,8,12,15,(25),5,11,22,6,16,13) 96 pts
29, Jonathan Hutchcroft/Robbie Jon Garka (31,25,19, (34),21,26,29,31,5,32,32) 219 pts
31, Leo Farrow/Tris Lamb (24,20,20,31,30,36,28,(36),27,35,24) 239 pts
34, Simon Northrop/ Young Matt (30,26,23,(DNF), 37,31,24,32,26,31,28) 252 pts
Yngling
1, Sarah Ayton/Annie Lush/Lisa McDonald, GBR (1,4,4,(16),4,10,2,1) 26 pts
2, Ruslana Taran/Svetlana Matevusheva/Ganna Kalinina, UKR (4,3,(12),5,7,2,9,2) 32 pts
3, Janneke Hin/Klaarje/Patronella de Jong, NED (8,1,5,1,(14),6,1,11) 33 pts
GBR
15, Dominica Lindsey/Diana Shanks/Fleur Oswald (15,13,(OCS),10,12,13,14,9) 86 pts
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