29er Worlds at Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland

29er Worlds at Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland - Day 3

by Dave Hall, Ovington Boats 26 Aug 2004 09:21 BST

Russell Coutts opened the championships with the remark 'If I was 25 years younger I'd be sailing a 29er!'

After 3 days od spectacular racing beneath snow capped mountains in this magnificent venue you can see exactly what he means.

The 87 strong fleet was split into 2 equal groups, each fleet alternating with the other in 10 windward - leeward races over the 3 days. Two boats, the British Crewsaver team of Tristen Jaques & Alain Sign and the flying Fins Lauri Lehtinen and Mikka Pennennen in Arcadia have dominated the qualifying series with 4 and 5 firsts respectively. jaques & Sign lead with 16 points from Lehtinen & Pennanans 17 points. These 2 boats have yet to race each other so the spectators are in for a treat in the 3 day gold series starting Thursday.

In hot pursuit of these two are the winners of the recent International championship in Weymouth, the Australians Dave O'Conner and Scott Babbage on 23 points who in turn have a massive 26 point lead over last years Worlds runner up from Argentina Pepe Bettini & Frederico Villambrosa. In the strongest International fleet for years, the gold fleet has 6 British, 5 USA, 2 Argentineans, 3 Fins, 2 Danish, 2 German, 2 Swiss, 2 Australians, and 1 New Zealand boats.

The sky is blue, the mountains white, the wind 15 to 20 knots and the water is emerald green and just above freezing!

For more information go to www.29er-worlds.ch

Results after Day 3: (end of qualifying series)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1A	R1B	R2A	R2B	R3A	R3B	R4A	R4B	R5A	R5B	R6A	R6B	R7A	R7B	R8A	R8B	R9A	R9B	R10A	R10B	Pts
1	GBR619	Tristan Jaques	Alain Sign	3		1		2		1			3		2		1		2		1		43	16
2	FIN548	Lauri Lehtinen	Miikka Pennanen		1		1		3		1	6		1		4		1		2		3		17
3	AUS648	David O'Connor	Scott Babbage	1		2		3		3		2		16		3		2			2		5	23
4	ARG2	Pepe Bettini	Federico Villambrosa	8		10		4		4			7		14		8		1	3		4		49
5	AUS982	John Winning	Sam Newton	2		3		1		2			21		17		9		12		5		1	52
6	GBR950	Dylan Fletcher	Nick Hollis		5		4		5		12		11		12		6		3		6		2	54
7	USA973	Brooks Reed	Matt Noble	4		5		6		8		8		28		7		5			7		4	54
8	GBR6	Edward Chapman	Thomas Peel		4		3		2		4		43		9		12		15	1		6		56
9	NZL977	Peter Graham	Rhys O'Cain		2		5		6		19	9		3		20		6		7		2		59
10	GBR14	Justin Visser	Simon Wheeler		3		2		1		3	24		12		13		43		4		1		63
11	ARG26	Francisco Piccini	Hernan Bento Gago		9		7		4		2		25		3		11		16		4		7	63
12	FIN972	Silja Lehtinen	Silja Kanerva	30		8		14		9			6		1		10		6		3		8	65
13	GER778	Hannes Wagner	Hannes Peckolt	6		4		5		7		4		17		10		10		11		8		65
14	DEN12	Helle Ørum Nielsen	Maria Gade		10		9		10		6		2		5		7		7	16		11		67
15	USA981	Marcus Bernal	Jonny Goldsberry	14		17		12		5		7		2		1		7			43		3	68
16	GBR934	Ben Burns	Guy Fillmore		7		8		9		20	21		6		9		3		5		10		77
17	SUI963	Fabio Müller	Matthias Keller	9		6		7		10			5		10		14		13		13		6	79
18	GBR781	James Stewardson	Tom Morris	19		7		43		11		1		5		6		9		8		16		82
19	USA974	Myles Gutenkunst	Morgan Gutenkunst	7		18		11		6		3		43		2		15			14		12	88
20	USA980	Cameron Biehl	Graham Biehl	20		26		9		16			1		4		3		5	21		12		91
21	USA880	Dan Brandt	Trevor Bozina		6		6		7		7	23		27		22		11		6		5		93
22	DEN884	Simon Jenson	Charles Wright		14		16		11		11		20		8		4		10		10		10	94
23	SUI689	Nathalie Keller	Caspar Buettner		12		15		17		5		9		6		13		9	15		15		99
24	GER930	Benjamin Friedhoff	Johanna Munding		13		11		22		8		4		20		2		28		9		11	100
25	FIN550	Mikael Lindberg	Dennis Paetau		17		10		8		13	10		19		19		8		17		9		111
26	DEN682	Jesper Høeg	Mathias Aggerbo	5		11		13		18			24		18		19		19		8		9	120
27	USA597	Alain Huggler	Matthew Thorslund		8		14		14		9		16		16		30		14		18		16	125
28	DEN942	Maja Stendal	Annelouise Hansen		11		13		15		14	16		11		16		26			19		15	130
29	DEN686	Peter Amundsen	Kasper Giødesen	10		22		10		13			18		13		26		18	10		17		131
30	DEN842	Christian Iversen	Frederik Hallas	11		12		18		12		20		18		27		16			11		13	131
31	GBR703	Sophia Jones	Ben McVeigh		21		18		13		10	5		15		18		23		14		18		132
32	NZL344	Helen Caley	Iain Begg	16		20		21		17		22		7		11		12			16		17	137
33	NZL56	Alberto Busà	Matteo Busà	13		15		22		15		27		9		23		4		29		25		153
34	ARG433	Micael Sielecki	Tomas Wagmaister	43		24		19.78		43			14		7		17		4	19		7		154.78
35	ITA695	Luca Maffesoli	Marco Micheletti	15		23		19		19			43		11		16		25	13		14		155
36	ITA794	Michele Giorgini	Anna Postogna		25		29		12		16	15		14		5		19		34		21		156
37	SUI795	Lukas Bühler	Philippe Manner		24		21		18		18	13		10		17		22			43		20	163
38	DEN553	Jena Mai Hansen	Jonathan Bay	17		25		15		14			29		24		23		8	12		27		165
39	DEN607	Tobias Nørbo	Magnus Nørbo	26		16		20		24		18		8		29		14			22		18	166
40	SUI962	Mark Griesmaier	Stephan Zurfluh	24		19		25		22			12		22		5		21	22		43		172
41	GER798	Fabian Schreiner	Isabell Maurer		18		25		28		24	11		23		8		17			23		25	174
42	GBR777	David Hall	Laura Hall	22		30		23		32		14		4		21		21			17		23	175
43	DEN389	Tine Meyer	Soren Hansen		15		12		19		15		27		30		31		17	43		13		179
44	ITA888	Giovanni Pellicoli	Adriano Guarnieri	21		14		16		20		26		43		14		43			15		14	183
45	SUI58	Carmen Oswald	Roger Oswald	27		13		17		25			13		40		34		27	9		19		184
46	DEN608	Bo Schülein	Rune Rissgaard Petersen	12		9		8		27		32		34		33		13			21		43	189
47	SUI484	Fabio Perez	Martin Hofmann	25		31		28		23			17		19		29		11		12		27	191
48	USA978	Frederick Vranizan	Blair Sargent		23		17		16		23		23		28		25		29	18		23		196
49	GER683	Ralf von Schorlemer	Felix Schmidt		16		30		23		17	19		43		12		18		20		43		198
50	FIN404	Tapio Lehtinen	Vivi Fleming Lehtinen	18		21		24		21			30		29		20		32	30		20		213
51	SUI99	Marcel Walser	Carmen Walser		20		31		26		21		26		15		27		43		20		28	214
52	SUI624	Celestin Rohner	Yvonne Laubbacher	28		32		30		28			8		21		24		24		26		26	215
53	GER381	Ulrich Teschemacher	Verena Hofmann		22		22		33		28		19		35		15		26	28		24		217
54	GER948	Michel Münker	Caro Pullain		26		23		27		30	25		20		31		20			43		19	221
55	ITA891	Giorgia Petri	Sharon Vigini	32		27		43		31		12		24		32		27		24		22		231
56	SUI796	Ciril Fuchs	Sébastien Durrer	23		29		29		30		28		26		28		24			24		21	232
57	DEN406	Kasper Krause	Mikkel Petersen	29		28		27		29			22		25		28		30	23		29		240
58	GBR773	Gemma McIntyre	Sophie Anderson		27		19		25		27	29		32		30		32			31		22	242
59	ITA847	Chiara Belcaro	Giovanna Antonini		30		27		30		22		10		26		18		43		43		43	249
60	GER954	Sam Mogadas	Nik Mogadas		28		28		24		33	30		29		24		35			30		30	256
61	SUI345	Rico Hasler	Hervé Ganz		19		20		20		32		43		38		33		35	26		35		258
62	SUI97	Anja Hotz	Florian Hotz		43		24		21		34	31		25		34		25		25		43		262
63	ITA892	Carlotta Loverini Botta	Alessandra Angelini	43		34		26		26			28		27		21		22	37		43		264
64	GER945	Kevin Lee Barche	Niklas Osterloh		29		26		35		31	17		43		26		31			27		43	265
65	NOR94	Veronica Vold	Nina Rathsack		31		43		29		26		43		31		22		33	27		28		270
66	SUI162	Fabian Christoffel	Angelika Scheidegger	43		43		34		35		33		13		25		33			28		31	275
67	GER955	Niklas Jepsen	Maui Jepsen		43		43		43		43		15		23		35		20		33		32	287
68	ITA487	Simone Stanchi	Daniela Serafini	43		33		32		33		39		22		40		34		32		31		296
69	GER130	Rolf Lechner	Arno Lechner		43		32		34		35	36		21		35		36		36		33		298
70	SUI98	Joëlle Müller	Irina Hotz		43		43		32		25		43		34		40		23		29		29	298
71	ITA894	Mauro Finazzi	Marco Spano	31		43		43		43		37		31		39		30		31		30		315
72	GER953	Max Lutz	Rebecca Lutz	33		43		31		36			43		33		32		34		32		43	317
73	SWE878	Erik Pettersson	Calle Pettersson		43		43		43		43		43		32		43		31		25		24	327
74	GER735	Felix Ewald	Andreas Jenss	43		35		33		34			43		36		36		43		34		36	330
75	ITA793	Gaia Scotti	Matilde Casuccio		43		43		43		43	41		43		15		28		33		43		332
76	ITA890	Michele Gandolfi	Sara Bagolan		43		43		31		29	34		43		43		43		43		26		335
77	SUI59	Luca Pestalozzi	Florian Meier		43		43		43		43	35		33		37		37		35		32		338
78	GBR939	David Hopper	Steve Hopper		43		43		43		43	40		30		36		29			37		43	344
79	GER327	Hannah Berking	Nina Osten		43		33		43		43		43		37		39		36		36		34	344
80	GER903	Joscha Märkle-Huß	Max Wiedorn	43		43		43		37			43		41		37		37	38		34		353
81	GER956	Philipp Kiencke	Finn Blöcher	43		43		43		43		38		35		38		38		39		36		353
82	ITA887	Luca Rizzotti	Nicolò Fasoli		43		43		43		43		43		39		38		43		35		35	362
83	GER952	Carolin Diesch	Constantin Diesch	43		43		43		43			43		42		41		38		43		33	369
84	GER949	Yasemin Firat	Claudius Heinke	43		43		43		43		42		43		43		43		40		43		383