Globaltech Formula 18 Worlds at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club

Globaltech Formula 18 Worlds at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club - Day 1

by Editor 12 Sep 2012 08:20 BST 8-15 September 2012

Globaltech 2012 Formula 18 Worlds at Long Beach day 1 © Christophe Favreau / www.christophefavreau.com

The Globaltech International Formula 18 Catamaran World Championships are underway at Long Beach, Los Angeles, California. Three qualifying races have been held on the first day with Carolijn Brouwer and Wouter Samama leading after posting a 4,2,2 scoreline.

Take a look at the 'show more photos' tab above, and latest news on the Twitter feed (top right) with more information available on the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club microsite and the 2012 F18 Worlds Facebook page with Kattack Race Replays available here.

Oman Sail wins opening race of F18 World Championships in California (from Oman Sail)

Oman’s crack F18 multi-hull team of Musab Al Hadi and Ahmed Al Balushi have pulled off the unthinkable by winning the opening race of the first ever world championship event they have ever competed in.

It is a life time achievement for the two young Omanis who have only been competing as a team for 18 months.

What’s more they were victorious in a huge fleet of 118 entries from 13 countries and five continents - among them Olympic medallists and world championship title holders who have long been their heroes and role models – on Tuesday’s opening day of the 2012 Global Tech F18 World Championships hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club off Long Beach, California.

Racing in tricky slightly misty conditions with a light seven to nine knot breeze the Omanis took race honours ahead of the top French team of Olivier Backes, the Netherlands team of Coen de Koning, Swiss Billy Besson and Carolijn Brouwer who has been dominant at championships this year and is leading the event overall after three races.

The ultimate coup was finishing eight places ahead of one of their greatest role models, the 41 year old Australian defending champion Darren Bundock, a two-time Olympic multihull silver medallist and winner of 15 multihull world championship titles, three in F18’s.

Helmsman Musab Al Hadi, who comes from 'Sidab' on the coast of Muscat only started sailing four years ago with Oman Sail in the Laser class. He immediately started showing promising results and was selected to represent Oman in home waters at the 2nd Asian Beach Games in Muscat where he placed fourth overall – an incredible result for his first major international event.

Soon afterwards he joined the F18 catamaran team with 22 year old Ahmed Al Balushi as his crew. Al Balushi, who comes from the city of Sohar in the Al Batinah Governate only joined Oman Sail in June last year with the most recent group of recruits and was selected to crew with Al Hadi because of his ability to learn fast and his fitness.

Together Al Hadi and Al Balushi create a powerful and strong young Omani team and the pair have had a highly successful year so far finishing in the top ten in the last three major European championships they have competed in.

With the euphoria of their first World Championship race win spurring them on, the Omani team looked set to win Race 2 as well but equipment failure and a hand injury sadly put paid to their hopes of posting a triumphant double whammy in the waters off Long Beach, Calilfornia.

“They were leading again in Race 2. But just 200 meters from the windward mark Musab and Ahmed were coming from the right side of the course, five boat lengths in front of Carolijn Bouwer approaching from the left when Musab's trapeze line failed.

“While falling and trying to grab what was remaining he injured his hand,” said Oman Sail national catamaran coach Paul Wakelin who was out on the course following the race.

“They sailed directly to me in my coach boat and jumped aboard. We officially retired with the committee boat and started to sail ashore. On the way in we were met by a club safety boat who took Musab to the shore to receive immediate first aid administered from the stationed coastguard at the club before being taken to hospital for further treatment.”

An excellent start to the competition despite the disappointing end to the day for the young Omani team and Al Hadi is determined to get back on the race course: "I'm going to try!"

Results after Day 1: (three qualifying races)

Pos	Flight	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Pts
1	Green	BEL	888	Carolijn Brouwer	Wouter Samama	OSRC Oostende	4	2	2	8
2	Yellow	SUI	1	Billy Besson	Jeremie Laguarrigue	SRV	3	6	1	10
3	Red	FRA	36	Olivier Backes	Matthieu Vandame	SNMarseille	2	3	6	11
4	Red	SWE	7	Tim Shuwalow	Thomas Ekefalk	KSSS	6	4	4	14
5	Yellow	NED	2010	Jorden Veenman	Frank de Waard	Catpoint	10	1	5	16
6	Red	USA	11	Michael Easton	Tripp Burd	NENSA	4	13	1	18
7	Blue	NED	1933	Gunnar Larsen	Gerhard van Geest	KZVS	7	5	6	18
8	Blue	GBR	7	Hugh Styles	Alain Sign	Parkstone Yacht Club	10	1	9	20
9	Yellow	USA	323	Robbie Daniel	Hunter Stunzi	red gear Yacht Club/ CCSC	5	13	2	20
10	Green	NED	2	Oscar Zeekant	Karel Begemann	WSV Warder	5	5	10	20
11	Green	NED	7	Mischa Heemskerk	Bastiaan Tentij	WSV Braasemermeer	8	8	5	21
12	Yellow	AUS	888	Darren Bundock	Jeroen van Leeuwen	Toukley Sailing Club	9	11	3	23
13	Red	AUS	331	Jason Waterhouse	Brett Goodall	BeYC	11	6	8	25
14	Blue	USA	1610	Sarah Newberry	Maxime Hainneville	Miami Yacht Club	1	2	23	26
15	Blue	NED	3	Coen De Koning	Thijs Visser	WSV Hoorn	3	15	8	26
16	Red	FRA	5	Emmanuel Boulogne	Frederic Moreau	Club voile du Touquet	18	9	3	30
17	Blue	FRA	99	Pierre Le Clainche	Antoine Joubert	Societe des Regates de Vannes	11	8	12	31
18	Blue	USA	24	Matt Struble	Damon LaCasella	Mission Bay Yacht Club	2	20	14	36
19	Yellow	ITA	13	Vittorio Bissaro	Carlo De Paoli	Frglia Vela Malcesine	7	19	10	36
20	Red	USA	414	Greg Thomas	Jacques Bernier	none	12	11	13	36
21	Green	USA	30	John Tomko	Ian Billings	None	9	7	22	38
22	Yellow	USA	284	Taylor Reiss	Matthew Whitehead	St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club	8	3	29	40
23	Green	USA	90	Pease Glaser	Jay Glaser	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	15	4	21	40
24	Blue	USA	281	Bob Merrick	Tyler Burd	Pettipaug YC	6	10	24	40
25	Yellow	NED	11	Willem Geijssen	Dominiaque van Asselt	De Roerkoning	13	9	18	40
26	Yellow	ARG	2016	Esteban Luciano Blando	Nicolas Aragones	Club de Velas Rosario (CVR)	24	10	7	41
27	Green	NED	1910	Froukje Feenstra	Mischa de Munck	WV Braassemmermeer	12	20	9	41
28	Red	NED	32	Vincent Huntleman	Olivier Witteveen	TBC	19	12	14	45
29	Blue	NZL	1609	Mike Drummond	Finn Drummond	Wakatere Boating Club	14	7	25	46
30	Red	ARG	1643	Cruz Gonzalez Smith	Mariano Heuser	Yacht Club Argentino	16	14	16	46
31	Red	FRA	4	Gurvan Bontemps	Benjamin Amiot	Societe des régates de Vannes	17	16	18	51
32	Yellow	USA	100	John Casey	Dalton Tebo	Sarasota Sailiing Squadron	26	22	4	52
33	Green	USA	1543	Steve Myrter	Roger Jenkins	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	29	14	11	54
34	Blue	USA	918	Drew Carlyle	James Wierzbowski	tyc	16	25	13	54
35	Blue	USA	23	Steve Rosenberg	Jacob Rosenberg	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	17	19	19	55
36	Red	AUS	300	Andrew Macpherson	Shannen Marck	Gosford Sailing Club	23	18	15	56
37	Yellow	FRA	33	Charles Hainneville	David Fanouillere	CNPV	21	26	11	58
38	Yellow	ARG	1636	Juan Pablo Sucic	Esteban Luis Daneri	ARGJS3	14	12	32	58
39	Green	PUR	1	Enrique Figueroa	Jayson Moore	FVPR/EDVC	13	27	19	59
40	Green	USA	1612	Scott Miller	Hailey Miller	Mission Bay Yacht Club	19	17	23	59
41	Green	ARG	666	Ian Rodger	Andre Noe	CUBA	22	18	20	60
42	Yellow	USA	286	Karl Langefeld	Beth Langefeld	gyc	15	31	15	61
43	Green	AUS	325	Rod Waterhouse	Chris Way	RPAYC	21	29	12	62
44	Yellow	CAN	69	Louis-Philippe Ethier	Maxime Loiselle	ANBB	20	21	21	62
45	Yellow	CAN	100	Nicolas Dube	Vincent Gagne	Baie de Beauport	27	16	22	65
46	Yellow	USA	753	Brooks Reed	Jeff Dusek	MITNA/St. Francis	25	23	17	65
47	Green	AUS	295	Greg Goodall	Christa van Helden	Bendigo Yacht Club	20	24	25	69
48	Yellow	USA	2222	Annie Gardner	Eric Witte	San Diego Yacht Club	22	32	16	70
49	Blue	CAN	443	Olivier Pilon	Alberto Torne	SEXTANT MARINE INC	24	21	26	71
50	Green	AUS	326	Michael Broise	Miranda Powrie	Port Melbourne Yacht Club	30	25	17	72
51	Red	NED	1978	Jolbert Van Dijk	Niels Kleijweg	D.S.W.Z. Broach	29	17	26	72
52	Yellow	USA	1563	Sandra Tartaglino	Chris Titcomb	NENSA	30	15	28	73
53	Green	CHI	1649	Nicolas Kovacevic	Lukas Kovacevic	rapel	34	33	7	74
54	Blue	USA	84	Bill Westland	Alex Westland	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	18	29	37	84
55	Green	USA	7007	John Hoag	Todd Christensen	CYC	25	30	30	85
56	Blue	CAN	112	Anthony Boueilh	Maxime Picard	ANBB	36	30	20	86
57	Blue	USA	5201	Dennis Key	John Williams	Mission Bay Yacht Club	28	26	35	89
58	Green	USA	217	Chris Tuckfield	Sebastias Govin David	Crescent Sail Yacht Club	27	28	34	89
59	Blue	USA	1471	Guy Selsmeyer	JJ Johnson	Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsi	42	22	27	91
60	Red	USA	1544	Kurt Korte	Chris Kennedy	CRAW	31	31	29	91
61	Blue	USA	222	Ian Sammis	Paulo Gabella	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	35	27	34	96
62	Yellow	ARG	44	Juan Faustin	Gaston Terrab	El Aguila - Yacht Club Argentino	28	38	30	96
63	Green	USA	13	Jeffrey Newsome	Eric Raybon	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	26	34	38	98
64	Red	USA	750	Ben Colwell	Luke Summers	NW F-18	32	34	32	98
65	Red	USA	2491	Ben Brown	Nate Brown	Hobie Fleet 20	38	24	37	99
66	Blue	CAN	18	Dan Borg	Christopher Molder	Etobicoke Yacht Club	31	32	36	99
67	Green	USA	1467	Dan DeLave	Katherine Knight	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	37	36	27	100
68	Blue	CAN	10	Chris Prentice	Craig Guthrie	RNSYS	33	35	33	101
69	Blue	USA	1601	Ed Feo	Dave Millett	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club	40	23	39	102
70	Yellow	ARG	1647	Christian Vilate	Juan Cruz Benitez	el aguila	34	37	31	102
71	Green	USA	1594	Michael Krantz	David Lennard	Lake Lanier Sailing Club	38	35	36	109
72	Blue	ARG	300	Sergio Armesto	Santiago Rigoni	YCA	32	33	46	111
73	Red	USA	316	Todd Riccardi	Brendon Scanlon	Sail Newport	45	36	31	112
74	Green	USA	192	Ken Marshack	Eric Marshack	Vancouver Lake Sailing Club	46	46	24	116
75	Red	ARG	123	Javier Poclave	Gustavo Osuna	Aguila Club de Vela	43	42	33	118
76	Blue	CHI	1652	Jorge Gonzalez	German Gonzalez	F18 CHILE	41	37	40	118
77	Yellow	FRA	1611	Jeff Ledee	Vincent Jordil	CNSB	35	43	42	120
78	Yellow	CHI	1653	Mario Mandujano	Pablo Gallyas	Chile	36	39	45	120
79	Red	USA	194	John Bauldry	Giselle Vaziri	CRAM	42	38	40	120
80	Red	NED	13	Ingrid Bakker	Hugo Gommers	wv Spakenburg	33	46	42	121
81	Blue	USA	242	David Ingram	Mark Herendeen	IRYC	47	28	48	123
82	Red	USA	1586	Blair Toland	David Hein	Sail Newport	37	51	35	123
83	Red	CAN	92	Brian Hunt	Seamus Woodward-George	JSCA Vancouver, BC	44	40	39	123
84	Yellow	USA	332	Rob Jerry	John Anderson	Hobie Fleet 204	46	42	38	126
85	Red	USA	357	Stephen Stroebel	Matt Morris	Mission Bay Yacht Club	50	50	28	128
86	Yellow	USA	207	Phillip Meredith	Bill Tieman	Sequoia Yacht Club	40	47	44	131
87	Red	USA	376	Charles Froeb	Jim Johnstone	San Francisco Yacht Club	41	47	43	131
88	Green	USA	129	David Stiemsma	Colin Caliban	Austin Lake Catamaran Association	48	40	44	132
89	Blue	GER	623	Ulrich Gollwitzer	Ela Sliwerska	Ulrich Gollwitzer	39	44	50	133
90	Red	USA	283	Steve Piche	Juke Ball	Austin Yacht Club	49	43	41	133
91	Yellow	USA	212	Jeff Collins	Alberto Serano	Mission Bay Yacht Club	39	48	49	136
92	Green	ITA	77	E.J. Foss	Dane Buk	CBC	43	45	48	136
93	Blue	CHI	1654	Humberto del Rio	Claudio Martinez	F18 CHILE	51	39	47	137
94	Blue	ARG	1	Martin Vanzulli	Gustavo Rizzi	AGUILA	53	41	43	137
95	Green	USA	246	Wes Wilcox	Jenna Wilcox	CRAW	50	41	47	138
96	Blue	ARG	163	Gabriel Berberian	Leo Culotta	CUBA	49	48	41	138
97	Red	CAN	1084	Lisa Reid	Nate Reid	Burlington Beach Catamaran Club	48	45	46	139
98	Green	USA	1028	Clay Selsmeyer	Alex Selsmeyer	Catamaran Racing Association of Wisconsi	45	44	53	142
99	Green	USA	28	Alex Van Brunt	Shawn Hwang	USF18	52	49	45	146
100	Red	USA	1621	Christopher Slocum	Brett Marshall	US F18 Association	53	52	49	154
101	Red	USA	777	Michael Butler	Erwin Lucardie	MHRA	51	54	50	155
102	Yellow	USA	15150	Jasper Van Vliet	Peter Shumar	OPBYC	52	53	51	156
103	Green	CAN	327	Mark Jones	Tyler Caroe	Jericho Sailing Center, Vancouver	54	51	52	157
104	Green	FRA	916	Christophe Gauchin	Dorothee Lazzarotto	club de voile du Touquet	55	50	54	159
105	Red	CHI	1656	Marcelo Cisternas	Jorge Almarza	Papudo	54	55	51	160
106	Blue	USA	5150	Richard Vilvens	Daisy Eng	USF-18	56	53	53	162
107	Green	CAN	2554	Benoit Sonrel	Kelly Thompson	Jericho Sailing Centre	57	52	55	164
108	Yellow	OMA	1638	Musab Al Hadi	Ahmed Al Balushi	Oman Sail	1	DNF	DNF	239
109	Green	ARG	21	Sergio Mehl	Juan Martin Benitez	YCA	23	DNF	DNC	261
110	Blue	USA	1663	Brett Bingham	Robert Jennings	Utah Sailing Association	44	BFD	DNF	282
111	Red	USA	1238	Joseph Bello	Tyler Holmes	FWYC/Keysailing	47	DNF	DNC	285
112	Blue	USA	1111	Ian Sloan	Joe Sloan	Anacortes Yacht Club	DNF	49	DNC	287
113	Blue	USA	81	Joe Bouchier	Ian Bouchier	Casper	DNC	BFD	52	290
114	Yellow	FRA	121	James Baeckler	Dary Emeric	YCT	DNC	DNC	DNC	357
114	Yellow	USA	1197	Philippe Kahn	Mark Christensen	SCYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	357
114	Red	USA	1273	Karl Funk	Paul Andrepont	none	DNC	DNC	DNC	357
114	Yellow	USA	356	Jason Moore	Jake Sailer	Mission Bay Yacht Club	DNC	DNC	DNC	357
114	Yellow	USA	91193	Kelly Krueger	Dan Krueger	CRAW	DNC	DNC	DNC	357