Trentino SB20 World Championship

Trentino SB20 World Championship - Day 4

by Helen Fretter 9 Jul 2015 22:02 BST 4-9 July 2015

Trentino SB20 World Championship day 4 © Jurij Plavnik / Circolo Vela Torbole / SB20 Class

Three physically demanding races were held for the Gold fleet today (July 9) at Torbole, Lake Garda. Racing began in 20-knot breezes, which built throughout the course of the afternoon to 30 knots. Jerry Hill, sailing "SportsboatWorld' in 13th overall described it as: "Classic Ora conditions. We had three cracking races – hard racing with some epic downwind legs. There will be lots of very tired bowmen in the fleet tonight, but this is why everyone comes here!"

With the increasing winds, the race committee from Circolo Vela Torbole opted to cancel the third race for the silver fleet, however both fleets have now completed enough races for the second discard to come into play.

John Polland's 'Excellent' took the first win of the day in Gold fleet, but went on to score a 24th and DNF – one of seven Gold fleet boats who failed to complete the last race. He was followed home by Robert Jeffreys and Glenn Bourke who took second, and Robin Follin, with the FFV Youth team 'Give me 5', who finished third.

Follin's youth team went on to score another second and a fifth. With two discards coming into play they now count no result worse than a fifth, and have recovered their position at the top of the leaderboard after four day's of racing on 27 points, with a 9 point advantage over their nearest pursuers.

Robin Follin and his team began sailing the SB20 just 18 months ago. They are supported by the French Sailing Federation (FFV) and include very successful match racers and 470 sailors. Follin is just 19 years old, while his oldest member of crew is 26. The team have put a great deal of time into sailing the SB20 this year and are performing impressively well. However, having already used a high scoring discard, they may be put under pressure in tomorrow's final races.

Roger Hudson and the 'Race Ahead – Spirit of Cape Town' team took the day's final win, following on from a consistent day with a sixth and fifth. They now have an all top-10 scoreline and are lying second overall on 36 points.

Rodion Luka and his 'SkyLine' team from Kiev took the second race win, his fifth race victory of the series. He has now climbed up to third place overall, after finishing 10th and seventh in the remainder of today's races. Luka and team are on 41 points, with Glenn Bourke and Robert Jeffreys in fourth on 49 points.

First British boat is now Joe Llewellyn and the Wessex Exiles sailors on 'Forelle Estaes', lying in sixth on 65 points. The leading Italian flagged entry is Ian Ainslie and Paulin Gian Matteo's team, in seventh on 71 points. In eighth is Michael Cooper, who has travelled all the way from Tasmania to compete in the event. He has one boat back home in Australia, and another he will keep in Europe for the next two World Championships (Cascais, Portugal in 2016 and Cowes, UK in 2017).

Cooper said after racing: "I just love this boat, I love the people in the class, and I'm having an absolutely great time." As one of two Australian boats in the top 10, however, he really wants to beat the Poms in the SportsboatWorld-sponsored 'Nations Cup' prize (for the best aggregate score for the top three teams from each nation overall).

In the Silver fleet the Italian team 'Enjoy' of Carlo Tomelleri enjoyed the first race win of the day, with Ireland's Ronan Downing taking the second victory. Vladislaav Ivanovskiy retains the overall lead after discard with 118 points, from second placed Venuesworld.com (IRL), skippered by Ger Dempsey, on 121 points. Ronan Downing is in third on 132 points overall.

Racing concludes tomorrow, Friday, July 10 with two races scheduled from 1100am.

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Trentino SB20 World Championship day 4 - photo © Jurij Plavnik / Circolo Vela Torbole / SB20 Class

Results after Day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Pts
1	FRA 3653	ROBIN FOLLIN Maschio MARINE BOUDOT EMERIC MICHEL CN SAINTE‑MAXIME	‑13	3	2	1	4	2	4	1	‑27	3	2	5	27
2	RSA 3469	ROGER HUDSON Maschio ASENATHI JIM TAARIQ JACOBS RCYC	3	‑4	1	4	2	2	‑10	9	3	6	5	1	36
3	UKR 3726	RODION LUKA Maschio SVETLANA SOROKINA IGOR SEVERIANOV KIEV RACING YACHT CLUB	1	12	9	‑18	1	1	6	2	1	‑10	1	7	41
4	AUS 3737	ROBERT JEFFREYS Maschio GLEN BOURKE SAE LILLEY SANDRINGHAM YACHT CLUB	4	9	‑12	3	9	4	5	‑21	7	2	4	2	49
5	RUS 3708	KIRILL FROLOV Maschio MURASHKIN ALEXEY IGNATENKO EGOR SPBYC	7	8	4	2	2	‑9	2	14	4	5	‑15	11	59
6	GBR 3732	JOE LLEWELLYN Maschio NIGEL WAKEFIELD JERRY VIGUS WESSEX EXILES SAILING CLUB	8	2	6	‑20	9	1	‑24	3	5	9	12	10	65
7	ITA 3616	IAN AISLIE Maschio PAULIN GIAN MATTEO ADAM MARTIN CUS BOLOGNA	4	1	1	‑8	6	5	‑20	10	12	12	11	9	71
8	AUS 3731	MICHAEL COOPER Maschio DAVID CHAPMAN MATTHEW JOHNSTON ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA	5	15	3	‑18	12	3	1	6	15	14	‑32	3	77
9	RUS 3709	VLADIMIR PROSIKHIN Maschio BASALKIN ARTEM MARTEMIANOV ALEX SPB YC	1	5	7	‑10	5	8	14	12	9	7	13	‑23	81
10	FRA 3706	RUSSO EDWARD Maschio CHATEAU CE'DRIC FAVENNER GILLIES CLUB NAUTIQUE VALÃ©RIQUAIS	6	4	‑7	7	6	3	22	11	‑23	4	6	12	81
11	GBR 3724	JOHN POLLAND Maschio ROB SMITH CHAZ HOOK RTYC	5	13	6	6	1	‑14	13	15	2	1	24	(dnf)	86
12	GBR 3728	RICHARD POWELL Maschio BEN VINES TIM BURNELL RORC	9	11	‑28	5	8	4	‑16	16	6	16	7	4	86
13	GBR 3722	JERRY HILL Maschio ALAN HILLMAN CRAIG WATSON ROYAL SOUTHERN YC	3	8	5	9	‑15	12	19	13	14	8	‑22	8	99
14	GBR 3047	PIETER HEYN Maschio ROB GULLAN ROSIE SIBTHORPE WARSASH SC	2	1	15	(ocs)	ocs	8	3	5	11	‑19	10	6	108
15	GBR 3720	ADRIAN PEACH Maschio GARY PHARE JIM SHORT ROYAL TORBAY YACHT CLUB	13	2	‑14	11	7	10	‑34	7	8	11	25	22	116
16	ITA 3543	VINCENZO GRACIOTTI Maschio GIOVANNI MELONE SERGIO LAMBERTENGHI YACHT CLUB RIVIERA DEL CONERO	‑15	9	3	13	10	11	15	‑42	20	18	18	13	130
17	AUS 3735	CHRIS DARE Maschio SEARCE KEIRAN TWEEDELL OLIVER SORRENTO SAILING COUTA BOAT CL	2	6	2	‑27	26	5	12	(ufd)	17	21	3	dnf	141
18	ITA 3073	MASSIMO FULLONE Maschio AIRO' ANDREA ALESSIA DE VITA C. VELICO ONDABUENA	10	‑26	22	3	20	26	7	20	19	‑27	8	16	151
19	RUS 3707	VADIM PUSHEV Maschio TIMUR SABIRZIANOV ALEXANDER MIKHAILOV SAINT‑PETERSBURG YACHT CLUB	9	17	8	12	‑30	28	‑23	8	13	20	21	15	151
20	UKR 3703	VALERIY POLOVOY Maschio BOGOMOLKIN VOLODYMYR STASYUK VOLODYMYR BLACK SEA Y/C	10	13	5	4	7	‑24	26	24	18	33	17	(dnf)	157
21	IRL 3490	SHANE MURPHY Maschio DARAGH SHERIDAN JOHN PHELAR HOWTH YACHT CLUB	16	21	8	5	5	(bfd)	9	17	‑42	15	33	30	159
22	GBR 3710	SCOTT GRAHAM Maschio NICK ELDER TICH SUMMERS ROYAL TAY YACHT CLUB	12	7	9	‑29	8	15	8	‑36	28	34	14	24	159
23	ITA 3333	DANIELE POLI Maschio OSCAR FARACE DEBERNARDI FRANCESCO CIRCOLO VELA ORTA	‑26	15	4	17	13	19	18	23	‑35	22	23	17	171
24	NED 3714	MARCO VAN DRIEL Maschio JOOST ASSMANN MARTIJN WORSELING WSV BRAASSEMERMEER	14	12	31	8	‑36	23	28	4	(ufd)	28	19	14	181
25	ITA 3553	ROBERTO BENAMATI Maschio CATTANEO ALESSANDRO BARBIERI VALENTINO FRAGLIA VELA MALCESINE	11	20	13	‑30	4	11	31	19	(dnf)	17	36	19	181
26	FRA 3302	JADE FESTINO Maschio ALEXANDRE FESTINO BENJAMIN COHEN CLUB NAUTIQUE DES SALETTES	7	7	17	11	‑24	6	30	32	16	13	(dnf)	dnf	186
27	POR 3581	GEORGY SOKOLOVSKIY Maschio BORIS KUCHERENKO VASILY YAKOVLEV NA	14	16	16	‑28	17	15	33	18	24	26	9	(dnf)	188
28	POR 3105	JOSE' PAULO RAMADA Maschio ANTONIO PEREIRA MIGUEL L L.FARIA CNCASCAIS	6	6	‑21	14	24	7	17	43	22	23	(dnf)	36	198
29	IRL 3433	DAVY TAYLOR Maschio LISA NEARY MARTY O'LEARY ISA	‑26	25	24	9	3	18	25	27	26	‑40	28	20	205
30	AUS 3734	STEHPEN FRIES Maschio MARK MUIRHEAD ANDREW ROBERTS SANDRINGHAM YACHT CLUB	8	19	10	10	19	‑20	38	‑41	33	29	26	21	213
31	POR 3525	ROQUETTE TIAGO Maschio BARRETO PEDRO TELES FERNANDO CWDS	18	14	‑42	36	18	6	‑39	30	10	37	20	26	215
32	NED 3441	PAUL GAST Maschio NANNO AUKUS WONTER VAN DER ENDER WSV HELLEVOETSLUIS	17	10	26	17	14	‑35	‑36	26	29	32	27	18	216
33	UKR 3042	VALERII BUNDIUK Maschio YULIY KHUDOMAKA OLEG YZYUMTSEV NIKOPOL SAILING CENTER	11	‑24	24	22	12	16	11	33	38	25	35	‑39	227
34	IRL 3544	MICHAEL O'CONNOR Maschio OWEN LAVERTY KEVIN JOHNSON ROYAL ST GEORGE YACHT CLUB	18	20	20	15	‑30	9	32	(ufd)	21	43	30	27	235
35	GBR 3149	MARK GILLETT Maschio NIKI BIRRELL LAURA WOOSEY FRENSHAM POND SC	20	22	11	22	‑29	20	21	25	(ufd)	36	31	28	236
36	IRL 3060	KIREAN DORGAN Maschio JASON LOSTY EWAN O KEEFFE COVE SAILING CLUB	12	17	12	‑40	22	10	43	(ufd)	40	35	16	32	239
37	FRA 3423	HELENE URRUTTI Femmina ANNA PIROGOVA JOHAN RAVIER YACHT CLUB DE CANNES	16	23	17	16	‑26	7	‑45	29	25	42	37	35	247
38	GBR 3027	ALEC RUSSELL Maschio CLAIRE RUSSELL EDWARD HANDASYDE DICK ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB	21	10	11	‑31	29	21	35	35	‑36	24	34	29	249
39	ITA 3098	LINA FAGGI Femmina CHIARA ABBRUZZESE SERENA SICHER PORTO SAN ROCCO	19	‑24	10	19	14	13	42	39	34	‑44	29	38	257
40	GBR 3082	CHARLES SHEPPARD Maschio FRANCOIS HILARY GASPAR VANHOLLEBEKE RORC	‑43	18	34	21	11	12	40	22	30	39	(dnf)	33	260
41	ITA 3187	ROBERTO RIVIECCIO Maschio RIVECCIO MATTEO MATTEO RAMIAN YC PORTO TORRES	21	18	16	‑26	10	24	‑44	28	41	31	41	37	267
42	RUS 3725	BORIS LATKIN Maschio CHUGUNOV OLEG YCSPB	‑27	14	26	12	23	18	29	31	(dnf)	30	40	dnf	270
43	GBR 3106	THOMAS CLAY Maschio JAMES CLAY RICHARD CLAY ROYAL SOUTHERN YC	20	(dnf)	15	14	15	23	‑46	40	32	38	42	31	270
44	GER 3402	DANIEL SPAENLE Maschio TOBIAS SPAENLE KONSTANTIN KRAUSS MUENCHENER RUDER‑ UND SEGELVER	22	‑43	33	19	17	14	37	38	31	‑45	38	25	274
45	AUS 3390	PHILIP REID Maschio ANDRE' DECLERCK SAM IBBOTT ROYAL YACHT CLUB OF TASMANIA	‑30	23	29	2	20	28	27	34	39	46	39	(dnf)	287
46	BEL 3345	BART TYTGAT Maschio TOBIAS TYTGAT KRISTOF WOUTTERS RNSYC	30	21	‑37	6	25	17	41	37	37	41	(dnf)	34	289