SB20 World Championship at Clube Naval de Cascais

SB20 World Championship at Clube Naval de Cascais - Day 1

by True Angle Editorial 31 Aug 2016 08:20 BST 30 August - 3 September 2016

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 1 © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

The Cascais SB20 World Championships got off to a strong start today, Tuesday August 30 with three races held in testing but hugely enjoyable conditions with Portuguese sun and strong breezes.

The first two races of the day were held offshore on an Atlantic course, in 15-25 knot north-westerly breezes with gusts in the high 20s, creating magnificent downwind conditions for the asymmetric sportsboat fleet. Competitors enjoyed a sleigh ride on the Atlantic rollers on the offwind legs, reaching speeds of up to 18 knots.

For the third race organisers from the host Clube Naval de Cascais moved the racing closer inshore, which added a tactical element to the day with reading the shifts proving key.

In a day that tested both boat handling, crew work, stamina and wind strategy, few teams managed to avoid a mid-fleet, high scoring finish.

By far the boat of the day was Hugo Rocha, sailing New Territories (RUS 3711), who scored 2, 3, 1 over the day's three races to clearly lead overnight. Rocha is a Portuguese Olympic medalist who was runner-up at the 2014 SB20 World Championships and is looking to go one better this time.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 1 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

Vasco Serpa and team on Animal/Clever Mobility (POR 3114) had a strong start to their regatta with a 1-2 finish, coming back from their first result of an 11th. Chris Dare's Australian team on Flirtatious also picked up two podium finishes and a 14th to finish third at the end of the day. The first race win went to Ukranian Olympian Rodion Luka (Luka, UKR2042), but a 25th in the third race could prove a problem with just one discard over the series.

Gabriel Skoczek and France Jeune SB20 (FRA3653) and his Youth team are currently in 4th place, while first Master helm is Jerry Hill in 14th on Sportsboatworld.com (GBR3750). Top lady helm is Mathilde Geron with Team Xavier Bourhis Generali (FRA3423) in 19th place.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 1 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

With six different nations represented in the top 10 competition looks set to be fierce for the Nations Cup, the trophy that will be awarded to the country with the three best results. Currently Russia is in the lead, followed by Portugal with 92 points and then France with 134 points.

The Cascais SB20 World Championships feature live tracking, allowing spectators to watch the action online.

Racing continues until Saturday, 3rd September, with 14 races scheduled in total for the 75 competing teams. The 2016 World Championships are hosted by the Clube Naval de Cascais, and sponsored by the city of Cascais, together with supporting sponsors including porcelain makers Vista Alegre and sailmakers Hydes.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Boat	Helm	Crew	Crew2	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
1	RUS3711	New Territories	Hugo Rocha	Alex Semenov	Fran Palacios Gonçalo Barreto	YC St‑Petersburg	2	3	1	6
2	POR3114	Animal/ Mobiag ‑ Clever Mobility	Vasco Serpa	Joaquim Moreira	Pedro Costa Alemao	CNCascais	11	1	2	14
3	AUS3735	Flirtatious	Chris Dare	Oliver Tweddell	Ella Clark	Sorrento SBC	14	2	3	19
4	FRA3653	France Jeune SB20	Gabriel Skoczek	Michel Emeric	Lucas Chatonnier Marine Boudot	YCAntibes	3	6	10	19
5	AUS3731	Export Roo	Michael Cooper	David Chapman	Matthew Johnston	RYCTasmania	4	13	5	22
6	RUS3709	Nika	Vladimir Prosikhin	Artem Basalkin	Alex Martemiyanov	YC St‑Petersburg	6	7	12	25
7	UKR3042	Luka	Rodion Luka	Andrey Klochko	Igor Severianov Tomás Barreto	Kiev Racing YC	1	4	25	30
8	POR3620	Uon	José Caldeira	Helder Basílio	Tiago Leal Mariana Lobato	ANMadeira	19	12	4	35
9	GBR3724	Xcellent	John Pollard	Rob Smith	Benn Warnick	Royal Torbay YC	7	23	6	36
10	GBR3728	Marvel	Richard Powell	Tim Burnell	Ben Vines	Royal Ocean RC	10	18	14	42
11	POR3105	Dom Pedro Hotels/Generali	José Paulo Ramada	Gonçalo Ribeiro	Rita Gonçalves Miguel Leal Faria	CNCascais/Dom Pedro	9	11	23	43
12	FRA3580	Team SMC / France Jeune	Kevin Peponnet	Achille Nebout	Bruno Mourniac Camille Rossi	YCMC/SRR	5	20	26	51
13	NED3714	MXTC	Marco van Driel	Joost Assmann	Martijn Worseling	WSV Braassemermeer	29	15	9	53
14	GBR3750	Sportsboatworld.com	Jerry Hill	Alan Hillman	Craig Watson	RSrnYC	22	5	27	54
15	RUS3722	MST	Vasily Grigoriev	Mikhail Markin	Valeriy Ushkov	Pirogovo	26	9	20	55
16	POR3111	Roff/Meritis.org	Manuel Marques	Rui Bóia	Hugo Mastbaum	CNCascais	32	16	8	56
17	POR3115	Quebramar	Rui Brites	Henrique Brites	Francisco Andrade Mariana Freitas	CNCascais	15	14	33	62
18	IRL3065	Bango	James Gorman	Rory Fitzpatrick	Neil O'Toole Laura Jackson	National YC	12	36	16	64
19	FRA3423	Team Xavier Bourhis Generali	Mathilde Geron	Sophie de Turckheim	Julie Bossard Alice Ponsar	CMVSB	17	30	17	64
20	FRA3706	Black Magic	Edward Russo	Gilles Favennec	Cedric Chateau	CNValeriquais	13	22	32	67
21	RUS3707	VIS sailing team	Vadim Pushev	Timur Sabirzianov	Alexander Mikhailov	YC St‑Petersburg	27	31	13	71
22	POR3103	Bettertech/Bicasco	Luis Santos	Antonio Santos	Rui Duarte	CVSado	31	17	30	78
23	FRA3034	Oceanteam	Johan Ravier	Helene Urruti	Frederic Perroche Alice Chiaporri	YCCannes	40	19	19	78
24	POR3558	Guto	Diogo Pereira	Fausto Briosa	Luís Queiroz	CVAtlantico	23	33	22	78
25	FRA3721	ROIG Sailing Team	Hugo Feydit	Valentin Sipan	Mathieu Corruble Paola Amar	Cn La Tremblade	21	8	50	79
26	FRA3655	Dongfeng RTeam 1	Charles Caudrelier	Pascal Bidegorry	Thomas Rouxel Malo Abguillerm	DongfengRT	8	34	38	80
27	ITA3543	DKC	Antonillo Ciabatti	Vincenzo Graciotti	Nando Colaninno	YCRiviera del Conero	30	27	24	81
28	GBR3732	Forelle Estates	Joe Llewellyn	Jeremy Vigus	Nigel Wakefield	Wessex Exiles	18	38	28	84
29	FRA3609	New Caledonia	Piriou Tugdual	Jade Lestré	Yan Rigal Tom Picot	CNCaledonien	52	26	7	85
30	POR3738	All Blacks Watches	Nuno Vasconcelos Porto	Francisco Ancêde	Diogo Costa Pedro Costa	CVAtlantico	28	28	29	85
31	POR3616	Madeira Islands	John Tavares	Paulo Manso	Jorge Ferreira	ANMadeira	48	21	18	87
32	RUS3420	POR3420	Igor Ginzburg	Basalkina Anna	Krivov Oleg Klepikov Leonid	YC St‑Petersburg	44	40	11	95
33	RUS3708	MelstonTeam	Kirill Frolov	Alexey Murashkin	Egor Ignatenko	YC St‑Petersburg	25	51	21	97
34	POR3341	Bright Dental Clinic	David Aleixo	Miguel Guimarães	David Abecassis António Barros	CNCascais	37	10	52	99
35	GBR3710	Chill Pill +	Tich Summers	Scott Graham	Nick Elder	Royal Tay YC	16	52	31	99
36	GBR3720	Uber	Adrian Peach	Garry Phare	Jim Short	Royal Torbay YC	35	24	47	106
37	BEL3311	Selden	Jan Alleman	Paul Jonckheere	Geert Orbie	RNSYC	62	35	15	112
38	IRL3739	venuesworld.com	Ger Dempsey	Chris Nolan	Maeve Judge Blair Stanaway	Royal Irish YC	47	25	40	112
39	POR3505	Patris / Real Vida	Vasco Passanha	Diana Neves	Carlos Leitão Rafael Rodrigues	CNCascais	34	49	36	119
40	IRL3537	Wahoo	Chris Arrowsmith	David Cahill	Colin Galavan	Royal St George YC	42	46	34	122
41	POR3652	Bravo	Paulo Palha	André Gonçalves	António José Barros Rita Leal faria	CVAtlantico	46	29	51	126
42	POR3203	Miudas	Margarida Aguiar	Sofia Regojo	Ana Champalimaud Maria João Marques	CNCascais	43	42	42	127
43	UKR3726	itParfume	Anna Kyselova	Ivan Pavlusik	Anatolii Petrov Irina Dorosheva	Odessa	36	37	58	131
44	POR3427	Sea Camel	João Villas‑Boas	José Camelo	Guilherme Gomes Nuno Bajanca	CNCascais	33	58	45	136
45	RUS3730	Huawei	Aleksey Kolobanov	Gaiane Kolovalova	Bozhko Aleksander Manuel Cruz	YC St‑Petersburg	53	45	39	137
46	CHN3557	Dongfeng RTeam 2	Kong Chengheng	Chen Jinhao	Liu Xue	DongfengRT	57	41	41	139
47	POR3723	Another Affair	Pedro Ambrósio	Miguel Oliveira	Francisco Oliveira	CVAtlantico	49	43	48	140
48	GBR3069	Slinky	Ian Hudson	Niall Peelo	Helen Macnamara Laura Woosey	Warsash SC	56	32	53	141
49	GBR3716	Skewered	Simon Hume	Oli Nedham	John Malone	Itchenor SC	38	53	54	145
50	AUS3390	Mind Games	Phil Reid	Sam Ibbott	Andre DeClerck	RYCTasmania	54	50	43	147
51	GBR3057	Baloo	John Outhwaite	David Atkinson	Carl Outhwaite	Royal Ocean RC	58	48	44	150
52	RUS3512	Sea Connect	Vladislav Ivanovskiy	Alexey Egorov	Vitaliy Nosach Ekaterina Bessonova	YC St‑Petersburg	61	39	56	156
53	GBR3027	Ethel	Alec Russell	Mark Lees	Jess Lees Rich Pull	RSrnYC	41	66	49	156
54	GBR3740	A New Hope	Doug Innes	Martin Fox	Gareth Glover	RoyalSouthamptonYC	45	47	65	157
55	POR3286	Gandia Blasco	Tiago Roquette	João Leite de Castro	Luis Pessanha	CVAtlantico	DNF77	44	37	158
56	BEL3345	Go With the Flow	Bart Tytgat	Hielke Krijnen	Kristof Woutters	RNSYC	50	60	55	165
57	OMA3560	Oman Sail 1	Fahad Al Hasni	Yasir al Rahbi	Raad al Hadi	Oman Sail	59	54	57	170
58	ITA3637	Mercy Bocu	Massimo Fullone	Andrea Airo	Nikolaos Mascoli Pierfrancisco Schiavone	CVOndabuena	20	DNC77	DNC77	174
59	POR3525	EXLIBRIS BACO Sailing Team	Diogo Barros	Luis Alonso	Tiago Morais	CWDSailing	24	DNC77	DNC77	178
60	SUI3169	Mike T	Ueli Guggenbuehl	Caspar Guggenbuehl	Heinrich Guggenbuehl	CNCascais	70	62	46	178
61	GBR3276	Trouble & Strife	Harry Barker	George Chilvers	Christopher Merril Olive Bazfour	Radley College SC	63	55	60	178
62	IRL3060	The Bear	Stefan Hyde	Graeme Grant	Tara Flood Clara Hynes	Royal Cork YC	DNC77	67	35	179
63	POR3092	Contrabandista	Patrick Lindley	Pedro Simões	Luís Vasconcelos Dias	CNCascais	60	57	66	183
64	POR3411	Quinta dos Murças	Diogo C Mendes	Ana Santos	Bernardo Loureiro Duarte Teles	CNCascais	71	56	59	186
65	POR3581	3581	Andrei Balaykin	Maksim Fedorov	Valentin Uvarkin	Pirogovo	68	59	61	188
66	FRA3576	Ladybug	Benoit Melen	Gregory Baum	Eric Brioist	YCCarnac	64	61	63	188
67	RUS3523	Sete	Iurii Popov	Igor Svirida	Oleg Chugunov	YC St‑Petersburg	39	DNC77	DNC77	193
68	GBR3305	Trio	Gary Baker	Dan Craft	Chris Odonnell	Warsash SC	65	68	62	195
69	POR3090	3090 ‑ SB20	Paulo Lobo	Elisio Lourenço	Filipe Carioca João Soeiro	CNCascais	67	65	68	200
70	GBR3516	Wildebeest	Rob Clark	Alexey Farenyuk	Manuel Arriaga e Cunha	CVLagos	51	DNC77	DNC77	205
71	OMA3256	Oman Sail 2	Ali Al Balushi	Abdulrahman Al Mashari	Sami Al Shukaili	Oman Sail	DNC77	64	64	205
72	POR3150	TiNando	Miguel Fonseca	Edgar Miguel Tereso Faria	Vasco Justino Nuno Duarte	MENTOR	66	63	DNC77	206
73	POR3733	xxxx	Peter Stratton	Pedro Henriques	Francisco Garcia	CNCascais	55	DNC77	DNC77	209
74	POR3521	Santa Maria	Luís Rosário	Andre Carinhas	Valerio Conceição	CNCascais	72	69	69	210
75	POR3100	Spirit of Avé Maria	Luis Jardim	Bernardo Macedo	Guilherme Jardim	CVAtlantico	69	DNS77	67	213
76	SUI3183	Respect	Chappuis Denis	Stalder Cécilia	Bober Volodymyr	TRSC	DNS77	DNC77	DNC77	231