SB20 World Championship at Clube Naval de Cascais

SB20 World Championship at Clube Naval de Cascais - Day 4

by True Angle Editorial 3 Sep 2016 07:51 BST 30 August - 3 September 2016

Three more races were completed for the Cascais SB20 World Championships on the penultimate day of racing, Friday September 2, with more strong breeze and big swell conditions providing superb racing for the asymmetric sportsboat fleet.

The breeze kicked in right on time for the 75 boats to start their first race of the day at 1300hrs, with 15-18 knots and the typical Atlantic rolling swell this Portuguese venue is famed for, making for some fast and fun downwind legs. Once again starting cleanly proved key, with five boats penalized for being OCS at the first gun of the day, including top British boat, John Pollard's Xcellent (GBR3724).

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 4 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

By the second race the breeze had built to over 20 knots, and the right-hand side was strongly favoured due to a strong current running along the shore. This race was a real Cascais classic that saw boats regularly hitting 18 knots downwind.

For the final race of the day, and 12th of this demanding series, the breeze once again began to drop late afternoon, fading from 12 knots at the start to around 8 knots by the middle of the race, with lots of holes and shifts to increase the tactical challenges. The fading conditions also saw the fleet towed in again with no wind outside the marina, although all were relieved to dock at 1730 after yesterday's late-night marathon effort. There was plenty of time for the fleet to enjoy an outdoor dinner reception put on this evening by the host city.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 4 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

Having had to retire from the final race yesterday, Hugo Rocha set out to re-establish his place at the top of the leaderboard on New Territories (RUS3711), which he achieved with an incredible 2-1-2 scoreline. This has put New Territories firmly back on the top of the table, with 45 points to France Jeune SB20's (FRA3653) 61. However, with yesterday's 77-point DNS hanging over the Russian crew they have no margin for error on the final day tomorrow.

Gabriel Skoczek on France Jeune SB20 won the final race of the day, while Massimo Fullone on Mercy Bocu (ITA3637) took the first – their third win of the event, but with two DNC's on the first day the Italian team is only just inside the top 10.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 4 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

There is a strong battle going on between two Australian teams with Flirtacious (AUS3735) in fourth on 93 points and Michael Cooper's Export Roo (AUS3731) two points behind in fifth. Cooper commented after racing: "We had a better day today and it is really tight with Chris Dare (Flirtacious) keeping the Australian interest going, but with our third team member suffering a bit today it looks like the Nation's Cup will have to wait for the 2018 worlds in Tasmania!"

Chris Dare, who is sailing with Oliver Tweddle, one of Australia's top Olympic Finn sailors, was equally impressed with how tight the competition is at the top of the fleet and is looking forward to going head-to-head with Cooper tomorrow where Australian bragging rights will be on the line.

SB20 World Championship at Cascais day 4 - photo © Neuza Aires Pereira / Clube Naval de Cascais

Marco Van Driel, whose MXTC (NED3714) is hovering just outside the top 10, was today scratching his head. "What do we have to do to get involved in the top 10? They are so fast, so consistent and no-one makes mistakes... it is so hard to mix it here and one small mistake sees you back in the pack!"

Tomorrow is the final day of competition with two races planned. The Cascais SB20 World Championship, is hosted by the Cascais Naval Club thanks to the backing of the Municipality of Cascais and sponsorship by companies including Vista Alegre, Sagres, and Gaspar Simões and LG. Media Partners are JC Decaux, Commercial Radio and TVI24, as well as fleet suppliers Sportsboat World, Harken and Hyde Sails.

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

Full information, including daily results, at www.cncascais.com

Results after Day 4:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Crew2	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	Series Points
1	RUS3711	New Territories	Hugo Rocha	Alex Semenov	Fran Palacios Gonçalo Barreto	YC St‑Petersburg	2	3	1	9	6	9	2	8	DNC	2	1	2	45
2	FRA3653	France Jeune SB20	Gabriel Skoczek	Michel Emeric	Lucas Chatonnier Marine Boudot	YCAntibes	3	6	10	2	17	5	4	7	2	11	10	1	61
3	UKR3042	TREM Engineering	Rodion Luka	Andrey Klochko	Igor Severianov Tomás Barreto	Kiev Racing YC	1	4	25	1	5	19	11	1	7	5	5	16	75
4	AUS3735	Flirtatious	Chris Dare	Oliver Tweddell	Ella Clark	Sorrento SBC	14	2	3	61	3	7	8	19	5	3	21	8	93
5	AUS3731	Export Roo	Michael Cooper	David Chapman	Matthew Johnston	RYCTasmania	4	13	5	3	11	4	5	20	27	9	15	6	95
6	FRA3580	Team SMC / France Jeune	Kevin Peponnet	Achille Nebout	Bruno Mourniac Camille Rossi	YCMC/SRR	5	20	26	16	9	1	7	4	6	DNC	4	3	101
7	POR3114	Animal/ Mobiag ‑ Clever Mobility	Vasco Serpa	Joaquim Moreira	Pedro Costa Alemao	CNCascais	11	1	2	15	7	53	6	3	9	4	19	25	102
8	GBR3724	Xcellent	John Pollard	Rob Smith	Ben Warnick	Royal Torbay YC	7	23	6	6	20	3	13	24	12	UFD	16	19	149
9	POR3620	Uon	José Caldeira	Helder Basílio	Tiago Leal Mariana Lobato	ANMadeira	19	12	4	5	1	15	14	16	4	24	DNF	39	153
10	ITA3637	Mercy Bocu	Massimo Fullone	Andrea Airo	Nikolaos Mascoli Pierfrancisco Schiavone	CVOndabuena	20	DNC	DNC	4	19	6	1	11	1	1	3	23	166
11	RUS3709	Nika	Vladimir Prosikhin	Artem Basalkin	Alex Martemiyanov	YC St‑Petersburg	6	7	12	60	13	8	3	UFD	31	28	2	4	174
12	RUS3722	MST	Vasily Grigoriev	Mikhail Markin	Valeriy Ushkov	Pirogovo	26	9	20	34	4	12	28	22	16	20	7	18	182
13	NED3714	MXTC	Marco van Driel	Joost Assmann	Martijn Worseling	WSV Braassemermeer	29	15	9	14	21	39	9	25	17	12	24	9	184
14	GBR3728	Marvel	Richard Powell	Tim Burnell	Ben Vines	Royal Ocean RC	10	18	14	19	10	2	BFD	5	BFD	16	9	5	185
15	FRA3423	Team Xavier Bourhis Generali	Mathilde Geron	Sophie de Turckheim	Julie Bossard Alice Ponsar	CMVSB	17	30	17	13	24	14	17	17	BFD	8	18	20	195
16	GBR3750	Sportsboatworld.com	Jerry Hill	Alan Hillman	Craig Watson	RSrnYC	22	5	27	12	18	32	15	32	21	15	20	14	201
17	ITA3543	DKC	Antonillo Ciabatti	Vincenzo Graciotti	Nando Colaninno	YCRiviera del Conero	30	27	24	7	35	17	20	23	34	14	11	10	217
18	GBR3732	Forelle Estates	Joe Llewellyn	Jeremy Vigus	Nigel Wakefield	Wessex Exiles	18	38	28	37	37	28	10	6	13	26	14	13	230
19	POR3105	Dom Pedro Hotels/Generali	José Paulo Ramada	Gonçalo Ribeiro	Rita Gonçalves Miguel Leal Faria	CNCascais/Dom Pedro	9	11	23	22	12	46	12	2	BFD	22	UFD	11	247
20	FRA3721	ROIG Sailing Team	Hugo Feydit	Valentin Sipan	Mathieu Corruble Paola Amar	Cn La Tremblade	21	8	50	39	34	59	27	13	15	27	8	12	254
21	FRA3655	Dongfeng RTeam 1	Charles Caudrelier	Pascal Bidegorry	Thomas Rouxel Malo Abguillerm	DongfengRT	8	34	38	18	8	61	18	14	BFD	21	6	31	257
22	POR3115	Quebramar	Rui Brites	Henrique Brites	Francisco Andrade Mariana Freitas	CNCascais	15	14	33	25	30	33	22	54	DNC	6	13	17	262
23	RUS3708	MelstonTeam	Kirill Frolov	Alexey Murashkin	Egor Ignatenko	YC St‑Petersburg	25	51	21	43	2	31	25	47	14	13	23	21	265
24	FRA3034	Oceanteam	Johan Ravier	Helene Urruti	Frederic Perroche Alice Chiaporri	YCCannes	40	19	19	26	45	11	33	30	32	30	26	7	273
25	POR3616	Madeira Islands	John Tavares	Paulo Manso	Jorge Ferreira	ANMadeira	48	21	18	17	15	55	30	UFD	3	45	22	22	296
26	FRA3706	Black Magic	Edward Russo	Gilles Favennec	Cedric Chateau	CNValeriquais	13	22	32	48	42	24	44	29	8	10	DNF	36	308
27	POR3111	Roff/Meritis.org	Manuel Marques	Rui Bóia	Hugo Mastbaum	CNCascais	32	16	8	66	25	62	24	15	24	50	29	29	314
28	POR3558	Guto	Diogo Pereira	Fausto Briosa	Luís Queiroz	CVAtlantico	23	33	22	11	29	13	BFD	35	10	44	56	53	329
29	POR3738	All Blacks Watches	Nuno Vasconcelos Porto	Francisco Ancêde	Diogo Costa Pedro Costa	CVAtlantico	28	28	29	21	43	18	29	59	22	19	UFD	34	330
30	UKR3726	itParfume	Anna Kyselova	Ivan Pavlusik	Anatolii Petrov Irina Dorosheva	Odessa	36	37	58	46	14	41	35	33	23	7	17	43	332
31	POR3505	Patris / Real Vida	Vasco Passanha	Diana Neves	Carlos Leitão Rafael Rodrigues	CNCascais	34	49	36	8	58	48	32	37	19	32	32	15	342
32	POR3103	Bettertech/Bicasco	Luis Santos	Antonio Santos	Rui Duarte	CVSado	31	17	30	24	27	44	26	53	28	41	33	45	346
33	FRA3609	New Caledonia	Piriou Tugdual	Jade Lestré	Yan Rigal Tom Picot	CNCaledonien	52	26	7	54	32	22	42	34	26	29	44	37	351
34	RUS3707	VIS sailing team	Vadim Pushev	Timur Sabirzianov	Alexander Mikhailov	YC St‑Petersburg	27	31	13	58	33	50	BFD	40	18	17	25	46	358
35	GBR3720	Uber	Adrian Peach	Garry Phare	Jim Short	Royal Torbay YC	35	24	47	10	23	29	23	42	BFD	33	46	47	359
36	GBR3710	Chill Pill +	Tich Summers	Scott Graham	Nick Elder	Royal Tay YC	16	52	31	68	40	25	46	31	25	48	12	33	359
37	POR3525	EXLIBRIS BACO Sailing Team	Diogo Barros	Luis Alonso	Tiago Morais	CWDSailing	24	DNC	DNC	28	22	10	31	39	20	37	41	42	371
38	POR3286	Gandia Blasco	Tiago Roquette	João Leite de Castro	Luis Pessanha	CVAtlantico	DNF	44	37	47	39	27	19	12	11	UFD	31	32	376
39	POR3427	Sea Camel	João Villas‑Boas	José Camelo	Guilherme Gomes Nuno Bajanca	CNCascais	33	58	45	20	51	49	38	28	37	18	27	30	376
40	IRL3060	The Bear	Stefan Hyde	Graeme Grant	Tara Flood Clara Hynes	Royal Cork YC	DNC	67	35	23	38	30	34	9	47	25	37	35	380
41	IRL3739	venuesworld.com	Ger Dempsey	Chris Nolan	Maeve Judge Blair Stanaway	Royal Irish YC	47	25	40	32	26	51	16	52	33	UFD	35	58	415
42	IRL3065	Bango	James Gorman	Rory Fitzpatrick	Neil O'Toole Laura Jackson	National YC	12	36	16	59	59	56	21	21	35	56	48	65	419
43	GBR3027	Ethel	Alec Russell	Mark Lees	Jess Lees Rich Pull	RSrnYC	41	66	49	27	44	37	45	26	30	55	34	49	437
44	RUS3420	POR3420	Igor Ginzburg	Basalkina Anna	Krivov Oleg Klepikov Leonid	YC St‑Petersburg	44	40	11	35	16	16	BFD	DNC	DNC	31	53	38	438
45	POR3341	Bright Dental Clinic	David Aleixo	Miguel Guimarães	David Abecassis António Barros	CNCascais	37	10	52	42	28	DNF	BFD	43	36	53	36	27	441
46	AUS3390	Mind Games	Phil Reid	Sam Ibbott	Andre DeClerck	RYCTasmania	54	50	43	72	56	20	54	44	38	36	30	41	466
47	BEL3345	Go With the Flow	Bart Tytgat	Hielke Krijnen	Kristof Woutters	RNSYC	50	60	55	31	DNF	DNC	37	18	29	39	49	24	469
48	CHN3557	Dongfeng RTeam 2	Kong Chengheng	Chen Jinhao	Liu Xue	DongfengRT	57	41	41	69	48	38	36	46	39	34	42	59	481
49	GBR3057	Baloo	John Outhwaite	David Atkinson	Carl Outhwaite	Royal Ocean RC	58	48	44	40	49	65	40	38	52	42	43	40	494
50	GBR3069	Slinky	Ian Hudson	Niall Peelo	Helen Macnamara Laura Woosey	Warsash SC	56	32	53	45	36	40	43	61	54	38	51	67	509
51	IRL3537	Wahoo	Chris Arrowsmith	David Cahill	Colin Galavan	Royal St George YC	42	46	34	52	46	43	47	27	55	67	DNC	52	511
52	POR3723	Another Affair	Pedro Ambrósio	Miguel Oliveira	Francisco Oliveira	CVAtlantico	49	43	48	44	52	52	57	41	57	52	45	28	511
53	POR3203	Miudas	Margarida Aguiar	Sofia Regojo	Ana Champalimaud Maria João Marques	CNCascais	43	42	42	41	70	60	52	51	43	54	39	57	524
54	RUS3512	Sea Connect	Vladislav Ivanovskiy	Alexey Egorov	Vitaliy Nosach Ekaterina Bessonova	YC St‑Petersburg	61	39	56	38	50	66	39	55	46	51	40	54	529
55	BEL3311	Selden	Jan Alleman	Paul Jonckheere	Geert Orbie	RNSYC	62	35	15	53	65	26	50	56	53	57	61	63	531
56	GBR3716	Skewered	Simon Hume	Oli Nedham	John Malone	Itchenor SC	38	53	54	62	60	DNF	49	10	44	UFD	47	60	554
57	GBR3740	A New Hope	Doug Innes	Martin Fox	Gareth Glover	RoyalSouthamptonYC	45	47	65	49	31	70	BFD	58	40	43	38	69	555
58	RUS3730	Huawei	Aleksey Kolobanov	Gaiane Kolovalova	Bozhko Aleksander Manuel Cruz	YC St‑Petersburg	53	45	39	64	61	54	BFD	57	42	66	28	48	557
59	POR3652	Bravo	Paulo Palha	André Gonçalves	António José Barros Rita Leal faria	CVAtlantico	46	29	51	55	66	36	41	DNF	BFD	35	UFD	55	568
60	POR3733	xxxx	Peter Stratton	Pedro Henriques	Francisco Garcia	CNCascais	55	DNC	DNC	50	53	21	DNF	DNC	DNC	23	60	26	596
61	RUS3523	Sete	Iurii Popov	Igor Svirida	Oleg Chugunov	YC St‑Petersburg	39	DNC	DNC	57	57	47	51	60	50	58	50	50	596
62	OMA3560	Oman Sail 1	Fahad Al Hasni	Yasir al Rahbi	Raad al Hadi	Oman Sail	59	54	57	30	54	45	60	DNF	DNC	59	54	51	600
63	GBR3276	Trouble & Strife	Harry Barker	George Chilvers	Christopher Merril Olive Bazfour	Radley College SC	63	55	60	67	41	35	BFD	62	49	60	52	68	612
64	FRA3576	Ladybug	Benoit Melen	Gregory Baum	Eric Brioist	YCCarnac	64	61	63	65	55	57	56	50	41	49	UFD	62	623
65	POR3411	Quinta dos Murças	Diogo C Mendes	Ana Santos	Bernardo Loureiro Duarte Teles	CNCascais	71	56	59	29	64	67	55	36	48	63	DNF	DNC	625
66	SUI3169	Mike T	Ueli Guggenbuehl	Caspar Guggenbuehl	Heinrich Guggenbuehl	CNCascais	70	62	46	51	63	42	BFD	45	45	62	63	UFD	626
67	POR3581	3581	Andrei Balaykin	Maksim Fedorov	Valentin Uvarkin	Pirogovo	68	59	61	70	47	34	58	66	58	47	64	DNC	632
68	POR3092	Contrabandista	Patrick Lindley	Pedro Simões	Luís Vasconcelos Dias	CNCascais	60	57	66	63	68	63	48	49	51	61	57	66	641
69	GBR3516	Wildebeest	Rob Clark	Alexey Farenyuk	Manuel Arriaga e Cunha	CVLagos	51	DNC	DNC	33	DSQ	23	53	48	DNF	UFD	DNC	61	654
70	POR3090	3090 ‑ SB20	Paulo Lobo	Elisio Lourenço	Filipe Carioca João Soeiro	CNCascais	67	65	68	56	73	68	61	65	56	65	59	56	686
71	POR3150	TiNando	Miguel Fonseca	Edgar Miguel Tereso Faria	Vasco Justino Nuno Duarte	MENTOR	66	63	DNC	36	69	64	BFD	DNF	DNC	40	55	64	688
72	GBR3305	Trio	Gary Baker	Dan Craft	Chris Odonnell	Warsash SC	65	68	62	71	72	DNC	DNF	DNC	DNC	46	UFD	44	736
73	OMA3256	Oman Sail 2	Ali Al Balushi	Abdulrahman Al Mashari	Sami Al Shukaili	Oman Sail	DNC	64	64	75	62	58	BFD	64	DNF	64	62	UFD	744
74	POR3100	Spirit of Avé Maria	Luis Jardim	Bernardo Macedo	Guilherme Jardim	CVAtlantico	69	DNS	67	73	71	69	59	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	793
75	POR3521	Santa Maria	Luís Rosário	Andre Carinhas	Valerio Conceição	CNCascais	72	69	69	74	67	71	BFD	63	DNF	DNF	DNC	DNC	793
76	SUI3183	Respect	Chappuis Denis	Stalder Cécilia	Bober Volodymyr	TRSC	DNS	DNC	DNC	76	74	72	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	58	DNC	819