Tornado Worlds at Club Nautico San Isidro, Argentina - Day 2

by Event Press 7 Dec 2006 06:10 GMT 5-10 December 2006

Another bullet for AUT Roman Hagara & Hans Peter Steinacher

A sunny warm weather is back to San Isidro. The Tornados sailed races 3 & 4 with a nice SE 10-12 knots breeze.

Race 3 had 2 OCSs, the Chinese team of Luo Youjia & Xiuke Chen and ITA Vincenzo Sorrentino & Giorgio Colombo.

The left side of the course was the way to go and once again Austrians Roman Hagara & Hans Peter Steinacher lead the way with no competition and crossed the line one minute and a half ahead of the second RUS Andrey Kirilyuk & Valery Ushkov. Neither had the Spanish Toni Rivas & Fabian Escude, nor the Australians Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby who finished third and fourth consecutively.

The RC side of the start of Race 4 was very busy and jammed. The French Yann Guichard & Alexandre Guyader were thrown towards the back of the RC boat and didn't make it to the starting line. The same happened to the Russians Andrey Kirilyuk & Valery Ushkov who still managed to restart behind the whole fleet and finished 31st.

The French Billy Besson & Arnaud Jarlegan were the leaders this time and the fleet stayed close together for 2 upwinds. The French opened the lead on the second downwind and had no problems getting the bullet. The Ozzies Darren Bundock & Glenn Ashby were second followed by AUT Roman Hagara & Hans Peter Steinacher, who are now the leaders of the Regatta. The Ozzies hold on to the second overall place.

" We decided to start clean at the pin, together with the Australians, and that made all the difference", explained the winner of the race French Billy Besson. They jumped up to 4th overall.

The Argentineans Bronze Medalists Santiago Lange & Carlos Espinola, made a come back and crossed the line in 4th, after an exciting finish head to head with Quingdao winners French Olivier Backes & Paul Ambroise Sevestre.

After a consistent performance in yesterday's races, French team Xavier Revil & Christophe Espagnon had a difficult day with a 22nd and a 24th and are now 7th overall.

2 races are scheduled for tomorrow starting at 13h00. More information and pictures at tornado2006.cnsi.org.ar

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Helm & Crew	Nat	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	AUT3	HAGARA-STEINACHER	AUT	1	8	1	3	13
2	AUS8	BUNDOCK-ASHBY	AUS	6	2	4	2	14
3	ARG1	LANGE-ESPINOLA	ARG	7	23	8	4	42
4	FRA5	BESSON-JARLEGAN	FRA	10	21	15	1	47
5	NED8	BOOTH-NIEWENHUIS	NED	4	12	7	27	50
6	ITA257	MARCOLINI-BIANCHI	ITA	20	6	18	6	50
7	FRA1	REVIL-ESPAGNON	FRA	2	5	22	24	53
8	FRA298	SOUBEN-BONTEMPS	FRA	5	28	11	9	53
9	GER7	POLGAR-SPALTEHOLZ	GER	15	1	28	10	54
10	GRE7	PASCHALIDIS-TRIGONIS	GRE	31	3	13	7	54
11	ESP1	ECHAVARRI-PAZ	ESP	11	13	12	22	58
12	GER1104	GAEBLER-STRUCKMANN	GER	12	10	19	19	60
13	FRA11	MORVAN-VANDAME	FRA	8	29	9	15	61
14	PUR1	FIGUEROA-HERNÁNDEZ	PUR	3	18	25	17	63
15	GER1096	MITTELMEIER-MITTELMEIER	GER	14	25	6	20	65
16	ESP104	PADRON-CUERVAS-MONS	ESP	23	4	26	13	66
17	FRA7	GUICHARD-GUYADER	FRA	9	31	14	18\RDG	72
18	GBR436	MC MILLAN-HOWDEN	GBR	19	11	16	28	74
19	FRA302	BACKES-SEVESTRE	FRA	26	17	32	5	80
20	CAN7	JOHANSSON-KEVIN	CAN	29	19	24	8	80
21	GBR430	WALSH-BARNEY	GBR	24	20	5	33	82
22	GBR7	WILSON-BULKELEY	GBR	18	9	29	26	82
23	BEL7	BROUWER-GODEFROID	BEL	28	14	30	11	83
24	USA804	DANIEL-CHU	USA	13	48\DNF	17	12	90
25	ESP23	RIVAS-ESCUDE	ESP	48\OCS	26	3	14	91
26	RUS97	KIRILYUK-USHKOV	RUS	30	33	2	31	96
27	NED1	HEEMSKERK-DERCKSEN	NED	48\OCS	7	20	21	96
28	USA808	LOVELL-OGLETREE	USA	48\OCS	15	10	25	98
29	ITA5	SORRENTINO-COLOMBO	ITA	21	22	48\OCS	18	109
30	GBR438	RASHLEY-LYNCH	GBR	22	24	31	34	111
31	AUT381	ZAJAC-CZAJKA	AUT	16	27	23	48\OCS	114
32	NED100	SAMAMA-VAN LEEUWEN	NED	35	16	36	32	119
33	POR1	CAYOLLA-CERVEIRA	POR	25	30	34	30	119
34	GBR434	STYLES-PEEL	GBR	32	48\DNF	21	23	124
35	BRA1	MIRSKY-GUAL	BRA	34	37	39	16	126
36	BRA37	DI BERNARDI-CHANG	BRA	27	35	38	37	137
37	NZL87	MCINTOSH-KENDALL	NZL	48\OCS	34	27	29	138
38	ARG29	GUEVARA-MARIANI	ARG	17	40	42	41	140
39	AUT360	JESSENIG-JESSENIG	AUT	33	39	35	38	145
40	USA813	GRANDFIELD-CALLEN	USA	36	38	37	35	146
41	USA840	THINSCHMIDT-WIERDA	USA	48\DSQ	32	41	36	157
42	ARG360	BLANDO-NOÉ	ARG	37	41	40	40	158
43	RUS7	DZHIENBAEV-SEMENOV	RUS	48\OCS	36	33	48\OCS	165
44	UKR21	GOLEMBIEVSKYY-VOLOSHENYUK	UKR	39	42	43	42	166
45	CAN2	DUBUC-HERENDEER	CAN	40	43	44	43	170
46	CHN112	YOUJIA-CHEN	CHN	38	48\DNF	48\OCS	39	173
47	GER1103	SEIFERT-TIEMANN	GER	41	44	45	44	174