International Moth Worlds at Les Sable dOlonne

International Moth Worlds at Les Sable dOlonne - Day 3

by Event Website 28 Aug 2003 10:23 BST

Day 1

The 1st start today has been post-poned because of a lack of wind. The start of the 1st race was given at 2 pm, with a notherly sea breeze of 5 to 10 knots (1st race) and 10 to 15 knots (2nd race), and about 50 cm swell with choppy waves for the 2nd race.

For the 1st race, Mark Thorpe and Rohan Veal were very close from each other and lead the whole heat. They finished about 2 minutes before the others. Mark also lead the second race. With Les and Rohan they were about 30 seconds from each other.

Some boats had to stop sailing due to breaking some smaller parts of their boats: Liz Pudney and Roger Angell (GB), Olav Nehls (Ger), Pierre Bousset (Fr), Mathieu Verrier (Swiss).

Day 2

Heats 3 and 4 have been sailed on Tuesday afternoon in a good 15 to 20 knot North-West wind. Rohan Veal & Mark Robinson started well, but both were quickly caught by Mark and Les Thorpe.

Mark & Les led for the remainder of the race, with Mark crossing the finish line first before Les Thorpe and Ian Fordsike. The 1st French person to finish is Jean-Jacques Charpentier, in 28th position.

The wind and swell were very good for Rohan Veal on the second heat to use his hydro-foils. The "show" on the water was absolutely fabulous and Rohan finished first, 4 minutes before the 2nd boat.

After a protest yesterday, Rohan Veal has been disqualified for the 1st race. Patrick Ruf is now 3rd of that race and also 3rd of the overall results. Mark Thorpe is 1st and Les 2nd.

Day 3

There was only been one race on Wednesday due to the lack of wind (a light breeze of 3 to 4 knots). There wasn't any swell either. The conditions were totally different from the ones at the beginning of the week, and the skippers that prefer sailing in light winds have shown us what they could do!

Frédéric Duvoisin had the best start in front of Rohan Veal, Mark Robinson and Ian Fordsike. Duvoisin managed to stay first and led the whole (so slow!) fleet during the race.

It took a good hour to complete the heat. Frédéric Duvoisin crossed the line first, in front of Patrick Ruf and Martin Harrison. Mark Thorpe finished 5th.

Thursday is layday for everyone unless the comitee decides to do a race tomorrow.

Results after 5 races, 1 discard:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts
1	AUS 9294	THORPE Mark	1	1	1	2	5	5
2	AUS 9318	THORPE Les	4	2	2	3	18	11
3	GBR 4050	FORDSIKE Ian	OCS	4	3	4	4	15
4	SUI 607	RUF Patrick	3	7	5	7	2	17
5	GER 1040	KLOPPENBURG Sven	2	5	13	5	10	22
6	AUS 9329	VEAL Rohan	DSQ	3	4	1	15	23
7	SUI 610	DUVOISIN Frédéric	5	14	10	12	1	28
8	GBR 4043	HARRISON Martin	9	8	18	11	3	31
9	JPN 1251	SHIGE Yumiko	7	15	23	13	6	41
10	GBR 4040	PYBUS Doug	14	6	9	14	12	41
11	AUS 9330	ROBINSON Mark	6	17	22	9	11	43
12	JPN 1249	WATANABE Yasuhiro	22	10	8	8	19	45
13	GBR 4042	PAYNE Simon	10	20	15	DNC	8	53
14	JPN 1242	TANAKA Tsutomu	13	9	25	23	9	54
15	GBR 4001	ADAMS Richie	12	DNC	12	10	20	54
16	GER 1030	GIRGSDIES Michaël	11	19	21	18	7	55
17	GBR 4046	WHEELER Russel	18	12	14	15	21	59
18	GBR 4024	NEWMAN Colin	8	11	20	22	29	61
19	GBR 4045	WEATHERSTONE Martin	15	21	16	17	16	64
20	JPN 1232	SUZUKI Hideo	24	13	11	19	-	67
21	GER 1034	ZURMUHL Jens	19	16	19	16	26	70
22	GER 1020	STEINLEIN Tim	DNF	DNC	6	6	13	71
23	GBR 4014	PUDNEY Liz	17	DNC	17	20	17	71
24	GBR 4026	WATSON Alan	16	18	24	21	-	79
25	AUS 9257	CROCKER Ben	29	22	7	24	DNF	82
26	GBR 4002	WALKER Stewart	21	27	27	25	23	96
27	GBR 4031	HOWES Andrew	32	24	26	26	22	98
28	SUI 611	MOURET Samuel	20	23	DNC	DNC	14	103
29	FRA 2008	DAREXY Guillaume	26	25	DNC	27	31	109
30	GER 1004	HUELSMEYER Joachim	28	29	28	28	32	113
31	SUI 590	CORBAZ Alain	27	30	DSQ	31	28	116
32	NED 164	KNOL Richard	23	28	DNC	DNC	24	121
33	GBR 4039	PROPPER Simon	25	26	DNC	DNC	25	122
34	FRA 2004	DAREXY Hervé	31	32	DNF	32	30	125
35	FRA 2002	CHARPENTIER Jean-Jacques	30	31	DSQ	29	-	136
36	GBR 4057	ANGELL Roger	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	27	165
37	NED 161	BAKKER Hubert	DNC	DNC	DSQ	30	DNF	168
38	FRA 3924	DESMARS Thomas	33	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	171
-	FRA 2005	DE BRISOULT Mathieu	DNF	DNC	DNF	DNC	DNS	184
-	FRA 10	VERRIER Mathieu	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	-	184
-	DEN 100	DROST Jan Alje	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	-	184
-	FRA 2006	BAUSSET Pierre	DNF	DNC	DNF	DNC	DNF	184
-	FRA 2009	BALKWILL David	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNS	184
-	FRA 3943	VROYLANDT Eric	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNS	184
-	GER 1038	NEHLS Olav	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNS	184