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International Moth Worlds at Les Sable dOlonne Overall

by Event Website 1 Sep 2003 08:14 BST
The hydrofoil borne International Moth 'Ronstan' during the Worlds in Les Sable d'Olonne © P Rochereau / Sports Nautiques Sablais

Day 5

The weather forecast for the final day wasn't that good. Only 5 to 10 knots wind (10 dying to 5, actually). The fleet managed to sail two races anyway.

In the first race, there was an International podium with Rohan Veal (AUS) finishing first in front of Tim Steinlein (GER) and Martin Harrison (GBR). Mark Thorpe finished 5th, followed by Yumiko Shige and Les Thorpe, 7th out of 35 boats finishing the race.

Yumiko Shige had her best results at end of the regatta, finishing 3rd in race 10 behind Sven Kloppenburg and Mark Thorpe. Colin Newman, the elderly of this Championship, finishing 17th out of 33 boats.

Mark has won the World Championship, but there's some discussion going about the 2nd and third place.

Day 4

After a deserved layday, 3 heats were raced on Friday. Races 7 and 8, followed by race 6 that wasn't raced on Wednesday due to the lack of wind.

The currents were so strong in the bay that most of the sailors were over the line for the 1st race and 3 starts had to be given. They raced in a wind of force 3, going up to force 5, in a 1.50 m swell and a crossed sea. Once again there were a few breakages.

For race 7, the 3 Australians finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd : Rohan Veal, followed by the World Champion Mark Thorpe and Les Thorpe. They were just infront of Ian Fordsike, 3rd on the overall results (before today's races). The first Japonese, Tsutomu Tanaka, is 7th out of 32 people that have raced today.

30 skippers raced heat 8. Same people in different order on the finish line : Mark Thorpe, Rohan Veal and Les Thorpe, just before Yasuhiro Watanabe, 4th on the finish line.

And finally, for race 6, there were 26 people on the starting line. More and more wind, less and less people! Same first 4 as for race 8. Patrick Ruf was 5th, Sven Kloppenburg 6th and the first girl, Liz Pudney, was 13th.

Tonight, at the overall results (before the jury's hearing), Mark Thorpe was still 1st, followed by Les and Rohan who's back in 3rd place. Ian Fordsike is 4th, Patrick Ruf 5th and Sven Kloppenburg 6th.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoHelmR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Pts
1 AUS 9294THORPE Mark 111251214110
2 AUS 9318THORPE Les 4223183336525
3 AUS 9329VEAL Rohan DSQ3411521211226
4 GER 1040KLOPPENBURG Sven 25135106577239
5 SUI 607RUF Patrick 37572510610439
6 GBR 4050FORDSIKE Ian OCS434484581040
7 GBR 4043HARRISON Martin 981811310993758
8 SUI 610DUVOISIN Frédéric 5141012112610DSQ662
9 JPN 1251SHIGE Yumiko 715231361511145374
10 GBR 4040PYBUS Doug 1469141211OCS1913887
11 JPN 1242TANAKA Tsutomu 139252391471214987
12 JPN 1249WATANABE Yasuhiro 221088194204202393
13 AUS 9330ROBINSON Mark 6172291116211591194
14 GBR 4001ADAMS Richie 12DNC1210201788121897
15 GER 1020STEINLEIN Tim DNFDNC6613DNC1211213109
16 GBR 4046WHEELER Russel 18121415211913221714122
17 GER 1030GIRGSDIES Michaël 1119211871815241921128
18 JPN 1232SUZUKI Hideo 24131119DNF917132424130
19 GBR 4014PUDNEY Liz 17DNC1720171314171619130
20 GBR 4024NEWMAN Colin 8112022292216251517131
21 GBR 4026WATSON Alan 16182421DNF2119181820151
22 AUS 9257CROCKER Ben 2922724DNF7181630DNF153
23 GBR 4045WEATHERSTONE Martin 1521161716DNCOCS20DSQ15166
24 GER 1034ZURMUHL Jens 1916191626DNCDNFDNC1116169
25 GBR 4031HOWES Andrew 32242626222024232622187
26 GBR 4002WALKER Stewart 21272725232326282229194
27 GBR 4039PROPPER Simon 2526DNCDNC252423262125195
28 GBR 4042PAYNE Simon 102015DNC8DNFDNF21DNFDNC212
29 SUI 590CORBAZ Alain 2730DSQ3128DNF25302728226
30 FRA 2002CHARPENTIER Jean-Jacques 3031DSQ29DNF2529273231234
31 FRA 2004DAREXY Hervé 3132DNF323026282931OCS239
32 SUI 611MOURET Samuel 2023DNCDNC14DNCDNFDNC2526246
33 NED 164KNOL Richard 2328DNCDNC24DNC27DNF2827249
34 GER 1004HUELSMEYER Joachim 2829282832DNCDNCDNC23DNC260
35 FRA 2008DAREXY Guillaume 2625DNC2731DNCDNFDNF2930260
36 FRA 2005DE BRISOULT Mathieu DNFDNCDNFDNCDNSDNCDNFDNS3332341
37 FRA 10VERRIER Mathieu DNFDNCDNCDNCDNFDNC22DNCDNCDNC344
38 GBR 4057ANGELL Roger DNFDNCDNCDNC27DNCDNCDNCDNCDNC349
39 FRA 2006BAUSSET Pierre DNFDNCDNFDNCDNFDNC30DNCDNCDNC352
40 NED 161BAKKER Hubert DNCDNCDSQ30DNFDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC352
41 FRA 3924DESMARS Thomas 33DNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNCDNC355

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