Fireball Worlds at Pattaya, Thailand

Fireball Worlds at Pattaya, Thailand - Overall

by Chris Payne 21 Mar 2008 14:07 GMT 16-22 March 2008

Matt Mee & Richard Wagstaff celebrate winning the Fireball worlds in Pattaya, Thailand © Sarah Philp

Another fantastic day sailing at Royal Varuna Yacht Club at Pattaya in Thailand.

The day started with Matt Mee/Richard Wagstaff(GBR) having a 4 point lead over Nathan Stockley/Sam Muirhead(AUS) and 12 points ahead of David Wade/Ben McCrane(GBR).

In the first race Mee/Wagstaff decided to take matters into their own hands and luffed Stockley/Muirhead at the start putting them under pressure. Both boats were back in the pack on the first beat, which allowed Tomas Musil/Jan Stantejsky(CZE), 2006 European Champion to get ahead of Greg Allison/Richard Watson(AUS) and Richard Estaugh/Rob Gardener(GBR), 2007 World Champions. On the second beat, Mee/Wsagstaff caught up to the leaders, but Heather Macfarlane/Chris Payne(AUS) got past Estaugh/Gardener for 3rd. Musil/Stantejsky beat Allison/Watson to the finish, and Mee/Wagstaff pipped Macfarlane/Payne on the line. This gave Mee/Wagstaff the world championship with Stockley/Muirhead back in 17th and Wade/McCrane in 6th.

As per normal the second race was slightly windier than the 1st, but with the championship in the bag, Mee/Wagstaff sat it out. Wade/McCrane led around the first mark with Stockley/Muirhead only just in the top ten. On the last mark rounding Eric Moser/Ruedi Moser(SUI), 2006 World Champions just led from Robin Inns/Joel Coultas(AUS), Wade/McCrane and Richard Mason/Simon Hextall(GBR). At the finish Inns/Coultas managed to get ahead of Mason/Hextall and Wade/McCrane.

Stockley/Muirhead had a disastrous race including a swim which put them back to 3rd overall. Allison/Watson finished a consistent series to finish a strong 4th ahead of Musil/ Stantejsky, who were probably let down by minor gear failure. The final placings between 6th and 9th couldn’t have been closer with 4 boats being separated by 1 point, with Macfarlane/Payne beating Estaugh/Gardener on countback for 6th and Moser/Moser beating Vince Horey/Andrew Thompson(GBR) on countback for 8th.

Congratulations to Matt Mee/Richard Wagstaff who won the championship in superb style and class, and showed that they had a little extra when required over the other seventy boats.

Overall Results:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Pts
1	GBR	14919	MATT MEE	RICHARD WAGSTAFF	1	2	-5	3	1	1	1	2	3	(69C)	14
2	GBR	14976	DAVID WADE	BEN McGRANE	6	1	-16	1	4	3	5	3	-6	3	26
3	AUS	14587	NATHAN STOCKLEY	SAM MUIRHEAD	2	3	12	2	3	2	2	1	-17	-14	27
4	AUS	14971	GREG ALLISON	RICHARD WATSON	5	4	-10	5	-10	10	3	6	2	5	40
5	CZE	14879	TOMAS MUSIL	JAN STANTEJSKY	4	9	11	4	(69F)	4	7	(69F)	1	6	46
6	AUS	14943	HEATHER McFARLANE	CHRIS PAYNE	8	8	2	8	13	8	9	(69F)	4	-18	60
7	GBR	14948	RICHARD ESTAUGH	ROB GARDENER	3	-18	9	14	5	5	12	-19	5	7	60
8	SUI	14799	ERICH MOSER	RUEDI MOSER	10	-19	7	-16	11	11	4	4	10	4	61
9	GBR	14920	VINCE HOREY	ANDREW THOMPSON	-20	6	6	7	12	(69F)	6	7	8	9	61
10	GBR	14969	RICHARD MASON	SIMON HEXTALL	11	10	-20	6	8	7	15	10	-28	2	69
11	AUS	14782	ROBIN INNS	JOEL COULTAS	(69B)	7	4	10	7	9	-32	12	26	1	76
12	AUS	14786	JOHN HEYWOOD	BRETT LITTLEDIKE	9	5	17	17	2	-18	-23	5	15	11	81
13	AUS	14812	PETER INNS	CHRIS WENT	7	-22	1	11	6	17	11	18	12	-25	83
14	AUS	14850	BEN SCHULZ	BEN NEAYLON	14	13	-18	9	14	6	8	16	-29	13	93
15	IRL	14894	NOEL BUTLER	SEAMUS MOORE	15	14	15	12	(69B)	12	18	-35	7	8	101
16	AUS	14936	IAN RAVENSCROFT	PAUL GRANT	12	17	13	-19	9	13	-20	15	9	15	103
17	GBR	14949	TOM JEFFCOATE	MARK HOGAN	(69B)	16	3	23	(69B)	16	16	9	13	10	106
18	GBR	14887	STEVE GOACHER	TIM EDLUND	-32	15	8	13	15	-34	10	13	14	28	116
19	GBR	14950	KEVIN HOPE	RUSSELL THORNE	-25	12	-22	15	16	21	14	8	19	12	117
20	GBR	14964	DAVID GILES	DAVID MASON	13	11	-27	-22	19	19	19	11	18	17	127
21	GBR	14973	PETER GRAY	SIMON FORBES	21	-28	24	-34	18	14	22	22	11	21	153
22	SUI	14897	KURT VENHODA	SONJA ZAUGG	22	-25	14	-29	23	23	17	17	16	24	156
23	AUS	14603	EMMA PERKINS	JASON HERITAGE	23	-49	(69F)	25	21	22	13	31	21	19	175
24	CAN	14968	JOE JOSPIE	TOM EGLI	28	-35	-38	26	22	27	27	24	24	16	194
25	AUS	14722	RICHARD McCULLOCH	GLENN STUART	29	-38	33	18	25	20	(69F)	20	27	23	195
26	THA	11	SUTEE POONPAT	VORAVIT VORASAEN	-31	27	21	-30	24	26	30	28	22	22	200
27	CAN	14828	ROBERT THOMPSON	GARETH OWEN	-34	20	30	24	28	30	29	25	-36	30	216
28	AUS	14571	GREG SCHULZ	JEFF SCHULZ	16	29	39	20	29	32	34	27	(69F)	(69C)	226
29	CAN	14768	ROB LEVY	STEPHEN WALDIE	19	32	37	-38	17	(69C)	37	29	23	32	226
30	SUI	14724	ADRIAN HUBER	BRIGITTE MAUCHLE	18	21	19	41	(69C)	(69C)	33	34	32	34	232
31	JPN	14902	HIROSHI KATO	SADAHIRO KUMAGAI	-55	31	26	33	26	24	36	26	30	-40	232
32	JPN	14808	TAICHI IMURA	MASARU OGAWA	27	24	36	(69F)	38	-53	21	45	20	26	237
33	CAN	14680	JAMES COX	SIMON PEARSON	30	39	29	28	31	25	-61	21	-51	37	240
34	IRL	14840	CONOR CLANCY	FRANCIS ROWAN	(69B)	(69F)	42G	21	69B	15	26	23	25	20	240
35	USA	14927	DEBBIE KIRKBY	NED GOSS	33	26	23	35	20	37	46	36	-54	(69C)	256
36	AUS	14745	JAMES SZPUNAR	PHILLIP BOWLEY	39	30	31	27	34	29	-50	-49	37	38	265
37	GBR	14755	CHRIS DANDO	MICHELLE RYDER	24	37	28	-51	-46	28	35	43	46	27	268
38	THA	14519	KITIPONG KHAMBANG	PACHARAPHON O-PUN	(69F)	(69F)	35	52	27	41	25	30	31	29	270
39	CAN	7597	NOAH PURVES - SMITH	MICHAEL LIETCH	-41	33	34	-48	30	38	31	32	40	36	274
40	AUS	14530	TONY SCHNAARS	JOHN WEIGAND	26	34	-51	-53	35	35	28	33	47	45	283
41	IRL	14765	OWEN LAVERTY	ED BUTLER	(69B)	-47	25	31	32	45	39	37	35	43	287
42	CAN	14156	FRANK CRAWFORD	SEAN HOLMES SMITH	35	36	32	-49	36	40	-47	38	43	31	291
43	GBR	14791	PHILIP POPPLE	STEVE CHESNEY	17	23	(69Q)	36	(69F)	69C	24	14	69C	69C	321
44	CAN	14481	MADDY PURVES - SMITH	GREGG FURGUSON	42	50	-53	-50	37	42	38	47	41	41	338
45	AUS	14153	TIM NINNES	DANIEL McLAREN	45	46	-47	37	45	39	41	40	-60	47	340
46	SUI	14921	MAJA SUTER	FRANCOIS SCHLUCHTER	39	-62	54	40	33	43	-63	59	39	42	349
47	JPN	14509	YUSUKE SHIMOTSUMA	KOICHI TSURUMOTO	43	42	-62	43	43	47	56	-57	33	46	353
48	THA	470	PREECHA DANGPATUM	TODSAPOL JORNJAITRONG	47	48	49	(69F)	48	50	40	(69F)	34	39	355
49	CAN	14835	MIKE McEVOY	JEREMY KENNEDY	(69B)	45	40	42	(69C)	31	48	41	58	53	358
50	SHE	14636	JOHN MANSON	IVAN FRASER	44	44	-59	-60	41	36	44	39	55	55	358
51	IRL	14854	LOUIS SMYTH	SUZIE MULLIGAN	-53	-61	52	45	40	44	42	42	42	52	359
52	CAN	14727	GEOFFREY HUGGETT	COLIN HUGGETT	46	52	46	44	42	49	-62	-53	45	44	368
53	JPN	14947	YASUJI KOSAKA	MINORU SHIMIZU	36	-57	50	57	47	55	-59	48	44	33	370
54	SUI	14961	DOMINIK MUELLER	CHRISTINE MEBES	56	(69F)	-57	56	39	56	45	46	38	35	371
55	AUS	14414	GLEN PEVERELL	SARAH BIGNELL	48	-58	44	32	-56	48	51	52	48	48	371
56	AUS	14814	ANDREW CROSSLEY	PETER CROSSLEY	50G	41	41	39	51	52	49	(69F)	49	(69C)	372
57	CAN	11800	MARK CUMMINGS	EVELYN CHISHOLM	51	51	-56	54	(69B)	33	52	44	50	49	384
58	IRL	14877	FRANK MILLER	MARGUERITE O'ROURKE	40	43	42	47	(69B)	(69B)	53	69F	57	51	402
59	CAN	14480	ROY TICHKOWSKY	FRANK KORTBEEK	(69F)	53	43	(69Q)	52	51	55	50	52	56	412
60	IRL	14695	CIARAN HICKEY	MARY HICKEY	50	-59	48	(69C)	53	54	54	58	56	54	427
61	CAN	12934	LAURA TICHKOWSKY	KEN TICHKOWSKY	54	56	58	-59	54	-59	43	51	53	59	428
62	GBR	14872	BARBARA NEWSON	GUY NEWSON	49	54	60	-61	50	-60	60	55	59	50	437
63	CAN	14813	JOHN HENDERSON	MARGOT HENDERSON	52	55	55	55	55	57	58	56	-61	-60	443
64	JPN	14751	YASUHITO TSUKAHARA	YUICHI NAKAMURA	(69C)	(69C)	45	69F	49	69F	57	54	69F	58	470
65	THA	12805	JENS OVERGAARD	NEIL SEMPLE	57	60	61	58	(69F)	58	64	(69C)	62	57	477
66	IRL	1489	JOHN CHAMBERS	IAN McGONIGLE	37	40	(69F)	(69F)	69C	69C	69C	69C	69C	69C	491
67	THA	14444	KEVIN WHITCRAFT	BIRANUBONGSE BHANUBAND	(69C)	(69C)	69C	69C	44	46	69C	69F	69C	69C	504
68	NED	14069	ALBERT BADOUX	ROELAND DE JONG	58	(69F)	(69F)	69F	69C	69F	65	69F	69F	69C	537