Fireball Worlds at Barbados Yacht Club

Fireball Worlds at Barbados Yacht Club - Day 5

by Noah Purves-Smith 7 May 2010 08:46 BST 2-7 May 2010

Chips Howarth & Vyv Townend (GBR) - 2010 World Champions

Chips Howarth & Vyv Townend (GBR) won both races today, and have won the Fireball World Championships for the second year running. There are still two races scheduled to be sailed on Friday, May 7, but Chips and Vyv have been so commanding in their performance that it is now impossible for any other boats to catch them. Of the eight races sailed so far, the British duo have won six of them, finishing third in the other two.

Two races were sailed today off the Barbados Yacht Club at Carlisle Bay, Barbados, West Indies under sunny skies and winds starting at 14 knots for Race 7, diminishing to 12 knots for Race 8. After 8 races, Matt Burge and Richard Wagstaff (GBR) sit in second place, and Matt Findlay and Richard Anderton (GBR) are in third place. Other countries have been coming closer to cracking the British dominance, with two Australian teams and one Czech team sitting in the top 10, but they are yet to make the podium on the overall leaderboard.

The race is now on for second and third place, and there are several teams in the running to reach the remaining podium spots.

The final day of racing is Friday, May 7th, with two races scheduled.

Results after Day 5:

Pos	Nat	Sail No	Helm	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1st	GBR	15013	CHIPS HOWARTH	VYV TOWNEND	1	-3	3	1	1	1	1	1	9
2nd	GBR	15036	MATT BURGE	RICHARD WAGSTAFF	3	4	2	5	(SCP)	4	3	4	25
3rd	GBR	15031	MATT FINDLAY	RICHARD ANDERTON	7	1	7	4	2	(DNF)	4	5	30
4th	GBR	14924	DAVID EDWARDS	SIMON POTTS	6	2	4	8	4	-9	7	3	34
5th	AUS	15027	BEN SCHULZ	PHILLIP BOWLEY	(DNF)	10	14	2	3	2	9	2	42
6th	GBR	15032	DAVID WADE	TIM SAUNDERS	2	6	(SCP)	9	8	8	2	8	43
7th	AUS	15025	ROBIN INNS	JOEL COULTAS	8	5	5	7	-16	3	11	9	48
8th	CZE	15019	MARTIN KUBOVY	MILAN CAP	11	-18	6	6	9	5	6	13	56
9th	GBR	14807	TIM RUSH	RUSS CLARK	4	7	-20	15	15	7	5	6	59
10th	GBR	14950	KEVIN HOPE	RUSSELL THORNE	5	8	-19	3	12	19	8	12	67
11th	GBR	15020	VINCE HOREY	SAM BREAREY	18	9	11	(OCS)	6	15	12	7	78
12th	AUS	15026	PETER INNS	EDWARD ALDER	(DNC)	13	10	18	5	6	15	22	89
13th	AUS	15011	NATHAN STOCKLEY	ALLAN BLENKLE	-21	14	9	19	7	14	10	18	91
14th	GBR	14977	PHILIP POPPLE	GAVIN TILLSON	9	12	18	-28	17	11	14	11	92
15th	SUI	14799	CLAUDE MERMOD	RUEDI MOSER	12	-31	24	17	19	10	17	10	109
16th	GBR	14941	DERIAN SCOTT	ANDY SCOTT	10	-26	13	13	20	17	16	20	109
17th	AUS	14943	HEATHER MacFARLANE	CHRIS PAYNE	19	17	-27	27	13	12	13	14	115
18th	GBR	14628	SIMON LOMAS-CLARKE	TIM RILEY	26	-28	12	12	11	13	21	23	118
19th	CZE	14979	EVA SKORAPKA	JAKUB NAPRAVNIK	-31	11	8	21	22	16	24	17	119
20th	GBR	14949	MIKE SENIOR	ANDY THOMPSON	13	24	15	10	24	22	19	(DNF)	127
21st	IRL	14996	NEIL SPAIN	FRANCIS ROWAN	23	22	25	14	21	20	-30	21	146
22nd	FRA	15014	FRANCK JUIN	PIERRE PERDON	25	-36	31	20	18	23	20	16	153
23rd	GBR	14791	ANDREW PEARCE	STEVE CHESNEY	27	32	(DNC)	24	14	24	18	15	154
24th	GBR	14805	MARK MASKELL	CHRIS PROFFITT	16	23	-33	11	29	25	28	24	156
25th	GBR	15004	PETER GRAY	ROBIN TOOZS-HOBSON	14	16	17	36	27	-39	27	19	156
26th	IRL	14894	NOEL BUTLER	SEAMUS MOORE	24	20	22	16	-30	27	25	25	159
27th	CAN	14907	GUY TIPTON	MATTHEW KING	22	25	21	22	-32	18	29	28	165
28th	FRA	14793	FREDERIC MOUCHES	JEAN-FRANCOIS NOUEL	15	15	32	25	(SCP)	29	31	32	179
29th	GBR	14982	MARTIN SCARTH	TONY KING	34	19	23	-44	28	32	26	26	188
30th	BAR	15034	COLIN SYMES	CHARLIE GLOYMEAY	20	29	28	-43	26	33	35	30	201
31st	CAN	15024	JOE JOSPE	TOM EGLI	17	21	30	37	-46	40	34	33	212
32nd	GBR	14682	JONATHAN CARTER	GARETH WILKINSON	28	(DNC)	35	23	35	30	42	29	222
33rd	GBR	14864	IAN KELLY	PETER ELVER	49	30	16	(OCS)	57	21	23	31	227
34th	CAN	15043	ROBERT LEVY	ERIC OWSTON	35	37	-49	39	23	26	38	35	233
35th	IRL	14990	OWEN LAVERTY	ED BUTLER	32	27	41	33	36	38	39	-43	246
36th	SUI	14890	ERICH MOSER	GERY SAUER	40	-45	34	41	31	45	22	34	247
37th	SUI	14960	MELANIE LEDERER	MICHAEL SCHAEFER	36	39	26	-48	41	42	36	27	247
38th	SUI	14859	CHRISTINA LANDERER	CEDRIC LANDERER	-51	51	37	26	33	28	33	42	250
39th	SUI	14602	FRITZ WIDMER	NIKOLAI ALLERS	(DNC)	40	36	29	34	35	43	45	262
40th	SHE	15022	JOHN MANSON	STEVEN LEASK	29	34	42	38	42	47	(DNF)	37	269
41st	USA	14846	PATRICK CRUMP	ROBERT THOMPSON	37	33	-52	35	49	37	40	44	275
42nd	RSA	14411	ANTHONY PARKER	DAVID LAING	30	43	29	45	40	44	-49	47	278
43rd	GBR	14789	RHYS LANKESTER	BARRY SMITH	42	38	38	-47	39	43	32	46	278
44th	GBR	14798	MARIA RICHARDS	GRAHAM HOY	39	41	46	(DNC)	37	36	47	40	286
45th	AUS	14972	NICK GUNNER	GLENN PEVERELL	-57	35	54	34	44	31	50	39	287
46th	IRL	15007	LOUIS SMYTH	CORMAC BRADLEY	43	50	(DNC)	31	47	41	44	36	292
47th	BAR	15033	ROBIN PATTERSON	STEVEN BENSON	33	42	44	49	38	-54	41	49	296
48th	GBR	14755	DAVID RYDER	MICHELLE RYDER	38	48	40	30	45	49	53	-54	303
49th	IRL	14713	FRANK MILLER	MARGUERITE O'ROURKE	47	49	-57	32	SAF	34	55	48	317
50th	CAN	14768	PIERRE CARPENTIER	TOM BIRD	50	-59	43	46	48	46	37	52	322
51st	GBR	14964	MATT GREENFIELD	LUCY FOULDS	45	44	39	54	(DNC)	DNC	46	41	340
52nd	USA	14968	PETER WIRTH	PETER KELLY	-56	55	55	53	43	51	48	38	343
53rd	GBR	14821	NICK HURST	ALEX DOWNING	48	-61	59	40	52	52	45	55	351
54th	GBR	14873	STEVE PATTEN	BRIAN ALDGATE	44	54	-62	59	54	50	56	50	367
55th	SUI	14896	RICHARD SCHELLER	LINUS EBERLE	54	57	-61	50	55	53	51	51	371
56th	SLO	14881	MIRAN GUSTIN	DOMEN KANSKY	-59	46	45	56	59	58	57	53	374
57th	SUI	14921	MAJA SUTER	FRANCOIS SCHLUCHTER	-60	52	47	52	60	55	59	57	382
58th	GBR	14556	DEBBIE KIRKBY	PAUL DOWNING	46	47	51	42	56	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	384
59th	GBR	15038	STEWART SCARFF	LESLEY SCARFF	63	(DNC)	56	63	53	48	52	58	393
60th	IRL	14877	HANNAH SHOWELL	MARTINA MICHELS	55	(DNS)	48	58	63	59	54	56	393
61st	GBR	14999	DAVID FESTING	KAREN FESTING	52	56	50	62	62	60	-63	60	402
62nd	BAR	14922	ROBERT POVEY	NEIL BURKE	53	62	53	61	-66	57	60	62	408
63rd	GBR	14621	JEREMY HURST	JANE MILLMAN	41	60	63	51	(DNC)	DNC	61	DNF	418
64th	SUI	14961	DOMINIK MUELLER	CHRISTINE MEBES	(DNC)	58	DNC	66	50	56	58	59	418
65th	CAN	14835	MIKE McEVOY	JEREMY KENNEDY	62	53	60	55	58	63	(DNF)	DNC	422
66th	GBR	14872	BARBARA NEWSON	GUY NEWSON	58	64	58	64	64	64	62	-66	434
67th	SUI	14594	MIANNE ERNE	CLAY POULSON	65	65	65	57	-67	62	64	63	441
68th	JPN	1489	TAKUMI ISHIBASHI	JURJEN FEIKENS	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	60	61	61	66	61	451
69th	LCA	6261	BETH LYGOE	JERRY BETHELL	61	66	64	65	-68	65	67	65	453
70th	USA	14957	GRAHAM SCHAEFER	DUNCAN SCHAEFER	64	63	(DNC)	67	65	66	65	64	454