Tornado World Championships at Club Nautico Santa Eularia, Ibiza - Day 4

by Andrew Dowley 5 Oct 2013 16:05 BST 27 September - 5 October 2013

Light winds greeted the sailors when they arrived at the beach this morning for the fourth day of the Tornado World Championships. The humidity and cloud cover was keeping the wind from appearing.

A postponement was put up at 1pm for a short period of time while the race committee waited for the wind, it came very quickly with the AP flag being taken down at 1.15pm with the sea breeze and sun arriving.

The 1st race start lead to a general recall with too many boats over the start. The race finally got off to a clean start with the race committee deciding on a black flag to try and hold the competitors back. Again, much like the other races in the series it was the Greek Red Bull team of Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis who took the victory followed by Roland and Nahid Gaebler.

After the 1st race there was a 180 degree wind shift and increase in pressure. Once the course had been moved the sequence started only for the AP flag to appear 10 seconds before the start of the race. After another delay the sequence was started again and the race got off to a clean start.

With a combination of the wind dropping throughout the race and the big waves staying the racing was getting harder and harder for the competitors. For the last competitors the race turned into a drifting race to the finish in less than 3 knots of wind. The race was won by Nikolas Mauros and Alexandros Tagaropoulos followed by Iordanis Paschalidis and Konstantinos Trigonis then Brett Burvill and Faris Aznan.

Saturday is the last day of the championships with another two races scheduled.

Results after Day 4: (seven races, 1 discard)

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Nationality	Category	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts
1	GRE‑7	IORDANIS PASCHALIDIS	KONSTANTINOS TRIGONIS	GREECE	OPEN	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	7
2	GER‑1	ROLAND GAEBLER	NAHID GAEBLER	GERMANY	MIXED	5	3	3	4	4	2	4	20
3	AUS‑328	BRETT BURVILL	FARIS AZNAN	AUSTRALIA	OPEN	4	6	2	3	7	4	3	22
4	CZE‑686	DAVID KRIZEK	ZDENEK ADAM	CZECH REPUBLIC	OPEN	3	8	4	5	6	9	10	35
5	GRE‑11	NIKOLAOS MAUROS	ALEXANDROS TAGAROPOULOS	GREECE	OPEN	2	1	31	31	2	3	1	40
6	GER‑2	MAKUS BETZ	NIKOLAS BETZ	GERMANY	OPEN	6	4	6	6	5	18	14	41
7	SUI‑232	JEAN‑MARC CUANILLON	GUDRUN KOLB	SWITZERLAND	MIXED	11	5	8	10	8	7	9	47
8	AUS‑325	ALLAN GAMBLE	KIM NICHOLAS	AUSTRALIA	OPEN	8	9	7	14	10	8	16	56
9	AUT‑372	MICHAEL SCHÖNLEITNER	PHILIPP RAKUSCHAN	AUSTRIA	OPEN	31	16	14	11	9	6	6	62
10	FRA‑294	JEAN CARON	THOMAS JULES	FRANCE	OPEN	31	11	13	9	15	10	15	73
11	GER‑100	JOSEF GUNKEL	DAVID GUNKEL	GERMANY	OPEN	7	7	5	17	13	31	28	77
12	AUS‑326	PAUL RAYMOND	STEPHEN HERMANSON	AUSTRALIA	OPEN	9	17	31	15	11	13	13	78
13	GRE‑77	MARIA TSAOUSIDOU	MICHAEL PAPADOPOULOS	GREECE	MIXED	12	31	10	12	16	12	18	80
14	AUT‑377	MANFRED SCHÖNLEITNER	GEORG HIRSCH‑STRONSTORFF	AUSTRIA	OPEN	31	15	11	8	31	15	5	85
15	AUS‑8	PAUL PETERSON	PHIL PETERSON	AUSTRALIA	OPEN	19	31	15	7	12	14	19	86
16	ITA‑8	MATTEO FERRAGLIA	LORENZO BIANCHINI	ITALY	OPEN	31	31	31	2	3	5	17	89
17	GER‑69	DIETER MAURER	KATRIN OLDENBURG	GERMANY	MIXED	10	13	9	20	18	25	20	90
18	ESP‑211	JÜRGEN JENTSCH	SARAH STEIMER KLEES	SPAIN	MIXED	17	20	12	16	14	22	21	100
19	GER‑4	WILFRIED JODORF	STEFAN LIPPERT	GERMANY	OPEN	31	14	19	22	31	16	11	113
20	AUS‑226	STEFAN BERNSDORF	CHRISTINE MYERS	AUSTRALIA	MIXED	15	22	21	23	31	28	7	116
21	GER‑44	INGO GEBHARDT	CLAUS LUGER	GERMANY	OPEN	13	31	16	31	31	19	8	118
22	GBR‑415	MICHAELA DOWLEY	ANDREW DOWLEY	GREAT BRITAIN	MIXED	14	18	31	13	31	20	23	119
23	CZE‑62	ZDENEK PAVLIS	MICHAELA PAVLISOVA	CZECH REPUBLIC	MIXED	31	12	22	24	31	11	22	122
24	GBR‑424	LEE HARRISON	PAUL HARRISON	GREAT BRITAIN	OPEN	18	21	18	21	19	27	31	124
25	ESP‑11	VICENTE AMENGUAL RIBAS	NEUS TORRES RAMIS	SPAIN	MIXED	20	19	31	31	20	21	25	136
26	AUT‑379	DOMINIK KOPP	FLORIAN KOPP	AUSTRIA	OPEN	31	10	31	19	31	23	24	138
27	GER‑947	WILHELM GUGGENMOS	ALEXANDER MAIER	GERMANY	OPEN	16	23	20	31	31	24	26	140
28	GER‑99	KLAUS ROCHOLL	SVEN RAUSCH	GERMANY	OPEN	31	31	31	31	17	26	12	148
29	GBR‑431	STEVE CLYNN	TOM DUCKMANTON	GREAT BRITAIN	OPEN	31	31	17	18	31	29	29	155
30	ESP‑19	PHILIPPE DUPIEREUX	MANUEL SCIARRA	SPAIN	OPEN	31	31	31	31	31	17	27	168

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