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Fireball Worlds at Royal Varuna Yacht Club, Thailand - Overall

by Cormac Bradley 4 Apr 2014 14:12 BST 30 March - 4 April 2014

In what appears to have been a light wind conclusion to the Fireball worlds in Pattaya, Thailand, hosted by the Royal Varuna Yacht Club, two races have been sailed to close out the ten-race series. A variety of Facebook postings and a transcribed tweet suggested that a long postponement was in place before racing got underway. Thus far, this correspondent has no detail on the actual racing other than what I have stated in this preceding paragraph.

However, final results have been posted and it appears that the new, 2014 World Champions are Christian Birrell and Sam Brearey, GBR 15107, who won on count-back from Nathan Batchelor and Sam Pascoe, GBR 15087, with the Australian combination of Ben Schulz and Doug Sheppard, AUS 15062 in third, five points adrift of the top two.

The top five at the regatta was closed out by Thomas Gordon and Jack Fletcher, AUS 15071 and Heather MacFarlane and Chris Payne, AUS 15048.

Overall Results:

PosHelm & CrewSail NoR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Pts
1Christian Birrell & Sam BreareyGBR 1510711dsq124231dnc15
2Nathan Batchelor & Sam PascoeGBR 15087223331412115
3Ben Schulz & Doug SheppardAUS 15062444213125320
4Thomas Gordon & Jack FletcherAUS 15071535842343226
5Heather MacFarlane & Chris PayneAUS 15048361456566434
6Greg Allison & Allen BlenkleAUS 150327525dnf5654638
7Joe Jospe & Tom EgliCAN 15024611610787912558
8Veronica & Ben FalatGBR 150929796811dnf710965
9Erich Moser & Jean Francois NouelFRA 1479389876910813dnf65
10Steve Goacher & Peter CrossleyAUS 148141081091079109769

Comments: (from Facebook)

Chris Payne (AUS 15048) - Another cracking day on the water! Luckily we started early as the wind was gone by 4pm. Boats are all packed up in the container and only the partying to go to finish it off.

Ben Schulz (AUS 15062) – (Before the race!) Can't lose third so no real pressure! Just go have fun!

Sam Brearey (GBR 15107) – (During the postponement) Light winds and high tide making it tricky for PRO!

Look like the Swiss/French combination of Moser & Nouel didn't quite make the challenge of beating the Québécois, Joe and Tom today. They scored a 13, dnf in contrast to the Canadians who scored a 12, 5 to put a boat between them.

This report brings the curtain down on the 2014 Fireball Worlds in Thailand. The international Fireball community will reconvene in the Shetlands in late July to contest the Europeans. This correspondent and Fireball International will be keeping you up to speed with the development of this regatta and the news updates as we get closer to the event.

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